As I got to work today, I found out that my friend/colleague was murdered last night.

Damn.

:upset:

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;17318182]As I got to work today, I found out that my friend/colleague was murdered last night.

Damn.

:upset:[/QUOTE]

Uhh.. what happened?

no video spiff :/

but we went into it knowing it was a free gig, and ended up getting paid 300 bucks!

[QUOTE=Gattsu347;17318359]no video spiff :/

but we went into it knowing it was a free gig, and ended up getting paid 300 bucks![/QUOTE]

Awesome. How did the crowd respond to your set?

Try and get some recordings at one of your next shows coming up!

our demo is being mixed right now so pretty soon i'll have something for ya.

the crowd loved it and had us perform an encore song, which was the only thing about the show i didnt like cause we basically just jammed and it sounded like crap compared to the rest of the set.

never play an encore unless you've rehearsed it.

on that note, what kind of unsigned band is big headed enough to rehearse an encore?

You don't have to specifically rehearse a song as an encore tune, just use one of our songs that wasn't in the set.

an encore song should be like... the best song. you know, the one the crowd has been waiting all night for.

so playing a track you didn't think should have made it into the real set that night in the first place just doesn't seem right.

Just because you didn't choose to put a song in the set for the night doesn't mean it wasn't good enough to make the set. I guess it depends on the size of the pool of songs your band has to pick from.

Depending on the gig it could be really inappropriate to play an encore, if the running order is tight then all you're doing is wrecking the scheduling and probably taking set time away from somebody else.

[quote=Spaceman Spiff;17318340]Uhh.. what happened?[/quote]

From everything I've gathered, he was ambushed at a light, killed, and left on the side of the road.

F**king tragic, man.

To be honest, I think I'm just biased in that I hate encores when 'big' bands do them, let alone small unsigned ones.

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;17318580]From everything I've gathered, he was ambushed at a light, killed, and left on the side of the road.

F**king tragic, man.[/QUOTE]

Wtf.

Killed for his car?

[QUOTE=fatbandit;17318588]To be honest, I think I'm just biased in that I hate encores when 'big' bands do them, let alone small unsigned ones.[/QUOTE]

Why do you hate encores?

yeah we didnt have another song. its kinda hard to tell a crowd of people no...

Nah it's easy. Just tell them to buy the CD if they want to hear more.

hmmm good call. i'll remember that one

The last show my band played the whole place was screaming for an encore, so we played a song that we normally put on our sets but cut out due to time. Even though it's a long song, everyone enjoyed it, no one complained.

Hey Spiff, I forgot about the file upload size limit. I'm going to try to finish it tonight, yesterday amounted to me swearing at the computer after the 1.5 hours it took to upload the file and for it to say "Lol no wai"

[QUOTE=Efrim;17318819]Hey Spiff, I forgot about the file upload size limit. I'm going to try to finish it tonight, yesterday amounted to me swearing at the computer after the 1.5 hours it took to upload the file and for it to say "Lol no wai"[/QUOTE]

Ahhh, that sucks.

Thanks for all the pain in your a[SIZE="2"]ss[/SIZE].

hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=0627885b35d489fed6baebe61b361f7c43fcaae2c5b2c69bce018c8114394287

that's the mediafire folder, I'm still adding to it. There are 4 albums up already i think, and another one going.

John Frusciante.rar
John Frusciante2.rar

What's in each of them? Those are the only files I see.

so is this stuff actually worth getting or what?

i remember hearing one of his solo albums a while ago and being like "eh"

[QUOTE=Spaceman Spiff;17318988]John Frusciante.rar
John Frusciante2.rar

What's in each of them? Those are the only files I see.[/QUOTE]

A Sphere in The Heart Of Silence
Brown Bunny SoundTrack
DC EP
Curtains
Inside of Emptiness

and I just finished Shadows Collide With People

[QUOTE=honeydutchautopsy;17318989]so is this stuff actually worth getting or what?

i remember hearing one of his solo albums a while ago and being like "eh"[/QUOTE]

I'm taking a break from recommending music to people, so download one and check it out yourself.

The Brown Bunny soundtrack has a couple of his best songs, imo.

[QUOTE=honeydutchautopsy;17318989]so is this stuff actually worth getting or what?

i remember hearing one of his solo albums a while ago and being like "eh"[/QUOTE]

Smile From The Streets You Hold is beyond awful if I remember correctly.

[QUOTE=gaslight;17319057]Smile From The Streets You Hold is beyond awful if I remember correctly.[/QUOTE]

Not really the album to judge him on, imo, since he was neck-deep in heroin at the time. :lol:

Anything from Shadows Collide With People and on is good.

John frusciante's solo stuff is mostly awful IMO.

[QUOTE=BenJammin;17319091][B]Not really the album to judge him on, imo, since he was neck-deep in heroin at the time[/B]. :lol:

Anything from Shadows Collide With People and on is good.[/QUOTE]

that doesn't automatically make that artist bad at making music. tons of musicians were into heroin. the best songwriter i know personally is into heroin.

but okay i'll get some

Nearly done, only the empyrean left.

[QUOTE=honeydutchautopsy;17319188]that doesn't automatically make that artist bad at making music. tons of musicians were into heroin. the best songwriter i know personally is into heroin.

but okay i'll get some[/QUOTE]

I don't know what you're talking about. I'm not into heroin.

[QUOTE=Efrim;17319226]I don't know what you're talking about. I'm not into heroin.[/QUOTE]

fmb implied that that frusciante album is **** because he was bad into heroin. i replied by saying that heroin doesn't automatically make an artist bad and will continue by saying that addiction stirs up a lot of negative emotion which often is good for writing real meaningful music from the heart.

i never said anything about you

unless you were making a joke about you being the best songwriter i know personally, which would be weird cuz i don't know you

yes, it was a joke.

EDIT: also, that is Ben, not fmb.

[QUOTE=Efrim;17319305]yes, it was a joke.

EDIT: also, that is Ben, not fmb.[/QUOTE]

oh **** you're right, so it was ben haha

i need sleep i guess goodnight aussie weirdos

[QUOTE=honeydutchautopsy;17319188]that doesn't automatically make that artist bad at making music. tons of musicians were into heroin. the best songwriter i know personally is into heroin.

but okay i'll get some[/QUOTE]

No, I know it doesn't automatically make them bad, but that's why his music was bad.

[quote=gaslight;17318597]Wtf.

Killed for his car?[/quote]

I don't know, to be honest. I suspect it was to get at another member in his family (who is tied up in some heavy stuff).

Either way, totally sh**ty.

[QUOTE=honeydutchautopsy;17319188]that doesn't automatically make that artist bad at making music. tons of musicians were into heroin. the best songwriter i know personally is into heroin.

but okay i'll get some[/QUOTE]

seriously. i mean look at the brian jonestown massacre or the flaming lips or pretty much every famous jazz musician of the 20th century

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;17319759]I don't know, to be honest. I suspect it was to get at another member in his family (who is tied up in some heavy stuff).

Either way, totally sh**ty.[/QUOTE]

Dude that's brutal :(.

Hate all that kind of s[size=2]hit[/size]. I've known a few people who've been beated/stabbed over drugs but noone that's lost their lives thankfully.

[QUOTE=Jaded;17320168]seriously. i mean look at the brian jonestown massacre or the flaming lips or pretty much every famous jazz musician of the 20th century[/QUOTE]

It's a shame about how many jazz cats were junkies.

Mingus was no junkie though, good man.

Just a violent nutjob, but i guess that's nitpicking.