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We Suck
- Thread starter professor_bills
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OK you win But I could only do a partial song....My video set up uses alot of bytes for some reason.
Now this song is with a different drummer than we usually use and he supposedly has a lot more experience. But half way through the song he sped things up and I couldn't hold him back. SO I don't know.....
Now this song is with a different drummer than we usually use and he supposedly has a lot more experience. But half way through the song he sped things up and I couldn't hold him back. SO I don't know.....
Dude, that wasn't bad. I was expecting a HUGE degree of suckage. Don't beat yourself up!
You're dealing with a less than adequate room for acoustics, and a crappy cam mic.
You're dealing with a less than adequate room for acoustics, and a crappy cam mic.
Yeah, not to mention the fact I've heard bands worse than you guys get ongoing gigs at places in the city doing ORIGINALS.
You guys aren't terrible, but you could definitely improve. Use this as a learning experience, and try for some gigs! You guys could get a few if you wanted, I'm sure!
You guys aren't terrible, but you could definitely improve. Use this as a learning experience, and try for some gigs! You guys could get a few if you wanted, I'm sure!
Thanks for posting the vid, it takes a certain amount of guts to open yourself up for critique. It's not terrible, it's just not tight. The drums and keyboard are particularly tenative and sloppy at times. Also, this is one of those songs where the chord pattern doesn't change from verse to chorus, so the band needs to work harder to to differentiate those sections from each other.
Coincidentally, that happens to be the very same song that my band is covering on a voting website right now. If you like, see the link in my sig and click on Band 4 to hear our version. We're a 10-piece band with horns and a strong keyboardist, so it's an unfair comparison, but I just thought I'd mention it. But even our version isn't all that it could be. I hear things that I want to improve every time I listen to it.
I guess I'm saying, don't hang up that bass just yet! For me, the rehearsing and the learning is just as much fun as the performing.
Coincidentally, that happens to be the very same song that my band is covering on a voting website right now. If you like, see the link in my sig and click on Band 4 to hear our version. We're a 10-piece band with horns and a strong keyboardist, so it's an unfair comparison, but I just thought I'd mention it. But even our version isn't all that it could be. I hear things that I want to improve every time I listen to it.
I guess I'm saying, don't hang up that bass just yet! For me, the rehearsing and the learning is just as much fun as the performing.
is your keyboardist drunk?
That wasn't bad at all- I was expecting much worse. Don't sweat the small stuff. like said before, use it to learn from.
That wasn't bad at all- I was expecting much worse. Don't sweat the small stuff. like said before, use it to learn from.
Vandelay, I checked out your version. I thought it was pretty good...
...until the horns came in. I can't quite put my finger on it, but the horns sounded forced or something. Were they tracked separately and "cut and pasted" into the song? I don't know man... I love horns when they're tight with the music. Your horns sounded tight with each other, just not with the band. Just my honest opinion.
...until the horns came in. I can't quite put my finger on it, but the horns sounded forced or something. Were they tracked separately and "cut and pasted" into the song? I don't know man... I love horns when they're tight with the music. Your horns sounded tight with each other, just not with the band. Just my honest opinion.
Thanks, I think you basically nailed it. They weren't cut and pasted, but the horn charts were written (by our sax player) while we were still learning the song, before the rhythm section had really settled into our groove. I agree that it fits a little awkwardly at times.
Honestly, it was hard for me to focus on anything but the keys they were so off time and sloppy. From what I could tell, the rest wasn't too bad.
Just echoing the above. The keys and the drums to a lesser extent sounded off.
An Internet classic. I like how the lead singer constantly walks two paces to the left, then two paces to the right, ad infinitum. I also wonder what setting the keyboardist chose from that 8-bit department store keyboard -- I'm guessing "Clarinet".
