Open Question Number One

[tesla]

As is usually the way of these things, having announced that I won't be reading LJ for a bit I find myself in desperate need of your opinions:

What songs shall I learn to play/sing for purposes of music partying? What would you like to sing along to? (Please don't throw rotten tomatoes at your monitors; it won't do anyone any good.)

Comments

Music party stuff

[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

I really know very little about your own tastes (not remembering a lot about stuff you expressed interest in during our lessons, save a vague recollection that you like/liked the Indigo Girls) but it is good to work on some songs that have choruses where people can sing, and a couple of songs with relatively simple chord progressions so that people can play along. One of the best things you can do, IMHO, is bring in stuff that nobody else does. So leaning quite heavily on your own tastes is excellent. I've had to be careful about *not* bringing in stuff that is depressing (and note that nobody has asked Lojo to play *Gloomy Sunday* in 20 years); you may not need to lean away from that. With me knowing nothing about your singing voice, I can't suggest anything that would sound good with you singing it. I wonder if there are some obscure Irish tunes that Paul Regge, and/or Kurt, and/or David Perry would react to with the comment, "Gee, I was thinking about learning that myself!"? And if somebody tells you, "Tesla, you absolutely have to learn this one," turn and run.

Note that your music party is taking place on my 6th wedding anniversary and Louie and I will be out doing stuff. I am sorry to miss it, and definitely want to hear you play and sing again someday.

Nate