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Addison

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Topic: Hi i'm Addison
Posted: January 27 2011 at 21:37

We currently use logic pro 9, mainly for the synth plugins as all our tracks have synth (we are a three piece, bass, guitar, drums) and we really wanted a big epic sound with strings and arpeggios flying about every which, to pull this off live i wear headphones and play to a click+synth track, the guys then obviously play off me so the audience hears 3 piece band + synth thtrough front of house speakers we really like the freedom it gives us in our writing, but the obvious drawbacks our 100 of hours practicing to make sure we can play these odd time tracks to a ever changing click :P

Thank you for all your kind welcomes by the way, you guys are awesome :D

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Posted: January 27 2011 at 21:09

Strange your band name is also my hobby...
Welcome, Addison!

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Posted: January 27 2011 at 21:02

Addison wrote:

(Also whilst scrolling down i saw some topics about gear? which will be usefull seeing as we are a young band who are self produced and im pretty much the Engineer/mixer for our material and require all the knowledge i can get a hold of)

What programs do you use? I can talk to some degree, as a lot of people can here, but if you want real studio tips, search for a mixing/recording form and get a foothold there, too.

Also, welcome.

My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want!

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Posted: January 27 2011 at 20:56

Jojo Mayer is the man Approve

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Posted: January 27 2011 at 20:52

Cool, we gots ourself a drummer on the site.

Welcome, Addison.

Addison

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Posted: January 27 2011 at 17:49

www.youtube.com/user/punchingrobots All our tracks are on this channel :)

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Posted: January 27 2011 at 17:43

Welcome, Addison. Hug

Anyway, you have any samples of Punching Robots? Curious ...

Addison

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Posted: January 27 2011 at 15:02

Thanks! I was a little apprehensive in posting, but you seem like very nice people! : ]

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Posted: January 27 2011 at 14:03

great to have you Addison, welcome

Addison

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Posted: January 27 2011 at 10:52

Thank you for the welcome :)

http://www.youtube.com/user/punchingrobots

we have around 15 tracks on the page

I'll be sure to go on the unsigned band forums and get my voice heard :) Thank you very much for the advice :)

(All feedback and criticism greatly appreciated)

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Posted: January 27 2011 at 10:42

Welcome to the prog fold Addison. If you are interested, be sure to post more info about your band under the Unsigned Bands section. Any links to MySpace or Facebook or any recorded music you would like to share with the community is always greatly appreciated.

Addison

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Posted: January 27 2011 at 10:16

Hi my name is addison im 20

I play drums in a Prog/rock/metal electronica band named Punching Robots

My drumming style is influenced by such drummers as Thomas lang, benny greb, jojo mayer, marco minnemann. virgil donati and more recently travis orbin (Sky eats airplane)

I listen to Dream theater, Protest the hero, the fall of troy, mastodon, sky eats airplane, meshuggah and periphery

The reason i got into prog/tech was as my knowledge and skill improved on the drums i wanted to hear more bands with a heavy emphasis on musicanship, at the time dream theater were the band i previously knew to have that level of musicanship and it was a cascading effect from there

the reason i joined the forums was to improve my knowledge-base of prog styles, and to get feedback on my playing and play style also my compositions and ofcourse my bands material!

(Also whilst scrolling down i saw some topics about gear? which will be usefull seeing as we are a young band who are self produced and im pretty much the Engineer/mixer for our material and require all the knowledge i can get a hold of)

Peace.