Forum Home Forum Home > Other music related lounges > Music and Musicians Exchange
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - Does anyone play in a band?
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

Topic ClosedDoes anyone play in a band?

 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <12345>
Author
Message
RobJ View Drop Down
Forum Groupie
Forum Groupie
Avatar

Joined: February 17 2004
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 43
Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 17 2004 at 19:50
bass and vocals in a non-prog band, though prog is my first love. I'm writing however and informally working with a few other guys on the songs. I also play guitar, drum a bit and am learning keys now.
Back to Top
Vibrationbaby View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: February 13 2004
Status: Offline
Points: 6898
Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2004 at 11:56
I used to play in few jazz-rock bands but the closest Icame to playing in a "prog" band is when I filled in for a few gigs with a Black Sabbath cover band. They had a female vocalist who did a pretty good Ozzy and she was just about as f**** up. This was years ago and all I really remember is being extremely wasted at the end of each gig.
Back to Top
Joren View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: February 07 2004
Location: Netherlands
Status: Offline
Points: 6667
Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 19 2004 at 15:56

Quote Sounds like you need to see 2 bands, both of whom I know tour extensively in Europe:

The Grand Mothers - a collection of various ex Zappa musicians fronted by Napoleon Murphy Brock, who perform '70's era Zappa.

The Muffin Men - a group from Liverpool who perform a cross section of Zappa material & who are more often than not fronted by Jimmy Carl Black

Heard of them, but they're not coming to The Netherlands soon...



Edited by Joren
Back to Top
The Owl View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: February 19 2004
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 363
Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 10 2004 at 13:38

I play guitar and bass, a tiny bit of keys (onloy on my own stuff).

I released an all-instrumental CD in 2002 called "Tales From The Inflatable Forest" on my own Owl Sounds label.

Here's the site: www.geocities.com/theowlwatches

 

People are puzzled why I don't dig the Stones, well, I listened to the Stones, I tried, and I tried, and I tried, and--I Can't Get No Satisfaction!

www.myspace.com/theowlsmusic
Back to Top
Joren View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: February 07 2004
Location: Netherlands
Status: Offline
Points: 6667
Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 10 2004 at 13:49
Aha! So that's why you wanted to know if anyone here was in a band! Just to promote your own album. No, seriously, sounds interesting. Is there a sample anywhere, so we can check it out?

Edited by Joren
Back to Top
The Owl View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: February 19 2004
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 363
Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 10 2004 at 14:42

Originally posted by Joren Joren wrote:

Aha! So that's why you wanted to know if anyone here was in a band! Just to promote your own album. No, seriously, sounds interesting. Is there a sample anywhere, so we can check it out?

There is: www.geocities.com/owlsounds/owlsamples.html

I also played in a band called Tony Island (as a bassist) that was a wacked mix of funk, biting Zappa-esque satire, early Yes and a dose of the blues. The instrumentation was

Tony Island: Keys, vocals, woodwinds

Tom Scotto: Drums, Percussion

and little 'ol me on bass plus a few Special Guest Villains, 'er we mean musicians.

www.tonyisland.com 

We managed to get a CD out before quetly dissolving (Tony relocated to upstate NY). It was great while it lasted though, the gigs were fun and we dropped some jaws.

 



Edited by The Owl
People are puzzled why I don't dig the Stones, well, I listened to the Stones, I tried, and I tried, and I tried, and--I Can't Get No Satisfaction!

www.myspace.com/theowlsmusic
Back to Top
Joren View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: February 07 2004
Location: Netherlands
Status: Offline
Points: 6667
Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 10 2004 at 15:21

I've downloaded six samples, and they're very short, but and it sounds interesting!  Melodical and a bit jazzy instrumental prog. Lot of improvisation.

Although I don't know much about guitars, I can hear on the sample of "The Journey Begins" that you can play very well!

Back to Top
Olympus View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: August 18 2005
Location: Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 545
Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2005 at 01:55
Yes, I played electric and Acoustic guitars and supporting vocals.
"Let's get the hell away from this Eerie-ass piece of work so we can get on with the rest of our eerie-ass day"
Back to Top
Heptade View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: May 19 2005
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 427
Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2005 at 08:45
I play in a non-prog band. We sound like Thin Lizzy, Cheap Trick and T-
Rex...all at once.

Back to Top
pale moon View Drop Down
Forum Groupie
Forum Groupie
Avatar

Joined: July 24 2004
Location: Netherlands
Status: Offline
Points: 43
Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2005 at 09:20
just formed a two-man-formation with my hardrockin amigo. we are working on an album. our band has the project name ars magna (for it is an anagram of the word anagrams meaning great art). since there are just two of us we have to do all the instruments together. but i mostly play the guitar and bass. would be really cool to see our name on this site in the future hahaha
Back to Top
porter View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: August 07 2005
Location: Italy
Status: Offline
Points: 362
Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2005 at 09:39

I've been playing guitar for 15 years now, but () I've never had what I'd call a "seriuos" band...my tastes are always hard to accept for the others, so it seems...anyway, I'm working on a couple of solo projects à la Joe Satriani.

right now I'm also in the band of a "theatrical company" (is that correct?), we used to perform "The Rocky Horror Show", it was great fun, now we're rehearsing for JCS, and I can't wait to get on stage.....

keep yourself free for October/November, we'll be in theatres!!! (in Sardinia)

"my kingdom for a horse!" (W. Shakespeare, "Richard III")
Back to Top
spectral View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: May 04 2005
Location: Vatican City State
Status: Offline
Points: 1422
Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2005 at 09:41
Originally posted by porter porter wrote:

right now I'm also in the band of a "theatrical company" (is that correct?), we used to perform "The Rocky Horror Show", it was great fun,

...into cross-dressing then are you?



Edited by spectral
"...misty halos made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine."
Back to Top
BiGi View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: June 01 2005
Location: Italy
Status: Offline
Points: 848
Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2005 at 10:15
I used to be the lead singer and keyboard player in a band called The Mistake Museum
We did a lot of cover work (Elton John, The Beatles, Genesis, Emerson Lake & Palmer, King Crimson) plus a good deal of self-written material.

The group started as a trio, then developed into a foursome...then another foursome and then to the only two members which persisted through all revolving door process: the drum player and me!

We haven't performed much live...but we recorded a lot on a 8-tracks analog recorder!
Now I have gone solo and I record digitally on my home PC.
A flower?

Back to Top
Eetu Pellonpaa View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: June 17 2005
Location: Finland
Status: Offline
Points: 4828
Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2005 at 15:21
I play bass in a retro psychedelia band. We have even had few gigs, and some weird persons seemed to enjoy our music!
Back to Top
Gaston View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: February 26 2004
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 401
Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2005 at 19:30
Yes, I'm in a Jam band. But soon I'll be forming a progressive rock band. Anybody from London Ontario who plays prog guitar?


Gaston


It's the same guy. Great minds think alike.
Back to Top
BaldFriede View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: June 02 2005
Location: Germany
Status: Offline
Points: 10261
Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2005 at 20:04
Singer and drummer/percussionist of the "Bald Angels". I also write the lyrics. My wife Jean plays keyboards, sings some backing vocals and is responsible for the compositions. Currently we get on stage as a piano and voice act only, as entertainment for the guests in our restaurant. Sometimes I play some congas too in the restaurant; real drums would be too loud.


BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
Back to Top
Reverie View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: May 14 2005
Location: Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 626
Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 25 2005 at 01:05

I play guitar in a melodic death metal band  Not very prog, but we're damn good at melodic death metal

I would like to start up my own band sometime in the future and just play stuff i compose. Kind of a solo project i guess. My writing is not even close to death metal. Some metal moments, but i'm getting more and more jazzy. Haven't really settled into any style yet, but it seems a lot of stuff i write just has a really odd feeling to it. Strange chords and odd textural combinations.

Back to Top
Man With Hat View Drop Down
Collaborator
Collaborator
Avatar
Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team

Joined: March 12 2005
Location: Neurotica
Status: Offline
Points: 166178
Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2005 at 03:42

Tried it- failed

Tried it again- failed again

Tried it for a thrid time- Guess what...it failed

So now i just play by myself or with whoever wants to.

Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
Back to Top
CalamityDaemon View Drop Down
Forum Groupie
Forum Groupie
Avatar

Joined: August 17 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 48
Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 28 2005 at 21:49
I play lead/rhythm electric guitar for my band Dalonda (named after our drummer). We're not prog. Actually, we're more pop than anything.
I wake to Sleep and I take my Waking slow,
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear,
I learn by going where I have to go.
Back to Top
Damen View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: August 04 2005
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 1068
Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 28 2005 at 22:51

I just like playing with myself

"It's amazing that we've been able to put up with each other for 35 years. Most marriages don't last that long these days."

-Chris Squire
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <12345>

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down



This page was generated in 0.227 seconds.
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.