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New Band Day

Started by rnolan, February 05, 2022, 12:11:14 AM

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Harley Hexxe

Quote from: Peter H. Boer on April 17, 2022, 10:19:01 AM
Quote from: MarshallJMP on April 16, 2022, 09:34:25 PM
seems you had a lot of fun  :thumb-up:

Indeed  ;D

+1  :thumb-up:

    That the life of a working musician! Congrats on the band Richard! Keep on having fun with it

Harley 8)
I only have two brain cells left, ...and I'm saving them for the weekend!

rnolan

Thanks guys  ::) well it's on a bit of a roll now, so all good.
Studio Rig: Stuff; Live Rig: More Stuff; Guitars: A few

rnolan

We just did our first gig  :whoohoo!: . Played for a friend who's moving to Germany so he through a party at a club.  So 20 songs, my voice held out (unexpectedly).  First gig ever for our new 21 year old singer, she hid her nerves very well and sang great.  So seems we have a band, onwards and upwards  :headbanger: .
Studio Rig: Stuff; Live Rig: More Stuff; Guitars: A few

Dante


Harley Hexxe

RAWK ON :headbanger:
I only have two brain cells left, ...and I'm saving them for the weekend!

MarshallJMP


Zilthy


rnolan

Ok update on my (not so new now) band. working name is Richie and the Rockettes, so not quite sure how I feel about that but you have to call it something. 
Good news is we've formed into a really tight "family style" unit.  Everyone is committed (more than half the battle LoL), we rehears mostly in my lounge room on Wed nights, (conveniently I live on my own and my lounge room resembles a recording studio), and my neighbours keep saying turn it up, how good is that :whoohoo!: ). So what stared as play easy rock songs which I could sing and the bass was easy (e.g. Wishing Well, Hey Joe etc.) is starting to amp up as we pick more "slightly" complicated songs to do, e.g. Yellow Brick Road, Head up in The Clouds (powder finger), Remedy (Black Crows), What do You Want From Me (Adam Lambert). Well our angelic singer is starting to find her rock "inner-self" and also "just" starting to convert her 5th grade piano credentials into (when needed) keyboard/accompaniment.  Our bass player just completed a round of the Aust Nat University (ANU) school of rock playing with other people.  They are all learning to sing and play at the same time (not easy, and takes time), all 4 singing voices are good and meld really nicely  :whoohoo!: .  We have a way to go yet but all signs are so positive.  Over my 44+ years doing this, IMHO this band is going to be good.  I'm also teaching them all basic sound engineering, the singer now rolls leads under over as well as I do :thumb-up: (and I've had plenty of practice  :facepalm: ).  And the main focus is "it needs to be fun!" or why are we bothering.....  I don't know how much or where we'll gig, but we will, and we'll enjoy it.
Studio Rig: Stuff; Live Rig: More Stuff; Guitars: A few

Dante

That sounds very encouraging  :thumb-up:

Harley Hexxe

Keep the faith, there you go! :banana-guitar:
I only have two brain cells left, ...and I'm saving them for the weekend!

rnolan

I bought the singer her own mic (well she'll pay me back), nice new Shure Beta 58A.  She/we tried it out last night, not much difference to my SM58, a little more crispness but otherwise they sound much the same and she's thrilled with it, (ah the little things lol).  I also bough a padded carry case for my Korg Triton Le keyboard, I've had it for years, finally it gets to used in the/a band  :whoohoo!: .  It still sounds great and has so many good sounds.  I also now have a Nord Grand, but I'm not keen to lug it around, beautiful keyboard though (88 key fully weighted etc).
Studio Rig: Stuff; Live Rig: More Stuff; Guitars: A few

Dante

I use a Beta 58, great mic

If it's half as strong as the ol' 58, you can use it to drive nails if you misplace your hammer

rnolan

Yeah the SM58 is a solid work horse, the latest Beta58 A is built just as well and should serve her well for many years.
Studio Rig: Stuff; Live Rig: More Stuff; Guitars: A few