General Music Forum

[Toddskins]

Well, I just feel like posting, and I could not find a forum for General Music talk, so I guess the Keyboard section will have to do.

Dragon, maybe a new forum ???


So I'm presently learning "Bloody Well Right" by Supertramp. I'm excited about this song. Sounds good, too, using my Rhodes patch.

The intricacies required sheet music, which I do not own. So how did I do it?

I downloaded the MIDI song from some site. Then opened the song in Sonar to view all the tracks. Then copied and pasted the keyboard track into a new document and saved it. Then opened that new isolated MIDI track in Sibelius. Made a tweak here and there, and then printed it out.

I could have printed it directly from Sonar, but Cakewalk is not a professional scoring software - it tends to miscalculate timings and phrasings, for the printed score.

Anywho... i'm not a fast sight-reader, so here I am 4 hours of learning later, and am just finally ready to go to page 2 of the printed music. But oh how cool it sounds once you get it memorized and play it at speed.

 

[WhiteStrat]

One of my all time favorite keys parts in rock n' roll. Supertramp had lots of 'em, but Right, Bloody Well Right's intro stands out...

 

[Toddskins]

r u shure?

Y'know, W.S.,

Itz a doggone shame you have that admitted weakness of yours. The drummer who toured for Head East lives in S. County, and he and I are trying to form a classic rock band (70's and mid-80's). Your technical prowess would be a super addition. hint hint

Very rare to get a band with keyboards, let alone to do the difficult songs NOBODY does and EVERYBODY would love to hear.

Tell ya what. I'll learn Jump since I know you like VH. Eh???

 

[WhiteStrat]

You're tempting me brother...tell ya what, I'll learn Bloody Well Right (remember--I don't EVER learn other people's junk) and we'll jam with that one.

Something's better than nothing, huh?

 

[Toddskins]

yea?

You're tempting me brother...tell ya what, I'll learn Bloody Well Right (remember--I don't EVER learn other people's junk) and we'll jam with that one.

Something's better than nothing, huh?

Ok! You'll need that wah-pedal, I believe. Right when all the music comes in together, after the intro.

 

[WhiteStrat]

Ok! You'll need that wah-pedal, I believe. Right when all the music comes in together, after the intro.

Well, I've got 3 to choose from. But I'll bet the vintage Cry Baby nails it best. I'll get some tabs and give you a call when I'm ready to work it out with you. You gonna come over to my studio? Lots of toys...

 

[dementedchord]

The drummer who toured for Head East lives in S. County,

cant remember who the drummer was... but mike somerville was a great guitarist... cool guy... haven't seen him in years... but he used to work with a rael good buddy of mine... band was sgt carter...

 

[Toddskins]

Wow

cant remember who the drummer was... but mike somerville was a great guitarist... cool guy... haven't seen him in years... but he used to work with a rael good buddy of mine... band was sgt carter...

I just saw that you are in St. Louis. Cool

The original drummer was John Schlit (sp?).

The drummer I'm working with is Mark Keller, who they used for touring after the some band member(s) had gone in various directions. Mark did not do any recording with them.