andy474x
Knows the Drill
Post-rehearsal frustrations. I need to know what some others have to say about their experiences in local bands, I'm just feeling very fed up with my current situation. They're good friends of mine, otherwise I would probably already be long gone.
Is it common to have a drummer who literally has no consideration for the size of the venue or the environment of the gig? I'm talking have to have no less than a 50 watt and 2x12, and preferably a 4x12, this guy plays so d@mn loud. I feel that we are just making ears bleed whilst our drummer gets off on the thrill of his own sheer power. Our vocalist strains to be heard, which should be the PA's job, but it can take his voice to unpleasant places, he falls into a scream routine that's getting old as well. We've now gotten to a point where for the last few months we can hardly get booked, I think we've gotten a reputation around town for not being bar-friendly.
We've also been trying to put together music for a 5-ish song EP, which for us means ideally writing 8-10 songs. I'm the only one in the group with any recording equipment, so I put new material in our band dropbox and it just sits there, no one comes up with material to add to it, or their own new stuff. During all of 2016 we've gotten about 2 full songs done. Yet we're doing other nonsensical things like shooting a music video for a song that's 4 years old and half the band didn't record, or playing flat out crap gigs, "just to play."
I try not to be a stuck up prick, but I feel very strongly that this band is just spinning tires. On the other hand, I don't know what to expect "out there" with other bands. The ones I've seen live and enjoyed have a much better sense of making their music enjoyable vs. just loud because loud is cool, but their lineups are pretty solidified, so I can't just walk into something like that. But I get into looking around, anyone wanting to start a band wants to play things like "thrashcore, sludge, grunge, post-hardcore, doom" or insert any one of a hundred supposed types of music that no one wants to hear. Are there any decent musicians out there, or is it just a total crap shoot?
Is it common to have a drummer who literally has no consideration for the size of the venue or the environment of the gig? I'm talking have to have no less than a 50 watt and 2x12, and preferably a 4x12, this guy plays so d@mn loud. I feel that we are just making ears bleed whilst our drummer gets off on the thrill of his own sheer power. Our vocalist strains to be heard, which should be the PA's job, but it can take his voice to unpleasant places, he falls into a scream routine that's getting old as well. We've now gotten to a point where for the last few months we can hardly get booked, I think we've gotten a reputation around town for not being bar-friendly.
We've also been trying to put together music for a 5-ish song EP, which for us means ideally writing 8-10 songs. I'm the only one in the group with any recording equipment, so I put new material in our band dropbox and it just sits there, no one comes up with material to add to it, or their own new stuff. During all of 2016 we've gotten about 2 full songs done. Yet we're doing other nonsensical things like shooting a music video for a song that's 4 years old and half the band didn't record, or playing flat out crap gigs, "just to play."
I try not to be a stuck up prick, but I feel very strongly that this band is just spinning tires. On the other hand, I don't know what to expect "out there" with other bands. The ones I've seen live and enjoyed have a much better sense of making their music enjoyable vs. just loud because loud is cool, but their lineups are pretty solidified, so I can't just walk into something like that. But I get into looking around, anyone wanting to start a band wants to play things like "thrashcore, sludge, grunge, post-hardcore, doom" or insert any one of a hundred supposed types of music that no one wants to hear. Are there any decent musicians out there, or is it just a total crap shoot?