Who here all plays music?

[Connell]

I've played bass since I was about 14 and I currently play in a 50's 60's and 70's pub cover band with a bunch of guys about twice my age. It's better than cashier work or something though. I've been playing guitar for about 2 years now also, and I've recently began attempting to sing in the past few months, I think in a few years I'll improve. I needed a new hobby anywho.

Post by Connell Matthews.

[OANST]

Also, I assume that's you on the lead guitar? Pretty cool stuff. Bassist kinda steals the show though. I bet he's a huge Incubus fan.

Heh, ummm.... I was trying to avoid saying what I did in this band....

I'm the vocals.

[Job McYossie]

I finally listened to one of OANST's tracks and wow. I'm impressed. To be fair, most things can impress me, but still, good job.

[Mr. Bungle]

Today I learned OANST used to be the singer for a pseudo-progressive-nu-Tool-lite brand alt metal band that almost opened for Fear Factory.

Today was a good day, and defied all my expectations.

Nice.

[OANST]

Yeah.....

The third song we recorded is awwwwwwful. I fought tooth and nail to not record it, but they basically told me that we were going to record that one, or the one that I hated even more than it. I chose the lesser of the two evils.

[Slog Bait]

How do you even manage to end up in a band full of people that hate each other

I'm assuming you all came together at will, so there had to be some sort of common ground there

[OANST]

They were acquaintances of mine. They heard some of the stuff I was doing without them, and wanted me in the band, throwing out their old singer in the process. We just ended up hating each other. I was basically just giving them what I thought they wanted, without having any real interest in it.

I still think it's odd that they wanted me at all. This is what I was making at the same time I was in that band: (This one is all me, by the way)

[STM]

No way I'd have thought you could sing OANST!

...gay.


Nah but seriously that's pretty cool, shame you didn't get on with the band.

I was actually thinking, I'd love to get some people together and do some post-rock music. Unfortunately I don't know any violinists or celloists any more.

I've played bass since I was about 14 and I currently play in a 50's 60's and 70's pub cover band with a bunch of guys about twice my age. It's better than cashier work or something though. I've been playing guitar for about 2 years now also, and I've recently began attempting to sing in the past few months, I think in a few years I'll improve. I needed a new hobby anywho.

Post by Connell Matthews.

Dreamy, can I make a request?

[abe619]

I'm an average-ish guitarist, I try to record stuff from time to time but I always find trouble overdubbing or doing multiple parts cuz my rhythm isn't that good.
the only good thing i did was this ambient-ish, reptitive demo a few months ago:
https://soundcloud.com/wrathfulwraith/ghost-train-demo

[Connell]

Dreamy, can I make a request?

You most certainly can. You'll be my first request ever! Once I'm rich and famous you can tell that story at parties.

[STM]

Do Ain't That a Kick in the Head or pretty much anything by the Ink Spots. I will love you long time.

Serenade me Connell~

[Littleleeroy]

Cool, yeah, it is pretty good, Phylum.

Sorry, I don't know Neil Fisenden.

(BTW, it's Lee-Roy, not Roy :P)

[Varrok]

Do you write your own music as well, Connell?

[Connell]

Do Ain't That a Kick in the Head or pretty much anything by the Ink Spots. I will love you long time.

Serenade me Connell~

Consider it in the process.

Do you write your own music as well, Connell?

I do. I don't have much to share unfortunately, only a few old demos made in garageband with drum loops.

Here's a song inspired by Arctic Monkeys and Muse I wrote. I imagine it being used in a film during a bar fight. Haha.

https://soundcloud.com/johnsonsmithe/restart-me/s-j3WTg - Check out 2:28 which I like to call "self taught guitarist attempts to shred solo and fails"

And here's a contrastingly calm piece with me singing on. I wrote it when my ex girlfriend moved countries for college.

I don't like her anymore.

https://soundcloud.com/johnsonsmithe/patience-1/s-4uC1Q

[abe619]

Those are friggin' impressive, Connell hope to collaborate sometime, if I can keep up that is. xD

[Slog Bait]

I haven't made a serious post on here yet about my music so I will do that now

I play a fuckton of instruments but haven't mastered any of them, but I reeeally love performing and haven't gotten a chance to since 8th grade AND SO I AM SAD. Sometimes I make music very poorly like these: x / x / x / x / x / x

Also I never finish anything. Only like two of those are finished.

[Littleleeroy]

Slog Bait, I like your piece Tiny Box I can't tell which it reminds me more of. Runescape or Minecraft haha.

[STM]

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1dy0cLNMC8h

Okay so...my microphone does not agree with G string. Admittedly this is really tentative and there are a whole arse tonne of mistakes. Also I didn't bother keeping to any one timing so it's pretty shit.

Besides that, this is (half of) Malaguena, a piece I could play when I was 11 absolutely flawlessly. I'd love to be able to play it right, I'll have to put more practice in.

[MeechMunchie]

Here's me dicking around on an accordion for three minutes.

[Varrok]

Play Santa Lucia

[Job McYossie]

Sounds like me dicking about on a melodica. Only with more notes.

[MeechMunchie]

Oh, and here's me tunelessly playing the banjo, I guess.



I'll be honest, it doesn't demonstrate anything more impressive than my ownership of two arms and a banjo.

[OANST]

I always wanted a banjo.

[MeechMunchie]

You can have mine if you want.

[STM]

Here's me dicking around on an accordion for three minutes.

Please please please do the Papers, Please theme.

[Varrok]

And Time Fcuk theme too!

[Job McYossie]

Audio recording and upload >>

The melodica I was talking. I take a bit to get into the groove. Thanks to MM for the upload site.

[STM]

Yeh thanks MM, who'd you get that from eh?

>.>

[MeechMunchie]

Bullet Magnet.

[STM]

I'll just be going now.