Author Topic: The woes of starting up a band (Read 12048 times)

Fubar · « **Reply #30 on:** August 20, 2006, 06:57:01 PM »

tbh, the main problem for me is getting time to even play at the moment. Working shifts and doing the whole parent thing just eats up all my spare time. Other than that i've gotta get mobile again too, attempting to move a half stack and pile of guitars on the back of a bike just ain't gonna really happen! :lol:

CaffeineJunkie · « **Reply #31 on:** August 20, 2006, 06:58:03 PM »

oooh, i'd like to watch that

i'll bring a bungee chord and a crate of beer :D:D :lol: :lol:

Fubar · « **Reply #32 on:** August 20, 2006, 07:01:33 PM »

Quote from: CaffeineJunkie

oooh, i'd like to watch that

i'll bring a bungee chord and a crate of beer :D:D :lol: :lol:

It'll be OK if I can bungee the 4x12 onto you and get my brother in to carry some of the guitars! :lol:

CaffeineJunkie · « **Reply #33 on:** August 20, 2006, 07:03:14 PM »

you don't use a bungee to carry things

you use the bungee to drag the 4x12 behind the bike, and then get somebody to surf along on top of it (hence the crate of beer)

oh, and the corners and the best part

hee hee

deg0ey · « **Reply #34 on:** August 20, 2006, 07:13:15 PM »

Caffeine - It's like where you get a guy on a bike to drag along a shopping trolley filled with drunk people using the bungee...:drink:

CaffeineJunkie · « **Reply #35 on:** August 20, 2006, 07:19:50 PM »

actually i think we used a 'borrowed' double-decker bus at the time

Ratrod · « **Reply #36 on:** August 20, 2006, 08:04:52 PM »

I've been in / formed numerous bands, all with little or no succes. it took me ten years to get the band I now have. It's important to find the right guys or gals. You need to have similar taste, at a similar level and a similar sence of humor. You have to be clear about the style of music you wanna play. Like defining a 'core business' for a company.

Don't ever get a singer with no musical abillties. A singer needs to know how music works. Most singers I played with never knew when to start. It helps if you get a singer that can play a musical instrument or had decent singing lessons. All of my former bands failed because of insecure singers with no serious musical background. (someone who once sang in a choir will not do)

Just keep trying.

jt · « **Reply #37 on:** August 20, 2006, 09:10:42 PM »

:D I have to say in all honesty that the biggest problem i`ve had with singers is they`ve got egos bigger than a small continent !! :P

And that is really saying something considering i`m on a guitar forum !

Because they don`t play they have Zero discipline. They never learn the words to anything & they think there far more important than any other band member.

:D 8)

Fubar · « **Reply #38 on:** August 20, 2006, 09:25:29 PM »

Quote from: jt

:D I have to say in all honesty that the biggest problem i`ve had with singers is they`ve got egos bigger than a small continent !! :P

And that is really saying something considering i`m on a guitar forum !

Because they don`t play they have Zero discipline. They never learn the words to anything & they think there far more important than any other band member.

:D 8)

...and they never seem able to see that it's their reponsibility to buy a decent microphone. I've spent at least tens of thousands of pounds on musical equipment, strings and so forth over the years but they seem to believe that paying out 70 quid on a mic is not their responsibility! :x :x :x :x

Ratrod · « **Reply #39 on:** August 21, 2006, 12:12:07 PM »

Quote from: Fubar

Quote from: jt
:D I have to say in all honesty that the biggest problem i`ve had with singers is they`ve got egos bigger than a small continent !! :P

And that is really saying something considering i`m on a guitar forum !

Because they don`t play they have Zero discipline. They never learn the words to anything & they think there far more important than any other band member.

:D 8)

...and they never seem able to see that it's their reponsibility to buy a decent microphone. I've spent at least tens of thousands of pounds on musical equipment, strings and so forth over the years but they seem to believe that paying out 70 quid on a mic is not their responsibility! :x :x :x :x

That also sounds all to familiar to me.

carlaz · « **Reply #40 on:** August 21, 2006, 12:18:25 PM »

Quote from: Ratrod

Quote from: Fubar
Quote from: jt
:D I have to say in all honesty that the biggest problem i`ve had with singers is they`ve got egos bigger than a small continent !! :P

...and they never seem able to see that it's their reponsibility to buy a decent microphone. I've spent at least tens of thousands of pounds on musical equipment, strings and so forth over the years but they seem to believe that paying out 70 quid on a mic is not their responsibility! :x :x :x :x

That also sounds all to familiar to me.

That sounds way too familiar! :?

If I could sing & play together at the same time well enough (heck, if I could do either on their own well enough!) then I wouldn't bother with lead singers. Besides, once you embark on the 20-minute improv jam section in the middle of the song, there's nothing for the singer to do anyway, so who needs 'em! :)