The Other Service

After constant extenuating circumstances, myself, Ryan and Simon finally got round to rehearsing a few songs to play at The Old Bell jam night. We had been spontaneously jamming in Simon's room where he kept his drumkit, going through a few cover versions that we knew for some time now, and it was not until a fornight ago that we booked the university practice room to get a solid set together. I compromised to temporarily play bass as well as vocals, with Ryan on guitar and Simon on drums.
In total we had two rehearsals, because in the first one I had a throat infection and was unable to sing so we needed a second for the important vocal cues. Each lasted two hours, and the setlist we constructed was as follows:

Breathe - Pink Floyd
All My Life - Foo Fighters
Remedy - Seether
Plug in Baby - Muse
Hell and High Water - Black Stone Cherry
Killing in the Name - Rage Against The Machine

After discussing band names, we settled on "The Other Service", at least for now.

[4 hours]

Unfortunately, I have no video evidence of these rehearsals. But a friend of mine managed to capture some of the songs we played at the actual jam night on Wednesday 25th February. There were many bands on that evening, and we had to split the set into two halves. It went very well, the only problems we faced were a few missed cues and the lead being pulled out of my bass during "All My Life".
For our final song, I asked a friend of mine Jono if he would play bass for us during "Killing in the Name" so that I could concentrate on frontmanship as a vocalist - something that this song demanded. We made it known that we were looking for a bassist so that I could concentrate on vocals and guitar, but it looks as if Jono may be able to fill that role for us.

We all agreed that it was more than worthwhile, and we had a great time - seeing a lot of potential for us as a group. Ryan and I have subsequently started writing some original material, hoping to have some of them to showcase the next time we attend the jam night. We received a lot of positive feedback about our performance, and the landlord showed particular interest in getting us a paid gig there.

A video of our set can be viewed here: http://www.esnips.com/doc/ee5e9b47-bde3-4d9f-9c9d-66f2b081d5bd/jam-night-25th-february_0001

[3 hours]

In the meantime, Anna has now returned to the UK temporarily so that Lighthouse can begin rehearsing again for the UK live and unsigned regionals on March 8th and our acoustic gig at The Brewery Tap on the 2nd.