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ok this crap needs to be taken down
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Then they should post it here, just a like a few people did aboveP.S. didn't mean to sound like a dick in my last post
equipment does not makeup HALF the band. I agree that it is important to use proper equipment that will get whats in your head out to the audience. however that doesn't mean you need the best set of maple custom drums, or the nicest marshall stack. It means don't go out and buy a westbury kit, or a Squire guitar. It is true that if you are going to make a purchase, save and get something proper instead of a splurge buy, but dont think that getting that nice equipment is half your battle of becoming a good band. The majority of what it takes to be a good band are the core things, good song writing, a good singer, good chemistry....... and practice practice practice practice practice practice pracite oh god I can't stress that enough.If you are at all serious about doing something with your band, you better be willing to jam at LEAST 4 times a week for about 1.5-2 hours. That will make you sound tighter than a virgins asshole. And thats the really noticable thing of a shitty band live, things like when the kick and bass aren't bang on, or you miss a pause by even a split second, not if your playing a set of Yamaha stage customs nouveau instead of yamaha maple customs.-gday
Over time, I'm seeing more and more people saying "yeah, i just need something to learn on and be in my band with." or "i just want something cheap to hold me over for a while."a lot of kids work their asses off for hours writing music trying to make it the best they possibly can, but then they play them, at a show or something, and people hate them. This is a hard point to make so bear with me. But basically, the better equipment you have, the better your going to sound. Your equipment is half of what makes the band. the other half is the music and stage performance itself. but whether or not a band has good equipment is what can make them, or break them. think of a local band in your area that everyone loves, isn't their equipment pretty good? or why local bands sound so good on recording, because they use good equipment on the recordings. why do you think people like hyler have such good equipment, and he tells you people to buy good equipment when you say "i just need something like a marshall avt" right now and he says to save up for a mesa. there's a reason he says to save up for a better amp. same with other musicians and guys at guitar center. because, if your going to want to be in a good, solid, tight (and i dont mean tight as in cool, i mean tight as in how well you know your songs, as a band, not just personally) band, then your going to have to have good equipment. the shittier the equipment, the shittier and more ammateur the band will sound. people are going to watch you and say "wow, these guys don't even work hard enough to have good equipment, what makes them think i should like them?". or, wouldnt you rather have them say "wow, they sounded so good tonight, they have their set as tight as it could be and you can actually hear the guitar and bass over the drums". it's whats going to make you or break you. and most people don't realize this. (i posted this in bass and guitar sections to, but i was kind of hesitant to post this in drums section because most drummers buy good equipment as it is, but i just did it for the hell of it)
But drums cost major dough dude, and not everyone can just go out and afford to get hella-tight gear. So some people have to stick with what they got (like me). Actually I'm looking fro a summer job around here to get a better setup going but places only want to hire people going to college because they can use it a tax deduction or something.
Quote from: Brae Brae on April 27, 2006, 04:54:42 PMQuote from: Word ConfusedQuote from: Brae BraeQuote from: Word Confusedok this crap needs to be taken downNegative.Positive x100Negative x infinity.Don't be cute and say something like infinity + 1 cause it's physically impossible. Its here for the new kids who haven't seen it it yet. You figure you've been here for a small amount time and you decide when a thread should be deleted Negative x infinity isn't possible either haha.
