Santa Ana Woman

Guys,

Here are links to a PDF of the arrangement and an MP3 of the Beachers recording.

• Santa Ana Woman - PDF
• Santa Ana Woman - MP3, Beachers
• Santa Ana Woman - MP3, The Bobs... to come later on
  

Go crazy, Mike C.

U Can't Do That (middle section)

Guys,

Here's the link to the new middle section of U Can't Do That.
Each listing below shows assigned voices from low to high.

• bass vamp 2 day tripper
  
• Day Tripper - IG | Mico | Dale
• Can't Buy Me Love - Jarell | Will M & D | Matt D
• Love, Love Me, Do - Ethan | Drew
• 8 Day a Week - IG | Mico
• I Wanna Hold Your Hand - Jarell | Will M
• Help - IG | Mico | Dale
• bass vamp to ooom pah
• Sgt. Pepper - Jarell | Will M & D | Matt D
• Ob La Di - IG | Mico | Dale | Ethan
• I Am The Walrus - Matt D
• 3 (ungh) She Love's You Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
  

Also, for you techies, you can no longer browse the entire /downloads/ folder on my web server... sorry Charlie. Find the blog post and grab the files from the links.

Regards, Mike C.

Wuntaforty Parts

Okay gents, here are the MP3 files for the parts in Wuntaforty.

• Wuntaforty (all parts)
• Wuntaforty (solo)
• Wuntaforty (t1)
• Wuntaforty (t2 - high)
• Wuntaforty (t2 - low)
• Wuntaforty (bari)
• Wuntaforty (bass)

Pick your parts. Download. Listen with the music.

Regards, Mike C.

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Fall

Mighty Mighty Beachers...

Fall is sweeping by swiftly, so let's unfurl the sail and gather speed. Attendance has not been wonderful, so we really need to adjust so as to not get blown off course. We're aiming for a busy December with at two gigs locked down and hopefully more to come.

Here's the schedule:

• Saturday - 12/1 GIG at Borders Books in Westport
  time TBD
  
• Monday - 12/3 VIDEO RECORDING of A Xmas Song for YouTube and AOL online contest
  
• Thursday - 12/6
  
• Saturday - 12/8 GIG with the CONN ARTISTS
  exact times TBD
  afternoon - ad hoc singing downtown somewhere
  evening - Trinity Church, Southport - invite lots of friends and family
  
• Monday - 12/10 AUDITIONS (no rehearsal)
  
• Thursday - 12/13 CALL-BACKS (all to attend)
• Friday - 12/14 shhhhh... it's a secret, remembah?
• Saturday - 12/15 NYC gig? minstreling in NYC?
  
• Monday - 12/17
  
• Tuesday - 12/18 Winter Concert... you guys will do a song or two before the gig, alongside the Blues
• Wednesday - 1/2/08 Beachers Day (all to attend... long day)

I'll update this post when I know more about the Winter Concert, etc.

Repertoire
We've got a lot of material 90% ready. The gig on the 8th will be 3.5 songs... from among these:

• Love Potion #9
• Romeo & Juliet
• Life's Gonna Suck
• Concrete & Clay
• U Can't Do That

See you in rehearsal, Mike

Zombie Jam Set List

Guys,
Have given considerable thought to the set list for Zombie Jam... here's where it stands. It's probably 90% where we want to be.

First Set

• Hodja - IG
  
• Concrete & Clay - Mico
  
• Romeo & Juliet - Rakan
  
• Can't Take That Away - Matt D.
  
• I Got Rhythm/Flintstones - Kevin/Will B.
  

Second Set

• Starfish & Coffee - Rakan
  
• Love Potion #9 - Will M.
  
• Lonesome Road - Matt
  
• Is That the Way You Look? - Matt M.
  
• Helmet - Chris
  
• And So It Goes
  
• Life's Gonna Suck - Kevin
  
• You Can't Do That - Dale
  
• TOTES - James
  

Moms (Bring 'Em Up #1)

• Evaline - Mico
  

Alums (Bring 'Em Up #2)

• Drifters Medley - Dylan & Will M.
  
• Bible / Dixie
  
• Shenandoah - Will B.
  
• Chariot - James
  

Wow! This is gonna be a helluva concert. You've gotta be psyched.

You've also got some final CRANKING to do. Sing together as much as you can... even if the whole group isn't there. NEXT TUESDAY IS CRUCIAL for GROUP SING-TOGETHER COHESION.

I will see you next Wednesday for final work, especially on the Alum set.

Regards, Mike C.

More MP3's of Classic Beacher Songs

Guys,

We're in the final stretch and now face the challenge of finishing up learnings on the legendary Beachers traditional arrangements. I've uploaded MP3 files of the entire Beachers CD. Please point your browser to the following folder and download like a madman.

http://www.papageno.com/downloads/

You can browse the list of songs and download what you need, or even listen right from the list.

Mike

Missing Music? Download the PDF of the Nova Songbook

Guys,

Some of you have been without your songbooks at rehearsals. That doesn't work. So, here's a PDF of the entire Nova Songbook. Download it, printout what you need, bring it to rehearsal.

I don't have the Traditional Songbook digitized yet... perhaps for next year.

Regards, Mike C.