Plainsong
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If this goes better in song writing, mods please feel free to move it there. I have the flu right now and the thinking part of my brain is overcome with sinus pressure. 
Anyway, most of yall remember how Joey and I did her big single to help Fibro research, right? Well around that time, she started writing lots of lyrics, and we started talking about how stuff should sound and all that. We enjoyed the process and really learned a lot about what works and what doesn't, so why end it with one song?
We just needed one thing really, a group name. Joey was talking about this time she went to Sweden, and how the warning labels on cigs read: "Rocking doo-dar."* So when you open a pack of cigs, remember kids, rocking doo-dar. Here in Finland it says "Rocking can doo-dar."
Of course this means Smoking Kills, and it's Rökning dödar, but the joke stuck. The upside is that I didn't even have to explain it to our bass player (Anders, my husband).
So say hello to The Rocking Dodars! We have a fistful of songs, and it might take us a year, it might take us two, but we'll have some songs coming your way soon. We'll try to blog about the stuff that works and doesn't, so maybe it will be of some help to those trying to record on a shoestring. Who said everyone in the band had to even be in the same country?
Next project - Other than song recording, is to get Anders from uke-adjacent to uke-playing. He refuses to learn 4 strings and/or new fingerings. Does anyone know how well guitar-alele's do with those string sets made for tiny scale and standard tuning?
*This started a heated debate (that hasn't ended BTW) about how English and Swedish are in no way related (of course they are!).
Anyway, most of yall remember how Joey and I did her big single to help Fibro research, right? Well around that time, she started writing lots of lyrics, and we started talking about how stuff should sound and all that. We enjoyed the process and really learned a lot about what works and what doesn't, so why end it with one song?
We just needed one thing really, a group name. Joey was talking about this time she went to Sweden, and how the warning labels on cigs read: "Rocking doo-dar."* So when you open a pack of cigs, remember kids, rocking doo-dar. Here in Finland it says "Rocking can doo-dar."
Of course this means Smoking Kills, and it's Rökning dödar, but the joke stuck. The upside is that I didn't even have to explain it to our bass player (Anders, my husband).
So say hello to The Rocking Dodars! We have a fistful of songs, and it might take us a year, it might take us two, but we'll have some songs coming your way soon. We'll try to blog about the stuff that works and doesn't, so maybe it will be of some help to those trying to record on a shoestring. Who said everyone in the band had to even be in the same country?
Next project - Other than song recording, is to get Anders from uke-adjacent to uke-playing. He refuses to learn 4 strings and/or new fingerings. Does anyone know how well guitar-alele's do with those string sets made for tiny scale and standard tuning?
*This started a heated debate (that hasn't ended BTW) about how English and Swedish are in no way related (of course they are!).
