AndyTravis

As I’ve said these weren’t all sent out at once. he’s had ruck loads of time to listen, say yes or no, and work on it. i sent all 24 again with the note - “you’ve already had 22 of these for months; to save you searching I’ve put them in one place” I also named them so they could say “Bobby’s balls” is ok or whatever. I can’t breathe for the lad. He said upon announcement that we should be doing something “you can do guitar as well trav...”

I think in all honesty, if when the tracks were sent out individually since March I would’ve had decent feedback, I could’ve done more/less on the songs. But if someone says “yeah I like that” in March/April/May/June then replies in August with “none of that grabs me” - it’s a pain in the crack. Feel I’ve wasted my time

Nice bloke, just very Alpha male. Doesn’t sit well with me sometimes. Not my way.

“Creatively I'm thinking I've got a different idea of what I want then you guys. If we're going in different directions then that's just how it is and part of life.” Sounds like he’s one foot out of the door. This sounds like his opportunity.

He’s the “change the chorus after months of rehearsal while in the recording studio” kind of guy.

Cheers guys - nice “both sides of the fence” comments. 24 in total - these have been sent across the course of lockdown. ”I like that” “nice that one” Then as the process with guitarists has stalled, and scheduled meet ups have been cancelled due to restrictions...he’s announced we need to get moving and putting stuff out there. I re-sent everything I’d produced since March as a new folder... so they’d already had them in 1’s and 2’s - this was just so they were easy to find. Some are solid ideas we’ve played in a room together - none were presented as “almost finished” and certainly any drum patterns or guitar parts were dropped in for flavour/to give an idea of desired pace/feel. I will say Mr Singer has a habit of commenting on stuff without any constructive input. I’ve got more from the last 10 posts than the last 20 messages from him.

But he’s not going to do anything other than sing...

@Dad3353 I appreciate the reply, realistically these things are all just “sketches” etc to come back to and resolve/improve/develop. Generally speaking - I’ll noodle and have a “oh I like that” moment - I record it and come back to it when the kids aren’t hanging off me. Its sort of equivalent to humming a melody into a dictaphone - the upload in question was more to point out I need to practice playing guitar; as you rightly point out my guitar playing (while adequate) is bland. I think what caused me a headache was the “great riffs” followed by “nothing grabs me” if he’d said “the idea (insert working title) has a strong riff, or the feel is good - just needs fleshing out and the bassline is too busy at the start...” would’ve been constructive.

So as documented elsewhere on these hallowed pages, we’re struggling with guitarists. I play guitar enough to get by, and I’ve always been the main (musical) songwriter for the band - I send riffs, the guys put their parts on the track, we rehearse/develop and record the full song. So in the interests of moving forward I sent 24 ideas over to the band. Some bass/drums, some with guitar as well, some with keys parts too. This is usually down to wether or not something needs more or if I have enough time. The singer has just said “nothing grabs me, the riffs are all great, but they sound like you’ve already developed them...” I simply put some stuff together so I wasn’t sending 24 (40 second) snippets of bass playing. I’m really frustrated. Drummer gets what I’ve done and says he wants to work through the 24 ideas. Our singer rarely has anything prepared, is the main lyricist - but plays a bit of guitar and keys (not proficiently). In the two years of the band, he’s offered 3 “songs” which were really dirgy blues songs which never progressed past a jam in the rehearsal room. He’s basically saying “we need to craft the songs, make better chord progressions...” It’s almost like a language barrier. “Better Chord progressions” is like saying “make it good-er” - I’m not even sure his terminology is correct (I don’t think he means chord progressions) - and he’s totally missed the point that we’ll “craft” from what’s been presented. No real answers needed, wanted to vent as I’ve bitten my lip all morning. Annoyed that out of the two of us he’s equally capable of sharing ideas and recording demos - and has delivered nothing. Yet he’s picking holes in what I’ve sent. Just off to boil my head.

Haha. You sound like me.

I’m in the same boat - I mean, they both turned up. Which is good. If the guy you know played it well, the nerves don’t matter. If he played it well nervous; how good will he be when calm? Whats the genre of music? I know image is a big deal in Metal. Like the others say...go with your gut. Don’t write either off just yet, as we’ve made errors of judgement in recent months and ended up binning off two guitarists who we swore blind were “the one”.

There was a place 52 Newton Street, can’t remember the name. Was decent enough. Noiseboy aren’t operating due to this spike issue.

Well, the idea was left as basic tracking - the wife’s gone away with her mum and sister in law for a few days to my in laws holiday home. Been a bad few weeks for them all. So the kids are all mine, they were busy with a film and breakfast so I did what I could. It’s just so I had the sequence - rather than a full composition. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q4gpvoBWeaHFS_Y3Yx34g9QLT3cToCeg/view?usp=drivesdk Need to raise the action a bit on my Ibanez, just not enough ring to the chords.

And Originals. Does this mean I’ll lose twice as much money?

As a point, I really miss my 72 thin line tele. and I need to practice guitar...massively. Did a recording today and it’s scrappy at best.

Does it come with the jacket? 😂

Can you see anyone playing live anytime soon.

Yeah. I’ll do both

Well...24 demos now to be scrapped or developed. looks like I’m the guitarist for EP2.

Nah. I like it

Don’t say things like that...I’ll end up buying one

Hairspray for ink. In the 90’s my mum and dad took delivery of two lovely dark green leather couches. I sat down for the first time on one of these expensive items with a broken biro in my pocket... cue farty pants. Rang mum at work (dad would’ve reached down the phone line to slap me). A woman at her work had just taken delivery of a 100 handy cleaning tips book by Kim and Aggie (remember them?) and the font of knowledge poured forth. Handy.

At the minute @Al Krow £2k would be most welcome... The Sadowsky is “better” and “Nicer” - recording wise direct into the desk...nothing can touch the Sadowsky Pre - now I’m using the blue Miller (with Sadowsky Pre) a lot this is becoming obvious. But I enjoy the 414 just as much, and it’s an angry sounding thing. Put it this way, I won’t be buying a Fender to replace it. This is all in my opinion and I don’t want to upset any particular camp with the statements above. I’m sure everyone has their own take on it.

424x in red is what I’m looking for next I think - although I’ve been offered a 414 which is tempting. Currently skint 🙄