#1626764 - 06/25/03 03:54 PM
I am a band of one
|
DJDM
MP Hall of Fame Member
Registered: 06/24/02
Posts: 2505
Loc: Seattle
|
Offline
|
|
I work alone. I spent years in bands and frankly I enjoy running my own private autocracy.
It could be a lonely road but that is why I come here. 
Anyone else a solo artist?
- DJDM
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#1626765 - 06/25/03 04:03 PM
Re: I am a band of one
|
The Thrashole
MP Hall of Fame Member
Registered: 05/21/02
Posts: 2221
Loc: OH, UNITED STATES
|
|
Offline
|
|
I did the one man band thing for about three years. In a lot of ways I like it better. But I am a bit of a control freak. I need a band to keep my head from getting too big plus I miss the stage and a metal band needs live players jumping around in order to really put on a show.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#1626768 - 06/25/03 06:40 PM
Re: I am a band of one
|
djarrett
Platinum Member
Registered: 09/12/00
Posts: 1693
Loc: Nashville,TN,UNITED STATES
|
|
Offline
|
|
Funny, I guess due to my age (40) ... I picture this guy with a harmonica strapped to his mouth and cymbals between his knees with a bass drum on his back! While playing the banjo!
My how things have changed. I suppose that with a laptop, you could truly be a one man show.
I know that Craig Anderton does this.
DJ
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#1626769 - 06/26/03 12:23 AM
Re: I am a band of one
|
Tedster
MP Hall of Fame Member
Registered: 09/21/00
Posts: 5933
|
|
Offline
|
|
There's a guy here in KC who does a very good job of playing organ bass pedals with his feet while playing guitar, harmonica, and singing.
I've wanted to do solo acoustic for some time now, just because it's liberating just not to have other people giving ya shit about what you should or shouldn't do.
By the same token, it's a bit stage-fright provoking. There's nothing to hide behind but you, and if you screw up, it's your ass and your ass alone hanging out there. That's always prevented me from getting into it more. But, I think I can, actually.
_________________________
"Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine...(WAH WAH WAH WAHHH!)"
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#1626770 - 06/26/03 05:52 AM
Re: I am a band of one
|
stanner
Platinum Member
Registered: 09/07/00
Posts: 1157
Loc: san francisco,,UNITED STATES
|
|
Offline
|
|
Originally posted by djarrett:
Funny, I guess due to my age (40) ...
My how things have changed. I suppose that with a laptop, you could truly be a one man show.
DJ
i's a for real realtime looper-using all or some of the standalone loop machines they have on the market-or had...
i am a part of a grassroots group o musicians over @ loopersdelight.com
s
yeah some of them do use laptops,tho'.
_________________________
AMPSSOUNDBETTERLOUDER
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#1626771 - 06/26/03 05:48 PM
Re: I am a band of one
|
Kendrix
MP Hall of Fame Member
Registered: 09/06/01
Posts: 2150
Loc: Rochester,NY,UNITED STATES
|
|
Offline
|
|
I'm a loner a this musicmaking as well.
My day job/travel makes it difficult to commit to be in a working band- and my goals are less about performing live than about creating and getting a decent result on disc.
Im sure I miss some magic that results from interations between band members.
Hey, there are plusses and minuses to everything.
BTW - to me "one man" and "band" are incompatible terms.
Maybe Im a solo recording arteest at some level -but, on my own, Im certainly not a band.
I do think some discussion of methods used by lone wolves would be useful. I Wonder what Peter Gabriel, Todd Rundgren or Moby would have to say bout this?
Do you ever play with yourself? 
For instance, I'll crank up the monitors when tracking el. guitar via DI just to pump up the energy level.
I was thinking about using a blow-up doll to simulate the presence of a drummer - but it's too well behaved to be effective at that. And I figure it would constantly be dropping sticks
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
