[QUOTE=devildriver421]**** i was gonna say i want you to mail me your autograph hahah. thatd be awesome to do stuff for them, they're like my favorite band. i cant wait for the new album to come out its supposed to be so heavy. anyway that art was really good[/QUOTE]

Thanks a lot. Yeah I'm really looking forward to it, too. It will be hard to follow up after [I]Unhallowed[/I].

yea what a sick cd, but then again, some more time to get better. listen to "a vulgar picture" on the ozzfest site. [URL=http://ozzfest.com/media.html]here[/URL] if i say so myself, very good song. i think they'll have a great cd, but yea following unhallowed, especially as a debut full-length, wow thats tough.

has kkkk said what the next lesson is?? btw... i thought that art was great also

hey, I was just wonderin about this but for everyone whos in a band, which method of songwriting do you prefer? jamming and then tabbing out whatever you thought was good, or the way kockaine described, with you write lyrics first? cause I thought that the way kockaine described it was brilliant and ironicly, the day before I read that, I figured it out, but today I found some bands who prefer the jamming method.. Just wonderin about some others opinons..

what we do, is the bassist and i(guitar) write some stuff, and then at practices, we show each other, take what we like, maybe change it if the other person sees something different, then kind of jam on it, thinking of other stuff. we get a few riffs, then get the drums into it. then once the song is done, the singer

Yea we have the guitarist(me) and the drummer write something that fits together, then the bassist and the keyboardist put their part in. Our singer has a great voice, and we have almost no trouble writing lyrics for him.

We write songs that sound good, And i write lyrics, not necesserily for that particular song, just write them down.







I DO NOT RECOMEND THIS!!!

There is no way that works for everyone. Just try various techniques equally and see which one you as a band consider the most effective :).

[QUOTE=CelticPunkRocker]We write songs that sound good, And i write lyrics, not necesserily for that particular song, just write them down.

I DO NOT RECOMEND THIS!!![/QUOTE]

???? Do [I] not [/I] write down lyrics? Ever? :lol:

[QUOTE=KKKKKocaine]Band 101-
DO NOT - Play during the breaks between songs, this is when the vocalist needs to push the band on people, it's horrible to be at a gig when this happens, " Hey, so we're still <drum fill> thanks for all coming tonight and <guitar solo from random song> hope to see you there as well, our new <bass drum tests> of october, thank you, the next song <bass> enjoy yourselves"
[/QUOTE]
Our god ****ed guitarist cant figure this out, he does this during practice all the time it really pisses me off cuz i cant talk to the drummer.

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.