Band Rehearsal Recap for 3/20 & Agenda for 3/26

Band rehearsal this past Friday was a big success. We managed to play through the entire list of 20 songs, which was a first time for a few of the songs (REM, Bush, Green Day). Mark (FINALLY!!) made his return to the band and contributed a ton to the vocals and backup vocals. I think Friday showed some potential for us to be very strong vocally.

Mark suggested to me post-rehearsal that for upcoming future rehearsals we may want to select certain songs and focus on polishing them – we can work on vocal harmonies, arrangements, beginnings and endings. I agree that this is a good idea and we’ve talked about doing this before – I know there are certain songs where we’re guilty of coming in at the wrong spot, etc so it would be good to iron those out and become more consistent. What does anyone else think?

Next rehearsal will be this coming Thursday night from 8:30 – 10:30 pm in Brighton. Does this still work for everyone? No new songs to add – let’s focus on tightening up what we have, especially since Ben will be coming to make a second appearance on the drums.

I’d also like to make a call for Wish List songs. As I mentioned I don’t think we’ll want to add anything new this week but I know all 3 of you have mentioned that you had song suggestions for the future. If you want to reply-to-all on this message, I’ll add those to the wish list on the blog.

Thanks to everyone for your flexibility last week. I know it can be a pain to reschedule, especially at the last minute. I’m glad we were able to get together to rehearse – it was a lot of fun. I think we’re starting to gain some momentum, which is great.

UPDATE: The following songs have been added to the Wish List based on suggestions.

• Matthew Sweet - Sick of Myself
• Semisonic - Closing Time
• The Fray - How To Save A Life
• The Killers - Human
• Ben Folds Five - Army
• Soul Asylum - Somebody to Shove

Finally, band rehearsal this week will retain the same agenda as last rehearsal. See the previous blog post for more information.

-Andy