Me and My Band

[philo1]

This is a video of my band performing at a local battle of the bands that we unfortunately lost, but the video is a song called Crazed Killer that we composed ourselves. It is a funk song with a blues feel as our guitarist is an avid blues musician.

criticism welcome =) constructive please


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2J4EaNx-U0

[mellow]

that was awsome dude! real tight band you got there. keep it uP!

[mofle]

That was great! Nice! And I love the break you and the bassist had at about 2:30. Awesome!

[d.c.drummer]

Sounds great and i feel that i need to tell you it would be "My Band and I" not "Me and My Band" =P

[Drummer Karl]

Very cool playing. I`ve never heard that song before but I love it!!
Very good drumming, good guitar player...funky bass guitar and good singer.

Only suggestion: Keep up working on tightness of the groove. On some spots your bass drum work or the whole drumming sounded a bit sloppy and unconstistent. Sometimes you got slower and layed behind the groove which doesn`t sound too fitting.

But hey, still some great music!!! Just what I heard...keep up the good work!

Karl

[amba]

philo1...
DUde,

Layin it downtown, big time...!

Don't listen to Drummer Karl...what the heck does he know...he's a Jazzer!! hee hee ... just kidding, my jazzy Karl friend...!

My 2 cents worth...which is just that...worthless...but...

If anyone rushed or swayed...it might have been all of you guys...from the start of your intro tempo to when your bass player starts...he's up a couple up cents from you already...I feel you need to try to hold everyone back...? Live contest vibe...? Plus everyone has nerves happening...otherwise I would have lite my lighter and rocked...what the heck...live music is wonderful and you guys did a bang up job considering...

Your singer has some intonation issues...but tough to tell that to a mate...but he definitely needs to have better pitch...

I was proud of you though...even if there was some time issues...too bad you lost...you drums sounded kick butt!

Peace, bro...
Really...I thought you held the train together quite well...

amba

[philo1]

thanks for all the comments folks =)

to drummer karl.
i know it myself.. i'm a really sloppy player.. ive been told it plenty of times, and i know my bass work has lots of room for improvement.. bita practice makes permanent =)

[Drummer Karl]

No no...you`re not a sloppy player. I think your overall performance sounds very tight. You groove in my opinion.
It is just sometimes that it sounds a bit unconsistent.

Overall you`re a groovy drummer! Keep it up!

Karl

[Flamacue]

I think the band kicks a$$, but your singer sucks...sorry just keeping it real.

Your guitarist rocks!

[radeq]

alll good and bad I wanted to add has been said :) except on thing:
practice also more with the band, because sometimes three of you are absolutely not together in the beat...

[caprisun3484]

yea you guys did get off from eachother sometimes (agreeing with below)

[radeq]

yea you guys did get off from eachother sometimes (agreeing with below)

but of course, that is nothing you cant work on ;)

[maddrummr]

Sweet playing, sound like the band theres got some good vibe! I cant wait to hear more.

[philo1]

Thanks for all the comments =)
Thanks for the pointers aswell =)

To Radeq.
Just as a matter of interest.. so i can go over it with the guys.. what parts of the song where we absolutely not together??

Cheers, Darragh

[radeq]

Thanks for all the comments =)
Thanks for the pointers aswell =)

To Radeq.
Just as a matter of interest.. so i can go over it with the guys.. what parts of the song where we absolutely not together??

Cheers, Darragh


for example the intro...there is too much of drums, then those little unisono accents are sounding splitted
thrgough the whole song is the bassguitarist playing that little riff, and it is beating with the guitarist, etc etc, i dont want to write everything, my feeling from the whole song is that it is not constistent, its not tight..perhaps you guys should do it more simple, the whole song...when the basist starts to slap, it is also off the rythm..
also the stoptime at 1:25-26, its not together
the part after 1:32 - you all slow down, it is intential?

when you're playing fills you always go faster a little bit at the end

the fill at 2:30 is very nice but 2:32 you stuck a little bit...it didnt flow... :) i meant these things, and others meant them also, probably :)

but keep up the work, its on a good way, i guess

[caprisun3484]

but of course, that is nothing you cant work on ;)



ooo of course
goes without saying :)