Music group

[larrysputnik]

Are you also inspired by his days with the Grateful Dead?

[Robusto]

Very much, Joe.

I'm at a mate's tonight who has just about everything by the Dead. He's played me all he has with Hornsby on keys, and it's fab. It lifts them a lot lol.

He and his missus are ex-smokers. They ask me about cigars in all the wrong ways, and it irritates me.

[Robusto]

Fur Q

[Drewmidorn]

Dear dear Chris, he's never been quite right in the head. Genius though!

[Robusto]

He's my role model. I'm certainly twisted.

[Robusto]

On a music site that masterorock and I belong to, I asked the local muso people to suggest some recent 3-chord wonders that I could use with 13 year olds in class. These kids have minimal musical talent (or none at all shhh lol) so I needed to get them going.

This is in C sharp, but I moved it up a semitone and got them to use D - F - C - D. It's worked a treat, and I've fallen in love with the track and will buy an album of this lady when I'm out and about.

I get the kids to use percussion (I have stacks of different perc instruments) and have taken them through keyboard and guitar chords for it. They have to do a version of it in a group of four so it's not just karaoke.

I actually encourage performance, rather than the study of theory, with one hour a week per class. They can't sit still and concentrate for ten minutes, so I have to engage them.

Drew, Larry, master, anyone on here. If you know any other simple tunes, please post the. Beatles, Buddy Holly, whatever, are ancient and don't work easily. Especially if you want to be Down With Da Kidz.

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In this game, I have to encourage. Fortunately SOME of my customers can sing in tune!

It can go Summer Heights High. Whatever - It beats teaching French!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElY5Gr845Fw

[Drewmidorn]

Crazy In love-Beyonce (Two chords really)
Tainted Love (Cover)-Marilyn Manson
I Like The Way you Move- Bodyrockers
Thats Not My Name-The Ting Tings
Can't Get You Out Of My Head- Kylie
Slow-Kylie

these are just off the top of my head. you'll need to check them out. I'll have a flick through my i tunes tomorrow see if anything makes itself obvious.

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[larrysputnik]

Pull out a tune off of Flight of the Conchords. Any tune will do.

I would use The Humans Are Dead. It should be easy to teach the Binary Solo: 00010100110001010001...

[Robusto]

Dashing to work - but well done, men!