Stoner/DOOM Bassists part 35: Colorado Bound

[dunwichamps]

thanks!

[OldCrow]

Originally Posted by dunwichamps

Some Bass DI Clips

The first is distorted using an Elements along with a cab sim on the recording software.

http://soundcloud.com/new05002/bass-di-with-elements-and-cab

The second is clean with no processing at all

http://soundcloud.com/new05002/bass-di-clean

The first couple seconds of the clip with the Elements reminds me of Young Widows

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxseYnCaMIk

[dunwichamps]

yea that bass tone is close. Its a bit more aggressive in that clip but its close

[JoeVictim]

So, the analogies never stop. My guitar player just posted, we are Sabbath-y metal. LOL. That really is the best way to grab the attention of people for this genre, huh? I think we can use the term desert rock, in Colorado.

[Moloch666]

Can't believe you guys were talking about old school death metal and nobody mentioned AUTOPSY? For shame...

Anywhat, saw Refused in Melbourne last night. Absolutely awesome, could not fault them. Sounded exactly like they should have. Only bad point - didn't play Pump The Brakes. :C

[Mattosaur]

Originally Posted by JoeVictim

So, the analogies never stop. My guitar player just posted, we are Sabbath-y metal. LOL. That really is the best way to grab the attention of people for this genre, huh? I think we can use the term desert rock, in Colorado.

I think it depend. Are you looking for people to rope into doom, or are you looking for people already into it?

I had the best luck when I wrote a short bit about what I wanted to sound like, and then linked four tracks from YouTube that were inspirational in what I wanted to do.

It's not really what I ended up doing, but the ad caught the attention of my current band and it was in the retro doom neighborhood, so we knew we were on the same wavelength. It can be nice to have something different to bring to the table as long as you also have that something in common.

So yeah, I'd mention Sabbath, but I'd also mention a few other bands to give people touchstones. If you're doing desert rock, say so and link some songs. People might not know the name of the genre, but they're going to recognize the sound if they're at all familiar with underground heavy music.

[Ancient Tone]

Originally Posted by dunwichamps

Some Bass DI Clips

The first is distorted using an Elements along with a cab sim on the recording software.

http://soundcloud.com/new05002/bass-di-with-elements-and-cab

The second is clean with no processing at all

http://soundcloud.com/new05002/bass-di-clean

Dude it sounds great! I'm super stoked!

[mc_muench]

The one band name that I posted in my ads that I found my band with was...Earthless. My drummer had never heard of them and I converted him, its his favorite band now. And my guitar player just thought that anyone with Earthless in their reference list would be along the same cosmic nod wavelength. I think he was right. Anyone that can dig those guys, I might just get along with.


Also, got the new speakers. Oooooooooooh baby! They sound fine. I've never heard my tone so clear before, especially fuzz. Those squarebacks were so crunchy and broke up. It's good to have 4x15's again. Especially knowing these ones will last. Now to add those 2 18's.


In non Doom related news, I put up an ad on craigslist for a funk band, that Vulfpeck inspired me, already got a promising email. Maybe, I'm just lucky with craigslist.

[JoeVictim]

Originally Posted by Mattosaur

I think it depend. Are you looking for people to rope into doom, or are you looking for people already into it?

I had the best luck when I wrote a short bit about what I wanted to sound like, and then linked four tracks from YouTube that were inspirational in what I wanted to do.

It's not really what I ended up doing, but the ad caught the attention of my current band and it was in the retro doom neighborhood, so we knew we were on the same wavelength. It can be nice to have something different to bring to the table as long as you also have that something in common.

So yeah, I'd mention Sabbath, but I'd also mention a few other bands to give people touchstones. If you're doing desert rock, say so and link some songs. People might not know the name of the genre, but they're going to recognize the sound if they're at all familiar with underground heavy music.

Yeah, none of the guitar player's acquaintances are into doom. So, it's a description for a total newb. Hopefully, we get some people to turn out. I want to rock so bad

nighty.

[HydrasBreath]

Hey there

New guy here (and somewhat of a noob when it comes to stoner music). Been lurking the TB forums for years and finally stumbled into the little corner of awesome you guys have carved yourself out here since I'm now looking to get some kind of stoner/doom project going since my thrash/power metal band is basically going in reverse now.

Musicians are pretty scarce in my neck of the woods though so hopefully I'll be able to put something decent together. I've been diving headlong into finding awesome bands to check out in the genre and I'm just eating up what I'm finding.

I found some awesome stuff in this very thread actually. I also bought Laz's EP...awesome stuff dude!

I don't know if you guys know of a band called Камни (Kamni)? They're from Russia and I just discovered them randomly and I'm really digging their album A.T.O.M. It's like Indian psychedelia influenced stoner stuff. Similar to the later OM stuff I guess in a way. Totally blew me away when I first heard it. They also have an EP that's awesome. It's more straightforward stoner/doom though.

Here's my fave song by them Shiva THC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Z0IqAIPpY

The whole album is amazing though.

[Sartori]

Just back from seeing Loss, Worm Ouroboros, Laudanum, and Lycus at the Oakland Metro. Pretty loud and awesome.

[bassboysam]

Originally Posted by HydrasBreath

Hey there

New guy here (and somewhat of a noob when it comes to stoner music). Been lurking the TB forums for years and finally stumbled into the little corner of awesome you guys have carved yourself out here since I'm now looking to get some kind of stoner/doom project going since my thrash/power metal band is basically going in reverse now.

Musicians are pretty scarce in my neck of the woods though so hopefully I'll be able to put something decent together. I've been diving headlong into finding awesome bands to check out in the genre and I'm just eating up what I'm finding.

I found some awesome stuff in this very thread actually. I also bought Laz's EP...awesome stuff dude!

I don't know if you guys know of a band called Камни (Kamni)? They're from Russia and I just discovered them randomly and I'm really digging their album A.T.O.M. It's like Indian psychedelia influenced stoner stuff. Similar to the later OM stuff I guess in a way. Totally blew me away when I first heard it. They also have an EP that's awesome. It's more straightforward stoner/doom though.

Here's my fave song by them Shiva THC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Z0IqAIPpY

The whole album is amazing though.

Welcome.

Finding musicians is not usually easy unless you are Laz

was TB member permanent_ice in Kamni or he may have introduced us to them? either way good stuff.

[Ekimus]

I just listened to some Demonic Death Judge because Laz mentioned it and I can't get "Stick that in your pipe and smoke it" out of my head T_T

[Toastfuzz]

Originally Posted by HydrasBreath

Hey there

New guy here (and somewhat of a noob when it comes to stoner music). Been lurking the TB forums for years and finally stumbled into the little corner of awesome you guys have carved yourself out here since I'm now looking to get some kind of stoner/doom project going since my thrash/power metal band is basically going in reverse now.

Musicians are pretty scarce in my neck of the woods though so hopefully I'll be able to put something decent together. I've been diving headlong into finding awesome bands to check out in the genre and I'm just eating up what I'm finding.

I found some awesome stuff in this very thread actually. I also bought Laz's EP...awesome stuff dude!

I don't know if you guys know of a band called Камни (Kamni)? They're from Russia and I just discovered them randomly and I'm really digging their album A.T.O.M. It's like Indian psychedelia influenced stoner stuff. Similar to the later OM stuff I guess in a way. Totally blew me away when I first heard it. They also have an EP that's awesome. It's more straightforward stoner/doom though.

Here's my fave song by them Shiva THC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Z0IqAIPpY

The whole album is amazing though.

Welcome dude to the dark and heavy side... yeah Kamni are great, I found them during a hazy Youtube expedition of randomly related stoner tunes.

[doomis]

Yeah I think he was in Kamni. Amazing band, thanks for bringing that up! Oh and welcome of course, stay tuned you will enjoy the ride.


Btw check all those posts about bands a couple of pages ago, all solid names if you wanna get into doom/stoner!

[Corey Y]

I never jumped in on the death metal discussion, but my favorites are Obituary, Grave, Autopsy and old Entombed (pre Wolverine Blues).

[Lazarus.Bird]

Originally Posted by JMac4strngr

Laz: the TB-1000 clip sounds sick. I really gotta dig out some of My old pedals, and start experimenting. Oh yea, I got the goodies to do a headcase for the TB-500 as well (it'll be in the same red HIWATT tolex that I used on the FF cab).

I'm currently trying to come up with a solution to the TB1000 jumping off my amp that's both practical and aesthetic. Sticking it in some green tolex box would do such a thing! haha

Originally Posted by bassboysam

Welcome.

Finding musicians is not usually easy unless you are Laz

was TB member permanent_ice in Kamni or he may have introduced us to them? either way good stuff.

Yeah, permanent_ice is the bassist from Kamni. Cool band and good dude.

[The_Janitor]

Originally Posted by Corey Y

I never jumped in on the death metal discussion, but my favorites are Obituary, Grave, Autopsy and old Entombed (pre Wolverine Blues).

Clandestine and Left Hand Path are the ****! Still got those on vinyl! Ordered them from Earache when I was a wee youngin'.

Those early Dismember albums were pretty sweet too.

[Ancient Tone]

Originally Posted by Lazarus.Bird

I'm currently trying to come up with a solution to the TB1000 jumping off my amp that's both practical and aesthetic. Sticking it in some green tolex box would do such a thing! haha

I thought about doing something similar if I picked one up. The only problem is you have to have one side open on the headshell (the side with the DI), but it could still be pretty cool! I'm currently contemplating striping the tolex of my AD200B and staining the headshell to match my emperor cabs, just not sure all the effort will be worth the cosmetic upgrade.

[Lazarus.Bird]

Yeah, I think I'll just end up using a couple of mouse pads or something cause I'm lazy lol.