I have to tell you all that our guitarist invented a new mnemnonic technique based on using fish to remember the order of the verses: for example 'two dollar bill':
*L*obster (Lost all my money..) *C*od (Cloudy in the west..) *D*ogfish (Dark and it's raining..) *H*ake (Homesick and lonesome...) *B*ass (Black smoke a rising..) My question is whether he should be institutionalised, or whether some kind of medication would sort him out... On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 4:11 PM, The Holstein Kid <[email protected]>wrote: > > Thanks Everyone, terrific feedback. I hope my guitarist comes through > tomorrow night, I'll keep y'all informed. > There is a tune where I kept confusing the verses, and in Take Your > Shoes Off Moses the Fiddle asked what the word Smite meant. After > several comments, laughter, discussion etc, I then always remembered > that word to be in the 2nd verse and it stuck like glue. I also used > to be a bit lazy with I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby (Louvin) and > after deciding to learn it properly, I began rehearsing without paper > and then started singing in the shower and in the car, which did the > trick. I started to imagine the plot to the story and Bingo. But my > poor family :-) > > Chef, that RS link sums it all up . . . . now what was I > sayin' . . . . > HK > > On Jul 3, 10:03 pm, ljt <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Foggy Memory Boys....great name, great concept...sure would love > > to see one of your ...efforts, sounds like lots of fun for all. > > > > On Jul 3, 5:24 pm, Robin Gravina <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > It seems as if a lot of Tater folk have a band going - why don't we > share > > > songs & videos and so on? I'd be interested to hear what everyone's > doing - > > > seems like there are a lot of creative people here, and that people are > > > applying their mandolin to some different styles. > > > > > How about it? > > > Robin > > > > > On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 2:52 AM, Val Mindel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > The sheet flat on the stage for prompting purposes is a good tip for > > > > songs that have lyrics that are easy to screw up, but it seems like > > > > learning the words is a fairly early and necessary step along the way > > > > to getting on top of a song, getting it performance ready. I too have > > > > failing-memory issues at times, but going over problem words > > > > immediately before a gig seems to work, and I'm much happier not > > > > having to try to read something while on stage...particularly since > > > > the advent of trifocals, which do really disturbing things to lines > of > > > > type, especially at critical moments. I do better with my aging > > > > memory. > > > > On Jul 2, 1:42 pm, Pat Murphree <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Our band chose the name "The Foggy Memory Boys" so we can get away > with > > > > things like forgotten lyrics and other screw-ups. It also excuses the > use of > > > > stands. > > > > > > > Murph > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "The Holstein Kid" <[email protected]> > > > > > To: "Taterbugmando" <[email protected]> > > > > > Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2009 4:58:00 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada > Pacific > > > > > Subject: To stand, or not?? > > > > > > > Thought I might throw this out there. The new group I’m in is > having a > > > > > little trouble remembering lyrics to our tunes at this stage, and > > > > > we’ve got a performance on Sat night. Because we’re only doing up > to > > > > > six tunes, I suggested we shouldn’t have a music stand in sight. I > > > > > think it looks more professional not to have a stand and you should > > > > > know your music. Right or not so? > > > > > > > Perhaps if we were doing several sets it might be a different > story. I > > > > > noticed a photo of EC and Co. on his recent tour with music stands > on > > > > > stage. It’s obviously acceptable to do this and I wonder if that > was > > > > > for a full show which is what it looked like. > > > > > > > Any opinion or rule of thumb you guys go by? > > > > > > > HK- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
