Tell Us about Your Band

StormandStatic · Post by **StormandStatic** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 2:12 pm

Do we have a thread like this already? If not, talk to people about your musical endeavors! I'm currently mixing a couple tracks my band recorded, so I'll wait on posting about it til I finish those.

one belt loop · Post by **one belt loop** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 3:04 pm

Now you've done it.

LuthierJustin · Post by **LuthierJustin** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 4:59 pm

I'm thinking about starting a band, it probably wouldn't be very popular around here though :lol:

, atmospheric ambient music with jazz, post rock, drone, dub and experimental influences, I have a guitar player interested in joining I just need to find the rest of the band, preferably not guys who wanna be rock musicians.

Cubfan06 · Post by **Cubfan06** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 5:03 pm

LuthierJustin wrote:I'm thinking about starting a band, it probably wouldn't be very popular around here though , atmospheric ambient music with jazz, post rock, drone, dub and experimental influences, I have a guitar player interested in joining I just need to find the rest of the band, preferably not guys who wanna be rock musicians.

That actually sounds like the most knowledgeable and interesting thing I've ever read by you LJ. Those influences sound right up my wheelhouse.

LuthierJustin · Post by **LuthierJustin** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 11:19 pm

Everyone I know says I know more about and types of music than any one they've ever met, it's my passion and I hope that would come through in the music I make, that's why I have to find the right musicians for the band,not just music and who want to "ROCK" I'm not so much into that anymore

StormandStatic · Post by **StormandStatic** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 9:46 pm

I recently recorded my band in a room at school, and did most of the mixing in the last few days. You can listen to and download the whole thing over here: http://drownedvalley.bandcamp.com/
It's pretty short, only a few songs, a couple new and one old. I used to describe us as a sort of 'dark folk' thing, but these songs are for the most part upbeat and, hopefully, uplifting. It's really folk by necessity, given that it's easier to have and practice with an all-acoustic band, but we just lost about half the members on this recording, so I'm thinking of maybe trying to reconstitute the group as something closer to maybe Whiskeytown or Uncle Tupelo or Titus Andronicus, a loud and fast rock band with folk and country influences. That's the ideal, though. I'll see what time brings.

StormandStatic · Post by **StormandStatic** » Tue May 14, 2013 6:45 pm

Because my attempts at self-promotion worked so well last time, I'm trying again!
We have a new song here: http://drownedvalley.bandcamp.com/album/devil-find-me
Just my friend and I singing, recorded live in my house. Slow, measured folk, Didn't It Rain -esque. It might be to some of your likings. Please let me know if you give it a shot!

Post by **Tequila Cowboy** » Tue May 14, 2013 7:02 pm

Crazy week but I will give your tunes a shot as soon as I can. Keep on rockin'.

brknarw · Post by **brknarw** » Thu May 23, 2013 1:43 pm

I'm in a couple of bands in Portland, OR. I write songs, sing and play guitar in Cutbank http://cutbank.bandcamp.com, alt.country, americana, rock n' roll.

I also play guitar and some keys in Spirit Lake http://spiritlakesounds.bandcamp.com. "Spirit Lake, which came together in the spring of 2009, combines its members’ love for the Rolling Stones and Gram Parsons with their history of crafting arena-size pop-rock."
-Willamette Week

Spirit Lake is playing Saturday at Dante's in Portland with the great Truckstop Darlin' http://truckstopdarlin.bandcamp.com. Cutbank is playing on Saturday, June 15th at Shannihans in Vancouver, WA with Barbara in the Attic http://barbaraintheattic.bandcamp.com

RMD · Post by **RMD** » Fri May 24, 2013 10:28 am

Our band is a trio. I play the bass. Heavy jam band sound for lack of a better term. And I hate the "jam" band term. Think Blue Cheer with better vocals and dynamics. Maybe Govt. Mule is a better comparison.

pearlysnaps · Post by **pearlysnaps** » Fri May 24, 2013 8:23 pm

I've been playing bass in a Bakersfield/Burritos-ish country rock band called Dirt Floor Revue for about 5 years. We generally play in Brooklyn, but we've played all around the NYC metro area. The band has four singer/writers. (the song "80 on 80" at the link below is me.)

http://dirtfloorrevue.com/Tunes.html

brknarw · Post by **brknarw** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 6:57 pm

Our new album, "The Backroads" is out. http://cutbank.bandcamp.com

Rocky · Post by **Rocky** » Wed Feb 26, 2014 1:41 pm

brknarw wrote:Our new album, "The Backroads" is out. http://cutbank.bandcamp.com

You guys sound great. I'm definitely picking up on that Western vibe. Keep up the good work.

brknarw · Post by **brknarw** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 1:47 am

Thanks!

brknarw · Post by **brknarw** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:01 am

The other band I play in, Spirit Lake, has a new album coming out Friday. Three guitar, psychedelic rock n' roll, a little country in it now since the other lead guitar player has also taken up pedal steel. Here's what the Portland Mercury has to say about it…

"On their second album, The Biggening, Spirit Lake don't shy away from the oil-slick muscle rock that characterized their earlier stuff—tried-and-tattered, bruised-and-battered biker rock in the vein of Blue Cheer (the strain of acid and the band). But The Biggening might be the Portland band's Led Zeppelin III, as there are some mellower digressions and even a few acoustic guitars here and there. Starting with the peaceful, easy feelin' of "Santa Ana Winds" and continuing through the early-morning comedown of "I Want a Love" and "The Town That I Died In," Spirit Lake lets their bluster blow soft, aiming for gentle ripples rather than whitecaps. The overtly country influences are a good fit for the band, but they're still at their best with bluesy, bong-ready blowouts like the swaggering title track."

Have a listen here: http://spiritlakesounds.bandcamp.com

Our CD release show is Friday at Mississippi Studios in Portland, OR, so come out if you're in the area.

StormandStatic · Post by **StormandStatic** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 3:43 pm

Not really a band, per se, but here's a piece I composed for cello:
https://vimeo.com/91086669

RevMatt · Post by **RevMatt** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:57 pm

I am booking studio time at The House of Vibes for a session in May. House of Vibes is the studio owned by members of The Grip Weeds. I love everything that has come out of that studio. IMO, it is the best in NJ.
http://www.sonicscoop.com/2014/04/06/re ... d-park-nj/

StormandStatic · Post by **StormandStatic** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 5:17 pm

My band (really just my friend and I and not really much of anything at this point) recorded this little pop/love song back in November but I just put it online here. Check it out if you've got a spare minute or two, it's nice and short.

Beebs · Post by **Beebs** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 10:49 am

StormandStatic wrote:Not really a band, per se, but here's a piece I composed for cello:

Lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, INYOURFACE! lovely, lovely.

John A Arkansawyer · Post by **John A Arkansawyer** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 11:56 pm

Not my band, but part of one of many shows I put on that somehow didn't end up with me in jail. I still love this band and the first two are still great favorites of mine: Rex Rootz: Filth on Saturday. This was probably the show that got the sound ordinance changed for political reasons so that it could be used to suppress demonstrations. I still hate each and every one of the lousy bastards that passed that law, covered for the people who passed that law, or excused passing that law. Fuck them all.

Zip City · Post by **Zip City** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 12:05 am

I wish I had a band. Instead, I'm friends with people with bands.

Rocky · Post by **Rocky** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 9:08 am

Zip City wrote:I wish I had a band. Instead, I'm friends with people with bands.

It's kind of like a swimming pool or a boat. Better to have friends with one, than one sometimes.

RolanK · Post by **RolanK** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 10:09 am

Rocky wrote:
Zip City wrote:I wish I had a band. Instead, I'm friends with people with bands.
It's kind of like a swimming pool or a boat. Better to have friends with one, than one sometimes.

lol. truth

John A Arkansawyer · Post by **John A Arkansawyer** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 11:18 am

RolanK wrote:
Rocky wrote:
Zip City wrote:I wish I had a band. Instead, I'm friends with people with bands.
It's kind of like a swimming pool or a boat. Better to have friends with one, than one sometimes.
lol. truth

Sometimes, but I'd still rather be in a band, even a shitty one, than not be in a band.

RolanK · Post by **RolanK** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:49 pm

^^^^Shitty bands are way more fun

John A Arkansawyer · Post by **John A Arkansawyer** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 1:13 pm

RolanK wrote:^^^^Shitty bands are way more fun

The stakes are lower, that's for sure.

Duke Silver · Post by **Duke Silver** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 1:33 pm

Every once in a while I get the urge to be in a band again, then I remember how much work it is, what a pain in the ass other musicians can be, how late you have to stay up to play most shows, how heavy my amp is... These days, to quote T. Hardy Morris, "I'd just as soon stay home."

bethandjoe · Post by **bethandjoe** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 11:37 pm

Some people stop living long before they die, work a dead end job just to scrape on by. But I live forever just to bend that note in two. And they don't even move the pool table for us. This is my band HIPPO performing the song "Sisters" on Halloween night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpUL9FvViGk

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