betamax Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 If by "astute pop-culture commentators" you mean "band wagon jumpers who will happily endorse a band as the next big thing if the record company wines and dines them and gives them free merch" then I concur wholeheartedly.I hope thats what he meant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betamax Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 OK' date=' not the [i']sole tools, but the main tools, because they are the most accessible instrument for young people in a rush but short of cash and know-how. A necessity instrument, like you saythe most accessable instrument now, is actually a pc with a souncard and a freeware synth - much more instant and easier to figure out than a guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Temple Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 the most accessable instrument now' date=' is actually a pc with a souncard and a freeware synth - much more instant and easier to figure out than a guitar[/quote']Hmmm, not so easy to play live as a guitar plugged into an amp, I imagine. Not so easy to rehearse in your mates garage either, nor to look good while playing it. Except colonopenbracket will look good while playing theirs! This is part of their genius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Hmmm' date=' not so easy to play live as a guitar plugged into an amp, I imagine. Not so easy to rehearse in your mates garage either, nor to look good while playing it. Except colonopenbracket will look good while playing theirs! This is part of their genius[/quote']Horseshit. I rehearse with a synth every week. Get yourself a keyboard amp and a wee PA and you're laughing.And looking good playing synths is a piece of pish... I'm a frontperson... who plays synths as a lead instrument... you just have to learn to play it whilst not really looking at it... look into the audience, show some character and most importantly... with any spare mili-second you have... dance like a spaz.Fairy lights also do wonders for the looks of a synth.All it all it depends what you use as your controller... Beastman, for example (and yes, he is an aberdeen act) uses a gameboy and dances around (looks amazing) and then he has all his equipment to the side.... lots of wires... but hey, it works and it looks immense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betamax Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 just to clarify>we (sharon and me) totally dig but the idea that something is just genius because it has synths in it instead of guitars or any other instrument is bollocksa band can have all the technology in the world and be total shitfortunatley in the case of this is not the caseedit: when i write colon openbracket it does an auto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 just to clarify>we (sharon and me) totally dig but the idea that something is just genius because it has synths in it instead of guitars or any other instrument is bollocksa band can have all the technology in the world and be total shitfortunatley in the case of this is not the caseedit: when i write colon openbracket it does an auto Do a space then like so : ( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pop-notmyface Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 and the voice does sound great even if it is emototally, the vocals go along well with the music. you really couldn't imagine the sound with someone who has a "raspy" voice (kurt cobain...) fitting in so well with the music.besides, everyone was born with different vocal chords, and there's little you can do about it other than sounding fake.hasn't the whole thread gone off in a bit of a tangent? colon openbracket woo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betamax Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Do a space then like so : (then they would have to change the name to colon space openbracketwhich is actually better imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman Posted July 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 totally' date=' the vocals go along well with the music. you really couldn't imagine the sound with someone who has a "raspy" voice (kurt cobain...) fitting in so well with the music.besides, everyone was born with different vocal chords, and there's little you can do about it other than sounding fake.hasn't the whole thread gone off in a bit of a tangent? colon openbracket woo![/quote']yeah i thought it was going off in a tangent, suppose thats what threads are all about i suppose!so does anyone know when or where the gig is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 But on the topic on : ( I think they are great... amazing tunes and I'm soooo looking forward to them playing. Mart has played some of the material when he did a couple of solo shows (was it late last year?) and I thought it was great then.... but with : ( it seems it'll be an entirely different stage set-up... perhaps a return to a set up as fiddly as his HG#1 set up? I dunno... probably not.I'm looking forward to it anyways. Supa-pop tunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeornothing Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 [ is an open bracket( is a left parenthesisthat is all :[ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 The tunes are good. I look forward to seeing them, they should be a good novelty on the scene. (Semi-colon closed parenthesis) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 then they would have to change the name to colon space openbracketwhich is actually better imoNot really, otherwise you'd be in a band call The Space Videos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Temple Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Horseshit. I rehearse with a synth every week. Get yourself a keyboard amp and a wee PA and you're laughing.And looking good playing synths is a piece of pish... I'm a frontperson... who plays synths as a lead instrument... you just have to learn to play it whilst not really looking at it... look into the audience' date=' show some character and most importantly... with any spare mili-second you have... dance like a spaz.Fairy lights also do wonders for the looks of a synth.All it all it depends what you use as your controller... Beastman, for example (and yes, he is an aberdeen act) uses a gameboy and dances around (looks amazing) and then he has all his equipment to the side.... lots of wires... but hey, it works and it looks immense.[/quote']I am also a frontperson who plays a synth (well, a 1991 Roland keyboard), and I look fucking cool playing it. I have also been inspired to dance around like a spazz by the synth-player in The Faint. But we were talking about playing PCs, not synths (unless a freeware synth is an actual synth, I assumed it was a piece of software. The fact that I don't know what it is shows just how inaccessible it is to anyone who is not a techno-boffin like Betamax )Btw, even tho Betamax is one of the most consistently unpleasant members of the forum, The Videos are the band I am second most looking forward to see live, because retro-futurism is better than retrogression. You can have that one for your slogan, if you like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 I am also a frontperson who plays a synth (well' date=' a 1991 Roland keyboard), and I look fucking cool playing it. I have also been inspired to dance around like a spazz by the synth-player in The Faint. But we were talking about playing PCs, not synths (unless a freeware synth is an actual synth, I assumed it was a piece of software. The fact that I don't know what it is shows just how inaccessible it is to anyone who is not a techno-boffin like Betamax )Btw, even tho Betamax is one of the most consistently unpleasant members of the forum, The Videos are the band I am second most looking forward to see live, because retro-futurism is better than retrogression. You can have that one for your slogan, if you like[/quote']:O well shucks I see what you mean... but depending what they use as controllers (thats if they do use any asides keyboards) it shouldn't be an issue... they could use keytars, gameboys... whatever... the lost is endless. They'll think of a way, Marty fairly knows his stuff and having seen some his set-ups in the past, I'm sure he'll make sure it looks interesting. Also, I think he mainly uses Cubase with god knows how many bits and bobs - i want his air synth - which I won't even attempt to name (because I can't). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon Of The Fall Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 i enjoy them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Not really' date=' otherwise you'd be in a band call The Space Videos.[/quote']To be honest... I quite like the sound of that... but that's possibly only due to the mental link it gave me to space invaders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zeenat Aman Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 All this synth talk is making me feel sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael MacLennan Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 the most accessable instrument now' date=' is actually a pc with a souncard and a freeware synth - much more instant and easier to figure out than a guitar[/quote']Funny you say that, because as a child I actually started off making music on my old computer (an Amstrad 8086 or whatever the number was) with Band in a Box, just playing around with chord progressions, even though I had little idea of the theory, etc. I even made an album's worth of tunes, and it was only later I started learning guitar, etc. So I'd agree, especially with Apple's Garage band software and Reason, those can be great tools for producing music pretty instantly and learning intuitively.Hopefully my new stage set-up will be: laptop; Presonus Firebox sound module; Evolution midi keyboard; MicroKorg, Roland VS-88 guitar synthesiser and my Fender Roland-ready strat; with a microphone plugged directly into the laptop. Should make things a lot more interesting, especially in a full-band setup. To be honest I'm not worried about looking cool playing a synth, because I've never looked cool onstage, and I'm not suddenly about to start now...PS Parenthesis has more of an American usage than in Queen's English, bracket is quite an acceptable desciption of ( or ) over here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 the lost is endless.Maybe if the end is found we'll know where it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulscoconutass Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 parenthesesPunctuation marks ( ) used to separate elements in a sentence. Parentheses subordinate (see subordination) the material within them so that readers save most of their attention for the rest of the sentence: Aunt Sarah (who is really my mother's cousin) will be visiting next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ()Papaspyrou() Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Who gives a shit? Way to destroy the band name by being a total tit-glove! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Who gives a shit? Way to destroy the band name by being a total tit-glove!Well everyone seemed to appreciate the music on some level, so a different aspect of the project had to bear the brunt of the criticism. It had to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Maybe if the end is found we'll know where it is.Did I type lost? eep... I meant to say list.Spaz typo. Gah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betamax Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Not really' date=' otherwise you'd be in a band call The Space Videos.[/quote']I quite like that too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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