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« Reply #40 on: April 02, 2004, 12:34 PM » |
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Unten glieben glauben globen... The Offspring's "Pretty fly for a white guy" has the same; don't know if its a sample tho. |
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« Reply #41 on: April 02, 2004, 01:55 PM » |
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I thought it was German for 1,2,3,4! That Koo-koo Mutt Lang! Producing AC/DC, Def Leppard, marrying Shania Twain... that is an unusual career path!  |
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« Reply #42 on: April 02, 2004, 02:21 PM » |
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"Wunnerful Wunnerful.....Thanka you boys. And now Bobby and Cissy do a wunnerful dance to our own #1 hit, Calcutta,..........ah one and ah-two"
---The Lawrence Welk count in.
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« Reply #43 on: April 08, 2004, 10:25 AM » |
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Unten glieben glauben globen...
I thought it was the chef dude from the old Muppets TV show counting off...  Whatever anybody does, don't do what our guitar player does for a straight 4 song...counts it on the off-beats. He says "1-2-3-4", but he's "meaning/feeling" the "+"'s. I always wondered why we never started together... --David |
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« Reply #44 on: April 08, 2004, 11:10 AM » |
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Unten glieben glauben globen...
yeeeeaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "Rise up, gather round, ROCK THIS PLACE TO THE GROUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .........................C'MON---what do you want... ...I WANT ROCK AND ROLL (yes i do)...LONG LIVE ROCK AND ROLL!!!!!!!!!!" ps: I forgot about this song in my cowbell classics haiku  |
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« Reply #45 on: April 08, 2004, 11:36 AM » |
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Whatever anybody does, don't do what our guitar player does for a straight 4 song...counts it on the off-beats. He says "1-2-3-4", but he's "meaning/feeling" the "+"'s. I always wondered why we never started together...  Are you kidding me? Sheesh, is he trying to mess people up? I think I'll click off all our songs at tonights rehearsal using the 5 against 4 method. I'll count off 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a... |
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« Reply #46 on: April 09, 2004, 05:04 PM » |
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I just yell "1! 2! 3! 4!" as loud as I can, accompanied by smacking the cowbell really hard. It reminds everyone who's in charge, especially when I'm stuck at the back of the stage.
It's a little rough when the song's in 3 or if it doesn't start on 1, but what the heck.
On a more serious note, Themudlark, why is it stupid to count 1-2-3-4-5 to start a song in 5/4?
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« Reply #47 on: April 16, 2004, 12:39 PM » |
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how about those four hissy scratchy noises at the beginning of Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song! This may be a vinyl LP feature only, but I knew what it was just by those four hisses.
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« Reply #48 on: May 27, 2004, 07:23 AM » |
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james brown count in #2:
ONE, TWO, THREE, MAKE, it FUN-ky!
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« Reply #49 on: May 27, 2004, 07:55 AM » |
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Don't forget that you can use visual cues as well. There have been a few times with various pieces that I've needed to give whoever was starting the song a visual signal of what I felt the tempo should be...in which case I would tap the stick on my leg or chest or whatever and they could look around, get it, and take it or leave it. I also once angled a metronome so the bass player could see the flasher.
A particularly good method to use when playing something live which doesn't fit with an audible count-off is to pat your head in time and alternate to your forehead for the downbeats....then the audience and band members can all look at you and get themselves situated to your space in time.
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« Reply #50 on: May 28, 2004, 01:54 AM » |
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A bit of everything. We all know the songs and know our starts so we can keep our live act fluent. I hate the 1234 start and i'm sure the audience would if every song stopped to wait for the drummer to 1234 again, unless the song calls for it. One we do is Heaven is a place on earth where i count 123 and 4 is a kick beat to introduce the vocal. Eye contact and knowing where to come in together is the key. By using my Tempo ref i can control the tempo in the first 4 bars of any tune we do. I also refence the BPM on our set lists and most songs are now done at the right tempos without thinking. Great tool. Guitarist starts a few, bass starts a few, vocalist starts a few and i have the pleasure of introducing songs such as : I want you to want me Cheap Trick Were not gonna take it Twisted Sister Pretty Woman Roy Orbison Down Under Men at Work etc, etc. Quite often as a song finishes i will start playing straight into the next song and after 4 bars of drum rhythm the band have picked up and were into it. Helpful if the dance floor is full and you want to keep it that way.  |
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« Reply #51 on: June 16, 2004, 12:44 AM » |
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I tell my band that we're gonna start on like the count of 17, and I hit the sticks 17 times, and they lose count, and everyone's confused. It's pretty funny.
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