Never heard that tune, Choke. Primarily quarter notes. Should be a piece of cake.
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I just have to get the run at speed … everything else is dialed in 
you know the drill … learn slow … then speed up 
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Big win today! The band was having some friction. Chatted with everyone - Drummer and I were totally solid together, no issues there.
Decided to split from the couple who were our singer/keyboard and rhythm guitar. No hard feelings, they just didn’t have the time and energy to devote to things. The band had gotten stuck in a rut of only playing the songs they already knew.
Had a chat with our lead guitarist about some issues - and worked things out nicely. Mostly it was simple miscommunication and bad fit between him and the singer.
Put out a call for a vocalist who could also do rhythm guitar or keys… and got a response same day from a guy I already knew from playing D&D!
Situation resolved within 48 hours!
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Amazing.
Congratulations!
If things don’t quickly escalate towards some version of Dio, Blind Guardian, or Amon Amarth, I’ll be both surprised and disappointed.
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Be the space wizard you want to see airbrushed on the side of a van.
The first original song I’ve been working on is totally in that speed. First stanza goes:
As I rose 'bove the tree tops
Above where the sky rots
And the gods spread blood
Under my wings
(…but we’re actually leaning more towards being centered around New Wave stuff.)
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This.
This is my new battle cry.
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Don’t forget your wizard robes and pointy hat next time you make a guess appearance in a BB video! 
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indeed, however, living in two cities 5 hours apart for 50% of the time each makes this even more challenging, so happily playing alone vs. nothing at all. Rochester has a zillion musical folks, many are friends, so maybe some colabs in the future…
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@Whying_Dutchman, Gotta say my dude, kinda weird.
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Hey, making music is about sex, drugs and rock’n roll! This day proved it.
Being kind-of straight edge, I missed out on the drugs though…
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Nah…
I guess you’re not a Prince fan then?
Or Garbage…?
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It was more like this:
While the non-climax part was like this:
Only difference - more BPM, but ok, this is 2025. Everything goes faster nowadays 
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Good bass day:
Was in the office today. A colleague is also a bassist, so we each took an instrument in and had a bit of a bass-off at lunch time.
At the end of the session we each offered the other a bit of a critique. Not in the ‘you suck’ mode, more here’s something to work on. Given that we work well together and respect that each of us is on a journey, the critique is sincere.
Anyway, I have something to work on, and for that, I am grateful.
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That post was like being mugged in a multi storey car park.
Wrong on so many levels.
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Fortunately for you, you haven’t heard the half of it.
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Yeah - I imagine our puritan grand parents at a Led Zeppelin gig, ca. 1969.
They play " Whole Lotta Love". After the gig, grannie goes to Robert Plant, and complains: “that was wrong on so many levels, young man!”
Face it: most songs we play are about what happened yesterday at our neighbours, not about watering the roses in your garden and drinking a tea with our aunties.
Nice to know: I just learned, that “Whole Lotta Love” was based on “You Need Love” by Muddy Waters. 1959!
Man, those musicians “nowadays” are truly perverts … we should all stop making music and watch Teletubbies instead
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You’re trying to make this black and white but I’m pretty sure there’s a whole spectrum of color between tea with Grandma and getting your voyeur groove on and playing along to it.
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The dirtiest recorded song I’ve ever heard is a blues song called “Shave 'em Dry”, originally recorded in 1924. Nikki Minaj has got nothing on how dirty this is.
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I still ask myself, what “backdoor santa” is about???!