By skamonic
We do not have very many full band rehearsals. Getting a time when everyone is free is always difficult, and we have a good gig-hardened repertoire anyway.
So it’s worth marking a rare (almost) full band rehearsal yesterday.
We have a big function gig in Dorset next weekend so as we haven’t had a gig for a few weeks it was good to get back in the skank.
It also gave us the chance to try out some new tunes.
We never like to announce these before we play them, but our version of the Dr Who theme which has yet to be played in public was sounding pretty good and we will definitely play that next weekend.
And in our continuing mining of the 1980s we have a great ska-ed up version of what – at least in the UK – was a one-hit wonder.
Here’s a clue. It was originally in German.
Perhaps we will persuade Leah to revive it in the original language.
By skamonic
We are of course a well-oiled machine on stage, but it’s quite rare for us to get everyone together for a whole afternnon’s rehearsal.
But as we are playing with a changed line-up and doing some new vocal numbers at our Friday gig, we have spent a very productive afternoon at East London’s very reasonable Kafri rehearsal studios.
I’m not going to reveal the new numbers but one is an 80s synth-pop classic that has almost certainly never been given a ska makeover before and another is from the Motown songbook.
By skamonic
We are of course a well-oiled machine on stage, but it’s quite rare for us to get everyone together for a whole afternnon’s rehearsal.
But as we are playing with a changed line-up and doing some new vocal numbers at our Friday gig, we have spent a very productive afternoon at East London’s very reasonable Kafri rehearsal studios.
I’m not going to reveal the new numbers but one is an 80s synth-pop classic that has almost certainly never been given a ska makeover before and another is from the Motown songbook.
