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At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: Twinfan on November 14, 2008, 03:26:49 PM
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...playing in a band?
I'm really struggling to practice at the minute. I used to love playing along with CDs at home, but since doing some serious band playing recently I don't enjoy it any more. My amps don't sound 'right' at home volumes, you don't get that response between guitar & amp and you don't get that band 'vibe' either :(
I want to pack in work and become a rock n' roll star! :D
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I want to pack in work and become a rock n' roll star! :D
well, plus one there anyway
its very addictive - too addictive :/
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I'm definitely not addicted to playing in a band. Nope. Not at all.
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I do miss it, even though I was only playing boring covers before. I'm thinking about joining this metal band that are looking for a 2nd guitarist here even though metal really isnt my thing any more, it'd be fun just to jam with some musicians.
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Playing in a band is the only thing that I really love more than anything(Well, most things).
Especially when you're playing with people you connect with.
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It is.
The problem is, I recently left the band. The band wanted to do wedding parties and such and more and more non-rock n' roll music entered the setlist and the energy was gone. The local bar that had the monthly music sessions is closed too, so I don't have that either anymore.
I'm suffering from withdrawal.
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Am getting there
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I'm definitely not addicted to playing in a band. Nope. Not at all.
no?
ok
:band4:
watch him jam with these guys LOL
yeah, definatelly.. playing at home sucks!
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music becomes an addiction if you ask me...not that anyone is, but just playing with other people & getting that buzz from playing a song & getting it spot on is better than drugs to me
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I don't know how I'd cope not playing in a band. Sure there was a time when I wasn't gigging when my kids were small but I fiound myself in a new area and just had to get out an do it. I used to love recording too but only when someone else was twiddling the knobs. Tis true for me that playing with other musicians( and a drummer) keeps me interested in life.
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Since I'm Philly-stay-at-home-no-mates, I'll have to take everyone's word for it.
But it makes sense to me that playing with a band is far, far better than playing on your own. It's all about interacting with other people, isn't it? And does it really matter if you're not practising at home? OK, maybe your sweep-picking technique will suffer, but surely you learn far more useful stuff from playing with other musicians.
What about the aspect of playing for an audience? Presumably that extra pressure (and adulation :P ) gives even more of a buzz?
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never thought i was good enough to actually do it, but i do get a great amount of pleasure from seeing my stuff being played
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music becomes an addiction if you ask me...not that anyone is, but just playing with other people & getting that buzz from playing a song & getting it spot on is better than drugs to me
..and you did a lot of drugs *L*
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I just can't find the time.
Two kids under 6, a job that sucks blood worse than a vampire, and just not enough hours in a day.
The last "project" I was in was an ABBA tribute band a few year back.
God I hate ABBA...
Mark.
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I do love jamming with others but i do seem to find blokes more interested in getting off their faces than really putting the effort in. I still enjoy it though. I did answer an ad on forming bands recently and were sent some mp3s. I learned them in about 3 minutes. Then got a 2nd opinion on them as i wanted them to be ok as it was a chance to do something new. The 2nd op' was the same as my gut feeling. They're cr@p!
I just find it hard to meet other muso's who have the need for a guitar player as thats what everyone wants to do.
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i can never seem to find a band which wants to play similar stuff to me (they all seem to be either indie, or br00talz, i'd prefer hard rock), and also i'd be a bit wary of what johnny says, that they'd be more concerned with getting pissed all the time than actually playing...
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i can never seem to find a band which wants to play similar stuff to me (they all seem to be either indie, or br00talz, i'd prefer hard rock), and also i'd be a bit wary of what johnny says, that they'd be more concerned with getting pissed all the time than actually playing...
Yep I find that to be the problem, no one seems to be serious about it and if they are, then they're into shite music :lol: :x I'm considering jamming with this br00talz band for a bit though just to get into playing with other musicians again.
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I never had a band and only liked to play at home when I was 15-17...
Never played because I'm perfectionist and had (still have in some way) poor self-esteem... But I f****** need to have a band nowadays... but as I'm long time away from playing I've to start practicing a lot before making it... then I'll try to find someone that wants to play blues and 70's rock...
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And does it really matter if you're not practising at home? OK, maybe your sweep-picking technique will suffer, but surely you learn far more useful stuff from playing with other musicians.
Sweep picking? I can only just pronounce it, let alone do it :lol:
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*L* yeah where is Sooty...yeah met a lot who want to get stoned or drunk ....bit bored of that game
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And does it really matter if you're not practising at home? OK, maybe your sweep-picking technique will suffer, but surely you learn far more useful stuff from playing with other musicians.
Sweep picking? I can only just pronounce it, let alone do it :lol:
Yeah, there was a tongue-in-cheek element to that comment :lol: . But I didn't want to wind up the shredders by drawing attention to it. :wink:
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i can never seem to find a band which wants to play similar stuff to me (they all seem to be either indie, or br00talz, i'd prefer hard rock), and also i'd be a bit wary of what johnny says, that they'd be more concerned with getting pissed all the time than actually playing...
It's not just the drinking Dave, it's the inability to realise that they're in their 40's not there 20's anymore, so its pills and powder too not too mention the constant joints and fags. You get to the point where not communicating 'cos they're so out of it. Frustration is the theme for most of these rehearsals. The thing is though they can do it when they're reasonably sober! So yes i do get a massive buzz off it. Especially when all the amps are cranked, there is nothing else like it and could get very addicted to it.
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I feel for you guys. I've been very lucky and have a really fun time rock'n'roll/hard rock band. Although we've got pissed often enough, our singer never drinks, and we have the luxury of a free practice room where we spent most of today writing a new song "Dynamite" - yes we like making noise and turning it up to 11! :P
I know this may look like I'm rubbing it in, but I'm in such a good mood atm, and basically wanted to say that there are other people into (well, what I call) decent music although they may be hard to find....
If I didn't have the band though, i doubt I'd put as much work into my guitar playing and sound. It's hard to motivate yourself I find....?
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The last time I played in a band I was a young keyboardist, this was at time when Big hair 80's music was ruling the airwaves. I miss the band, and I'm missing alot of the hair too. Oh well! I have my guitars and a dream.
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I'm lucky right now, got a band together with 3 of my mates and we have so much momentum it's unbelievable. Been managing to write a song per rehearsal for weeks now, and it's stuff i enjoy playing! All my old riffs seem to fit perfectly, and even the boring stuff i wrote is being used cos the other 3 are bringing so much to the table and turning everything into something special.
Practicing twice a week in one of the roughest areas of Glasgow makes me as happy as a bear with his own hat.
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The last time I played in a band I was a young keyboardist, this was at time when Big hair 80's music was ruling the airwaves. I miss the band, and I'm missing alot of the hair too. Oh well! I have my guitars and a dream.
+ 1 on the hair...
:(
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I'm lucky right now, got a band together with 3 of my mates and we have so much momentum it's unbelievable. Been managing to write a song per rehearsal for weeks now, and it's stuff i enjoy playing! All my old riffs seem to fit perfectly, and even the boring stuff i wrote is being used cos the other 3 are bringing so much to the table and turning everything into something special.
Practicing twice a week in one of the roughest areas of Glasgow makes me as happy as a bear with his own hat.
Sounds cool! What area of Glasgow are you practicing in?
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I'm lucky right now, got a band together with 3 of my mates and we have so much momentum it's unbelievable. Been managing to write a song per rehearsal for weeks now, and it's stuff i enjoy playing! All my old riffs seem to fit perfectly, and even the boring stuff i wrote is being used cos the other 3 are bringing so much to the table and turning everything into something special.
Practicing twice a week in one of the roughest areas of Glasgow makes me as happy as a bear with his own hat.
Sounds cool! What area of Glasgow are you practicing in?
Near Possil, north of the city and is like bandit country at night. Oh and the best part- we're all boring non drinkers. The only vice any of us has is a love for tandoori chicken and ripping the shite out of the singer who has chrons disease.
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I'm lucky right now, got a band together with 3 of my mates and we have so much momentum it's unbelievable. Been managing to write a song per rehearsal for weeks now, and it's stuff i enjoy playing! All my old riffs seem to fit perfectly, and even the boring stuff i wrote is being used cos the other 3 are bringing so much to the table and turning everything into something special.
Practicing twice a week in one of the roughest areas of Glasgow makes me as happy as a bear with his own hat.
Sounds cool! What area of Glasgow are you practicing in?
Near Possil, north of the city and is like bandit country at night. Oh and the best part- we're all boring non drinkers. The only vice any of us has is a love for tandoori chicken and ripping the shitee out of the singer who has chrons disease.
Not heard of Possil, sounds exiciting though! I went to the Gorbals once. My Gran came from there and wanted to see what it was like but its all high rises now. I had a dodgy Chicken Pakora there, ugh, food poisoning.
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I'm lucky right now, got a band together with 3 of my mates and we have so much momentum it's unbelievable. Been managing to write a song per rehearsal for weeks now, and it's stuff i enjoy playing! All my old riffs seem to fit perfectly, and even the boring stuff i wrote is being used cos the other 3 are bringing so much to the table and turning everything into something special.
Practicing twice a week in one of the roughest areas of Glasgow makes me as happy as a bear with his own hat.
Sounds cool! What area of Glasgow are you practicing in?
Near Possil, north of the city and is like bandit country at night. Oh and the best part- we're all boring non drinkers. The only vice any of us has is a love for tandoori chicken and ripping the shiteee out of the singer who has chrons disease.
Not heard of Possil, sounds exiciting though! I went to the Gorbals once. My Gran came from there and wanted to see what it was like but its all high rises now. I had a dodgy Chicken Pakora there, ugh, food poisoning.
Other end of the town, but i live a stones throw from the Gorbals. Not a nice place at all.
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Yep I find that to be the problem, no one seems to be serious about it and if they are, then they're into shiteee music :lol: :x I'm considering jamming with this br00talz band for a bit though just to get into playing with other musicians again.
yeah, i always wonder whether i'd rather be in a band regardless of the music, or whether i'd rather be in no band... i think i'd rather be in no band, to be honest. Don't get me wrong, I'm willing to compromise a bit- i wouldn't have a problem being in a band which played classic rock, or blues rock (considering my favourite music seems to be 80s rock and metal), but i'd draw the line at indie and alternative... apart from anything, i can't really seem to play that style of music properly, it doesn't really come naturally to me... so to add insult to injury, as well as playing music i didn't like, i'd have to practice like mad to play it too... :lol:
It's not just the drinking Dave, it's the inability to realise that they're in their 40's not there 20's anymore, so its pills and powder too not too mention the constant joints and fags. You get to the point where not communicating 'cos they're so out of it. Frustration is the theme for most of these rehearsals. The thing is though they can do it when they're reasonably sober! So yes i do get a massive buzz off it. Especially when all the amps are cranked, there is nothing else like it and could get very addicted to it.
yeah, i know what you mean. i'm still in my 20s, and drinking all the time/not taking it seriously would annoy me too, i've never much been into getting wasted. :)
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The last "project" I was in was an ABBA tribute band a few year back.
God I hate ABBA...
Mark.
Sorry about the late post but i had to pick up on this.
I would love to play in a ABBA tribute band. That would be cool. Well not cool but i would really like to do it. Ive liked ABBA since i was little. I saw a tribute band called 'Bjorn Again' in DisneyWorld Florida and they blew me away. Its definately a guilty pleasure... maybe i need help. :D
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I was in a band until fairly recently. We spent a while in the studio and did quite a few gigs. Was good fun when everyone clicked. Sadly there were more stressful times than happy times. The singer was a good singer but had an ego problem - you could say it was insanely rampant. One of the last gigs I played at was awful. We had a 6 song set list (there were 10-12 other bands on an all day bill) that we had rehearsed. The band before us dared to do a Damien Rice song (our singer loved Damien Rice) that we had played a few times. Our lovely, ego-less, singer then declared that he could sing that particular song much better and wanted to put it into our set list. For me this was the height of bad taste and completely the opposite of my reason for loving music and playing live. This wasn't the first time that there had been a problem with attitude - insisting he couldn't carry his own guitars and amp as he might strain himself was also a pretty funny one as was the constant slagging off of established artists (i.e. with record deals) and local musicians.
Anyway - been bandless since and although I miss playing live and rehearsing with other musicians I really don't miss the constant ego problems. Maybe one day I will find a band that is as laid back as I am!
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The last "project" I was in was an ABBA tribute band a few year back.
God I hate ABBA...
Mark.
Sorry about the late post but i had to pick up on this.
I would love to play in a ABBA tribute band. That would be cool. Well not cool but i would really like to do it. Ive liked ABBA since i was little. I saw a tribute band called 'Bjorn Again' in DisneyWorld Florida and they blew me away. Its definately a guilty pleasure... maybe i need help. :D
... well, I can't stand ABBA.
However, playing the stuff was pretty cool. From a guitar perspective, there were lots of nice interesting phrases and parts to play.
I just can't stand the "niceness" of the songs.
Now, I'd DEFINITELY play in a Carpenters tribute band! There were some amazing guitar parts going on there!
.... Or Sabbath, obviously.
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I've played in a band for a week, on a course thing. It felt alright, it was more rock than my sort of metal would love to see if I could play in a metal band. One of those days I guess.
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I actually jammed with those metal guys on Wednesday, was pretty fun actually despite me not enjoying learning the covers they wanted me to, its fun when you play it in a band with mates somehow.