RaceU4her
Well-known member
Ive been having thoughts of starting a new band, but i just dont know i have that energy anymore
Harry Dunne
Active member
This has been my experience trying to start bands. I finally tapped out, started writing and learned to record at home. I haven’t looked back since.
Techdeth
RESIDENT ROCK PROFESSOR
Just make sure you lube up them assholes . Being an all make band
Just sound advice
Just sound advice
Techdeth
RESIDENT ROCK PROFESSOR
Be my drummer
DanTravis62
Moderator
Moderator
The problem is most people are inexperienced and assume you just put the band in the same room, and then you "jam", and then songs magically happen.
That's not what happens when you form a band.
Someone writes songs, and everyone learns the songs before you all get in the same room and jam. Then you make tweaks, changes, additions and subtractions to the songs while everyone is in the same room.
Only people without jobs have the time to just "jam" for days on end and magically come up with songs.
RaceU4her
Well-known member
i really need to get serious on drums, this winter it needs to happen.
Techdeth
RESIDENT ROCK PROFESSOR
I’m down to jam . I fucking love jammin
Not much of that here
N
nightlight
Well-known member
It's disrespectful if a band gets held up because some member doesn't have the professionalism to learn what was agreed upon before a rehearsal.
It may not even be their fault, if there's a skill mismatch. I never was able to find a drummer to play with me for the long term. You really need someone with drive and skills in a band, not someone who's just there to be fashionable and have a good time.
That said, no point burning bridges. This is especially true if the guys are decent musicians and you gel. Go meet up, have fun and then have an earnest discussion about what went wrong. Who knows, perhaps one or two members will jam again in future in some other project.
It may not even be their fault, if there's a skill mismatch. I never was able to find a drummer to play with me for the long term. You really need someone with drive and skills in a band, not someone who's just there to be fashionable and have a good time.
That said, no point burning bridges. This is especially true if the guys are decent musicians and you gel. Go meet up, have fun and then have an earnest discussion about what went wrong. Who knows, perhaps one or two members will jam again in future in some other project.
Eazy-ESP
Well-known member
There’s been to much innuendo in this thread. You are talking about music yeah?
Solarflares
Banned
Well-known member
Can we be clear?
Nobody is ‘jamming’ anything up anyone.
No-one is making preserves.
The roads were clear.
No-one is experiencing insurmountables in their lives.
This wasn’t a ‘Jam’ tribute act.
No-one lost their cock.
They were just jamming alright?
Fucking waste of time, money, and good equipment these days. Even more so if it’s Dad stuff. Rocky Mountain Way for 2 hours! Followed by Sweet Home Alabama. Oh, is that the time? Ok guys, see you next month.
Still, nothing is as bad as being the guitar player for Nina Hagen Band on a full tour, and finding out that tonight’s Bass Player is a kid she met working in a gas station that morning, and she liked his vibe man. Can you imagine that shit?
Nobody is ‘jamming’ anything up anyone.
No-one is making preserves.
The roads were clear.
No-one is experiencing insurmountables in their lives.
This wasn’t a ‘Jam’ tribute act.
No-one lost their cock.
They were just jamming alright?
Fucking waste of time, money, and good equipment these days. Even more so if it’s Dad stuff. Rocky Mountain Way for 2 hours! Followed by Sweet Home Alabama. Oh, is that the time? Ok guys, see you next month.
Still, nothing is as bad as being the guitar player for Nina Hagen Band on a full tour, and finding out that tonight’s Bass Player is a kid she met working in a gas station that morning, and she liked his vibe man. Can you imagine that shit?
BeZo
Well-known member
We were just jamming at first to feel everything out. Finding the sounds and the riffs. I wrote two tunes and we flushed them out. I have vocal ideas for parts, but I didn't finish anything. I feel like we're four weeks into a band we've been doing for seven months. There just wasn't a motivation to do it. The guitarist was just to busy to meet for a regular sessions, let alone write anything.
Sure, I could have showed up with 10 songs and made the band learn them, but I don't want to be a dictator like that. I've always enjoyed the open collaboration. Besides, if I'm playing bass, I'm just bringing a skeleton of a song anyways. In the end, it's not a huge loss because it wasn't anything. It was just a fun little project, never made it to becoming a band.
Sure, I could have showed up with 10 songs and made the band learn them, but I don't want to be a dictator like that. I've always enjoyed the open collaboration. Besides, if I'm playing bass, I'm just bringing a skeleton of a song anyways. In the end, it's not a huge loss because it wasn't anything. It was just a fun little project, never made it to becoming a band.
griff10672
Well-known member
Gee .... no wonder I don't have any desire to be in a band anymore ........
Solarflares
Banned
Well-known member
There’s probably 10 guitarists in your street.
At least get a keener guitarist to come to your house, and flesh out the stuff first.
At least get a keener guitarist to come to your house, and flesh out the stuff first.
Jccobb2
Well-known member
I feel personally attacked, lol
DanTravis62
Moderator
Moderator
Jamming is fine and can be fun if everyone knows that's what the time is for
It's just real bands don't "jam" for hours and hours - people come with ideas, and those ideas get "jammed on" and arranged and distilled and perfected.
I've met some of the "let's just jaaaaaaam maaaaaan" people to play music before and the same shit always happens - everyone gets stoned/drunk, no music gets made
Solarflares
Banned
Well-known member
No good when my Floyd guitars are tuned to D or C#.
Just put a Capo on man.
Yeah right.
What generally happens is I have to set the guy’s Bass up for him after I’ve tuned it down.
Then it sounds shit because he had girlie strings on it.
You then find the drummer’s kit is totally undamped, and nobody ever told him that playing drums actually means playing them - not just hitting them as hard as you can.
The other guitarist left in disgust, as he’s never had to tune his guitar since it left the store - and he’s not going to risk it.
The vocalist by now is crawling around on the floor, moaning help me man.
The keyboard player’s 4 year-old daughter phoned to get picked up from a bouncy castle party early, as the Dad band got abusive when they didn’t bounce in time!! Ha ha
Just put a Capo on man.
Yeah right.
What generally happens is I have to set the guy’s Bass up for him after I’ve tuned it down.
Then it sounds shit because he had girlie strings on it.
You then find the drummer’s kit is totally undamped, and nobody ever told him that playing drums actually means playing them - not just hitting them as hard as you can.
The other guitarist left in disgust, as he’s never had to tune his guitar since it left the store - and he’s not going to risk it.
The vocalist by now is crawling around on the floor, moaning help me man.
The keyboard player’s 4 year-old daughter phoned to get picked up from a bouncy castle party early, as the Dad band got abusive when they didn’t bounce in time!! Ha ha
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BesaMoogie
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When my first band ever I was in for 15 years slowly turned into a once every four weeks bro fest, I quit.
It was ok for the other guys to get away from their families, play our old songs and have a few beers, but not for me. If I play in a band, I‘d like to play a gig here and there
It was ok for the other guys to get away from their families, play our old songs and have a few beers, but not for me. If I play in a band, I‘d like to play a gig here and there
Eazy-ESP
Well-known member
Don’t be homophobic! Do you want to make great art or not?
griff10672
Well-known member
Ummmmmmmmm.....
