January Tribute Band Is- Van Halen - Guitars101

**Scott Parnell** · 12-31-2004, 05:31 PM

Ok everyone, Let's get this idea rollin along. For the month of January,, we will be paying our tributes to one of the all time greatest bands in rock's history,,, Van Halen. Thois is how the rules will go for this idea..

1. must be a collaberation ( collab= band) no limit to how many people are in your band

2. your band must have a band name named in honor of Van Halen.

3. the people you collab with,,, will stick together as a band for the full month that this is going on till it changes next month to a different band.

4. there is no limit to how many covers of vh tunes ya do,, this is for all in fun and to pay tribute to vh,, not a contest.

5. we will post our tribute songs of vh in covers section.

and most of all have fun with this cause this is what it's all about!!!!!!

To get this thing rolling,,, me,, Rain,, and TopJimmy78 will be paying tribute to Van Halen. our band name is " Best Of Both Worlds" that we are using for this month. Hope to see more of yas out there joining in on this!!! Rock out all!!

rain · 12-31-2004, 05:37 PM

What a way to start off the new year!!!!!....Great idea hun...I'm sooo excited to work with you and jimmy!!!!!

**Scott Parnell** · 12-31-2004, 05:44 PM

im excited for this too to be workin with you 2 !

TopJimmy78 · 01-01-2005, 01:19 PM

I am pumped for this, it is aweosem to be working with ya Scott and Mandy Love!!

**RobertVanHagar** · 01-01-2005, 03:05 PM

Well, being that some say I can do a good Sammy, I'd like to volunteer myself to work in a team. I play keys and am familiarized with mixing and stuff. It'd be an honor working w/you guys

. I have the following:
Instruments:
-KORG N364
-Roland EXR3
Apps:
-Cool Edit Pro
-Adobe Audition 1.5
-Cakewalk 9.3
-Traktion
-eMagic

**Scott Parnell** · 01-02-2005, 03:20 PM

cool! we will kepp that in mind for sure! hope more will come to saee this thread! i have to start workin with Mandy and Jimmy on some vh now wohoooo!

**RobertVanHagar** · 01-02-2005, 04:35 PM

That's a very good group of people you got there. Can't wait to hear the songs.

**Mondy** · 01-02-2005, 05:07 PM

I'd be up for this, Robert. There's not many that I can play mind, so we'd have to get another guitarist in in order to help me out !

MattM · 01-02-2005, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by mondola

I'd be up for this, Robert. There's not many that I can play mind, so we'd have to get another guitarist in in order to help me out !

robert, mondy, id be up for it.

i might be the one in need of help though...

Kai Yakamashii · 01-03-2005, 12:21 AM

cool idea

**Mondy** · 01-03-2005, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by MattM

robert, mondy, id be up for it. i might be the one in need of help though...

Well, it says there's no limit to how many people we can have in our band. So lets get yakamashi and wahwah and Ej on board as well, but take all the credit. How's that sound guys ?

I'm up for this challenge, but man, Eddie's beaten me so many times when I've tried his songs !

And, MattM, what's wrong with the strips ? Stripes are goo-od !!!

wahwah · 01-03-2005, 12:57 AM

I'm up for it...just don't choose fuggin' 'Mean Streets' right?!?!

mickey_g107 · 01-03-2005, 05:04 AM

i can play van halen, anyone wanna be in a band with me...?

cough cough..... ................................

damn...

MattM · 01-03-2005, 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mondola

Well, it says there's no limit to how many people we can have in our band. So lets get yakamashi and wahwah and Ej on board as well, but take all the credit. How's that sound guys ?

I'm up for this challenge, but man, Eddie's beaten me so many times when I've tried his songs !

And, MattM, what's wrong with the strips ? Stripes are goo-od !!!

hmm..if we are gonna hvae that many people we will have to divide a whole song up into pieces, instead of individually played parts. how would we do this?

...and we could pick something easier too.

**RobertVanHagar** · 01-03-2005, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by MattM

hmm..if we are gonna hvae that many people we will have to divide a whole song up into pieces, instead of individually played parts. how would we do this?

...and we could pick something easier too.

Well, here's what we need to do. We need to know what software everyone's comfortable using. Then we need to break down who's playing what, like lead, rhythm, keys: synth or piano, live/seq'd drums, live/seq'd bass, and singing. I think if we give structure and organization to the band, we'll do a great job in rendering the songs we'd like.