Anyone know what KKK is up to? I just read all 16 pages of this awesome thread...

He's on an extensive gig tour, a very busy guy. :lol:

you know what i mean

No.

i meant, if your gonna right lyrics, i reckon its better to right them for songs.

Where did that come from? What's the link?

oh Sorry, i cant quote, i meant, you said summink about never rightin lyrics

when is kocaine due back?

Alright... So I have a question

My band have only been together about four months but people are always surprised at how good we are.

Our first four studio sessions we didn't do any covers we just went in and wrote songs and we got four amazing.. like honestly really good songs out of it. But ever since then it's kinda gone downhill and whatever we seem to write just doesn't work.

Was it just beginner's luck or are we now doing something wrong? At the beginning the formula was I'll write the guitar.. The singer writes the lyrics but it didnt work for a couple of weeks and now we're mixing it up..

So does anyone have any advice for getting back on track?? We've kinda lost our way a bit.

[QUOTE=IdiotAmerica96]when is kocaine due back?[/QUOTE]

never.

i doubt he'lll be back again.

His craaazy life has gotten really busy- now he#s dropped out of college he has to work, and he's concentrating a lot more on his band. It wouldn't surprise me if he was never back in here again.

[QUOTE=JillyBo]Alright... So I have a question

My band have only been together about four months but people are always surprised at how good we are.

Our first four studio sessions we didn't do any covers we just went in and wrote songs and we got four amazing.. like honestly really good songs out of it. But ever since then it's kinda gone downhill and whatever we seem to write just doesn't work.

Was it just beginner's luck or are we now doing something wrong? At the beginning the formula was I'll write the guitar.. The singer writes the lyrics but it didnt work for a couple of weeks and now we're mixing it up..

So does anyone have any advice for getting back on track?? We've kinda lost our way a bit.[/QUOTE]

You aren't really giving much detail.

[QUOTE=JillyBo]Alright... So I have a question

My band have only been together about four months but people are always surprised at how good we are.

Our first four studio sessions we didn't do any covers we just went in and wrote songs and we got four amazing.. like honestly really good songs out of it. But ever since then it's kinda gone downhill and whatever we seem to write just doesn't work.

Was it just beginner's luck or are we now doing something wrong? At the beginning the formula was I'll write the guitar.. The singer writes the lyrics but it didnt work for a couple of weeks and now we're mixing it up..

So does anyone have any advice for getting back on track?? We've kinda lost our way a bit.[/QUOTE]

It would be best if we could hear these songs so we could give you the best advice we can

Upload them at soundclick or purevolume?

[QUOTE=JillyBo]Alright... So I have a question

My band have only been together about four months but people are always surprised at how good we are.

Our first four studio sessions we didn't do any covers we just went in and wrote songs and we got four amazing.. like honestly really good songs out of it. But ever since then it's kinda gone downhill and whatever we seem to write just doesn't work.

Was it just beginner's luck or are we now doing something wrong? At the beginning the formula was I'll write the guitar.. The singer writes the lyrics but it didnt work for a couple of weeks and now we're mixing it up..

So does anyone have any advice for getting back on track?? We've kinda lost our way a bit.[/QUOTE]

Chances are it's beginners luck, if you've only been together for a short while you will still be combining your collective influences and musical aims. You won't have reached a unique musical style for your band. Chances are you'll spend the next few months tinkering with new songs of different styles and such until you fall into a recognisable style for your band.
Just keep writing songs, if something doesn't feel right try and discuss with the band different things you could change and just tinker around with it. Eventually you'll find your style.

[QUOTE]when is kocaine due back?[/QUOTE]

I'm on an mx hiatus. I'm only posting in this thread if I have to really. I might be back in a few months or something. We're working on our album this month and we just fired our drummer for being an undedicated pissbrow.

He wanted to go on a 3 day PERFORMANCE course rather than play 2 gigs with us, 1 where we'd be recording a live dvd, and the other was an all day outdoor festival for about 500 people. :rolleyes:
If anyone needs me, msn me: [email]bandage_these_hearts@hotmail.com[/email]

wow, live dvd and 500 people festival. Go you, boo him.

haha my band realized our drummer was undedicated after he just stared moping around over girls and being arrogant and smashing his symbols. good thing it was early on because we woulda had conflicts by now either way.we got a friend whos good to make uo drusm for the songs so hopefully by late summer we can get some kind of demo out.but were only 14 so i think we have a bit more time to find a new one. and thanks alot kocaine good luck with your tour and album. i spent the better part of thisafternoon reading over this whole thred and its pretty danged usefull.

[QUOTE=noreason88]haha my band realized our drummer was undedicated after he just stared moping around over girls and being arrogant and smashing his symbols. good thing it was early on because we woulda had conflicts by now either way.we got a friend whos good to make uo drusm for the songs so hopefully by late summer we can get some kind of demo out.but were only 14 so i think we have a bit more time to find a new one. and thanks alot kocaine good luck with your tour and album. i spent the better part of thisafternoon reading over this whole thred and its pretty danged usefull.[/QUOTE]

Good post, but please :( for the sake of others use grammer and paragraphs

Yeah ****, that gave me a headache.

how does not capitilizing letters give you a headache?

[QUOTE=IdiotAmerica96]how does not capitilizing letters give you a headache?[/QUOTE]

when you have to read lots of text, paragraphs and grammar make it much less of an effort to read.

very tru and also there is not much, energyinvolved in takin a bitta care to capitolise en use grammer speell things properly so u mightas wel do it.

[QUOTE=airborne50caliber]very tru and also there is not much, energyinvolved in takin a bitta care to capitolise en use grammer speell things properly so u mightas wel do it.[/QUOTE]

omgursorite aerboourne ur liek teh best!!!!111111 :naughty::naughty::naughty::naughty::naughty:

**** ****in **** you ****in ****

I don't really see many other people gettin corrected on grammar, but then again, why the **** are we talking about grammar in a thread that's supposed to be teaching us how to kick *** on stage and stuff

love this thread

[QUOTE=IdiotAmerica96]I don't really see many other people gettin corrected on grammar, but then again, why the **** are we talking about grammar in a thread that's supposed to be teaching us how to kick *** on stage and stuff[/QUOTE]

because no Record label would take you seriously if you emailed:

RE: band

Hi2u sony!

were a gr8 band in west uk and we 4t you mite like to give our band a record deal so that we can record our album n 2 help u decide we have attached our best song 2 dis email and we hope u liek it!!!!!!!!1111111111111111

from teh knights in black armour

Woah! I just read this whole thread and emailed it to my band.

KKKKKocaine you are a legend!

[I]The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side. [/I]
- Hunter S. Thompson

[QUOTE]The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.
- Hunter S. Thompson[/QUOTE]

Nice Quote

[QUOTE=moaner]because no Record label would take you seriously if you emailed:

RE: band

Hi2u sony!

were a gr8 band in west uk and we 4t you mite like to give our band a record deal so that we can record our album n 2 help u decide we have attached our best song 2 dis email and we hope u liek it!!!!!!!!1111111111111111

from teh knights in black armour[/QUOTE]

:lol:!!

What do you guys think we should put on our demo ie. how many songs, differant tempos, melodic, etc.

The first song should be your best

3 songs maximum is the rule of thumb I think

Just pick your 3 best songs and place them in order :D

[QUOTE=Phototropic]The first song should be your best

3 songs maximum is the rule of thumb I think

Just pick your 3 best songs and place them in order :D[/QUOTE]
should we get listeners to come in and pick the best three, or should we choose them? :thumb:

Its up to you

If your confident that 3 of your songs are your best use them

If not survey your friends and get them to choose and leave comments so you can see what people think :)

Post them here dude, I'll crit them for ya

:thumb: Good luck

[QUOTE=I-cant-sing]should we get listeners to come in and pick the best three, or should we choose them? :thumb:[/QUOTE]
Also, if you've got a particular purpose for making this (gigging purposes or whatever), think of your audience. If you're attempting to get a background music gig at bright, happy coffee shop, it's not really worth putting on any death-metal tracks, if you know what I mean. It's fairly obvious, but some people don't actually consider that.

thanks guys

whens the dude gone continue this saga?
its great!
its like everything you need to know in laymans terms

[QUOTE=justignoreme]whens the dude gone continue this saga?
its great!
its like everything you need to know in laymans terms[/QUOTE]

never, i'm afraid.

the k is too busy being in a slightly successful emo-metal band for us.

[QUOTE=I-cant-sing]What do you guys think we should put on our demo ie. how many songs, differant tempos, melodic, etc.[/QUOTE]

i think you can have 4, if all 4 are good. if one is alright, dont put it on just to mak ethe demo longer, it will lower your popularity. No more than 4 though.

[QUOTE=devildriver421]i think you can have 4, if all 4 are good. if one is alright, dont put it on just to mak ethe demo longer, it will lower your popularity. No more than 4 though.[/QUOTE]
thats what we are going to, thanks mate. :thumb:

the thing about putting your best songs first is kind of double edged.

on one hand, you can put the songs that would most likeley be accepted by someone that wants you to play music for them first.

on the other hand, you can put the songs that YOU like and display what kind of music YOU want to play. this can be risky

man cmon everybody, we gotta keep this thread alive, we cant get anybody to freeze or delete it, everybody get talkin, how would a band go about getting gigs?do we just walk into a bar or someit and say "hey can we play for you guys?"