| BradMay 13.03.2015 18:12 |
I'm playing in a band called "Unicornflakes" and play the keys and provide the occasional backingvocals. This is from our last rehearsal 2 days ago, we were rehearsing an original song. link If there are other people in a band, please post a link here :) |
| musicland munich 13.03.2015 20:29 |
Sorry mate, but for me this thread is about ten years too late :) |
| BETA215 13.03.2015 20:41 |
^ Start a new band with only one person! ;) |
| BradMay 13.03.2015 22:17 |
What band were you in? Musicland? |
| musicland munich 14.03.2015 01:22 |
BradMay wrote: What band were you in? Musicland?Oh, like many others I started with simple Rock, later we add some alternative styles, Electro-Rock...actually we tried almost everything that was suitable for us in various formations. m-a-y-b-e I will add some sound files later....but I will do some censorship I think :) |
| BETA215 14.03.2015 08:47 |
^ They were called The Censorships? I mean, for the pic. Add the mp3/FLACs if you want, or upload them to YouTube without making the video public. |
| musicland munich 14.03.2015 18:01 |
Ok, just a snippet :) But I think it's enough that the QZ armchair critics will have their way with it. |
| BETA215 14.03.2015 21:28 |
That's not bad!! Can you tell us what happened? That was great! |
| musicland munich 15.03.2015 08:00 |
BETA215 wrote: That's not bad!! Can you tell us what happened? That was great!"Great" is something different... I prefer "acceptable", but of course thats just my opinion. ...as for what happened... LIFE !!!! That's what happened...you need money, you get older, you have children etc. Actually it's all about MONEY, MONEY, MONEY...uh and I lost my focus on creativity at some point I have to admit ;) |
| BETA215 15.03.2015 08:54 |
Great is comparing to a lot of amateur bands. Obviously if we compare your old band to Queen or any other professional band, obviously the latter wins. And about money, life sucks in that way. :/ |
| matt z 22.03.2015 06:07 |
OP. I get "this video is private" I was curious. Btw. I am currently in a defunct band. Ailing band member abd MY tenuous financial situation seem to be inhibiting it. As well as an aggravated personal mindset after the death of a loved one. I'd say it's on a long hiatus. Piss poor production on a demo album a few years back. The guy recording and mixing it had terrible ears. That and it was mostly ONE TAKE. I'll share mine if others share theirs. (Certain feelings of embarrassment) ... eh it was mostly for fun |
| matt z 26.03.2015 05:19 |
Ahh fuck it. Nobody has responded to this post in 5 days. I was looking forward to it Instead I'll just share the first bit of songs we did. Believe it or not I activated a forceful ROCK bit towardsthemusic and actually got the band to gig pubs etc but it was unsuccessful due to envy and theft and limp favoritism. The end product sounds pitiful in spite of some good performances Nobody said being in a band was easy. 1/2 the songs that I didn't write the lyrics for (most) were about smoking and drinking so I kept a lot of my good ideas from being mutated by hangers on. (So called rap "artists") and generic crap most wanted to do with some melodies I had. Years after I can accept that some of the rhymes were clever enough to fit the two rap songs. But NEVER melodies I had. Why waste a melody if someone isn't singing? Anyways. I think ONE song benefits from them but mostly it was a cluster fuck because of mismanaged studio expense funds. The recordings show it (all MY parts and the drummers were ONE TAKES ... terrible) Me: bass guitar on all but 2 (sipping on 40'z and the incredibly poetic "I wanna get high") Ftr: I joined for the old 50's style song "every time I see your face" If you've got patience enough to listen feel free to criticize. I'd really appreciate it. Truly. Time is ripe for honesty. These are old songs. We used to ding up clubs around Ventura and north Hollywood. Sometimes the energy got people up and dancing *(that's good! ) Please continue this thread. I know that one of the fellas here covers guitar licks all the time. I'd love to hear people's original music. Even if it means sharing some pretty poorly recorded and mixed recordings of "our" own |
| matt z 26.03.2015 05:21 |
link The band ^ I'm the guy in the white tee laughing. Too bad it didn't last For the record. I only think that 5 of the songs are worth a damn. Even the "I wanna get high"song with proper mixing. Feedback on this old Turd if you could. I'd really appreciate it it'd help me make my decision to continue or not. Alternatively it'd be me on bass or guitar with a drummer and singer/guitarist doing originals at clubs. For who gives a shit. If you have a song in you then get it out. You'll enjoy the time |
| musicland munich 26.03.2015 11:59 |
Come on Matt ! Don't be such an sissy ! UPLOAD a bit :) |
| matt z 26.03.2015 17:34 |
musicland munich wrote: Come on Matt ! Don't be such an sissy ! UPLOAD a bit :)I don't have lossless FLAC/WAV ;) I just figure for a jam band with little appeal I wouldn't upload mp3 s |
| musicland munich 26.03.2015 19:08 |
matt z wrote: linkSorry, I've missed that link. It's all good. ;) I've listen two songs so far...I can hear the alternatives 90's scene speaking to me. And I liked it. How many of you guys are on probation ? |
| matt z 27.03.2015 17:02 |
None as far as I know. I think we missed a beat there as we just passed the 27 club. yeah. I think there are two real bad duds as far as it's concerned. Never finished work on the next songs....mostly stemming from me. Then they asked me to sing my songs if I didn't like their ideas, so i took THAT up. Then the band basically broke up. Anyways blah blah blah. Being in a band is like having several girlfriends at the same time. It's a lot of work. No two have the same reasons or motivations for even being in the group. I hope others share. I was liking forward to it being trashed. At the very least, it would be amusing |
| musicland munich 28.03.2015 01:10 |
^ Actually it's exactly that kind of music, that people celebrating in Europe at those alternative festivals. No idea if you guys were able to deliver it Live on stage ( entertainment-wise). There are a lot of US-Band like "Studio Junkies" wich were making some happy bucks over here during the summer. |
| matt z 28.03.2015 04:34 |
musicland munich wrote: ^ Actually it's exactly that kind of music, that people celebrating in Europe at those alternative festivals. No idea if you guys were able to deliver it Live on stage ( entertainment-wise). There are a lot of US-Band like "Studio Junkies" wich were making some happy bucks over here during the summer.Actually AT TIMES onstage we're BETTER. It's from those comparisons that older folks considered us in the style of TRAFFIC and WAR. I guess it must've been the pot smoke (for others: I don't smoke) thanks for that compliment. I still wanna hear the OP'S music. Unicorn dealy. |
| matt z 02.04.2015 05:09 |
Three weeks and counting. Nobody else on this site is or has been in a group that's recorded music? I find it hard to believe especially considering the well of talent that covers these QUEEN songs almost note for note. Geez. The way I see it is it's like karaoke. .. if you've got the guts to put it out there then people can critique it naturally. Geez what a dead thread. An archived personal video and our old recordings from the band in 2012. Cmaaaawn |
| ludwigs 02.04.2015 06:24 |
I was in a band many years ago with my 2 brothers and an American friend. I was on drums but played 2nd guitar when we did No One Like You (Scorpions) and the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner and Phantom of the Opera (Iron Maiden) We played rock stuff and did many Rush covers (Natural Science, 2112, Cygnus X1, Distant Early Warning, Spirit of Radio) - Sweet covers (Action, The Sixteens, Burning/Someone Else Will, Hellraiser) and also Queen stuff - Dragon Attack, It's Late, Dead on Time, Rock It, Stone Cold Crazy, Ogre Battle and also Polar Bear, Blag...... a couple of Alice Cooper ones (The Ballad of Dwight Fry, Schools Out) and others by Triumph....blah, blah..... I don't have any of the cassettes to hand but my brother has a pile of them and also home-recorded versions (Son and Daughter), some ELO songs and footage of some gigs we played. I'll ask him to send me copies. We were due to play at New Years Eve one particular year and our guitarist decided he was going back to Denver and left us in the lurch a day before. The three of us decided to re-jig the band and songs rather than pulling out. I went onto guitar and youngest bro went from singer and rhythm onto drums. We had to drop the Rush stuff (except Spirit of Radio) cause he couldn't play the Peart stuff and filled those ones with Night Ranger (Don't Tell Me....) some more Queen and added Black Sabbath stuff (Children of the Sea, Neon Knights, Black Sabbath, Snowblind...) At the time we thought it was great - having re-listened, it was pretty good and just wish we have the technology to have captured stuff a little easier rather than shoving a ghetto-blaster somewhere in the crowd. Last time we played was probably 2003. Nowadays I choose to do my own recordings and transcribing cause I use it as a sense of achievement. I don't really miss gigging - band session always had my two brothers arguing half of the time. It should have been enjoyable but they kinda put a dampener on the times. (Also, it always seemed like the older brother never put effort into arranging, paying or sorting transport. ) |
| Holly2003 02.04.2015 09:48 |
Now THAT is a band I would go to see! Even though I am male, I wish to marry you and have your babies.
ludwigs wrote: I was in a band many years ago with my 2 brothers and an American friend. I was on drums but played 2nd guitar when we did No One Like You (Scorpions) and the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner and Phantom of the Opera (Iron Maiden) We played rock stuff and did many Rush covers (Natural Science, 2112, Cygnus X1, Distant Early Warning, Spirit of Radio) - Sweet covers (Action, The Sixteens, Burning/Someone Else Will, Hellraiser) and also Queen stuff - Dragon Attack, It's Late, Dead on Time, Rock It, Stone Cold Crazy, Ogre Battle and also Polar Bear, Blag...... a couple of Alice Cooper ones (The Ballad of Dwight Fry, Schools Out) and others by Triumph....blah, blah..... I don't have any of the cassettes to hand but my brother has a pile of them and also home-recorded versions (Son and Daughter), some ELO songs and footage of some gigs we played. I'll ask him to send me copies. We were due to play at New Years Eve one particular year and our guitarist decided he was going back to Denver and left us in the lurch a day before. The three of us decided to re-jig the band and songs rather than pulling out. I went onto guitar and youngest bro went from singer and rhythm onto drums. We had to drop the Rush stuff (except Spirit of Radio) cause he couldn't play the Peart stuff and filled those ones with Night Ranger (Don't Tell Me....) some more Queen and added Black Sabbath stuff (Children of the Sea, Neon Knights, Black Sabbath, Snowblind...) At the time we thought it was great - having re-listened, it was pretty good and just wish we have the technology to have captured stuff a little easier rather than shoving a ghetto-blaster somewhere in the crowd. Last time we played was probably 2003. Nowadays I choose to do my own recordings and transcribing cause I use it as a sense of achievement. I don't really miss gigging - band session always had my two brothers arguing half of the time. It should have been enjoyable but they kinda put a dampener on the times. (Also, it always seemed like the older brother never put effort into arranging, paying or sorting transport. ) |
| ludwigs 02.04.2015 10:48 |
Holly2003 wrote: Now THAT is a band I would go to see! Even though I am male, I wish to marry you and have your babies.Ha ha, thanks Holly. We thought we had a great selection of songs that the usual bands didn't try - sadly at the time, people in our area didn't really know Rush stuff and a lot of the untypical Queen hits. We did Hammer to Fall hoping people would maybe appreciate us? Limelight by Rush wasn't even familiar. Odd nowadays that people always seem to now say they are into Queen but at the time they didn't care much for them. We didn't want to play the songs that every rock-based bands seemed to dish out. |
| Sebastian 11.04.2015 17:29 |
Not a band person by any chance. I have sung in and conducted a few choirs, though, but never for a long period. |