New Session Happening Tonight!

Sunday night was a sort-of wake-up call for myself and Justin, as we realized we are being a little lax about our future plans with the group. We have a couple tunes semi-written, so we're in good shape in that regard, but there are still no covers we have learned and mastered. We decided to being working on Third Eye Blind's "Crystal Baller" as our first cover. We and our whole group of friends are extremely fond of 1990's alternative rock, and this song is, in my opinion, the best 3EB song and one of the best from that era.

The trickiest part of the song is the intro, which sounds like one guitar but may actually be two. It's also getting more and more difficult to find tablature for any song on guitar these days, let alone Third Eye Blind, not exactly the most in-demand group for tabs. For those reading who aren't familiar with tablature, or "tabs," it is a really simple system of reading songs on guitar. It's much easier than learning how to read sheet music, and saves a lot of time for people who just want to know how to play the song. All the tabs I could find for "Crystal Baller" were either incorrect or incomplete, so I had to basically figure out the song for myself.

I always saw that my greatest asset as a guitar player was my ability to quickly pick up melodies in songs and learn them, most of the time by listening to them over and over again. I have a good ear for music; I always felt that skill made up for my lack of speed and "chops" in my guitar playing. I listened to "Crystal Baller" about a dozen times in a row and in about an hour I had it almost 100% down. It may not be perfect, but if it sounds close enough we'd be in good shape. I hope we'll have an audio and/or video sample of us playing the song in the very near future. For now, we can just hope...