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Band Meeting Agenda for Friday, May 10, 2019

Agenda for the next band meeting on Friday, May 10, 2019:

Minutes

TBD.

Band Meeting Topics for Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Topics for the next band meeting on Wednesday, July 25, 2018.:

1. Review minutes from last meeting.
2. Review our vision, short & medium term goals (e.g. expanding our repertoire, live gig timeline expectations), any other issues.
3. Review logo ideas and suggestions.
4. Danine’s Gig – Any last-minute issues?
5. Cottage Gig –  Discuss the plan, or formulate one, and then consider any issues.
6. Origins rehearsal space – Possible dates in the fall?
7. Photo selection – Select recital photos for our web site.
8. Review song selection criteria.
9. Unvetted List – Select songs to add to Candidates List.
10. WIP List – Select songs from Candidates List.
11. Review summer practice schedule.
12. Discuss and set fall practice schedule, at least as far as the next quarterly band meeting.
13. Choose new date for next quarterly band meeting.

Minutes

There will be NO band practice on August 6^th or 13^th (Scott please note this on the website (DONE))

Band Meeting Topics for Thursday, June 28, 2018

Topics for the next band meeting on Thursday, June 28, 2018.:

1. Collect payment for Garth for a total of $200.
2. Is the August 13th practice canceled?
3. Plan our next several Quarterly Band Status Check Meetings about band goals and more.
4. Next songs to work on. Dropping anything in WIP? Adding anything else?
5. Logo update plans. We said we’d revisit the logo after the recital gig.
6. Any other changes needed for our public or internal web pages?
7. Pick video segments for the May 18th Practice Gig medley. What do we want to include in the medley video?
8. Any other gigs to seek?

Minutes

There will be NO band practice on August 6^th or 13^th (Scott please note this on the website (DONE))

• Four (4) quarterly band meetings were tentatively planned. They will take place at Marc’s place at 6:00 pm (pizza will be ordered for supper) on the following dates (Scott please add these to the Band calendar DONE)
  • Wednesday, July 25, 2018
  • Wednesday, October 24, 2018 (Marc may be in Italy, so may be rescheduled)
  • Wednesday, January 23, 2019
  • Wednesday, April 24, 2019
• Band Logo … Marc will work on the logo
• Website:
  • Scott will work on distilling Mike’s pictures down to a manageable amount so that the band can pick the ones they want to keep
  • Scott will look for a plugin for website access to DropBox folders (the goal is to have master tracks for all repertoire songs for everyone to practice with that are easy to access)
    • Sidebar: The Band will start working on establishing a master recording of each song to be used for practice (Note: Once done, patches will need to be updated to match master recording)
  • Scott will look for a plugin for a continuous calendar that will show ALL band activity (rehearsals, meetings, sing-outs, etc. DONE)
• Song Review:
  • All current Repertoire (16 songs) were reviewed and will stay in Repertoire
  • All songs on the WIP list were reviewed, with the following decisions taken (Scott please update website):
    • (DONE) Jessie’s Girl and Eight Days A Week were moved from WIP to Repertoire
    • (DONE) You’re No Good will stay on the WIP list
    • (DONE) One of These Nights and More Than A Feeling were ‘deferred’ until sometime in the future
    • (DONE) Closing Time, Oye Como Va and Betty Lou were removed from the WIP list
  • o   All songs on the Jam Test were reviewed, with the following decisions taken (Scott please update website):
    • (DONE) Old Time Rock and Roll was removed
      
    • (DONE) 25 or 6 to 4 and Saturday Night’s Alright were removed and placed back on the Candidates List
• Planning ahead for reviewing/updating the ‘Unvetted Song’ list and Candidates List at July 25^th band meeting:
  • Everyone can pick UP TO 4 new songs for vetting – the list of new songs must be emailed to Scott by July 15^th (Scott will post this list on the band’s website)
  • From July 16^th to 24^th everyone will review* all the songs on both the Unvetted and Candidate List in advance of our meeting and come up with their own ‘top 4’ picks from the two lists
  • * The purpose of the review is to listen to the song and use what we have learned over the past year to see if:
    • The song can be played well  (are there too many intricate parts or solos that are difficult; it is musically within our abilities, or out of our reach for where we are right now)
    • The song can be sung well (is it in the vocalist’s range, are the harmonies easy or difficult)
• Reminders for band practice next Monday, July 2^nd:
  • Play the following songs to gauge where they are at:
    • You Ain’t See Nothin’ Yet
    • Black Velvet
    • Black Magic Woman
    • Jessie’s Girl
    • Eight Days A Week
    • You’re No Good
    • Proud Mary
    • Livin’ On A Prayer
  • Practice the beginning of the following songs:
    • Heatwave
    • Lido
    • Pretty Lady
  • Practice the ending of Jump
  • Work on the harmonies in Pretty Lady and One Fine Morning

Band Meeting Topics for Monday, June 25, 2018

Topics for the band meeting on Monday, June 25, 2018.:

1. Recital gig video review, scheduled for Monday, June 25th.
   1. Video reviewed on Monday, June 25th. We think If It Makes You Happy is a good candidate for the website. Joe will produce a “sweetened” audio track and Scott will merge that with the video.
2. Marina’s feedback.
   1. She really liked the show, made no mention of some less-than-perfect harmonies, but did mention that she thought the harmonies needed to be louder and that there needed to be more slower songs. I explained to her that we replaced Alone with Jump, which lost a slow song.
3. Mike & Garth status update.
   1. 2016-06-25 – Garth offereed to apologize but nobody thought it necessary. The band was adamant that Scott offer to reimburse Garth for Mike’s substitution and Scott had done so (2018-06-26) and is awaiting a response.
   2. Garth’s discussion with Mike was unfruitful with Mike adamant that he’d done no wrong.
4. Practice schedule for summer and the months beyond.
   1. Practice schedule updated (2018-06-26). Practices will be Mondays from noon to 4 PM. No practice on Monday, August 6th.
5. Summer vacation schedule.
   1. Practice schedule updated with Scott & Joanne’s vacation (2018-06-26).
6. Quarterly status check on band goals and more–it’s been more than three months!
   1. Deferred to Thursday, June 28th.
7. Next songs to work on. Dropping anything in WIP? Adding anything else?
   1. Deferred to Thursday, June 28th.
8. Logo update plans. We said we’d revisit the logo after the recital gig.
   1. Deferred to Thursday, June 28th.
9. Pick photos. We have hundreds of photos from Mike that we need to review to decide what goes on the web.
   1. Scott to do a first pass and post around twenty or thirty photos for further review.
10. Any other changes needed for our public or internal web pages?
    1. Deferred to Thursday, June 28th.
11. Pick video segments for the May 18th Practice Gig medley. What do we want to include in the medley video?
    1. Deferred to Thursday, June 28th.
12. Cottage gig dates?
    1. Tentatively set for September 1st.
13. Any other gigs to seek?
    1. Deferred to Thursday, June 28th, but date for Joe’s sister’s party is likely in July.
14. Other Business
    1. At the end of August we should pick a date to use the hall in Wellington West for either a practice and/or a self-hosted gig.
    2. We need to plan our Quarterly Band Meetings for the remainder of this year and onwards.

Band Meeting – Friday, January 26, 2018

We shortened our band practice so that we could order pizza and go through our Candidate Candidates List.

Outcome

Songs Reviewed and Disposition (PDF)

On the sheet above, the following songs were added:

1. Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen)
2. R.O.C.K. in the Outaouais (Mellencamp) / What I Like About You (The Romantics) – as a medley of the two songs together
3. 25 or 6 to 4 (Chicago)Long Time (Boston)
4. Back in the USSR (Beatles)
5. Long Time (Boston)

Also on the sheet, the following Christmas songs were added:

1. Darlene Love’s Christmas song
2. Run Run Rudolph – Bryan Adams
3. Santa Claus is Coming To Town – Bruce Springsteen

Band Meeting – Thursday, December 7, 2017

We met at the Royal Oak beside Marc’s & Jane’s place for dinner. After finishing our meals, we went to Marc’s & Jane’s place for our official meeting.

Agenda and Background Material

Marked up by Scott: PDF

Band Aspirations – Short and Long Term Objectives

• We are a performing band.
• We want to have a mix of music.
• Focus on friendly audiences in 2018.
• Increase repertoire – goal of 26 songs total by the end of 2018.

Band Name

• Pick a day in January/February to go through a branding/naming exercise led by Scott.
• if someone suggests a name before then that everyone loves, then we may just go with that.

Song Criteria

• Add to the end of criteria 3 “over and over” (i.e. All band members must want to play the song over and over).

Pot Luck

• Salads: Scott and Ted.
• Deserts: Kelly and Joe.