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#56,021
ProgressiveDoom said:
My band that Im in is somewhat hard to label as my influences have led me to creating echoes of what I like into what we do as a unit. My band if I were to have full direction freedom would sound very complex. I would try to find the time to start another band but it would be extremely difficult to find other people to share the vision with. Music is fairly close minded in this era. Except for the few of us mature guy's that still preach it.
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HAH!! You forgot the quotes around "mature":D
 
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#56,028
Gringo Basso said:
Another bass great who played with Roxy was Johnny Gustaffson, the "Second Most Important Bassist" from the Merseyside Scene. He was a member of the very influential Cavern Club regulars "The Big Three" and played on "Love is the Drug" for Roxy, but was unceremoniously dumped after asking for a full band membership with Roxy (I don't think they've dome that for a bassist in over 40 years!). He died not too long ago. He was a great singer, and briefly co-fronted The Merseybeats in 1964. His name is rarely mentioned, which is a shame, as he was very influential on the Beatles and others, but never got the fame and fortune he probably deserved.
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That’s great info, thanks! The bass on Love is the Drug is pretty dang great too!

BklynKen said:
100% agree. I've gone into band situations with an idea, and the others' responses have sometimes made it better than I thought it could have been. Sometimes it also sucks, so you move on.
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It’s chemistry...can’t really predict that. When me and my buddy Harlowe started Prayer Flags, it was super conceptual. I had the whole thing in my head. The original lineup was two bass players, two drummers who added minimal parts to drum machine beats and guitar. In my head it was brilliant. Got a bunch of great, like minded players together and started rehearsing. It was pretty terrible. Nothing like the sound in my head. Me and Harlow started just jamming along with drum machines and recording just the two of us. Way better, but still not there. At some point, Harlowe brought in a drummer pal of his who was visiting from Australia. He put drums over our stuff and we threw away nearly all of the electronic stuff except some synths I played. Now it was pretty close. I ran into an old buddy who plays a single neck 12 string pedal steel. He’s played for a lot of creative bands (Lambchop, Calexico, Iron and Wine, currently Justin Townes Earle). I asked him to listen to our stuff and see how it would fit. I love the results and you’d never know most of it is pedal steel.

The point being, I came up with an elaborate concept and it kinda sucked. Once we just got talented friends and let them do what they do, we came up with a sound none of us could’ve planned on our own
 
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Mike.C. said:


I think like this. I didn't do it. I actually don't care for it but I assume it hides defects in the ceiling gyp board/plaster.
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It can look pretty nice, or a quick way to cover up less than perfect construction. Or both, I suppose :)
 
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dukeorock said:
That’s great info, thanks! The bass on Love is the Drug is pretty dang great too!



It’s chemistry...can’t really predict that. When me and my buddy Harlowe started Prayer Flags, it was super conceptual. I had the whole thing in my head. The original lineup was two bass players, two drummers who added minimal parts to drum machine beats and guitar. In my head it was brilliant. Got a bunch of great, like minded players together and started rehearsing. It was pretty terrible. Nothing like the sound in my head. Me and Harlow started just jamming along with drum machines and recording just the two of us. Way better, but still not there. At some point, Harlowe brought in a drummer pal of his who was visiting from Australia. He put drums over our stuff and we threw away nearly all of the electronic stuff except some synths I played. Now it was pretty close. I ran into an old buddy who plays a single neck 12 string pedal steel. He’s played for a lot of creative bands (Lambchop, Calexico, Iron and Wine, currently Justin Townes Earle). I asked him to listen to our stuff and see how it would fit. I love the results and you’d never know most of it is pedal steel.

The point being, I came up with an elaborate concept and it kinda sucked. Once we just got talented friends and let them do what they do, we came up with a sound none of us could’ve planned on our own
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I like that I have a common ground with my bandmates that allows us to mesh, what makes the sound unique is that my influences stretch beyond theirs and Im able to be myself and fit into the puzzle. I was so against having another guitarist coming in but now I can accept him because he is his own dimension and nobody is stepping on each other and the sound is very full.
 
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This one's for G!

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I love the car but the license plate is the icing on the cake!
 
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dukeorock said:
That’s great info, thanks! The bass on Love is the Drug is pretty dang great too!
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IIRC Gustaffson was the original Wal player.

I ran into an old buddy who plays a single neck 12 string pedal steel. He’s played for a lot of creative bands (Lambchop, Calexico, Iron and Wine, currently Justin Townes Earle). I asked him to listen to our stuff and see how it would fit. I love the results and you’d never know most of it is pedal steel.
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The pedal steel is genius.
 
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dukeorock said:
It can look pretty nice, or a quick way to cover up less than perfect construction. Or both, I suppose :)
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At my old house, we never renovated the main living room until 2 years ago. The walls had wood siding or something half way up, then the rest of the wall and ceiling was textured. When I was a kid, it was fun to run my hand along the wall and break off all the sharp points.
We tore it all out and redid everything including the framing, the previous owner (in the 80's at least) put all the 2x4's facing the wrong way, so the wall was really wavy but the texturing covered it up! No we did not do textured walls again.

kat888 said:
Textured finishes are a bastard to paint over.
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I could never imagine trying to paint that stuff, even if I had assistance from compressed air!
 
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Dr_Feelgoood212 said:
At my old house, we never renovated the main living room until 2 years ago. The walls had wood siding or something half way up, then the rest of the wall and ceiling was textured. When I was a kid, it was fun to run my hand along the wall and break off all the sharp points.
We tore it all out and redid everything including the framing, the previous owner (in the 80's at least) put all the 2x4's facing the wrong way, so the wall was really wavy but the texturing covered it up! No we did not do textured walls again.


I could never imagine trying to paint that stuff, even if I had assistance from compressed air!
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Use a long nap roller on heavy texture.
 
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