Writing Help-Group For Everyone discussion

Okay, here you can tell us all about the bands you've wanted to create. Tell us if you made them a real band, or if it's just one of ya dreamz ya have had! ;D
You don't really have to say if you don't wanna, i just thought this would be a good idea for a Conversation thing-ie. :D Enjoyz! :P

Well now. I am actually part of a band. It's my family and I. There are enough of us to play just about every instrument we need. And (not to boast of course) but we don't sound too bad. We play most genres (heavy-metal, and rap not being among those) and are even in the process of trying to lay some tracks!

Julius wrote: "Well now. I am actually part of a band. It's my family and I. There are enough of us to play just about every instrument we need. And (not to boast of course) but we don't sound too bad. We play mo..."

Ohh, that's great! :)

I can't sing (which is what I would LOVE to do) but I can play a few notes on the flute and would be interested in joining a group that plays Native American music (there is NO music as hauntingly beautiful as the flute, drums, strings and chimes that sound like a wailing wind one minute and softly falling rain the next)

I was part of a band ages ago but we had...mutual differences. I play guitar and drums (guitar for 11 years) whilst they were all stuffing around with the tambourine and their "voices." Ugh. Anyway, I'm over that now, I was never that into music.

Wow.. You people must play all manners of dif instruments, lol! :P

Julius wrote: "Well now. I am actually part of a band. It's my family and I. There are enough of us to play just about every instrument we need. And (not to boast of course) but we don't sound too bad. We play mo..."

Ooohh! A family band! :D That sounds like fun! And good luck with the tracks! :)

Triv wrote: "I was part of a band ages ago but we had...mutual differences. I play guitar and drums (guitar for 11 years) whilst they were all stuffing around with the tambourine and their "voices." Ugh. Anyway..."

Lol. Did you enjoy it? :)

Anyone else ever wanted to/ has create/d a band b4?

I really wanted to Befor but there was no time tha we could all meet up.

Really? No time after school or something like that?

0.o

I played in a funk band for a couple of years one trombone, trumpet and rhythm percussion (shakers and other handheld drum things)
It was fun...kinda.
Late night practices
Even later night gigs, almost always at stinky bars filled with...well...drunk people.
As the only other girl besides the lead singer, I was frequently yanked off stage to "dance" while in the middle of playing and I can't tell you how many people just fell into the band apparently too drunk to dance and breath at the same time.

Our little horn section (there was three of us) had a pact. If any one of us were to go down, grab our horn! My trombone was saved several times thanks to that pact!

We did have a good time for the most part but eventually the drama from the band's divas (which was pretty much everyone) just got intolerable. I'm glad I did it but I would never go back, at least not to that type of group.

On tour with the Phantom of the Opera orchestra? Yea I wouldn't mind that gig.. :)

Sounds interesting. Though being around drunk people doesn't exaxtly sound fun, lol! :)

Phantom of The Opera orchestra?? o.O

Phantom of The Opera orchestra?? o.O"

Heck yea! The music is a blast (lots of low scary trombone stuff) plus I love that musical - the tour part would be the only iffy part but if it paid well enough...

Haha! xD

i sing and play piano

Coolkidrox123 {Going to camp on the 22nd} wrote: "i sing and play piano"

You do, do you? Wonderful. You are full of hidden surprises...

Julius wrote: "Coolkidrox123 {Going to camp on the 22nd} wrote: "i sing and play piano"

You do, do you? Wonderful. You are full of hidden surprises..."

You're full of compliments today, aren't you, Julius?

*raises eyebrow*

Lol xD

Phoebe wrote: 'You're full of compliments today, aren't you, Julius?

*raises eyebrow*'

-_- Hm.

*sigh*

You have seriously got to learn to ignore me. -_-

I come out with nothing but slightly random or embarrassing comments unless I am in a convo. I would have thought that painfully obvious! :P


*raises voice to the people*

Who has an answer to the question?

Speak up!

(read topic title if new xD)

Phoebe wrote: "*sigh*

You have seriously got to learn to ignore me. -_-

I come out with nothing but slightly random or embarrassing comments unless I am in a convo. I would have thought that painfully obvious! ..."

I could ignore you but commenting is far more interesting. After all it was just me and you for a long while not too far back...

Too true, too true! :)

But now we have more members, haha. Although not many reply enough to make this the most intriguing group on GR.... -?-

My band is technically still together, although we havent had any gigs in like.....years hah. But our lead guitarist keeps saying we're gunna get famous, so I just let him ramble, it seems to make him happy haha

@ Siqueira: Well, he sounds spirited! :)

haha you don't know the half of it :P

Or do I? O-o

Nah! xD

Yes i want to make my own vocaloid band :D

*facepalms*

I managed to sing disappearance of Hatsune miku the other day ^-^

Yay! ^-^

I have a band called Nerdrock. Which I'm sure would be up everyone here's alley. Don't have any tunes online as of yet. Our keyboardist and guitarist are both crazy busy in school right now. I'm thinking of starting a metal side project though.

Great to hear, sir. What are some of your songs named?

The first song we wrote is called "Three guys named Taylor." It's about this poor bloke who's hopeless at love, doesn't know the first thing about the ladies, but he knows that Duran Duran had three guys named Taylor and none of them were related. Another is called "Rough With My Stuff" which was inspired by my rather awful experience with a vasectomy gone bad. lol! and of course "Protect Your Pocket" an ode to the quintessential nerd accessory the pocket protector. :-D

Sounds fun and colorful. Do you guys get out much?

Not at the moment our keyboardist and guitarist are in school right now, and it's pretty brutal work load speaking.

Is that so? It's too bad they are busy with school. :(

^_^

I played in a number of bands starting in 8th grade. Some of them were pretty lame.

I went to a high school where nobody played guitar. That's right. Not one guitarist in the whole school. We had a bass player. Well, he had a bass and an amp. He didn't know any of the notes, though. A friend of mine played piano and he and I would teach the bassist where to put his hands to play the songs I wrote. Since we didn't have guitars, we added a couple of singers and sang three part harmony on every song to fill up the sound. Yeah. It wasn't good.

I played in a blues-rock band that attempted to raise money for food pantries in Chicago. It turns out that the food pantries weren't interested in that kind of help, so that went nowhere.

I worked on a couple of recording projects in home studios with friends. Those projects ended prematurely due to changes in direction (they just didn't want to continue). After the last one fizzled out, I was fairly depressed about my opportunities to create something. I returned to writing novels and found that I enjoy this more since I'm not relying on other people to finish the project.

Ubiquitous wrote: "I played in a number of bands starting in 8th grade. Some of them were pretty lame.

I went to a high school where nobody played guitar. That's right. Not one guitarist in the whole school. W..."

Isn't it just terrible when a seemingly good thing simply doesn't wish to happen?

Not me but my son started a band and it's now a tribute band to "kings of leon" they're called "kids of leon" and they have lots of followers on twitter including the drummer from "kings of leon".They are getting gigs and doing great.My sons 16.

Ubiquitous wrote: "I played in a number of bands starting in 8th grade. Some of them were pretty lame.

I went to a high school where nobody played guitar. That's right. Not one guitarist in the whole school. W..."
Ah, well... It still means you have given it your best try, but sometimes one's determination will get no-where without help. At least, like you said, with writing, you only have to depend on yourself to pull through and finish the current "project". :)

Hope you weren't too crushed at having to give up on making it big in the music industry, at the time. :)

Princess pink diamonds posh bird LINZY.x. wrote: "Not me but my son started a band and it's now a tribute band to "kings of leon" they're called "kids of leon" and they have lots of followers on twitter including the drummer from "kings of leon"...."

Oh! :O I am super impressed and surprised!! :O

Hm.. I ain't ever heard of a "tribute" band, before. I just knew about "bands" in particular.~ :P
Anyway, I don't think I've heard of 'em before. Are they on Youtube? O.o
Still, good to know they're getting out there and having fun!! :D

I WISH I COULD HAVE A BAND. I HAVE SO MANY SONGS THAT I WROTE THAT NEEDS TO BE HEARD.

PinkLoki(Shine) wrote: "I WISH I COULD HAVE A BAND. I HAVE SO MANY SONGS THAT I WROTE THAT NEEDS TO BE HEARD."

Well, why don't you try and find a local or wannabe band, or something? They could probably do it as a test-drive.

OR, you could try to self-produce.

Just a suggestion. :)