band of yous

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   if there was a band with a you clone on drums, a clone singing, clone on guitar... etc, 

what would the band sound like?

mine would probalby sound like a mix between Pavement and 'Fish Rising' and 'L' by steven hillage. except the guitar playing would sound more like syd barretts and john faheys (as ive been told).

 daevid allens gong would have alot of influence too.

Edited by kebjourman - May 19 2006 at 16:14

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kebjourman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 26 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 393	Topic: band of yous Posted: May 19 2006 at 16:13
	if there was a band with a you clone on drums, a clone singing, clone on guitar... etc, what would the band sound like? mine would probalby sound like a mix between Pavement and 'Fish Rising' and 'L' by steven hillage. except the guitar playing would sound more like syd barretts and john faheys (as ive been told). daevid allens gong would have alot of influence too. Edited by kebjourman - May 19 2006 at 16:14

maani Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Founding Moderator Joined: January 30 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2632	Posted: May 19 2006 at 16:19
	Well, as a songwriter, if you are asking what my influences are - and thus what a band with me playing all instruments and singing would sound like - my strongest influences are (in no particular order) Genesis, 10CC, Klaatu and Elton John, with a dash of a few others. Peace.

R o V e R Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 13 2005 Location: India Status: Offline Points: 2747	Posted: May 19 2006 at 16:19
	mine would be RUSH + YES + E L P = my band

laplace Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: October 06 2005 Location: popupControl(); Status: Offline Points: 7606	Posted: May 19 2006 at 16:21
	Well, I sing, play keyboards and dabble on the drums, so I'd probably sound like one of the italian bands inspired by ELP. but I'd really wanna sound like nothing ever done before, of course..

Gaston Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 26 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 401	Posted: May 19 2006 at 16:22
	Mine would be John Weathers on drums, Geddy Lee/Mike Gordon on bass, Rick Wright on keys and guitar is just all over the place from Billy Corgan to Eric Clapton to David Gilmour to Fripp... I would say a cross between Floyd and Rush with Gentle Giant drumming. Gaston
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eddietrooper Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 27 2006 Location: Spain Status: Offline Points: 940	Posted: May 19 2006 at 16:27
	I don't know which style we would play but knowing my skills as a musician there would be good Pink Floyd-style guitar playing, basic bass and keyboards, bad drumming and really awful singing.

Visitor13 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: February 02 2005 Location: Poland Status: Offline Points: 4702	Posted: May 19 2006 at 16:27
	I would be the free jazz icons Peter Brotzmann Sextet, but with some more lyrical sections during which I'd like to sound somewhat like Eric Dolphy, and possibly with Alexander von Schlippenbach on piano in lieu of Fred Van Hove. Edited by Visitor13 - May 19 2006 at 16:28

chopper Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 13 2005 Location: Essex, UK Status: Offline Points: 20030	Posted: May 19 2006 at 16:38
	A band of mes would have a good solid rhythm section, but a guitar player who could only played G, A, C and D, a keyboard player who only knew major chords and a singer who couldn't really sing.

Chicapah Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 14 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8238	Posted: May 19 2006 at 16:44
	I don't know what a band of "me's" would sound like but they'd be five very sexy and handsome SOB's!
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Logan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum & Site Admin Group Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Online Points: 36154	Posted: May 19 2006 at 16:51
	I haven't heard you guys playing (or your clones), so I can't say whether or not you (or your clones) really sound like the musicians mentioned, but with me it comes down to what I'd like to sound like, what I think I sound like when listening to myself play, and what I really sound like. As a band of mes I'd like to have the virtuosity of, oh, say ELP, in my deranged head I think my mes sound is closer to the Sex Pistols, but mes would really sound like a preschooler music class -- minimes hehe (and yes, that is a step or two down from The Sex Pistols). I am a bad multi-instrumentalist, though I do play a pretty mean kazoo... Any prog kazoo ensembles out there?
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sleeper Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: October 09 2005 Location: Entropia Status: Offline Points: 16449	Posted: May 19 2006 at 16:55
	At the moment my preferences are all over the place (metal, symphonic, neo jazz etc etc) so any band were I play all instruments will probably be just as eratic.
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arcer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: September 01 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1239	Posted: May 19 2006 at 16:55
	Having done a lot of my own stuff, (playing guitars, bass, keys and programming drums) I'm surprised by how my own music sounds, like a cross between Pink Floyd and Radiohead with a dash of (Bladerunner era) Vangelis thrown in. Weirdly I can also detect bits of CSNY and a lot of acoustic Led Zepp and some modern electronica in there too... I say sounds like, but it doesn't really as I conspicuously lack any real talent whatsoever.... Edited by arcer - May 19 2006 at 16:56

lunaticviolist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 17 2005 Status: Offline Points: 478	Posted: May 19 2006 at 17:11
	I'd probably end up sounding something like Porcupine Tree with less metal because I listen mostly to psychedelic and progressive rock.
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micky Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 02 2005 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 46838	Posted: May 19 2006 at 17:12
	interesting question.... play 3 instruments...my inspirations/clones hahaha Bass - Chris Squire (a influence/inspiration since I first picked up a bass) Drums - Keith Moon (A Quick One was my instruction manuel to drumming hahahha) Piano - Dave Brubeck (fabulous player and a master of poly-rhythms) feel lucky to have met 2 of the three oh.... and the band.... god frickin awful... but still a lot of fun... Edited by micky - May 19 2006 at 17:13
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GPFR Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 05 2005 Status: Offline Points: 760	Posted: May 19 2006 at 17:35
	Atmospheric. There would be a huge emphasis on the vocals, and in terms of skill I wouldn't be the greatest player in the world, if you know what I mean. Our playing wouldn't SUCK, but you know what I mean. I would try too be very free with my music. I would most always be bound too a darker feel, but I wouldn't be stuck being depressing. I'd try too make a nice happy song with a good little twist too make it my own and uniqe. I think for a while I'd try maybe too hard too mix an electronic and acoustic sound. There would be no really simple songs. The songs that would be written pretty simply would become complex from attempts of using different effects. The studio would be hard, I'd be spending too long too write fifty different versions of one song too see which both conveys the mood, and works with the flow of the album. At least, thats just what I think Id' do.
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el böthy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: April 27 2005 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 6336	Posted: May 19 2006 at 18:08
	mmm...I would have a dark band with many acoustic breaks and two keys, one very classic (ala Wakeman or Emerson) and the other very electronic (ala Brian Eno)...with some Tool like singing and lyrics... mmm, I should clone myself...
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chamberry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 24 2005 Location: Puerto Rico Status: Offline Points: 9008	Posted: May 19 2006 at 18:57
	First of all, I would clone myself alot so I can have like 3 or 4 bands. The first one will be ver Godspeed you black emperor-esque. Very moody,very emotional, very tragic with some voice overs like them and very epic too. The second one could be an Avant garde one with influences ranging from Taal to noise from the streets and so on with some very goofy vocals screaming nonesense and yuxtaposing strange words ect. The third one will sound like a psychedelic one with some very good canterbury humour and maybe at times. the vocalist at certain songs narrates stories or just talks the lyrics instead of singing it. Oh! and a sax player for sure. Very Gong-ish The last one could be an acoustic folk-ish band with flute, bass, classical piano, slow drumming, guitars, nature sounds in the background, birds chirping, harp and other beautiful sounding instruments with some whispery vocals like Toby Driver. Man. I want to make those bands now


prog4evr Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 22 2005 Location: Wuhan, China Status: Offline Points: 1455	Posted: May 19 2006 at 19:02
	I would have to say: Terry Bozzio on drums; Tony Levin on bass; and, Steve Stevens on guitar(s)... ... Oh, yeah (forgot): that is already 'Black Light Syndrome.'

Bj-1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 04 2005 Location: No(r)Way Status: Online Points: 31453	Posted: May 19 2006 at 21:39
	My album would probably have sound like a mix of these albums: Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle Bill Bruford - One of a Kind Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage Hatfield and the North - Rotter's Club King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic
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The Lost Chord Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 23 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1907	Posted: May 19 2006 at 22:03
	im a solo act and my stuff is very reminiscent of Harmoniums 5 seasons...and i hadnt heard them untiul a few weeks ago, been playing music for years.