As much as MX may have changed from what it was, I enjoy it so much more in the state it is in now.

I sort of agree... but at the same time it's still 99% a drain of time when I could be being productive.

That's your problem though not MX's :lol:.

Yeah I need to like.. clean my house. And get those blogs running.

yeah MX is pretty cool now in the instrument forums

its way too ****ing slow i'd appreciate some increased traffic

Maybe we should start spamming other forums with MX adverts.

Most of the new traffic is annoying people though.

well like 90% of the posting population here aren't even musicians i honestly dont think a single pit poster does anything other than smoke weed and copy and paste memes from better sites

This is pretty much true. We all love weed and memes though!

No new people.

I don't like weed or memes.

OMG they still have the pit?


brb

What's a meme?

spiff i decided i will listen to your new album.

now send it.

I have horrible GAS for a matamp :(

[QUOTE=Raayl;17449060]spiff i decided i will listen to your new album.

now send it.[/QUOTE]

We're mixing. It should be done by next weekend.

If you want a copy you can have one.

I want to do something new, musically, but I don't know what. Not that I'm unsatisfied working with Jeremy on H&S, but I need something new on the side for myself to entertain myself.

A punk band, is the obvious solution.

Do some solo stuff.

[QUOTE=gaslight;17449962]Do some solo stuff.[/QUOTE]

I've been doing solo (bass, and otherwise) stuff for years. That, in and of itself, is not necessarily anything new... I dunno.

Maybe I need to learn how to write songs, and sing.

Sure, everyone should work on their vocal ability.

Try challenge yourself to put a song together, vocals, music, everything, nothing but what you can do all at the same time. You know, just stripped back, guitar and vocals. That's probably the most daunting thing for me, it's one of the surest tests of songwriting ability to be able to hold everything together like that and keep it compelling and interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXImi2etl7I

[QUOTE=BenJammin;17450019]I've been doing solo (bass, and otherwise) stuff for years. That, in and of itself, is not necessarily anything new... I dunno.

Maybe I need to learn how to write songs, and sing.[/QUOTE]
Writing music with vocals is so much more rewarding.

Plus people might actually listen to it twice lol.

I need to learn to sing before doing anything so outrageous as recording a song with vocals.

Wow that's a nice effort.

Yeah it's true about vocals too, vocals are the main way that non-musicians connect to music when they're present, so not having them eliminates a rather large potential audience.

[QUOTE=Joelbassman;17450115]Writing music with vocals is so much more rewarding.

Plus people might actually listen to it twice lol.[/QUOTE]

It's funny because it's true.

I'll work on it.

Of course, the irony is in that I traded my audio interface to Liam for his Brice fretless, so I can't actually record vocals atm. :lol:

These guy don't have vocals and pull it off reasonably well. By reasonably I mean I really like them and work with the drummer.

http://www.myspace.com/hazardsofswimmingnaked

[QUOTE=BenJammin;17450141]It's funny because it's true.

I'll work on it.

Of course, the irony is in that I traded my audio interface to Liam for his Brice fretless, so I can't actually record vocals atm. :lol:[/QUOTE]
Haha and trust me, for people like me who basically practice vocals whilst recording, you caannot do it around anyone. Unless you have super duper skills of not caring. So you'll wanna do it at home by yourself.

And yeah unless you're famous/ish, usually people won't give a damn about a instrumental band unless they're really into it and/or the band is really ****ing good.

[QUOTE=gaslight;17450136]Wow that's a nice effort.

Yeah it's true about vocals too, vocals are the main way that non-musicians connect to music when they're present, so not having them eliminates a rather large potential audience.[/QUOTE]
*cough*

I posted a novel in the other thread on your mic search.

*cough*

im a vocalist and i cant sing LOL

I'm working on my singing but it ain't worth hearing yet.

I'm trying backup live with my band soon, lets see how that one goes.

Harmonies or unison?

Both.

Unison I can do no worries, all our songs I know without thinking more or less and sing along regardless of whether I have a mic in my face. Harmonies will be more tricky.

[QUOTE=funkyhoney;17450319]Both.[/QUOTE]

At the same time :eek:.

[QUOTE=gaslight;17450342]At the same time :eek:.[/QUOTE]

I'm quite talented, I also play a big keyboard with my feet.

Damn, I didn't take the rest of my gear pictures this weekend.

I know what I'm doing today after work...

[quote=funkyhoney;17450340]Unison I can do no worries, all our songs I know without thinking more or less and sing along regardless of whether I have a mic in my face. Harmonies will be more tricky.[/quote]

Harmonies come pretty natural to me, but it's probably because I have always listened to vocal melodies on the radio and sang harmonies behind it.

I do find that harmonic vocals are much harder if you come in before the melody vocals. My band had a song that required me to do it, but it was a minor 9th above the music note, so I could never hear it in my head.

I have to really think about things like that. I'd have had to sing the melody note in my head, then sing it an octave higher, and then stick a semitone onto it, and then I'd have to keep that note fresh in my head until I had to sing it.

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;17450711]Harmonies come pretty natural to me, but it's probably because I have always listened to vocal melodies on the radio and sang harmonies behind it.

I do find that harmonic vocals are much harder if you come in before the melody vocals. My band had a song that required me to do it, but it was a minor 9th above the music note, so I could never hear it in my head.[/QUOTE]

Oh I don't know about all that "actual interval" business, but we shall see how I go :p