Hello everyone, here is a new kinda Jam we're going to trial here in the Collab forum, the idea is to get folks collabing, with people you have and haven't worked with before on a song.
As this is the first month, this is how its going to work.

You enter yourself for the Random Jam by posting here, clearly stating you are entering your name into the hat, and also write down the name and artist of a song you'd like to cover, one per person.
The thread will be open for two weeks (as its our first), once we have enough ppl signed up, all names will be entered into the Hat, 3 musicians will be picked at random, the three chosen will then be able to pick from any song that was entered into the comp by all the entrants, you get to decide between you.


The List of names and songs will be updated here:

Avalon - My Guitar Wants To Kill You Mama - G3
Naifazun - Lou Reed - Gassed And Stoked
Wahwah - Foxy Lady - Jimi Hendrix
Hansholz - Stuck in the middle with you - Steelers Wheels
Guitaral - Panama - Van Halen
Macman - Cold as Ice - Foreigner
3Fingers - Jessica - The Allman Brothers
Ukelele - Custard pie - Led Zep

Finally, a big thank you to Chris (Wahwah) for the core idea for the Random Jam Project :yourock: and lets see plenty of names down for this :thumb:
All feedback on the idea and anything else very welcome too btw :)

I'll kick things off by putting my name down, and my choice for is, "My Guitar Wants To Kill You Mama" G3 :)

That's awesomely cool! I'm in! I choose Lou Reed - Gassed And Stoked! :rock:

And we're off and running, thanks Naif :thumb:

ooooooooooooooooook...Jimi Hendrix - Foxy Lady :jawdrop:

Cool idea as you don't know what song you will have to do. Also a bit scary as you don't know what song you will have to do :lol: Only one of that three I know off the top of my head i Foxy Lady, but I cant imagine myself having much to offer to a G3 track..... No time this month anyway (Is it going to be monthly? Though in theory it should be quicker with a team on it, don't always work like that if one member gets delayed). Should throw up some interesting results.

Fantastic idea guys:yourock:

I will go away and think of a tune:rock:

Cool idea as you don't know what song you will have to do. Also a bit scary as you don't know what song you will have to do :lol: Only one of that three I know off the top of my head i Foxy Lady, but I cant imagine myself having much to offer to a G3 track..... No time this month anyway (Is it going to be monthly? Though in theory it should be quicker with a team on it, don't always work like that if one member gets delayed). Should throw up some interesting results.

Once the team is picked, it would be decided between them what song they actually do, so i would hope with enough entrys, there would be something for everyone, or a happy medium atleast :)
As for it being monthly, it might become more Bi-Monthly, since it takes alittle time for a few ppl to get everything sorted, for now atleast, i think it will work on a One Jam Ends, The Next Begins, for now atleast.
Maybe it would be cool to keep drawing names after the inital 3 and get 2,3 or 4 groups on the go, we'll just have to see how it go's really, and how everyone takes to it.

so what would happen with the backing track aspect, though?

i'm thinking of a song... but i don't know what...

Well that would be by and large down to the Team that gets picked, some of the tracks, backers may exist for, others might need making, so its all things to bare in mind when you pick your song.

I should also point out, this is for everyone, vocalists, guitarists, bass players, anyone who wants to get involved :thumb:

Sounds like a excellent idea Chris and Jamie , will be interesting to see what kinda direction this takes :rock: :rock:
I would put me name down but the way im playing of late is nothing short of total rubbish , anyway i hope this goes down well nevertheless fellas :D

So what you're is,.... say I put a tune up,....and then you pick the names from the hat!...I may not be playing in the tune that I posted?


Johnny

ok for a different twist i will volunteer to do the vocals on a def leppard or foreigner song

So what you're is,.... say I put a tune up,....and then you pick the names from the hat!...I may not be playing in the tune that I posted?


Johnny

Well you don't technically post a tune, you just add a song of your choice to the list of what can be covered by the entrants that get picked (and you obviously have to enter your own name into the hat at the same time), the idea is to get ppl collabing and having fun, maybe even trying something new.

I guess in most cases, the ppl who get picked will probably end up covering one of the tunes they submitted, but everyone adding a song gives options, and far better then just having a random track that no1 wants to cover.

ok for a different twist i will volunteer to do the vocals on a def leppard or foreigner song

If you could pick a song mate, i'll pop you down on the list :)

Well that would be by and large down to the Team that gets picked, some of the tracks, backers may exist for, others might need making, so its all things to bare in mind when you pick your song.

I should also point out, this is for everyone, vocalists, guitarists, bass players, anyone who wants to get involved :thumb:

.. Dont forget drummers!!! LOL

I think this is a great idea... I think it's important that we forget the accuracy of some of the covers you hear in GB.com and say to ourselves that this is a chance for 3 people who might not have collabed together before to take a song that they might not have heard before and put their take on it, within their own limitations. Also it's a great opportunity to learn from and develop their playing including some mixing, programming, backing track making skills... so it's all good.

I'm in...and I'm nominating "Stuck in the middle with you" by Steelers Wheels

Well you don't technically post a tune, you just add a song of your choice to the list of what can be covered by the entrants that get picked (and you obviously have to enter your own name into the hat at the same time), the idea is to get ppl collabing and having fun, maybe even trying something new.

I guess in most cases, the ppl who get picked will probably end up covering one of the tunes they submitted, but everyone adding a song gives options, and far better then just having a random track that no1 wants to cover.

Got ya. Sounds good. I'll see if I can come up with something,..if not I'll jump on next time!

Johnny

how about panama by good ol' van halen?!?!? geetar, obviously.

I'm in...and I'm nominating "Stuck in the middle with you" by Steelers Wheels

how about panama by good ol' van halen?!?!? geetar, obviously.

Thanks guys, you're both on the list :thumb:

Foreigner - Cold as Ice,

I did have a backing track I was working on but the wife said it sounded like Elevator music:lol: ...So it will need a good backer...

Foreigner - Cold as Ice,

I did have a backing track I was working on but the wife said it sounded like Elevator music:lol: ...So it will need a good backer...

Thanks for adding your name to the list mate :thumb: , i guess Kenny has a Foreigner song in the hat now too, so he can pick a Def Leppard track :)

"Jessica" by the Allman Brothers. Good instrumental jam.

"Jessica" by the Allman Brothers. Good instrumental jam.

Damn, That was the "Top Gear" theme in the UK - That's a toughie!

"Jessica" by the Allman Brothers. Good instrumental jam.

Thanks Serg, you're on the list :thumb:

Led Zep´s Custard pie, fun & nasty tune lol! Lotsa guitar overlaying, plus harp :rock:(I made a decent backer out of a midi)

Led Zep´s Custard pie, fun & nasty tune lol! Lotsa guitar overlaying, plus harp :rock:(I made a decent backer out of a midi)

Thanks Tony, great to have to on board :thumb:

Right, well i looks to me as if we have all the entrants we're going to get, so i'll be drawing the names out later to night and announcing the first Random Jam Team, good luck to everyone :)

Good luck everyone! This is gonna be awesome! Macman,..This is gonna be IMO,..the hardest song to put together out of them all. I'm glad I'm not singing it!!....Wowow! ....I can just hear the cracks and squeaks now!!:lol:

Johnny

Just a reminder, LOL!

Just a reminder, LOL!

lmfao :lol:
Couldn't of put it better myself, i take it things are progressing nicely? :)

lmfao :lol:
Couldn't of put it better myself, i take it things are progressing nicely? :)
Oh yeah, everything is cool Jamie, :woot:We´re having a blast through emails, I don´t know when this one will come out, but we sure are having fun, hehe!

this project has been a fricking nightmare but Tony and Serg have been helping me through....

DEEP RESPECT FOR MR HENDRIX:bowdown: :bowdown:

Alright. We are done. I will post it up in this section I suppose. I guess we call it Random Jam 1?