Tempo & Feel

Snerek · #1 04-06-2007, 12:17 AM

well, i could have posting this in any of my music fourms but i'm only putting here because, being a bass player i trust us and this community...

lately i've been listening to a lot of my bands material ( www.FreeHenryBand.com ) and i'm kind of noticing that a lot of our songs have the same general Tempo & Feel. Reminder, we are a newer band and are working on mastering our craft.

I have come to the realization, and talk to my band about this all the time... Mid tempo songs, dont really "get the crowd or song going". If you look at U2, they have Down tempo songs and then Uptempo songs, very few in the middle.

And when you think about it, it makes sense, because the slow songs are chill ballads and then the fast ones get the crowd going and rocking. I tried to explain this to our singer/guitarist today and he was lost. I know our drummer and lead guitarist get me, does anyone else here know what i'm talking about here?

PS - granted, we are new, just got a new drummer and our song catalog is not huge yet, so maybe i just see us as having ENOUGH mid tempo songs, time to write better, faster, grooves & rock feels.

JimmyM · #2 04-06-2007, 03:20 AM

Write some songs that are different and present them to the band. Sometimes you just have to take matters into your own hands. But don't ditch the mid-tempo songs unless they're just not good. Lots of great songs are mid-tempo songs. They have a reason to exist as much as fast ones and slow ones.

Snerek · #3 04-06-2007, 08:45 AM

right i agree..

DocBop · #4 04-06-2007, 10:28 AM

Who's your audience that is the key.

Are you writing for CD or playing concerts. On a CD/Concert you can do you artistic thing and worry just about the quality of you songs, arrangements, and performance. If playing for club audence especially if the club has dancing you need a some dancable stuff, because you are trying to win fans so you have to try to cater to everyone.

I would say it would be worth either writing or rearranging some tunes to add variety. It would also be a learning experience be able to write what is requested. If signed a producrs ask for more material and good to be able to crank it out. Also writing/arranging a song for a tempo sounds far better than altering with ProTools or the like.