They're another Swedish band. More very heavy psychedelic doom, great band. I was commenting recently that their digital downloads are unusually expensive. Their last album was something like $16 for the download and people were wondering if it had some crazy extras or was actually for a CD or vinyl...nope, just expensive digital download. I can't figure out why and haven't seen mention of it anywhere else online.
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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
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They're another Swedish band. More very heavy psychedelic doom, great band. I was commenting recently that their digital downloads are unusually expensive. Their last album was something like $16 for the download and people were wondering if it had some crazy extras or was actually for a CD or vinyl...nope, just expensive digital download. I can't figure out why and haven't seen mention of it anywhere else online.
16 dollars is heavy for a digital download. Do you remember what the album was called?
I should ad...I hate snow and heat. I was born, raised and still live in a place that is traditionally mostly foggy and 65F. My wife has a lot of relatives that live in the central valley, where it's consistently over 100F most of the year and most of my out of state relatives live where it snows. No thanks to all of it lol.
I want to live where is it dry, little to no snow or storms(migraine triggers) and hopefully not 100+ degrees
You and I both live in a state that regularly experiences all 4 seasons of the weather in one week.
I like the area I live in geographically. It just sucks culturally, big time. I don't like living in the city. I've lived in the sticks and it's a bit of a pain for the day to day stuff, like needing to run to the store for one thing or being low on gas. There's a lot of places in this area where you can be in the middle of nowhere, but 15-20 minutes from the downtown of a city.
LOL. My head feels like steadily inflating and deflating balloon from the constant changes in pressure here.
that's a goal of mine in future as well. big ol studio setup, big bass rig, big guitar rig, write and record all my own poopie in my spare time. at the moment i have bands coming out my ears - opposite problems.
totally different conversation that we've all had before that i feel like bringing up again - how do you guys feel about what bands should do between songs? i was blown away when Sleep just did solid back to back songs - i've always been a fan of bands hammering you with material until the end of the set, but in my own bands we often have quite a break inbetween so people can cheer/recover a bit from the aural pummeling. i think if i had a solid drone/reverb/sustain/feedback setup while my guitarist does all the crazy top end feedback and my drummer hits the samples inbetween songs with no breaks, it could be an incredible non-stop live experience. what do you guys prefer to do?
I'd drone and feedback between songs when I played live. I have this little noise box I'd plug in and make harsh noise between songs.
Kinda like this:
I'm playing guitar on this track, but the effect is the same.
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I like writing to make everything flow together really well. Even if it's just an illusion, like certain ringouts or hard cuts fit well with certain intros to other songs. The band that I was doing last year that kind of fell apart this past year was doing that when we stopped practicing. Writing with a set in mind, but able to switch certain songs around if we wanted. I like that. I've seen some bands get away with loopers and kind of delay fueled noise/atmospherics stuff, but that depends on the band and their sound.
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If the music stops, the show is over. At least that's how it works for us.
Granted we'll feedback, drone, and loop things between songs. But once we start, it won't be silent again until the set is over.
We used to have a mic on stage to say hello, thanks, etc at the beginning or end of a set but we stopped doing that as well a number of years ago.
Granted we'll feedback, drone, and loop things between songs. But once we start, it won't be silent again until the set is over.
We used to have a mic on stage to say hello, thanks, etc at the beginning or end of a set but we stopped doing that as well a number of years ago.
Also a chance to order a beer without having to scream at the bartender.
If we're playing something like a 5 song set we'll try to do something like 2-2-1 with a little banter between. Our frontman is very funny and outgoing so I like when he interacts with the audience.
I used to be in bands that did lots of banter and had reputations for being really fun and funny at shows. To the point where we got asked to play the buffer music and a set at a comedy show at an Improv. We managed to get more laughs with our banter than the opening comic. Then I went back and watched video of it and it made me cringe and I could feel my ears going hot. Like seeing video of yourself hamming it up as an 11 year old at a birthday party or something. Now I don't ever want to banter onstage again haha. Just a personal choice.
Better yet boxing ring gals displaying song names between songs would probably be the best method. Plus it would be less of a sausage fest even if you had to pay women to come and work there.
