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May 2010

Hendrix Rehearsal Notes 15 May 2010

“I Love to Practice”Things haven’t gone that way that we’ve wanted them to go but we have had to make adjustments. I wanted to run dress rehearsals for the month of May and that is probably not going to happen. We still need to work on tunes and that is why the schedule has been setup to allow you the time to play each tune two or three times. Remember, you can’t play these enough so take advantage. This is where the “I love to practice” came in. I was asked if I was trying to teach redundancy by having songs played over and over again. Maybe some of the parents can help me out with this one. We don’t stop playing tunes once we get them right, we stop playing them once we can’t get them wrong.

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Hendrix Rehearsal Notes 8 May 2010

“Unless you’re 70 years old, 600 lbs. and black; you can’t look cool sitting down while playing guitar!”
This last rehearsal (May 8) went much better than the previous one. Everyone played strong with the exception of “Can You See Me” which is the only song on the chopping block (if this song doesn’t get better than it will taken out of the show). This is a very simple fix: LEARN THE SONG FORM!!! With the exception of Arielle, the guitar players are hesitating when they need to play the pickup lick for the Verses and they can’t seem to find their way out of the solo section. Read More...
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