Megadeth’s Bad Omen. Not much into the lyrics but the music rocks. Definitely need to build up some stamina. It’s a workout!
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I gotta learn to keep my mouth shut!
Discussing a few songs for the group, BL sugests some more Alice Cooper (good, always has interesting bass)-I suggested a doing the Muppets mix of Welcome to My Nighmare (because we are a 3 piece and the bass is prominent in this one), BL talked about doing Stormtroopin (Ted Nugent) had a listen, sounds ok.
Then I suggested some Sisters Of Mercy, BL is familiar with SOM but not a big fan, he prefers doing classic hard rock.
Well I showed him Dr Jeep and he thought it was ok, then he said maybe I could sing it.
I can barely sing in the shower, let alone with a bass.
Not one to ignore a challenge I looked for some inspiration and found this, might be easier than I thought and a cool bassline too:
Edit:
I also found this while looking around- it links to a free 7 lesson course on singing while playing bass, I have done Luke’s Blues intro course and some other beginner ones and he is good too:
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Just about ready to record this one for the Covers thread 
Gotta love John Deacon
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Playing live is so addictive you’d want to do that all the time.
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Something I am working on… got what I think is an OK tone for this…
Not sure I have the endurance yet for the whole song of octaves… LOL
I also stop playing to show how the bass really does carry this tune
Muse - Uprising practice
It will be a fun one tho when I get it locked in
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Cool, we were doing this one for a while, it is a bit of work
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Dummy me… after breaking the song down in to repeated patterns ( to make life easier… ) messed up the verse pattern… 
LOL
There are actually 2 half measure step ups and step downs… I had neglected the one in the verse section…
OOPS. LOL
I guess that’s why its called ‘practice’
Here mate, here is our chart and a score from guitar pro
UPRISING CHART.pdf (202.1 KB)
UPRISING SCORE.pdf (2.3 MB)
If they don’t upload let me know an I’ll send them another way
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Good song, From Dusk Till Dawn is a fav film of mine.
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I got it sorted … LOL Thanks for that tho
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All I was forgetting was the walk up in the second repitition of the verse… LOL
Here is our setlist for next Jam in 2 weeks.
The underlined are new ones to learn
I am singing Dr Jeep (first time singing ever let alone while playing)
We seem to really gel on the Black Sabbath ones
Open to ideas for Stormtroopin effects, I recall it has a fair bit of phaser going on.
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Some madman with a diabolical plan was talking about The Tragically Hip
the other day and since then I played at least 2 hours of Hip songs…
These 3 were disproportionally played the most. 
At The Hundredth Meridian
Locked In The Trunk Of A Car
Fully completely
The Hip I can play much better than a couple of days ago, perhaps the madman’s plan is working?
Otherwise Birdland is one of my main songs I work on lately, the Jaco version, and Come on Come Over and The Chicken, I’m not saying I’m killing them but they are recognizable…
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LMAO!! wonder who that could have been
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Haha I’ve been waiting for that reply, I’ll add a thanks…
I’ve enjoyed getting my Hip on…
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LOL no thanks needed Glad you got to re-visit the Hip
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I’m working on Like a Stone which I’m finding more challenging than I expected. It’s not particularly notey, but getting the rhythm, which incorporates ghost notes and most notes played on upbeats, is taking some practice.
Not that its a necessarily a “hard” song, but definitely a step up from what I’ve tried to play to date.
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Slow it down… and take your time ( a lot of my covers I should take this very advice … LOL )
The song aint going anywhere … you have all the time in the world
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Got a few that I’m looking at for next…
With Or Without You - U2
Dreams - Cranberries
All-Star - Smashmouth (I have this one mostly down, except for the 16th notes in the chorus)
Long-term aspirational tracks:
Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies (thanks to @Bassic)
The Thing That Should Not Be - Metallica
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New list for this week.
Challenges are singing and keeping time for Dr Jeep (SOM), neither part is hard, but doing them together is a new skill for me (I am not a singer by any definition, not even in the shower).
Fear of the Dark (Iron Maiden) Dear God! what have I signed up for- great song challenging rhythm changes and arpeggios/inversions
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