tat open jam: Songs from the Immersion Lodge

måndag 14 mars 2011

Songs from the Immersion Lodge

Yesterday, four guys tried writing 80 songs in a day. 20 songs each, during twelve hours. We managed to write about 50 songs. A bit short of our aim, but definitely new personal records for all of us. Of course there were many crappy songs, but listeners of this blog are used to this. My plan is to publish four favorites here. I go first. This was my best one, and it's called Kallelse. A bit of social realism for you.

Never rehearse

We´ve stumbled upon a new way to organize musical creativity. We call it an open band, because it´s kind of like a band, but with an important difference:

1. It's open to anyone at TAT

2. We always write new songs.

3. We never rehearse old songs.

In a traditional band it sucks when your drummer is sick, because you can´t practice your old songs. But in an open band, the loss of one drummer is the chance for anyone else to play with them.

We create at least one song each time we meet. Some of these songs will be crap. Some will be enjoyable. Look at this blog as a public diary from the music room at TAT.