Yesterday we decided as a band that ‘Here Comes the Sun’ is not challenging enough for us as a band, so we have chosen to replace it with another song.
We did speak to our Chris about songs that would suit our sound the best, and after our success with ‘Love Rears Its Ugly Head’ by Living Colour, he recommended we try ‘Ignorance is Bliss’ which is also by Living Colour, it is all starting to look like the Prince get up from last year, but I’m not complaining…
He spoke to us yesterday and wanted us to start working on it on Thursday, so I went home on Wednesday afternoon and spent the rest of the day getting a feel for the rhythm, figuring out key the song is in and figuring out what scales would fit over the dive bomb spectacular which I will sadly unable to replicate as Vernon Reid is in a league of his own.
We then went through ‘Ignorance is Bliss’ for the first time. I knew the whole of the song which was good for me, but the rest of my band had only just started learning it so we worked together by putting what we knew all together which worked out in its own special way.
We will keep on working on it this week and next week until we have learnt the whole song, hopefully, whilst also rehearsing our other songs which are ‘I’d Rather Go Blind’, ‘Love Rears It’s Ugly Head’ and ‘Merry Christmas Everyone’.
Ellie Thornton Music 