Often enough a trio to qualify I say.
The Mother Riff.
Apologies if I missed an earlier reference.
The Mother Riff.
Apologies if I missed an earlier reference.
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The magic behind awesome three-piece bands. How do they do it?
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Tbh I'd rather be in a 3-piece. I really like the sonic space that having 1 guitar player leaves me to fill. My current band was a 3-piece before we lost our drummer and ended up in a state of limbo. EQ'ing was a big factor in making us sound full. I have to carve out a sonic space that fills lots of room but doesn't step on the guitarist.
The guitarist has a very warm, bassy tone. In response, I roll off below 100 Hz, leave my low mids pretty flat, and EQ a big bump in my high mids with a slight treble boost. Seems to work pretty well for us.
The guitarist has a very warm, bassy tone. In response, I roll off below 100 Hz, leave my low mids pretty flat, and EQ a big bump in my high mids with a slight treble boost. Seems to work pretty well for us.
We had a situation where we committed to a gig that it turned out our keyboard player absolutely couldn't make. We decided to persevere as a trio, dropping some songs from our list and reworking a few to fill it in without keys. The gig went well, and afterward, the guitarist pondered aloud if it wasn't a better lineup. When our keyboardist returned and we reconvened to practice, it became immediately obvious how much easier it was to play with a keyboardist in the lineup.
So trios can work, but it means that you can't slouch on vocals and your approach to your sound needs to evolve.
So trios can work, but it means that you can't slouch on vocals and your approach to your sound needs to evolve.
We have done the power trio thing a few times when the singer could not make it. We actually scaled down after the bass player quite (the other guitar player and I share bass duties). A few times the singer could not make it so it was up to us three. I have to say, Its very hard for me to do backup vocals and play bass at the same time but I am getting better. We are challenging ourselves to sing more (none of us consider ourselves singers btw) and have nothing but admiration for those power trios out there. Its hard work, but we feel we actually sound better due to the space that's created.
Although I have to say, I prefer having a dedicated singer
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Later,
Although I have to say, I prefer having a dedicated singer
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Yep, a busty soulful raspy hot female singer as a 4th member...WAIT WHAT???
Sorry...a BUSY soulful raspy hot female singer as the 4th member
My bad
