Are YOU in a band?

Matt Brown · Wed 04/08/2004 18:13:53

I'm in two bands. One is with two adults in my church...its a popish rock kinda band. We sound good, and have gotten a few decent gigs..I guess I dont like the music very much though. not really musically stimulating.

I just started a band with some of my other muscian friends called The Burg Street Swingers. Its a Jazz/Funk/Classic rock band arranged for a Jazz combo. I think I'll have a website up soon to show you guys.

Evil · Wed 04/08/2004 19:40:11

I've been looking for a band. I've only been playing a year but when you play 5 hours a day like I doo you pick up stuff quickly. I'm just having trouble finding people as devoted as I am.

Next week I'm doing a solo kids show. Its a no pay thing, but the crowd is gonna be big.

LGM · Thu 05/08/2004 06:12:27

Who did you bribe to land you that?

Evil · Thu 05/08/2004 15:27:11

Actually, I was bribed into it. I guess they needed some place holders durring show breaks and they want me to entertain the kids. I took it only for the experience.

Ciro DurÃ¡n · Thu 05/08/2004 18:25:15

I'm in the band of a teather group, I play clarinet

, along with two guys who play guitar and bass, and some 15-year-old girl who plays drums sweet.

The guitarrist and bassist have another rock and roll group called Eyacular Tocando (something like Cum by playing, in spanish), I sometimes play with them as a guest musician

. I do the cover art for them also.

Oliver · Thu 05/08/2004 20:25:32

I'm in a punk-rock band. I and Eigen (that's his real name and the board name too). I play the guitar, 3 years for now, I think I play quite good.

Out band has a website too, we don't update it often though, just when we put some new songs, if even then, we're just too lazy.

http://www.hot.ee/wuzzynation

Also, we're in need of a drummer and lead singer...

Bionic Bill · Thu 05/08/2004 22:09:11

Rincewind, and anyone else mildly interested:

I played in an acoustic coffehouse/hardcore metal type of band. One track's up on purevolume here. That might have to sate your odd conjoining of musical style desires. I played acoustic guitar, acoustic bass, and screamed. Though live I just played bass and screamed, since I have fewer than four arms. The band's dead and gone now, since a few members graduated from our uni.

Rincewind · Thu 05/08/2004 22:38:41

Bill:
Hehe, acoustic hardcore? That sounds funky...

A local Grindcore band called Gravelgrinder did an all-acoustic version of one of their songs, "Sons of Gravel", so I have a faint idea of what to expect... But I'm sure your music is a bit different, so I'll download the song, no doubt about it!Ã,Â Ã,Â

Al_Ninio · Thu 05/08/2004 22:46:53

Bill, that song was damn awesome.
I'm sad to hear the band's dead.
I was hoping for more

shbaz · Fri 06/08/2004 00:30:47

Quote from: Rincewind on Wed 04/08/2004 08:59:56
Svetlana - Experimental/Drone/Doom/Noise/Ambient-metal, or something. Most of the time a two-man project, concentrating on making gut-wrenchingly heavy and psychotic music. Absolutely not song-based music, if "music" is the right word for it... It's more about moods and droning atmospheres.
Influenced both by obscure psych-groups such as White Noise and other drone groups such as Sunn O))), Earth and Pelican.
Homepage: http://www.svetlana-drone.tkÃ,Â Mp3's: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/8/svetlanamusic.htm

Are you also a fan of Svetlana vacuum tubes or does the word mean something I'm not aware of?

Al_Ninio · Fri 06/08/2004 00:38:12

Er, Shbaz, Svetlana is a pretty common Russian name...

shbaz · Fri 06/08/2004 01:07:04

Quote from: Highwaygal on Fri 06/08/2004 00:38:12
Er, Shbaz, Svetlana is a pretty common Russian name...

Oh.. well that is also a very good Russian tube company (you can see the cryllic lettering on the box, which is very awesome).

MrAnonymus · Fri 06/08/2004 08:35:07

I was in a band a few months ago kinda. We only jammed once and it went horribly. I was a beginner at bass so I wasn't exactly too great, and our drummer was awesome. The main problem was though, is that they're both huge Blink 182 fans, and I really couldn't care less about them. So all they wanted to do was Blink 182 covers (like every other high school band these days) and I wasn't able to play any of their songs (not because I couldn't, just because they're too easy and I never bothered to learn them). Oh, and none of us could sing. So yeah, that fell apart and now I'm saving up money for a new bass guitar and hopefully once I get it, I can start up another band.

Jockstrap · Fri 06/08/2004 14:55:05

Quote from: Captain Mostly on Wed 04/08/2004 14:59:00
I never understand why people say that music SHOULD be taken forwards. Why SHOULD music go in ANY particular direction?

You're absolutely right actually. Music shouldn't really be anything in particular, except for what people want it to be.

Rincewind · Fri 06/08/2004 20:48:37

Quote from: shbazjinkens on Fri 06/08/2004 00:30:47
Are you also a fan of Svetlana vacuum tubes or does the word mean something I'm not aware of?

Yeah, they are the best vacuum tubes, ever. No doubt about it. The influence it has had on our music is undeniable.

...Or it's just as Highwaygal said, a common russian name.

We actually sat down and thought that heck, if you can name a band "Abdullah", you can name a band "Svetlana". We even thought of calling ourselves "Ayatollah", and doing another project called "Eulalia", (Which might not mean anything unless you are swede... ) but we skipped those ideas...

remixor · Fri 06/08/2004 23:10:14

I have played guitar and piano in a band that has seen way too many incarnations over the past four years. College hasn't helped much in that regard.

JBiker51 · Sat 07/08/2004 03:19:40

I wouldn't be in a band. I'd go completely solo, and do songs Elton John style. Crocidile Rock, baby!

[Cameron] · Sat 07/08/2004 05:22:26

Been in a few bands. First was in Grade 6, we started a band called skeptical. It was poppy songs about girls. Before anybody flames me, yes i was a bit of a reteard. Unfortunatly for theband i was the only person who could play anything and i was crap. I played guitar. Later that year me an the singre formed a second band called needle point monkeys. A day later we changed it to Tombstone Inscriptions and wrote some heavier songs. But when we were needle point monkeys i wrote our only song called Hump a dead moose. To this day a few of my friends still sing the chorus. In year 7 or 8, those years sort of blur a bit. Me and another dude that played guitar thought about starting a band called Lemon Flavoured Capguns. We stopped before we started and sometimes people mention that name still. For a year 8 music project i made a band called Red Leather Ice Creams. Now i like to sing a little (averagely) and write songs. I'm a lot better at writing now.

shbaz · Sat 07/08/2004 06:01:38

Quote from: Rincewind on Fri 06/08/2004 20:48:37
Quote from: shbazjinkens on Fri 06/08/2004 00:30:47
Are you also a fan of Svetlana vacuum tubes or does the word mean something I'm not aware of?

Yeah, they are the best vacuum tubes, ever. No doubt about it. The influence it has had on our music is undeniable.

I've heard of other tube fanatics that name their bands including their favorite electronic product names and famous electric inventors like Tesla.. my last band was called, "Eight Ohms," so I didn't think it too unusual.

Plus, if you play guitar through a tube amp, the influence it has on your music is undeniable, IMO.

HappyHobo · Sat 07/08/2004 06:40:36

Right now I'm in a band without a drummer called Pretzels n' Cheese. I (maybe) sing, and play guitar. We only have two songs and they're more like riffs strung together in a random fashion inbetween solos. Our bassist has played for two years, but he was playing in the school orchestra with a string bass. He didn't practice once. It's come back to bite him in the ass. Our other guitarist has only been playing since September, but he's damn good. I've only been playing guitar for about 1 1/2 years. We've got a double lead thing going, like Slayer.

Are YOU in a band?

MrAnonymus