Help with Selecting Audition tunes

I am going to audition for a group next week and have been asked to select 4- 5 songs from their master list that represent "a range of genres." Below is a sub-list of tunes from their master list that I can already play. So the question I am asking is: Which 4 (or 5) songs, from the list below, do you consider most challenging for a guitarist and representative of the greatest "diversity of genres?"


You Give Love A Bad Name (Cm) Bon Jovi
Wonderful Tonight (G) Clapton
When Will I be Loved? (E) Ronstadt
Time After Time (F) Lauper
The Game of Love (D) Santana
Summer of '69 (D) Bryan Adams
Stand By Me (A) Ben E. King
Runaway (Bb) Bonnie Raitt
Rockin' in the USA (A) John Mellencamp
Long Train Runnin’ (F#m) Doobies
Livin’ on a Prayer (Em) Bon Jovi
Listen to the Music (E) Doobies
Jenny Jenny/867-5309 (A) T. Tutone
It's My Life- Bon Jovi (Cm)
Heads Carolina (E) Jo Dee Messina
Dreams (C) Fleetwood Mac
Before He Cheats (A) C. Underwood
Bad Case of Loving You (E) Robert Palmer
Are you Gonna Go My Way (A) Lenny Kravitz


Thanks in advance for any advice!

Unless they make a TON of money at gigs, I would not audition. That list is horribly bland.

I'm probaby not being helpful, sorry.

Show em' you can consistently rock out with the L. Kravitz
You got the smooth touch lead with Santana
You can slow it down with Ben E. King
Next I would pick a country, (couldn't really narrow it down)
Then I'd pick your personal fav

I haven't heard ALL these songs so...

Unless they make a TON of money at gigs, I would not audition. That list is horribly bland.

I'm probaby not being helpful, sorry.

These guys are corporate band (so the music isn't all my favorites) but after talking to the keyboard player, it sounds like they have good connections.

Listen to the music to show your Rhythm.
Runaway to show classy notes.
Are you gonna go my way, to show your rocky side.
Dreams to show you can sit back in the pocket and chill.
:wink:
Too much Bon Jovi for me though :lol:

Ok so I am probably going to go with:

-Are You Gonna Go My Way- the rocker
-Heads Carolina- the new country
-Living on a Prayer- because there's still more Bon Jovi on their master list
-Runaway- for smoother bluesy sound
-Stand By Me- as my slower tune

I am going to audition for a group next week and have been asked to select 4- 5 songs from their master list that represent "a range of genres." Below is a sub-list of tunes from their master list that I can already play. So the question I am asking is: Which 4 (or 5) songs, from the list below, do you consider most challenging for a guitarist and representative of the greatest "diversity of genres?"


You Give Love A Bad Name (Cm) Bon Jovi
The Game of Love (D) Santana
Summer of '69 (D) Bryan Adams
Rockin' in the USA (A) John Mellencamp
Livin’ on a Prayer (Em) Bon Jovi
Jenny Jenny/867-5309 (A) T. Tutone
Are you Gonna Go My Way (A) Lenny Kravitz


Thanks in advance for any advice!

All typical coverband rock songs. If you are going for dancefloor fillers.

I call this a typical "girl' set you can't go wrong with.

Brown Eyed Girl-
Jessies Girl-
American Girl-Tom Petty
Are gonna be My Girl-Jet

Jenny,Jenny/867-5309 and a few others fit this list too. There is a reason coverbands choose to play those songs,it gets the girls dancing. While it may be tiring to hear/play those songs gig after gig its what works.

Go to the blammoband page on my sig. and see the song list the band I run sound for plays. It all works,its all in how you construct your setlist. First set start off with the mid tempo song to get your sound dialed in and flowing,people are not ready to get up dancing on the first two or three songs anyway. Then hit the girl songs. Second set start rocking a little more. last set might be something like an 80's meddle or start slowing it up for some belly rubber songs.

Santana
Cindy Lauper
Ben E King
Love a Bad Name
Dreams

Jenny Jenny is played....soooooo played....(though I do play it in one of my bands...people want to hear it, what can I do?!)

Thanks for the input so far everyone!

JCSouthpawtele- I'm auditioning for an existing band that needs a guitarist. If you had to pick from the list in my first post which songs would you play at the audition?

Thanks for the input so far everyone!

JCSouthpawtele- I'm auditioning for an existing band that needs a guitarist. If you had to pick from the list in my first post which songs would you play at the audition?

Pick three different style songs to show that you have the skills to pull it off. Is there another guitarist? sometimes getting along with the other guitarist is like walking on tacks. He/she might be playing the solo you learned,while its good to know the solo,learn the rhythm part too. a phone call chat with the other guitarsit before the actual rehearsal can go a long way in getting things hashed out.

Here was the first set last night.

Want you To Want Me-Cheap Trick (great rockin guitar starter song)
drummer immediately jumps into the intro snare beat of ...
Are You Gonna Go My Way-Lenny Kravitz (a little shout out from singer/guitarist say hello welcome were_______then jumps into the guitar and plays the song.

Two songs with no real break or dead air bewteen songs make the crowd notice.

Then its the mid "girl song' portion of the set.


Jessies Girl
American Girl
Are you gonna Be My Girl
Jenny,Jenny
Brown eyed girl end the "girl set" its also the one where the second guitarist picks up the acoustic/el. (leading to the next mini portion of the set,two song in a row with the acoustic eliminates the need for a stop time for guitar changes.

Three hillbilly songs.

Folsom Prison blues- second acoustic song in a row

then into Honky Tonk Woman
and last song in set ,Sweet home Alabama

It's always important to have some tunes that rely on how well the band can groove. Alot of those songs are a bit static in the groove department. They're more about the precise execution of specific parts, and not so much about groove. Two different worlds.

My approach to this would be...to play the tunes that I am most comfortable with and can do a great job on. I would want to show what I can do best and shine the best on.

Let them see you at your best and they will decide if you are for them. I wouldn't want to spread myself to thin reaching accross all genres for an audition at the risk of sounding off. Again...I would stick with the ones on that list that I am most dead on :wink:


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I spoke with the keyboard player again and it looks like I'm auditioning tomorrow night. Also at his request I am adding a couple of new tunes to my audition list:
"Kiss" - Prince & "California Girls" - Katy Perry

Here's the complete list I have to choose from

http://fredvierra.com/SoundAdvice/songlist.html (http://fredvierra.com/SoundAdvice/songlist.html)

I went to audio/video clips of the band page. Pretty good mix of songs. I would encourage them to try to ditch the music stands in front of the singer while performing,looks unprofessional. Sound clips don't always do the band justice,but to my ears she should work on her vocals in Heads Carolina Tails California,the chorus got rough,like she trying to hard to hit the notes. Good luck with it. The band over all seems capable of doing lots of different material and shows. Corparate,wedding,club dates,and festivals. They are not pidgeonholed in the club scene like some bands.