Guitarsoc?

You most definitely can! Are you any good ? What are you into?

I dunno if I'd measure up to young drummer of the year (is there any videos of this person on youtube by the way, I'd be interested to see the level you have to be at to win this kind of thing), but I can do most stuff in the confines of your standard rock/blues/funk band, your regular John Bohnam stuff, and I don't know if you know Porcupine tree, but I like to play a lot of their stuff. Guitar wise, I'm no shredder, I play a lot of blues/rock lead though.

Definitely up for some jammage.

All the stuff you just mentioned. I reckon I'm ok, a little shy though.
I just love singing. If Robbie reads this, we should really do all that stuff we said we were going to!

Any fave bands...?

Sounds great, come over to Mildert for a jam in October or something! KNow any other musos?

I can play piano a bit too...out of practise though with this year abroad malarkey. Fave bands. Hmm, Cream + most bands Eric Clapton has been in, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Robert Johnson, Rolling Stones, ACDC, Iron Maiden......loads. I like all kinds of music, I play cello and piano, so classical is way up there too. But I have a particular place in my heart for Blues I have to say.
I believe Jess is a muso, and Robbie.

I think it's pretty safe to say I've just fallen in love with you .

Zeppelin are my favourite band of all time!

Definitely come over to Mildert and jam. It would be immense.

Fairport Convention. Nice. I love Sandy Denny, and Richard Thompson. I've not heard all the Fairport Stuff, just stuff from their classic albums. And Joni Mitchell is very cool. I still need to get a copy of Blue.

I'll bring my bass...these guitar sounds can always do with a bit of fleshing out. I have to admit, I'm not into all these heavy metal sounds but I'm happy to do a bit of Led Zep and Hendrix.

Could this be the beginnings of a great new band...

Well, you know, it's difficult not to
I forgot Ray Charles off that list. And Joni Mitchell. Oh and I did I mention I have a keen interest in irish folk music too? So I shouldn't neglect Planxty or Fairport Convention! Argh! It's too hard to name my favourite bands.
The Iron Maiden thing comes from my little bro, who is pretty much one of their biggest fans - has all their albums, went to see them in December, gets in a bad mood if he misses them on TOTP 2 etc etc....
I don't know a *lot* of their songs, I just find them highly amusing, and as such can appreciate them.
Plus, the drumming on Run To The Hills is pretty hot, no?

Hehe, my brother's only 16, he's loved Maiden since he was about 11, it was my fault actually, I played him Run To The Hills and he was like "awesome!" and then he went and spent all his christmas and birthday money on their back catalogue, got a guitar for Christmas and started learning to play their songs. He's really awesome at guitar now, but I keep trying to broaden his music tastes by buying him CDs like Pixies and System of a Down, but he just gave them to my sister.
Where did you see Maiden? I think he went to Brixton, can't remember him mentioning a powercut, but he said he really enjoyed it. He likes all Maiden songs, and blindly (or deafly) believes every single one to be a work of genius, even though I tell him that really, quite a lot of them sound the same...(this really annoys him)...

I would love to do some James Brown, he's another person I love! His songs are difficult to sing though, e.g. Sex Machine, I don't think anyone can pull that off really...

I also really over use elipses................

To be honest, I'm quite sure any guitarist could play the bass; one day I decided I wanted to play bass, so I bought one, learnt how to use my fingers instead of a plectrum, and that was it. Like I enjoy playing guitar more, but if I'm just jamming I'm very happy to play bass because it improves the sound so much. Paul Mccartney was a great bassist because he was a guitarist himself and played it like a rhythm guitar.

Did the whole big band thing at school, was a genuine collaboration between people in the wind bands and rock bands; performed it open air in the summer, went down a storm *thinks back nostalgically*. Ach- funk is happy, summer music.

Becca...try and get your bro into Death Cab for Cutie! Now that's a band that should be absolutely huge! It might calm him down a bit. The Pixies are good though, I agree with you there.

I went to the one at Earl's Court. Maiden are doing a tremendous 'comeback' at Donington Monsters of Rock (where they did their greatest gig of all time!) I think. Your brother would love you forever for tickets lol.

But yeah, half their stuff sounds the same, and all of their new stuff does. However, the old albums = wow....

Oh lord, System of a Down!!! We SO have to do some System tracks lol, however horrendously difficult they'll be!

And we will do Sex Machine. Defo. I bagsy the 'geddon UPP!' backing vox .