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

[jbru.livejournal.com]

What I want to eventually learn to play and sing as part of my 40-year-plan to become a blues slide-guitar player are a bit slanted because of my particular tastes. sleigh and chasophonic had some good things to say about what makes a good piece for a music circle not too far back.

The basic advice is to pick something with a simple chorus that repeats frequently as this encourages people to sing along and/or something with a simple and/or standard chord progression as that will allow others to play along and take solos easily. Picking something popular makes it more likely that people will know the song which helps with all the above.

More than anything, pick something that makes your heart leap or ache to hear it. The passion you feel while performing will be palpable to the other members of the circle and passion is catching.