Back on the band front - Page 2

Undertoad · 08-17-2012, 08:50 AM

It's gonna be about once a month. Apparently the act is in some demand, maybe because there's no drummer or amps to clog things up on crowded bookings.

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Plus, you have a greater than average number of legs, so they should appreciate that too!

Only the womenfolk appreciate that. But thank you very much!

jimhelm · 08-18-2012, 11:36 AM

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because there's no drummer !

so, what? they use a drum machine on stage? I definitely hear drums in bofe dem tracks.

and I like the first one. the bending in the second one is kind of imprecise... I don't know if that's intentional, but it is a bit discordant.

I'm totally jelly, btw. I wish I was in a band. let me know if you ever need a big fat guy to come up and play some leads or sing back up.

Undertoad · 08-18-2012, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by jimhelm

so, what? they use a drum machine on stage? I definitely hear drums in bofe dem tracks.

Yes, not actually a machine but sound files. There is a lot of pre-recorded content. The guys say there's no drummer because they can't find one good enough who wants to do this sort of thing.

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the bending in the second one is kind of imprecise... I don't know if that's intentional, but it is a bit discordant.

Totally intentional. This band does some weird-ass things and will completely throw in, say, a keyboard solo that is not in the key of the rest of the song. That's the nature of it, let's make it weird and unpredictable, trancey and/or psychedelic. Once you hear it a few times it settles into your brain a little. But if not, just freak out man!!!

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I'm totally jelly, btw. I wish I was in a band. let me know if you ever need a big fat guy to come up and play some leads or sing back up.

Aw man, that was more likely in the cover band than in this one, where we will do one 45-minute set of about 10 songs. Although the cover band is not dead, just resting and will occasionally be brought out to do parties and stuff.

BUT you have total control of your destiny! You can do anything. Here is the Craigslist Philly Musicians section.

How about this dude in Coatesville!

xoxoxoBruce · 08-19-2012, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

The guys say there's no drummer because they can't find one good enough who wants to do this sort of thing.

Yeah, Guy is playing a gig at the park in Downingtown today, sitting in because their drummer couldn't make it. It's taken him six weeks to get ready.

be-bop · 08-27-2012, 05:57 PM

What no Drummer?

I've noticed a ferw bands now just have drum machines chuggin' away in the background, is this a world conspiracy against drummers,

orthodoc · 08-17-2012, 09:15 AM

All right, congrats! We'll need video ...

jimhelm · 08-17-2012, 09:24 AM

Did you wear your hat?

Undertoad · 08-17-2012, 10:24 AM

No hat required. We don't look cool. We PLAY cool. I will announce myself by my playing with authority, and the people will be astonished.

Flint · 08-18-2012, 12:30 AM

Everything about this is awesome.

I love the 'comfortable being who I am--just listen to me play' thing. Maybe the most of all things.

I've been told strange things about what I look like when I'm playing. Something like being disinterested or detached. I love things like drummers whose elbows never raise from their sides, or guitarists who sit on a stool. It's a musical performance --not theatrical, a dance troupe, or a fashion show. Maybe, at some point, at the semi-pro or pro level you feel like you have to keep up appearances, but there are examples which could indicate that this is only if you believe that you have to do that. You posted a Cheap Trick track here recently. They were ugly dorks, like Toto. Who cared?

Undertoad · 08-18-2012, 09:12 AM

Yeah yeah! Not only that but people *adored* Cheap Trick for looking like ugly dorks. I feel like if you are authoritative on stage, people will pick up on that and respect it, no matter what.

Here are some of the guys. I have replaced the dude in the middle. OK I might have lowered the average age by a year. The singer, I can tell, is a freak, and I can't wait to play out with him. The guitarist is a different kind of freak who has followed every "alternative" act since the Velvet Underground. We were stunned to find out that not only were we both at a Julian Cope (who?) show at a small club in 1986, but we were both backstage, with about 8 other people, chatting with Cope for ten minutes afterwards. So it is destiny.

Undertoad · 08-18-2012, 09:21 AM

OK be prepared to hear a genre that you don't normally hear, including enormous amounts of fuzz and distortion, it may take some getting used to:

One of the more garage-y songs, "She":

http://soundcloud.com/jacksn45/she-rj

The song that will be ALL ME, "Camera":

http://soundcloud.com/jacksn45/camera

jimhelm · 08-18-2012, 10:45 AM

hmmm... that guy had a hat....

jimhelm · 08-18-2012, 11:36 AM

I could get a hat.

classicman · 08-18-2012, 11:34 PM

@Flint
Yeh, like the Dead with all their theatrics. wait what?

BigV · 08-20-2012, 11:35 AM

Congratulations on your newly-rebroken-leg UT!

I'm wearing a hat, so I'll :tip it: for you.

:congrats:

08-17-2012, 09:15 AM	#6
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	All right, congrats! We'll need video ... __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

08-17-2012, 09:24 AM	#7
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	Did you wear your hat? __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

08-18-2012, 12:30 AM	#9
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Everything about this is awesome. I love the 'comfortable being who I am--just listen to me play' thing. Maybe the most of all things. I've been told strange things about what I look like when I'm playing. Something like being disinterested or detached. I love things like drummers whose elbows never raise from their sides, or guitarists who sit on a stool. It's a musical performance --not theatrical, a dance troupe, or a fashion show. Maybe, at some point, at the semi-pro or pro level you feel like you have to keep up appearances, but there are examples which could indicate that this is only if you believe that you have to do that. You posted a Cheap Trick track here recently. They were ugly dorks, like Toto. Who cared? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio** Last edited by Flint; 08-18-2012 at 12:42 AM.

08-18-2012, 10:45 AM	#12
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	hmmm... that guy had a hat.... __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

08-18-2012, 11:36 AM	#13
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	I could get a hat. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

08-27-2012, 05:57 PM	#5
be-bop Operations Operative Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: scotland/uk Posts: 664	What no Drummer? I've noticed a ferw bands now just have drum machines chuggin' away in the background, is this a world conspiracy against drummers,

08-17-2012, 10:24 AM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	No hat required. We don't look cool. We PLAY cool. I will announce myself by my playing with authority, and the people will be astonished.

08-18-2012, 09:12 AM	#10
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Yeah yeah! Not only that but people adored Cheap Trick for looking like ugly dorks. I feel like if you are authoritative on stage, people will pick up on that and respect it, no matter what. Here are some of the guys. I have replaced the dude in the middle. OK I might have lowered the average age by a year. The singer, I can tell, is a freak, and I can't wait to play out with him. The guitarist is a different kind of freak who has followed every "alternative" act since the Velvet Underground. We were stunned to find out that not only were we both at a Julian Cope (who?) show at a small club in 1986, but we were both backstage, with about 8 other people, chatting with Cope for ten minutes afterwards. So it is destiny.

08-18-2012, 09:21 AM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	OK be prepared to hear a genre that you don't normally hear, including enormous amounts of fuzz and distortion, it may take some getting used to: One of the more garage-y songs, "She": http://soundcloud.com/jacksn45/she-rj The song that will be ALL ME, "Camera": http://soundcloud.com/jacksn45/camera

08-18-2012, 11:34 PM	#14
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	@Flint Yeh, like the Dead with all their theatrics. wait what? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-20-2012, 11:35 AM	#15
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Congratulations on your newly-rebroken-leg UT! I'm wearing a hat, so I'll :tip it: for you. :congrats: __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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