Thunderbird Club

[ToddOfThunder]

Cat Tail demo. Bass > HPF @ 40Hz > Cat Tail > Preamp (set for mild breakup 'dirty Bassman' emulation) > Computer. No (added) compression or EQ.

JAEbird
NR41
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Sooooo AWESOME!!!!!!!!

 

[fasterpussycat]

Lived my whole life without Tannoys, so I reckon I’ll be fine
Wait, I did own a cheap pair of them years ago...terrible little things, but I’ve heard some I loved. Expensive, rare and tough to find parts for though. There’s so many great monitors these days at a lot of price points. I could’ve been perfectly happy with Adam, Hedd, Dynaudio, etc. Nearly sprung for a set of Barefoot Footprint 01’s, but the price was just outside of my comfort zone. I’m still burning in these new monitors, but so far so good. Very nice.
It’s mostly a matter of finding monitors that don’t fatigue you too much. Heck, some of the greatest records ever made were mixed on Yamaha NS-10’s. I still have a pair sitting around somewhere. Impossible to listen to for over an hour.

Had Tannoy dual concentric hifi speakers for a long time now. Once you go dual concentric, there's no going back.

 

[fasterpussycat]

She could go behind the amps and have a drink or what ever it is that singers do behind the amps. Or go back to intense staring.

That's what she definitely shouldn't have been doing, if you get my drift.

 

[BklynKen]

A Forest!

Have you seen this? They're so young!

 

[ToddOfThunder]

Have you seen this? They're so young!

Yes! That Is soo rad!

 

[fasterpussycat]

Yes! That Is soo rad!

So is this.

 

[ToddOfThunder]

So is this.

Oh hell yes!

 

[ToddOfThunder]

Ok wait....... I love all The Cure songs especially Love Cats so how’s about a Caturday pic! This is Tigger.

 

[Count Bassie]

Yeah, because no successful band ever had a musical intro or break without lyrics.

King Crimson.

Just being affirmative, with emphasis.

 

[Count Bassie]

I think it was a real problem for the ex-singer. It's not as if there's a 3 minute guitar solo in every song, but it's good to take time and build atmosphere. One song she complained there weren't enough lyrics ... I dunno, work it, or keep your mouth shut for a couple of bars or something.

Performance doesn't have to be what your audience expects.

 

[Nocturnal]

I played Bela Lugosi is Dead for my daughter the other day. She hated it. I like the long slow build in it.

That’s intense. Maybe something a little softer like The Hanging Garden...?

You could try "She's in parties" from Bauhaus and "In Between Days" from the Cure. Those are probably better introductions to those bands. Then you can kick in with "In the flat fields" from Bauhaus

Did someone say Nashville?

I LOVE the "Lost and Found" album by Jason & The Scorchers. I still give it a spin on a semi-regular basis. "White Lies" and "Broken Whiskey Glass" are probably my favorites on that album. Probably in my top 10 1980's albums.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I think it was a real problem for the ex-singer. It's not as if there's a 3 minute guitar solo in every song, but it's good to take time and build atmosphere. One song she complained there weren't enough lyrics ... I dunno, work it, or keep your mouth shut for a couple of bars or something.

Maybe go to some concerts or at least crawl youtube and see how the pros do it. Move to the side. Dance. Strut. Play air guitar. Moan into the mic. Stare rapturously at whoever's leading at the moment, or otherwise focus on them. Crowd surf. Play a cowbell. Walk off stage. Drink something. Interact with the audience (crawl in and bite someone! 8^) If all you can do is sing (and that's important for singer), you shouldn't be trying to front a band.

We went out to eat with friends last night and ended up somewhere other than planned. There was live music, which made conversation difficult, but was very cool. One guy, Renee' a.k.a., The Reen. Just hime, his guitar, a couple of effects, and a PA. He had the chops (and made the songs his own), the look, the attitude, the moves. I'd love to see him fronting a band; I've no doubt he could come up with a hundred things to do on the spot if he wasn't singing and didn't need to play.

Not everyone gets it naturally, but you can definitely learn it.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Saw the Scorchers a few times in Sydney. Always liked Warner. I was on a serious jag away from post-punk which took me through the Scorchers to Green on Red, Guadalcanal Diary, Let's Active (Waters Part is just about my favourite song ever), Game Theory, Long Ryders and Dream Syndicate et al.

Don't recall hearing of Let's Active, but that's a great song.

 

[JIO]

Yeah, a lot of what came out of gNashville the last couple of decades was like that. I like old school country and some alt.country.

I've been a big fan of Cracker for years - saw them a couple years ago and they were still rockin'. I consider them a modern, left-field version of country in many ways.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Saw the Scorchers a few times in Sydney. Always liked Warner. I was on a serious jag away from post-punk which took me through the Scorchers to Green on Red, Guadalcanal Diary, Let's Active (Waters Part is just about my favourite song ever), Game Theory, Long Ryders and Dream Syndicate et al.

Don't recall hearing of Let's Active, but that's a great song.

I played Bela Lugosi is Dead for my daughter the other day. She hated it. I like the long slow build in it.

A 9 minute song with an intro longer than lots of pop songs. <3

 

[JJR58]

Caturday. That I can contribute to. Just another quiet weekend in NJ.

 

[JIO]

That's the point.

My drummer admonished me -- 'you can't have the singer hanging around for 32 bars'. Why not? She should think of something to do. Crawl into the audience and bite them or something.

I have one word for your singer - tambourine

 

[JJR58]

I have one word for your singer - tambourine

Cowbell.

 

[fasterpussycat]

If all you can do is sing (and that's important for singer), you shouldn't be trying to front a band.

Well ... if I'm brutally honest ... there was the first problem.

A sample trigger pad will be part of the set up and it might be something to attach to the vocal mic stand. But yes, there are any number if things to do, dance, pose, interact with the adoring fans, play percussion, whatever.

 

[JIO]

Cowbell.

Can't play a cowbell and tambourine at the same time. Plus, that's the 'percussionists' job.