Shred XLIX: And then the North Koreans attacked

stonebeard wrote: Just got a call for my first paid live sound gig. Neat? Neat. Now as soon as I get off my ass and start writing music again, I'll be a busy bee. 4 music-related projects? Me gusta.

Edited by Smurph - July 09 2012 at 15:04

But if the main project isn't going anywhere change it. Work harder. Change it more. If you choose projects that allow you to do literally whatever you want that should never be the problem. The problem then is no longer with the project. The problem is with the people involved with the project. Or if your main project is under way, why not start working on an extra demo for the same project. If it doesn't sound enough like your main project, screw it. Because don't let sound hold you back. Your band doesn't like it? Make it better. They still don't like it? Make it even better. They still don't like it and want to keep it seperate? Then you didn't make it good enough. Make it better.

Edited by Smurph - July 09 2012 at 15:14

rushfan4 wrote: That kind of makes me laugh.  Listening to my collection of Tom Petty CDs, and I think that it is kind of funny that he has released 3 solo albums without the Heartbreakers.  It is kind of like, dude, that band is called Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.  You don't need to release a solo album.  Especially, since I believe that the Heartbreakers contribute to some of his solo material anyways (don't quote me on that though).  I think that Bruce Springsteen has release a solo album too.  I am sure that there have been other similar "solo" releases.

Smurph wrote: stonebeard wrote: Just got a call for my first paid live sound gig. Neat? Neat. Now as soon as I get off my ass and start writing music again, I'll be a busy bee. 4 music-related projects? Me gusta.   I refuse to work on other music projects. If anyone else in my band wants to, they must ask me first.   Why would anyone want to work on other projects other than just one? I don't know if I could work on something else because of the amount of time I put into the current one. Or is that the goal? To find such a project that you don't ever want to do anything else?   But dude- congrats!!!!

stonebeard wrote: Smurph wrote: stonebeard wrote: Just got a call for my first paid live sound gig. Neat? Neat. Now as soon as I get off my ass and start writing music again, I'll be a busy bee. 4 music-related projects? Me gusta.   I refuse to work on other music projects. If anyone else in my band wants to, they must ask me first.   Why would anyone want to work on other projects other than just one? I don't know if I could work on something else because of the amount of time I put into the current one. Or is that the goal? To find such a project that you don't ever want to do anything else?   But dude- congrats!!!! 1 - paid live sound gig for a presentation or something (one time thing) 2 - unpaid live sound gig for a church (multiple days of the week) 3 - write music for my friend's short film 4 - write music for web series (as of now nothing else to work on yet) 5 - write music for personal side project I'm lazing on the writing music part. Need some motivation, but still. I think I've got a lto of good things underway.

irrelevant wrote: rushfan4 wrote: That kind of makes me laugh.  Listening to my collection of Tom Petty CDs, and I think that it is kind of funny that he has released 3 solo albums without the Heartbreakers.  It is kind of like, dude, that band is called Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.  You don't need to release a solo album.  Especially, since I believe that the Heartbreakers contribute to some of his solo material anyways (don't quote me on that though).  I think that Bruce Springsteen has release a solo album too.  I am sure that there have been other similar "solo" releases. I find those types of things annoying. If the line-up is like exactly the same, why make a solo release out of it?

Smurph wrote: irrelevant wrote: rushfan4 wrote: That kind of makes me laugh.  Listening to my collection of Tom Petty CDs, and I think that it is kind of funny that he has released 3 solo albums without the Heartbreakers.  It is kind of like, dude, that band is called Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.  You don't need to release a solo album.  Especially, since I believe that the Heartbreakers contribute to some of his solo material anyways (don't quote me on that though).  I think that Bruce Springsteen has release a solo album too.  I am sure that there have been other similar "solo" releases. I find those types of things annoying. If the line-up is like exactly the same, why make a solo release out of it?    Peter Hammil did it and it kicked ass. Haha. But I think he had other reasons.

To an extent, but they aren't known as Peter Hammill and the Van der Graaf Generators.  So there is a bit of a difference. 

Smurph wrote: Or what its saying is "Hey this is me without a filter. Now I can have an excuse as to why this album is not as good as my others."

The Truth wrote: Smurph wrote: irrelevant wrote: rushfan4 wrote: That kind of makes me laugh.  Listening to my collection of Tom Petty CDs, and I think that it is kind of funny that he has released 3 solo albums without the Heartbreakers.  It is kind of like, dude, that band is called Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.  You don't need to release a solo album.  Especially, since I believe that the Heartbreakers contribute to some of his solo material anyways (don't quote me on that though).  I think that Bruce Springsteen has release a solo album too.  I am sure that there have been other similar "solo" releases. I find those types of things annoying. If the line-up is like exactly the same, why make a solo release out of it?    Peter Hammil did it and it kicked ass. Haha. But I think he had other reasons. I was about to say this.

I think Hammill gave himself more freedom on his solo discs.  VdGG was a fairly successful band, and people kind of knew what to expect from them.  The solo albums are where Hammill experimented with new things.  I generally like them better for that reason.


Edited by HolyMoly - July 09 2012 at 16:02

I haven't heard "Wildflowers".  I was a fairly big Petty fan for a while in the late 80s, but by "Great Wide Open" I'd just stopped listening to him, no real reason why.  But I like the albums "Torpedoes" through "Full Moon Fever" a lot.  Never heard the first two albums either.  I'll check out the ones I missed sometime.  I've been re-listening to the albums I know recently and they're still good.