Reading music is HARD, esp for guitar because there are different positions on the neck you can use to play the same thing. I gave it a shot once but got bored. I can read music from doing trombone for 6 years or something but guitar or bass is a different matter

I think i'll get one of those books sometime and start learning to read music
It would be kinda cool and helpful

[QUOTE=Paranoidd]I can read music, like I know what notes are what, but translating that to my hand for my axe just doesn't happen. And being able to know what notes harmonize, that also doesn't happen. Don't even get me started on scales... :([/QUOTE]

I think my piano teacher gave up on my scales, sometimes I can remember them but usually she has to tell me which keys to press. I think she thinks I'm a retard. I'm not good with harmonies either, I'm the type of person who knows how things work but can't apply them to my actual playing. :( Being ad at things sucks.

[QUOTE=Paranoidd]I can read music, like I know what notes are what, but translating that to my hand for my axe just doesn't happen. And being able to know what notes harmonize, that also doesn't happen. Don't even get me started on scales... :([/QUOTE]

I suck at learning that stuff, thats why im taking music theory next semester

[QUOTE=evilmenhavenosongs]I'm the type of person who knows how things work but can't apply them to my actual playing. :( Being ad at things sucks.[/QUOTE]

Likewise.

I hate my band. I have the worst drummer in the world and the most closed minded guitarist ever. Today I brought in a new song that has a 3/4 (actually it's 3/8 but there's hardly any difference) part. We had to spend half an hour teaching the drummer how to plya in 3/4 and he still can't do it. Then my guitarist started pitching a fit about how he just wants to rock. All he wants to do is play the same chord progression in 4/4 with the occasional solo. My bassist, while not amazing (but competent), is down for anything. Is it in anyway wrong to start a second band with this other kid I know who is an amazing drummer and take my current band's bassist with me?

Sounds like you want to be Pink Floyd, your guitar player wants to be AC/DC, and your drummer shouldn't be playing, period.

Take the bassist and go.

I'm sure they'd be able to find someone with the same taste as they have and then you'd both be happy. Would save a lot of bother if you just ran off with the bassist. (I didn't mean that how it sounded)

I don't see anything wrong with it. Just so long your current guitarist and drummer don't take it the wrong way.

It's more I want to be Tool, guitarist wants to be The Used and the dummer wants to play George of the Jungle.

I like the you+bassist splitting off idea as well.

Fast Fingers, we'll make a band. I can do crazy electronic stuff. Comes from three years of self-teaching electronic music production. I'm too lazy to make a band, so I just program my own drums (and eventually bass, if I'm lucky) and play my guitar along to it (very poorly).

How cool would it be to have the mx R&M band? One person records the guitar part and passes it on to the drummer then bassist and it just keeps going with each version saved.

That'd be dope. I used to know a few electronic producers who would work like that...they make up something, send it over, the other guy would add his own parts/edit previous ones, etc. Some pretty cool stuff comes out of it. I've never seen anyone do it with rock before.

I would try it. I just downloaded frooty loops and adobe audition so I think i've got the software to do a good job.

I started with fruityloops. That is actually the most underrated program ever...it's so user friendly and versatile.

Theres a ton of programs to use...I started using Reason a while back but drum programming is a pain in the arse. The synth stuff you can compose is amazing though. I want to go back to school for audio engineering but it's a hard field to get into, and I don't want to end up producing nu-metal albums.

[QUOTE=Fast Fingers]I hate my band. I have the worst drummer in the world and the most closed minded guitarist ever. Today I brought in a new song that has a 3/4 (actually it's 3/8 but there's hardly any difference) part. We had to spend half an hour teaching the drummer how to plya in 3/4 and he still can't do it. Then my guitarist started pitching a fit about how he just wants to rock. All he wants to do is play the same chord progression in 4/4 with the occasional solo. My bassist, while not amazing (but competent), is down for anything. Is it in anyway wrong to start a second band with this other kid I know who is an amazing drummer and take my current band's bassist with me?[/QUOTE]

My drummer is a complete control freak, who is a close minded ****wit who can't keep in time. My lead player is also a control freak, and he has listened to too many Spinal Tap songs to be taken seriously. So I've started up my own band, occasionally bringing in the rhythm guitarist for a recorded jam.

p.s. I can sight read :cool:

But can you make the MX band?

Well since I can't play any instruments (not well, at least), I can do the production work :D

I went into a cd store again.

I have a serious problem. :upset:

Poor Superpeer


Just send me all your money so you don't accidentaly spend it.

Ok. :)















Wait :mad:

So, how about them Yankees?


/well disguised bump

The Yankees suck, onward the Devil Rays!

/only team I know

[QUOTE=Fast Fingers]So, how about them Yankees?


/well disguised bump[/QUOTE]

Almost as overrated as Nirvana :smash:

Hahaha

Ah, a new Off-topic person. Your name's kinda long, so I'm afraid I'll have to refer to you as PIM.

So if this thread is for things non R&M then what happened to the Pit?

[QUOTE=Janken The Great]So if this thread is for things non R&M then what happened to the Pit?[/QUOTE]

spam spam and more spam

I made a post about that a while ago..I'll dig it up.

[QUOTE=Janken]
So if this thread is for things non R&M then what happened to the Pit?[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Bartender]The Pit doesn't manage discussion any more. It's just constant upstaging, attempted pwning, unoriginal joking and plain, all-out flaming. And if you some random user determines your thread isn't interesting enough, it gets "[color=red]HIJACKED! HIJACKED! HIJACKED![/color]".

The Pit has no sense of community, friendship/fellowship, or even fun any more. So the regulars of other forums have to make do with what they can; an official thread for discussion. Check out Punk's Community Thread, or Pop-Punk's Discussion Thread. Alt/Indie is less obvious, but the same concept is disguised in the Expanding Your Horizons or What I've Been Digging.. stickies. Even the Admin forum has occasional bursts of conversation. R&M has just been slow to catch on; a thread like this is needed. [/QUOTE]

There you go.