Topic: your own personal bands. (Read 91188 times)

imapiratearg · « **Reply #200 on:** 27 May 2008, 12:25 »

Oh man, that's harsh.

I'm sorry.

Funk Thompson · « **Reply #201 on:** 27 May 2008, 12:33 »

Not my own band, but the band I am friends with / promoter for / a huge fan of:

www.youtube.com/jtcbrown

About 20 videos from 2 shows, audio quality came out fantastic for a YouTube clip.

SenorGoose · « **Reply #202 on:** 27 May 2008, 13:49 »

The band is on hiatus - but i have a couple folky tracks

www.myspace.com/goosetothelee

nuthin really put together very much. just a couple rough ones..

Chad K. · « **Reply #203 on:** 28 May 2008, 12:58 »

If anybody lives in the Phoenix area, my band Thankful Birds is playing with some great locals this weekend at the Big Fish Pub. From an ad-

This Saturday, at the Big Fish Pub located at 1954 East Univeristy in Tempe-

8:00 pm The Caterwauls (http://www.myspace.com/thecaterwauls)
9:00 pm Dry River Yacht Club (http://www.myspace.com/dryriveryachtclub)
10:00 pm Thankful Birds (http://www.myspace.com/thankfulbirds)
11:00 pm Sister Cities (http://www.myspace.com/sistercities)

21+, $5 at the door. See ya there!

Funk Thompson · « **Reply #204 on:** 28 May 2008, 18:07 »

Quote from: Chad K. on 28 May 2008, 12:58

If anybody lives in the Phoenix area, my band Thankful Birds is playing with some great locals this weekend at the Big Fish Pub. From an ad-

This Saturday, at the Big Fish Pub located at 1954 East Univeristy in Tempe-

8:00 pm The Caterwauls (http://www.myspace.com/thecaterwauls)
9:00 pm Dry River Yacht Club (http://www.myspace.com/dryriveryachtclub)
10:00 pm Thankful Birds (http://www.myspace.com/thankfulbirds)
11:00 pm Sister Cities (http://www.myspace.com/sistercities)

21+, $5 at the door. See ya there!

Well, I ain't trucking all the way to AZ to see you, but I really like the Caterwauls.

Chad K. · « **Reply #205 on:** 28 May 2008, 18:34 »

No worries. The Caterwauls are good guys (or sometimes just a good guy, as their lead singer often plays solo). Anybody else in P-town, Arizona?

West · « **Reply #206 on:** 28 May 2008, 18:46 »

Since I already have a thread up making everyone aware of my band, I'll post a video.

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=31689345

We're Bad Actor, from Orlando Florida. =)

SleepyTime · « **Reply #207 on:** 29 May 2008, 11:24 »

We're the Spring Street Slangaz. It started as a drunken joke sometime after Christmas, but people like it so we keep making more. When you listen to it take it with a grain of salt. We don't take it seriously and you shouldn't either. We only do it for fun and I hope ya’ll get a good laugh from it.

http://www.myspace.com/springstreetslangaz

Thrillho · « **Reply #208 on:** 29 May 2008, 11:29 »

I can't remember if I posted this or not.

www.myspace.com/gazhughessolo

My solo acoustic stuff. I think there's like, one original song on there, a bunch of covers, plus a Christmas one I've not taken down yet?

Funk Thompson · « **Reply #209 on:** 29 May 2008, 17:38 »

Quote from: West on 28 May 2008, 18:46

Since I already have a thread up making everyone aware of my band, I'll post a video.

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=31689345

We're Bad Actor, from Orlando Florida. =)

Is the source audio of that video that bad? I've managed to figure out how to get a $500 digicam to produce pretty high-quality YouTube vids, if you would like some help PM me.

Check the link in my sig for some examples, doubt you'll dig the band but you can at least see that even amateurs can make quality videos

I'd love to say whether I dug it or not, but the audio is just horrid, I can't tell what I'm listening to!

Johnny C · « **Reply #210 on:** 29 May 2008, 18:54 »

Don't wait for a PM, dude, just share your secrets.

Funk Thompson · « **Reply #211 on:** 30 May 2008, 09:34 »

Secret Number 1: VirtualDub (or VirtualDub-MPEG) - the best freeware video conversion / splitting software I've found.

What you want to do is compress your video but leave the audio RAW / WAV. Most cameras are going to record in raw MPEG-2, so use VirtualDub-MPEG as VDub itself doesn't like MPEG-2 streams.

Once you load the video into VirtualDub-MPEG, you go to the Video menu, select compression, and select XVid as your video codec. Don't touch the audio. Set your start and stop points in the video, and then "Save as AVI..." from the file menu (you might want to first locate or move the "Output" folder so you know where to find the split clips.)

If the file is still too big, then delete the new .avi and go back to the compression options, there is a slider (under "advanced..." I think) for Quality / File Size. Slide it towards the smaller file size end a bit, try it again, keep adjusting that slider till you have the file size you want. It will look worse the farther to the right you go.

This allows you to compress the video while leaving the audio alone.

This all assumes your video camera captured the audio well to begin with, if the source video sounds like crap, there is nothing any program will do to improve it (that I know of.)

(Going to post this as its own thread as well.)

valley_parade · « **Reply #212 on:** 31 May 2008, 09:46 »

So uh....

My LP is out now. You can buy it at myspace.com/vpnoise. \m/

Chad K. · « **Reply #213 on:** 31 May 2008, 14:48 »

Quote from: Chad K. on 28 May 2008, 12:58

If anybody lives in the Phoenix area, my band Thankful Birds is playing with some great locals this weekend at the Big Fish Pub. From an ad-

This Saturday, at the Big Fish Pub located at 1954 East Univeristy in Tempe-

8:00 pm The Caterwauls (http://www.myspace.com/thecaterwauls)
9:00 pm Dry River Yacht Club (http://www.myspace.com/dryriveryachtclub)
10:00 pm Thankful Birds (http://www.myspace.com/thankfulbirds)
11:00 pm Sister Cities (http://www.myspace.com/sistercities)

21+, $5 at the door. See ya there!

Show's tonight if anybody can make it out.

godinpants · « **Reply #214 on:** 01 Jun 2008, 04:04 »

My band has been hitting up the studio lately.

We just improvise, and theres one track up so far. Expect more and an ep soon.

http://www.myspace.com/retrospectra

nufan · « **Reply #215 on:** 01 Jun 2008, 08:41 »

I have one song that I'm relatively happy with, and another I may up in a few days time. I don't really know how to describe it, I guess the term 'electronica' will do for now:
http://www.myspace.com/tiobando

Funk Thompson · « **Reply #216 on:** 01 Jun 2008, 20:38 »

Quote from: godinpants on 01 Jun 2008, 04:04

My band has been hitting up the studio lately.

We just improvise, and theres one track up so far. Expect more and an ep soon.

http://www.myspace.com/retrospectra

I like it. Get some gigs, then arrange that world tour, then let me know when you are coming to St. Louis, MO

sohcahtoa · « **Reply #217 on:** 01 Jun 2008, 22:36 »

I'm in a band (Sohcahtoa) and I do solo stuff, too,

http://www.myspace.com/sprohio
http://www.myspace.com/barnetteric

it's all of the quiet, ambient, dreamy nature...

E

imapiratearg · « **Reply #218 on:** 01 Jun 2008, 22:45 »

Ahaha. Sohcahtoa. Sine, cosine and tangent. I forget what those equations are called. Infinite equations or something?

godinpants · « **Reply #219 on:** 01 Jun 2008, 23:23 »

Quote from: Funk Thompson on 01 Jun 2008, 20:38

I like it. Get some gigs, then arrange that world tour, then let me know when you are coming to St. Louis, MO

Thanks man, i got your friend request.

sean · « **Reply #220 on:** 03 Jun 2008, 12:21 »

Quote from: sohcahtoa on 01 Jun 2008, 22:36

I'm in a band (Sohcahtoa) and I do solo stuff, too,

http://www.myspace.com/sprohio
http://www.myspace.com/barnetteric

it's all of the quiet, ambient, dreamy nature...

E

Why are you guys not math rock? I am upset by this. (But seriously, I'm digging your stuff.)

Matt sine cosine and tangent are trig stuff. For finding angles in triangles and such. Is that what you want to know?

Patrick · « **Reply #221 on:** 10 Jun 2008, 03:06 »

My friend Israel started a project called Seatree. The name is a play on both the middle names of his two sons. Izzy and I are thinking of doing a split LP with a few collaborative tracks, and I was just wondering if anybody would check his stuff out. Right now it's two songs, one that is semi-acoustic and is about his newborn second son, and another that is a heavier instrumental jam with an asston of guitar layering. It's his first time actually putting any of his work on the inter-nets and I am definitely pleased to hear what he's been up to for the last year.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #222 on:** 11 Jun 2008, 18:45 »

Quote from: Objects inside Clouds on 03 Jun 2008, 12:21

Matt sine cosine and tangent are trig stuff. For finding angles in triangles and such. Is that what you want to know?

Yes! That's it! Clearly, I am ace at math.

reu · « **Reply #223 on:** 14 Jun 2008, 15:58 »

i make um, lofi folk stuff... www.myspace.com/thelategreatreubensutton

imapiratearg · « **Reply #224 on:** 14 Jun 2008, 17:00 »

Quote

I want to touch her pert behind
her breasts are small and perky,
I want to stuff her like a Christmas turkey.

Amazing.

Jooooosh · « **Reply #225 on:** 15 Jun 2008, 00:01 »

nearly finished versions of two of my songs.

http://www.mediafire.com/?2qj3jgd3dh1

Van donk III · « **Reply #226 on:** 18 Jun 2008, 03:26 »

I play in a band. It is called FINGLONGER. It's fun to scare your audience.

http://www.myspace.com/finglongermusic

Jimmy Fuzz · « **Reply #227 on:** 18 Jun 2008, 04:09 »

I've been in a couple of bands though none of them have every really come to anything but one or two gigs. Though me and the drummer from my old band are planning on getting together at some point during the summer and recording an EP.
Anyway, here's one www.myspace.com/preposterone . The 3rd song on there I actually wrote and recorded last night. The other two were just spontaneous jams. We do have actual songs, just not recorded.
The other is www.myspace.com/themetalbandtheband , we were sort of, a completely not serious metal covers band. I think there's a video or two on there as well.

byebyepanda · « **Reply #228 on:** 20 Jun 2008, 20:59 »

here's my little music space
i'm still learning how to sample and do beats so go easy on me

&&& (andandand) - http://myspace.com/aaannnddd

Ballard · « **Reply #229 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 17:22 »

Man that's actually really cool. Keep working at it!

king dan · « **Reply #230 on:** 30 Jun 2008, 17:00 »

this is my solo project.. songs are a year old now, workin on a new LP (I play all the instruments on each track so they take a long time to get done)
it's some kinda alternative rock, lemme know if you like it:

http://www.myspace.com/dancatomusic

Also... I play mandolin for this guy and he does Nick Drake type stuff, I think it's chill:

http://www.myspace.com/jamesmedermusic

Chad K. · « **Reply #231 on:** 12 Jul 2008, 16:25 »

If there are any gee-tar slingers in the Phoenix area into jazz-rock stuff, my band is looing for a replacement guitarist. Ours will still be around to teach songs and such, but he's moving soon.

Here's the myspace- http://www.myspace.com/thankfulbirds

CarbonatedWeasel · « **Reply #232 on:** 13 Jul 2008, 11:48 »

Hey, Vanuch, I like OFOC. Like you said, it isnt anything drastically different from a lot of other ska Ive heard, but its still pretty good.

I, too play saxophone in a ska band. But mine is called 4th and Michigan we got some good recordings some bad. See if you like it.
myspace.com/4thandmichigan

DMart · « **Reply #233 on:** 03 Aug 2008, 17:31 »

My band, Fritzwicky, were featured in the tripleJ (Australia-wide radio station) unearthed playlist last week, and our song Antimatter (Doesn't Matter) hit #14 on the Indie chart and #66 on the overall chart for the week. Massive thanks to anyone and everyone who might have checked us out and helped us get there, it means a lot knowing people are actually listening to our stuff - and keep an eye out, we uploaded another track last week that should be online soon!

Unearthed charts
Our unearthed profile

LeCorndog · « **Reply #234 on:** 10 Aug 2008, 18:49 »

I was looking for a thread about this! Yay for the search function being alive!

My friend and I started a kind of side project...even though neither of us have any other projects. We plan on making all of our music totally free and downloadable. If we make EPs, they'll be put up on torrent sites, but we do hope to make them buyable if people so desire (they'll be made by us directly, no middle man). We're thinking of making some shirts too, if we find that people really like what we're doing.

We try to define ourselves as being a mix of Hellogoodbye, PlayRadioPlay!, and Ratatat.

www.myspace.com/aboutusisthestorytold

airheadjames · « **Reply #235 on:** 11 Aug 2008, 17:28 »

I'm in a band called the chase scene, its just pretty much my friends and i having fun, all of the recordings are just me though (i play bass, guitar, keyboards, and im okay at sequencing beats) because i love recording! check it out
http://www.myspace.com/thechasescene

liam.bliss · « **Reply #236 on:** 12 Aug 2008, 11:53 »

I've just put together a mini album's worth of stuff. You can download the mp3s if you want, or there's a myspace if you just want to have a quick listen.
I'd appreciate any feedback if you want to slate me. I warn you, it's electronic (although two tracks have guitars).

All links can be found here http://pinkeyefountain.blogspot.com/

WriterofAllWrongs · « **Reply #237 on:** 12 Aug 2008, 12:27 »

My friend and I make really shitty "electronic musics" which basically means we can use Fruity Loops and Audacity. Our profile is pretty crap too. We are shameless crap.

Citrus

ViolentDove · « **Reply #238 on:** 12 Aug 2008, 16:57 »

Quote from: DMart on 03 Aug 2008, 17:31

My band, Fritzwicky, were featured in the tripleJ (Australia-wide radio station) unearthed playlist last week, and our song Antimatter (Doesn't Matter) hit #14 on the Indie chart and #66 on the overall chart for the week. Massive thanks to anyone and everyone who might have checked us out and helped us get there, it means a lot knowing people are actually listening to our stuff - and keep an eye out, we uploaded another track last week that should be online soon!

Unearthed charts
Our unearthed profile

Give us a yell if you come to Sydney any time soon.

DMart · « **Reply #239 on:** 12 Aug 2008, 19:08 »

Definitely will do - we'd love to take the band interstate sometime, but we should probably get our EP sorted first.

Incidentally, we have a new song up at the triplej unearthed site now. To anyone that helped get us on the charts (and stay there for a second week), thanks again!

Oh, I might as well throw this out there too - one thing we get asked a lot (as I'm sure most bands do) is what we sound like, and we don't really know (I mean, we know our influences but that doesn't really mean that's what we sound like). If anyone has some time to kill and feels like doing us a favor, have a listen to a few of our songs and let us know what you hear in there. (it could be frowned upon asking for replies in this thread, so maybe PM could be better?)

Johnny C · « **Reply #240 on:** 12 Aug 2008, 20:17 »

Making stuff under Hiroshima Lovers as well now.

Patrick · « **Reply #241 on:** 12 Aug 2008, 23:56 »

Johnny that is a Good Name.

PECOAE · « **Reply #242 on:** 06 Sep 2008, 08:42 »

i have a new project!

math/noise rock with a splashing of dismemberment plan

http://www.myspace.com/telecosmic

we actually have a show tonight, if anyone's around NYC

valley_parade · « **Reply #243 on:** 06 Sep 2008, 09:30 »

I started demoing a few tracks the other morning. They're still feedback-laced and noisy, but there's definitely a touch of the past two Earth albums making its way into my sound. And I seem to like it that way.

I'm Going to Drop Out of College (rough demo)

(JC, this Hiroshima Lovers thing is pretty damn good!)

imapiratearg · « **Reply #244 on:** 06 Sep 2008, 10:07 »

Quote from: PECOAE on 06 Sep 2008, 08:42

i have a new project!

math/noise rock with a splashing of dismemberment plan

http://www.myspace.com/telecosmic

we actually have a show tonight, if anyone's around NYC

Kind of reminds me of Sonic Youth a bit.

Andrew · « **Reply #245 on:** 07 Sep 2008, 21:19 »

MOLDAR, a three piece from Pasadena, California.

We've gotten comparisons to Envy a few times, which is flattering, if not inaccurate.

Huzzah!
www.myspace.com/moldaro

Bayley · « **Reply #246 on:** 08 Sep 2008, 00:52 »

myspace.com/bayleyasher ! entirely un-experimental, jacking chord progressions from the nineteen-thirties and name-dropping icons and concepts left and right! painfully pretending to be every previous prominent white boy with an acoustic guitar who's yet been successful!

PECOAE · « **Reply #247 on:** 09 Sep 2008, 21:38 »

Quote from: imapiratearg on 06 Sep 2008, 10:07

Quote from: PECOAE on 06 Sep 2008, 08:42
i have a new project!

math/noise rock with a splashing of dismemberment plan

http://www.myspace.com/telecosmic

we actually have a show tonight, if anyone's around NYC

Kind of reminds me of Sonic Youth a bit.

huge compliment!

thank you!

we should be recording soon, my drummer is much better than the garageband we have up there...

imapiratearg · « **Reply #248 on:** 10 Sep 2008, 08:17 »

Hah, I'd take it as a compliment. It's a bit hectic at times and the guitars get all muddied up together, but I like it.

PECOAE · « **Reply #249 on:** 11 Sep 2008, 16:06 »

wasn't being sarcastic at all, they're one of my favourite bands.

and i just realized that my bassist is also on these forums, small world...

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Author Topic: your own personal bands. (Read 91188 times)

SleepyTime

reu

Jimmy Fuzz

CarbonatedWeasel

LeCorndog

airheadjames

liam.bliss

Andrew