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Jam Night at teVelde Music

What is this?
Jam Night is a project by teVelde Music to give its intermediate and advanced students the opportunity to play in an actual band configuration.

What will they play?
We've selected a variety of songs that A) are likely to be known to the students and B) do not require playing ability that is necessarily beyond that of our students. Having said that, we also note that the "Guitar Hero" series of games are very popular with the students, and they're likely to know all of those songs. So, in the lists that follow, we've listed the songs from Guitar Hero separately.

Where is it?
Currently, we're looking at playing at our new campus in San Luis Obispo. All amplification, microphones, keyboards, bass, and drums are provided. The student needs to bring any music they need.

When is it?
We're currently looking at Sundays from about 6:00-8:00p.m.

Are you forming a band?
Well, "no" and "yes". The purpose of this isn't to get a bunch of musicians together and say "go". The purpose is to teach them how to play as a band, working with the ebb and flow of the song, using everyone's strengths and weaknesses to produce a rewarding overall musical experience for players and audience. It is also to teach them how to conduct productive, result-oriented rehearsals (as opposed to everyone gathering in the garage with their instruments and talking about what went on at school that day). Now, having said that, we would like to take some of our better players and enter them in a talent contest or two or maybe play at Farmer's Market in SLO or something.

Note to Parents:
We haven't vetted all of these songs for lyrical content. If you're worried about "bad words" that your child may hear, please look up the lyrics for these songs and let us know if you want us to have the song sung differently or not at all.

Will I get to play on every song?
Depending upon how many students want to play, we may have to resort to a "reservation" system, where students can sign up to play a certain instrument on a certain song at the next Jam Night.

Great! Who do we talk to?
You can either talk to Bonnie at one of the schools or email Joe Emenaker at joe@emenaker.com

The songs below are rated by their difficulty at each instrument. "E" for Easy, "I" for Intermediate, and "A" for Advanced.

Songs from "Guitar Hero" and "Guitar Hero II":

	Vocals	Guitar	Guitar 2	Kbd 1	Bass	Drums
"Girlfriend" - Matthew Sweet	I	A	A		E	A
"You Got Another Thing Comin'" - Judas Priest	I	I	I	A	E	I
"Surrender" - Cheap Trick	A	I		A	E	I
"Monkey Wrench" - Foo Fighters	I	A			I	A
"Last Child" - Aerosmith	A	I		I	I	E
"I Wanna Be Sedated" - The Ramones	E	E		E	E	E
"Smoke on the Water" - Deep Purple	E	I		I	E	I
"Infected" - Bad Religion	I	I	E		E	E
"Iron Man" - Black Sabbath	I	I		I	I	I
"Take Me Out" - Franz Ferdinand	I	I	I		I	I
"Sharp Dressed Man" - ZZ Top	E	I	E		E	E
"No One Knows" - Queens of the Stone Age	E	A			I	I
"Godzilla" - Blue Oyster Cult	I	I		I	I	I
"Frankenstein" - Edgar Winter		I		I	I	I

Other songs that are challenging, yet doable by students:

	Vocals	Guitar	Kbd 1	Bass	Drums
"Here it Goes Again" - Ok Go	I	I		E	I
"Free Ride" - Edgar Winter	I	I	I	E	I
"Woman From Tokyo" - Deep Purple	A	I	I	E	I
"Breakdown" - Tom Petty	E	E	E	E	E
"Jumpin' Jack Flash" - Rolling Stones	E	I	E	I	E
"Satisfaction" - Rolling Stones	E	I	E	I	E
"Born to be Wild" - Steppenwolf	I	I	A	I	A
"Magic Carpet Ride" - Steppenwolf	I	I	I	E	E
"No More Mr. Nice Guy" - Alice Cooper	I	I	I	E	I
"School's Out" - Alice Cooper	I	I	I	I	I
"Secret Agent Man" - Johnny Rivers	E	E	E	E	E
"Sweet Emotion" - Aerosmith	I	I	I	A	I
"Suffragette City" - David Bowie	I	I	I	I	E
"Rebel Rebel" - David Bowie	I	I	I	I	E
"China Grove" - Doobie Brothers	I	I	A	A	I
"Long Train Runnin'" - Doobie Brothers	I	I	A	A	I

You can get Guitar Guru music from this Musicnotes website, and it will take you through the actual song riffs, at gradually faster speeds, until you learn them. They have tablature and fretboards right on the screen that help you learn where on the guitar to play so you don't waste any time guessing. Just click on this link, and you can download the Guitar Guru software to your computer, free. Then, you buy the music that has the "Guitar Guru" symbol on it, and it will work right on your home computer.