Hey all, I was wondering if any of you cover any Spyro tunes? I've got about 12 of them written in fake book form for my (non-profit) group. A buddy of mine wants to play half of his senior recital as a tribute to Spyro. What drew me in to SG so long ago (hehe, makes me sound old) were their chords and voicings. I like talking about this, but I'm rambling, kinda talking to myself... let me know if any of you play their stuff and what your take on it is.

Yeah, my band "JIGSAWW" plays 'Morning Dance'. We of course don't have a mallet player so we have a keyboardist playing that part. A fairly easy tune to play. However, the drums have to be just right or the tune doesn't sound the same.

d_w

Hi Guys!!
Here in Puerto Rico I have a band Called "Heliopolis"
We play Old San Juan , Heliopolis (of Course)
Shangai Gumbo , Joy Ride ,Nu Sungo,Liberty Road ,and some tunes from Chick Corea and Santana.
I'm working on "conversations" but sience we have an occasional mallet player we can't play it yet.

Well so far we've picked Heart of the Night, Lost and Found, Breathless, Valentino's, and Breakfast at Igor's for the recital. Hey Eril, do you have a lead sheet for Conversations?

Man!!!!

It's heartening and inspiring to see all you guys who are into Spyro...who are ALSO performing their music!
I can strum three beginners shords on the guitar, but I am no musician... my appreciation is limited to as a fan only.
QUESTION:

What Spyro composition do you guys find is the most complex....the hardest to play(excluding non availability of an istrument as a reason)????

Peace!
Paul

Wow, I don't really know right now... what's been happening lately is that I set out to write a lead sheet of a song and it just flows. None of them have been too hard (to write, that is), in fact I did 6 in one weekend. Playing them is a whole different matter, though. I suppose the hardest ones so far are Ruled By Venus (due to the syncopation in the rhythm section) and Birks Law for some unknown reason (well, we've only ran it once or twice). I've written On Liberty Road out, but we haven't ran it yet. I've got a lot of finals right now, but evenutally Real Time will be my next project, then I'd like to do Midnight and Escape Hatch. Well, there's always next semester.

Take Care,
Matt

Hi Guys!!!

Well, for me one of the hardest songs to play is incognito. specially the "bridge". The other one is conversations. I am a piano player myself and i've been listening to spyro for 19 years. but one thing is listening and other thing is playing it. Also Tom Composes almost all the challenching songs from SG.

Yes, I'd have to agree that Tom's compositions are the most challenging to play and transcribe. But they are a blast at the same time. All I can say is keep them coming!

Hi Matt!!

we were working last night on Paula/ Pawprints , and it was a blast!!. That song is very funked up.BTW Wat instrument do you play?. I'm a piano player myself.

Sorry Matt I did'nt saw your question about the sheet for conversations. Nope, I don't have a sheet for it. I just sat down one day with the guys and listened to it over and over and it came out just right.
Now , i do have a song book from thier first album to city kids. I bought it here at a music store like ten years ago , but it doesn't include conversations.

Well I started off a long time ago on sax, which is still my primary instrument, but I picked up the piano 10 years ago and the bass about 7 years ago. Most of my music revolves around those three, but I can play drums and vibes as well. Hehe, that takes care of most of Spyro's lineup, but I can't play guitar very well, just "power chords". I end up playing it like a bass whenever I try. D'oh! I just picked up an Alesis DG8, which rocks! I've got it MIDIed to my old Yamaha PSR-520 and I'm picking up a Korg MIDI module soon. What do you play on?

I use a Moog rouge (strictly for solos) ,a Roland D-50 midied to an Akai S-1000 , a yamaha DX7 FII , and a Korg Trinity.


I love to use the moog 'cause of the fat sounds and also 'cause it makes me sound a little like Tom (Yeah Right)

Hey Eril, Matt
I am a bassist. Check out my webpage. http://community.webtv.net/dwalmz1/DavidWalmsley and let me know what you think. If any of you have webpages, give me the url and I'll check yours' out.

d_w

David, nice site! I don't have one yet... I'm kinda new to this area and our band just formed up, but it'll be coming soon.

You guys are making me jealous. I'm not a musician, but I've often fantasized playing keyboards on Leticia, Song for Lorraine, Cockatoo, Laser Material, Sweet and Savvy, Incognito, Serpent in Paradise, Conversations, Shakedown, Sunflurry, Whirlwind and one of the coolest Tom compositions ever: Schu's Blues.