1960's

This week’s tracks are California dreaming by Mammas & Pappas and Tracks of my tears by The Smokey Robinson's.

I am a lot more familiar with the 60’s decade and I have previously heard these songs as a child.

California dreaming relies heavily on vocal harmonies to fill out the sound and give it more dynamic. I liked this song and learnt the lyrics quickly as I have heard it many times before. When we did it in practice I didn’t like it much as I anticipated as they weren’t harmonies and sounded very empty and flat there wasn’t another vocalist in my band who felt confident enough to do them.

Tracks of my tears was another simple song with a vintage sound and I quickly got the phrasing right. I did forget the lyrics a few times during practice so I needed a vocal sheet to help but after practicing at home I got it right the next time around.