The llama calling it quits
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Topic: The llama calling it quits
Posted By: Valdez
Subject: The llama calling it quits
Date Posted: April 19 2025 at 07:28
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We had a big creative spurt in 24 and 25 and probably burned ourselves out. Ending it with a compilation album of songs most played on Bandcamp. And hoping some of the prog community found Bakullama somewhat interesting, if nothing else. I will probably be working on new stuff but if anything is released it will be under another band name (yet to be coined). Thanks to all of you who had a listen and bought stuff! So long Bakullama! lol https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/13-songs-compilation" rel="nofollow - Bakullama final 13 songs ------------- https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/new-2025-broken-hearts-troubled-minds |
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: April 19 2025 at 08:18
Sorry to hear this, Rick. I have enjoyed all the output and recommend this compilation especially to the uninitiated. Hopefully, we can enjoy some new stuff from you soon. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Valdez wrote:Posted By: Valdez
Date Posted: April 19 2025 at 08:33
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Thanks Laz. I don’t think I’ll be staying on with prog though. Kalvin and I have made some progress with a different direction. Things we can play live. Still can’t find a local drummer. Looking at stats over the last 2 years reveals most of our plays were from Russia and Eastern European countries. And the UK as well. Not much traction in the U.S….A bit more in Canada. Interesting. The original Baku Llama was very much the same. ------------- https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/new-2025-broken-hearts-troubled-minds |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: April 19 2025 at 08:48
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^ Yep, I get a lot of visitors to my website from Russia & Poland. UK is top, then Canada, US, and then eastern europe. Prog is big there. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Valdez
Date Posted: April 19 2025 at 09:08
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“Studio” music is lots of fun to make but very time consuming. We didn’t do many re-takes and most of what we did were first takes. I suppose we could have refined much of our stuff to a more clean and perfect composition and mix, but I kind of liked the offhand way things turned out. Warts and all. No autotune, no A.I. extremely low budget. Kalvin and I have been jamming a lot and have found some sweet spots that lean more towards psychedelic blues rock, less synths. Raucous, raw. A ton of fun. Just need a real drummer lol ------------- https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/new-2025-broken-hearts-troubled-minds |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: April 19 2025 at 10:01
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 19 2025 at 10:09
Hey Rick, that's probably what you said in 2009 (after Eris), and since few things are permanent, we'll be gearing more of you in some 10/15 years    Thx for the music. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: April 19 2025 at 10:24
Hi, This is not a surprise ... and while Space Pirate Radio has a lot of folks that had heard the show before listening today, it also has a good amount of the listeners each time from different places ... which makes it interesting. The internet is wide open ... with one issue ... there was a writer that stated something that I always remember ... "the country that has so many freedoms, uses them the least!" ... and sadly it applies to anything and everything we can think of, and the commerciality these days of everything, here in America, is a sad thing, and still Hollywood does hero movies yet again ... and a part 3 or 4 of the same story! What's worse, and scarier, is that we end up thinking that it is "the way", and we get lazy and not check something else out! Hopefully you both can do good things again ... and, btw, finding a good drummer, might not be as easy as you might need or want ... one cursory check at various bars, school jazz bands (haha!!!), and other popular spots will only showcase the worst ... metronomic kids that are just like another brick in the wall ... Out of curiosity ... why the name change? Heck, Picasso was all blue ... then one day he became all rose ... then another day all cubistic ... then one day all ... wide open experimental and surreal ... why should the name mean something else that the actual living? Just curious, btw, and of course, wishing you the best and I might get a chance to see you folks sooner or later ... moving to The Dalles I think and possibly further East ... I can't drum worth anything but I can make sure a "song" gets the Tago Mago destruction! I don't have a doggie or a whistle, though! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Valdez
Date Posted: April 19 2025 at 11:14
Why the name change... I feel Bakullama has run its course. Short lived and quaint. Plus, it's always been a horrible name for a band. Created in haste and frowned upon by all 3 of us... hahahah I love the Dalles... Be prepared for the High Winds!! Americans have been psychologically conditioned to work, spend, watch TV, and sleep. I only do the 'Sleep' part and very little of that. lol. I would be free as the proverbial bird if I was not Married with children! ------------- https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/new-2025-broken-hearts-troubled-minds |
Posted By: Valdez
Date Posted: April 19 2025 at 11:22
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BTW ... When you get to the Dalles, be sure to check out Sam Hills Stonehenge Replica (Yes, THAT Sam Hill) on the side of the mountain. Utterly ridiculous but cool in a way. "What in the Sam Hill was he thinking?!" ------------- https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/new-2025-broken-hearts-troubled-minds |
Posted By: Valdez
Date Posted: April 19 2025 at 11:28
Thank YOU Sean! I'll be too old to rock and roll by then. Hahah! My left pinkie and ring finger stopped working and I'm 67 years old. Gonna get it checked out. Maybe carpal or something. Can't hold a guitar pick. (I play left handed) But I've always played piano with one right hand! LLOL  ------------- https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/new-2025-broken-hearts-troubled-minds |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: April 19 2025 at 23:42
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67yo? I thought you were a boy... Music comes from inside, the hands are just the last of the tools. I'm sure you can put your ideas out even just with a right hand on a piano. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Valdez
Date Posted: April 20 2025 at 06:39
Me too! ------------- https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/new-2025-broken-hearts-troubled-minds |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: April 20 2025 at 10:41
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Hi, I'm not sure how I feel about all this ... one of the huge issues these days with a lot of rock and jazz music, is getting some name recognition so it can help bring about some better chances for each musician, or bands. It is very scary, for me, to see a name change after such a long time ... but that is not me, so I won't criticize, though I really hope the best for you and perhaps we will meet in the future if things work out good ... I still don't have a suggestion or a place to live over there ... so I'm still a bit scared of how things will turn out. But I really would like to see my "friends" get better and better and get more attention. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: April 20 2025 at 10:57
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