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nord
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How many songs do you know;
A well enough to sing
B you could write down all the words given a bit of time
A well enough to sing
B you could write down all the words given a bit of time
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mikeh
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I answered 100+ well enough to sing and well enough to write the words down.
I've been gigging a very long time (in many genres) so there are a lot of songs that I've learned - not to mention the 100+ songs I've written.
I've been gigging a very long time (in many genres) so there are a lot of songs that I've learned - not to mention the 100+ songs I've written.
Whatmysay
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I only know one, but I play it 100 different ways
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mikeh
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That reminds me of an old stage rap - after the first song of the night the singer tells the audiance "That's the only song we know.....do you wanna hear it again?"
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nord
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7string
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I chose 100+ on both counts but the fact is it's thousands. When I was a kid, when learning a song, I would play my guitar along with the song and I was too lazy to move the needle back to the beginning and consequently I learned entire albums instead of songs. I can play/sing every song CCR ever recorded as well as Grand Funk, Iron Butterfly and more...
Then there's the 25+ years I spent in radio which helped me learn words to songs... even the one's I hated!
Now my wife is another story. She doesn't play any instrument and she doesn't sing very loud, but while driving around listening to the radio, I have NEVER heard a song come on the 'oldies rock' station that she DOESN'T know the words to!
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Then there's the 25+ years I spent in radio which helped me learn words to songs... even the one's I hated!
Now my wife is another story. She doesn't play any instrument and she doesn't sing very loud, but while driving around listening to the radio, I have NEVER heard a song come on the 'oldies rock' station that she DOESN'T know the words to!
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rayc
retroreprobate
0 - because I make up my own as I go - Very Walter Torre but my memory doesn't hold much more than a 1st generation thumb drive.
rayc
retroreprobate
When I played in bands I had to use chord charts to get me through a set. I just don't retain that info.
I had to rerecord an old song of mine last year & spent days looking for a chord chart because, despite playing in a hundred time, I couldn't remember the chord progression. My ear isn't good enough to pick it out exactly & I didn't want an approximate - I wanted the diminishedsubcataneousnodalmodalrootstalkof the stemcell.
I had to rerecord an old song of mine last year & spent days looking for a chord chart because, despite playing in a hundred time, I couldn't remember the chord progression. My ear isn't good enough to pick it out exactly & I didn't want an approximate - I wanted the diminishedsubcataneousnodalmodalrootstalkof the stemcell.
VomitHatSteve
Hat STYLE. Not contents.
I actually taught myself my instruments mostly by writing my own songs. (Apperently I hadn't figured out how to google tabs...) So I've actually got a stack of 100 or so of my own songs memorized. Other than that, I really only know how to play two dozen or so songs from memory.