All Hands/2015 Whistler/jam band
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Work Week Jam Session
The idea is to have a selection of musical equipment available in a room during the work week. Mozillians who play instruments can come down get together with other musicians and either Jam something or work on a specific tune whether it's original material or a cover. We'd be looking for singers, guitarists, bassists, drummers etc.
The idea is that we'd rehearse during downtime in the evenings so that we could play a set at the end of the week.
Before we get this idea off the ground the first part of this is finding out if people are interested in doing this and if there is enough interest from Mozilla musicians.
If you want to chat about the setup, songs, ... join #musicians on the Mozilla IRC.
Activity location
Rainbow Theatre, Lower Level, Whistler Conference Centre
Times activity will be available
Roughly 6pm till about 11.30pm, Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday.
Tuesday 23rd June participants
Key holder: Chris Mills
Other attendees: Eli Perelman
Wednesday 24rd June participants
Key holder: Stuart Colville
Other attendees: Eli Perelman
Thursday 25rd June participants
Key holder: Chris Mills/Stuart Colville/someone else want to give it a go? ;-)
Other attendees: Eli Perelman
Track list
Put the details of any tracks you're interested in covering so other like-minded musicians can have a listen and maybe work out some of the parts. Put your name too so we know what day you're playing.
| Name | irc nick | What you'll be doing/playing | Song/Track + Artist | Resources (e.g. audio (e.g spotify) etc) | who else is interested? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Mills | chrismills | drums | Something by Black Sabbath, Metallica or the Dead Kennedys, cos it's easy to play drums to | Trawl on Youtube | garvank knows the sabbath | |
| Chris Mills | chrismills | singing | Something by Pearl Jam or Alice in Chains, as I can sing this stuff fairly well, e.g. Alive, Even Flow, Rooster | Trawl on Youtube | garvank | |
| Chris Mills | chrismills | singing | "Bullet in the Head" by Rage against the Machine, as I know the words off by heart and wouldn't mind giving it a go | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5NeyI4-fdI | gfritzsche / bass | |
| Chris Mills | chrismills | singing or drums | I'd also love to do some Zappa, although the ones I can sing are the really offensive ones ;-). Playing something really techie like Zomby Woof would be awesome if we could get it right | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYUdgszl6Xo | chadw | |
| Francisco Picolini | francjp | guitar | Anything of Alice in Chains, Mad Season. Some stuff from Pearl Jam, Stone temple pilots, Blind Melon, Nirvana. Suck my kiss, Under the bridge (RHCP); Naked (Reef); Roxanne (The Police); Zero, Bullet with Butterfly wings (Smashing Pumpkins); Cover me (Candlebox); Pure massacre (Silverchair) | deimidis | ||
| Stuart Colville | muffinresearch | guitar | Chank by John Scofield, Time is Tight: Booker T & the MGs, Inner City Blues: Reuben Wilson version, Cosmik Debris: Zappa | Chank: https://open.spotify.com/track/4PYwx2Mt2Jhuzqs6iZCdqc Time is tight: https://open.spotify.com/track/70m9hcxrqayJ9inXuUnjBe inner city blues: https://open.spotify.com/track/6gfXD2urCWjN1HkjymhEsP Zapp - Cosmik debris https://open.spotify.com/track/6VC0m8b8xWf671JApr8L7X | chadw | |
| Myk Melez | myk | drums | I'd love to take a well-known rock or pop song and punk it up. Paint It Black by the Rolling Stones, Teenage Dream by Katy Perry, etc. It can be ironic or sincere, as long as it's punk! | Prior Art: 7 Seconds - 99 Red Balloons, Bodyjar - Hazy Shade Of Winter, Bad Religion - Christmas Songs, and everything by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. | chrismills: this would be an easy and fun option to get things done quickly.
klez (bass): would love to try :-) | |
| Chad Weiner | chadw | bass/vox | Beatles/Lennon: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Instant Karma" Traffic: "Medicated Goo", Steely Dan: "Green Earings", Bluegrass Trad.: "Rocky Top", "Ginseng Sullivan" Pink Floyd: "Pigs (3 diff. ones) | garvank you had me at Ginseng Sullivan; mruttley can do Beatles WMGGW (have played it before, have good sheet music for it). | ||
| Michał Dziewoński | vesper | drums/vocals | I'm happy playing almost anything, as long as it's not too challenging. AC/DC, a-ha, Billy Idol, Type O Negative, Danzig, L7, Machines of Loving Grace, Monster Magnet, VAST - they all have good (and easy ;D) songs | some examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZRBSRQxyXM, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAgnJDJN4VA, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awnhonto-8s, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdphvuyaV_I, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7uEb_XrK1U, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKj5cJ9_KSg, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxSec4V6JvU, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YGaCVlnEDY, etc. | ||
| Rebecca Davies | RebsD | French horn | Seeking other brassers: trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba. OR...a pianist and vocalist to perform a bit of Flanders and Swann. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHWnFJ4_61U | who else is interested? |
| Name || irc nick || What you'll be doing/playing || Song/Track + Artist || Resources (e.g. audio (e.g spotify) etc) || who else is interested? || |}
Raw participant list
If you're keen to play please add your name and details to this table:
| Name | irc nick | Instruments | Musical interests | Bringing own instrument |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Cheng | jcheng | Drums | Rock but open to anything | No, I can bring drumsticks ;) |
| Stuart Colville | muffinresearch | Guitar, Bass, Digeridu | Jamming/improv + covers | No |
| Chad Weiner | chadw | Bass/Vocals | I'm in a Phish tribute band so...let's call it jamming/improv | No |
| Eli Perelman | Eli | Drums | Jamming/improv + covers | Yes (Ableton Push, Octapad, sticks) |
| Chris Mills | chrismills | Drum kit, hand drums/percussion (e.g. Djembe), vocals, lyric ideas, guitar (badly) | Whatever comes up. I mainly love metal/prog/punk/horrible noise, but I am very open minded. | I could bring hand drums, but not drum kit ;-) |
| Paul McLanahan | pmac | Guitar, Vocals | ALL THE THINGS! (I'll try anyway) | No |
| Daniel Maher | phrawzty | percussion, berimbau, vocals, lyrics | down for whatever | wavedrum (maybe) |
| David Durst | ddurst | keyboards | preferably not pop, but that's me | (I wish) No |
| Michal Dziewonski | drums, karaoke-grade vocals | jamming and post-sludge electronic ambient ;) | Nope, I can bring drum sticks, though | |
| Alon Zakai | azakai | Guitar (mostly but not only classical/nylon-string) | Rock, Bach, anything else | No |
| Dan Gohman | sunfish | keyboards, backup vocals, non-drumset percussion, schlagenfrappe | I'll try just about anything but preferrably no ukeleles | No |
| Mark Reid | mreid | Guitar, Bass | * | No, though I could possibly bring a little pedalboard for some fx & tuning |
| Rehan Dalal | rdalal | Guitar, Vox | I'm open to anything | Yes, I'll have my baritone Strat. Will need an amp. |
| Gerv Markham | gerv | Vocals | Happy to try anything whose lyrics I wouldn't mind showing my Mum | Yes :-) |
| Georg Fritzsche | gfritzsche | Bass | jamming, funky stuff, rock, odd rythms | No, might bring pedals (tuning, comp, sansamp vt) |
| Syd Polk | sydpolk | soprano or alto sax + flute | jazz, classical, soul, funk, r&b | yes |
| Jb Piacentino | jb | Vocals | About anything, pref rock | Sure! |
| Nihanth Subramanya | nhnt11 | Guitar | Blues/rock, but probably anything else as well. | No :( |
| Matthew Ruttley | mruttley | Classical Guitar but can stretch to others | Early Music, Lute, Swing, Contemporary classical | No |
| Myk Melez | myk | Drums | I like both kinds of music. | Not likely. |
| Jeremie Patonnier | Jeremie | Guitar | Jamming (Rock, Funk, Jazz, whatever) | No :( |
| Justin Terry | jterry | Guitar (Electric/Acoustic) & Mandolin | Classic, Funk, Folk, Indie, Jam, most things | Bringing my Mandolin, but would love to jam on a guitar too! |
| Bill Walker | bwalker | Keyboards, backup vocals | Jazz standards and rock covers | Will bring jazz fakebook PDF's |
| Francisco Picolini | francjp | Guitar (electric/acoustic) | Grunge, Indie, Rock | nop, unless I can buy something there :( |
| Mark Jeffries | mjeffries | Bass Guitar/vocals | Many styles, but enjoy rocking out, esp. bass heavy punk/New Wave (Sisters of Mercy, Jam, Joy Division) | No (will be traveling light this time) - will bring SansAmp & compressor |
| Guillermo Movia | deimidis | Vocal, percussion | covers, grunge, Led Zeppelin, NIN, Beatles | No |
| Caitlin Galimidi | c8o | Vocals, Acoustic Guitar (rhythm, poorly) | jazz, electronic, singer-songwriter, rock and country vocals | mic, vocal amp, acoustic guitar, and conga (Toca) |
| Robert Kaiser | KaiRo | Vocals, Acoustic Guitar (rhythm, poorly) | singer-songwriter, Country, Rock | No |
| Daniel Davis | tagawa | Ukulele, Vocals | rock, pop, folk, geeky songs | Probably, if Dan Gohman's not looking |
| Jean-Marc Valin | jmspeex | Electric guitar | rock, pop (some blues or metal) | no |
| Geo Mealer | geo | Vocals | rock, pop (esp 80s/new wave/alt) | Voice (but no mic) |
| Yi-Fan Liao | yifan | drums & vocals | a little bit 80s rock | drumsticks |
| Garvan Keeley | garvank | Lefty guitar and sketchy vocals | ping me for hippie music: G.Dead, N.Young, Dylan, The Band | No |
| Alba G. Fuentes | Antiparticle | Violin & Piano | Any kind of music, jamming | Not sure |
| Example | Example | Example | Example |
Instrument Hire List Draft
Here's what we'd likely need to hire. Note: Don't add to this it'll be updated based on the table above. If you're a brass/woodwind player it'll probably be possible to bring an instrument as the size wouldn't be too much of a problem (That is assuming we're not talking about tubas :)).
| Description | Quantity |
|---|---|
| PA + Mixer (this will be room-size dependent, but make it big enough to handle drum input + all the possible inputs below) | 1 |
| Vocal/Instrument Mics + stands + leads | 8 |
| Electric Guitars + guitar stands + strap | 4, including one left handed one |
| Acoustic (ElectroAcoustic) Guitars (at least 1 of which has nylon strings) + acoustic stands + strap | 3 |
| Bass Guitar + stand + strap (one 4 string bass and one 5 string, perhaps? Make sure at least one is 4 string) | 2 |
| Bass Amp (at least 2x10"/2x12"? e.g. SWR Redhead) | 1 |
| Guitar Amp (Fender Deluxe or similar) | 2 |
| Keyboard + stand + stool (something that can do good electric / acoustic piano / organ sounds) | 1 |
| Full drum kit + stool, with double bass drum pedal? | 2 |
| Kick drum mic | 2 |
| Hand percussion (bongos, tambourine, cajón, etc.) | ? |
| Spare strings for all the guitars and basses | ? |
We are unable to rent: Digeridu Berimbau Schlagenfrappe
