At 4/26/09 11:46 PM, D3NTATUS wrote:

At 4/26/09 11:38 PM, ThePhantomLord wrote: Improvised, all my soloing is.

Good. I like your soloing style. It's not just a bunch of notes and riffs, it makes sense and stuff.

Thanks man, I appreciate that.

At 4/26/09 11:46 PM, D3NTATUS wrote:

At 4/26/09 11:38 PM, ThePhantomLord wrote: Improvised, all my soloing is.

Good. I like your soloing style. It's not just a bunch of notes and riffs, it makes sense and stuff.

true, I did like the solo, but as I'm not much for stoner doom, it didnt stand out. Good job on the solo though, especially because its Improvised.

On this dance topic, you will never hear metal, at any school function/dance/chav-organised event. Even if it were one of us doing it, undoubtedly these teachers at these schools would be on your ass saying 'oh i don't think that...noise is acceptable, how about we try something a little more popular'.

Not that i care whats playing, i can accept listening/dancing to whatever they play there.

At 4/26/09 11:38 PM, ThePhantomLord wrote:

Sorry bro... but that's a guy...

How in gods name did you know that?

I really did think it was a girl at first though...

poor ugly fat kid...

At 4/26/09 09:51 PM, EpicFail wrote:

At 4/26/09 09:07 PM, greensucksbluerules wrote:

I thought you hated Burzum.

I don't think anybody can hate Burzum.

I used to think that. I used to love everything Varg made, but nowadays his stuff just doesn't cut it anymore. Hvis Lyset Tar Oss was wonderful, but everything else except for a couple songs on Det Som Engang Var strikes me as supremely boring.

See, it's not the vocals I don't like, I think they're badass, it's the overuse of repetition. It's the same reason I hate almost everything Darkthrone has done and the same reason why I can't seem to stand Nargaroth anymore. People think black metal is an excuse to play the same riff for 3 or 4 minutes, but it's not. I just did the bass tracks on Angband's demo (it will be forthcoming once the guitarist gets out of rehab) and we change riffs every ten seconds or so. Structurally, it's more like power/speed or thrash metal, but riff-wise and stylistically it's pretty much black metal through and through. So it is possible to make good black metal without overdoing the repetition and having shit production. That's one of the worst misconceptions about black metal (that is, that it consists solely of repetition and lousy production) and it hurts black metal in every way possible. I follow the Mayhem/Dissection/Emperor model of black metal as blackened riffs over smooth and flowing yet ever changing drums.

At 4/26/09 04:09 PM, Nev wrote: It's all about the 'he says, she says' BULLSHIT!

I think you better QUIT, talkin' that SHIT punk, so come an' get it!

At 4/26/09 10:23 PM, ThePhantomLord wrote: Everyone loves footage! My stoner rock/doomy kinda band played a show like 4 months ago and I just put one of the songs up on Youtube.

So rejoice.

Woah that was really good!
Your vocals aren't that bad imo, they suit pretty well with the music.

Although there is always room for improvement :P

At 4/26/09 11:56 PM, ThePhantomLord wrote:

At 4/26/09 11:46 PM, D3NTATUS wrote:

At 4/26/09 11:38 PM, ThePhantomLord wrote: Improvised, all my soloing is.

Good. I like your soloing style. It's not just a bunch of notes and riffs, it makes sense and stuff.

Thanks man, I appreciate that.

The mark of a good musician is improvising. I improvise or have made up and memorized 95% of my guitar solos.

At 4/26/09 08:22 PM, D3NTATUS wrote:

At 4/26/09 08:14 PM, smeagol1 wrote:

Poser

he actually seems like a pretty hardcore fan of slipknot hahaha

If that's truly a guy, I am scarred for life. :(

Speaking of Slipknot, I still need to sell CDs by them, Korn and a few others. I may not get much, but I'd rather get rid of them ASAP, most especially when my fucking stupid dad put them with all my good CDs the other day. I can't believe he still thinks I like those bands.

At 4/27/09 12:39 AM, SpeedMetalSandwich wrote: On this dance topic, you will never hear metal, at any school function/dance/chav-organised event.

That wasn't a problem to me as I never liked the events my high school held. And besides, I got into metal at the start of 2006, the same year I left that shithole.

Scarred for life? I watched a man sit on a glass jar, it slid up his arsehole, broke, then he started pulling the glass out of his arse, all the while there is blood dripping out of it into a big puddle on the floor. After he pulls out all of the glass he stands up and walks away. He didn't say one fucking word. And there was audio on.

The world is full of sick fucks. The internet is where they congregate.

Anyway. Bahamut only got into metal in 2006? And I always thought you were some big guru type guy. I put you on a pedastal man.

At 4/27/09 09:38 AM, ThePhantomLord wrote: Scarred for life? I watched a man sit on a glass jar, it slid up his arsehole, broke, then he started pulling the glass out of his arse.

1man1jar haha. watched that fir the first time while pissed and thought it was the funniest shit ever watched it the next day sober and was like err lol.

At 4/27/09 09:38 AM, ThePhantomLord wrote: Scarred for life? I watched a man sit on a glass jar, it slid up his arsehole, broke, then he started pulling the glass out of his arse, all the while there is blood dripping out of it into a big puddle on the floor. After he pulls out all of the glass he stands up and walks away. He didn't say one fucking word. And there was audio on.

lmfao, 1man1jar. i saw it and i was like "hahaha, wow, i'm so desensitized!" then a little later, I thought to myself, "you know... i'm not really all that hungry."

At 4/27/09 09:38 AM, ThePhantomLord wrote: Anyway. Bahamut only got into metal in 2006? And I always thought you were some big guru type guy. I put you on a pedastal man.

I only got into Metal about 2006. You try and take me off my pedastal and I'll smack your little balls!

At 4/27/09 11:06 AM, D3NTATUS wrote: lmfao, 1man1jar. i saw it and i was like "hahaha, wow, i'm so desensitized!" then a little later, I thought to myself, "you know... i'm not really all that hungry."

I didn't even lose my appetite :P.

Props for the song, Ponos.

Not what I'd usually listen to, but I liked it all the same.

At 4/27/09 02:37 PM, greensucksbluerules wrote: I don't think it's as bad as the two kids who decided it was a good idea to start killing people. They got one guy and started smashing his face in with a hammer covered in plastic while he made gurgling noises. Then, they stabbed him in the stomach, gouged his eyes out, and finished him off with the hammer.

See, that was funny, the 2guys1hammer thing, but the 1guy1jar wasnt funny.

At 4/27/09 04:10 PM, greensucksbluerules wrote: How is a PMSing asshole not funny?

ok now that you say it like that, its funny as hell.

Graveland - The Night of a Fullmoon (The Celtic Winter)

At 4/26/09 10:23 PM, ThePhantomLord wrote: Everyone loves footage! My stoner rock/doomy kinda band played a show like 4 months ago and I just put one of the songs up on Youtube.

So rejoice.

<3333333

I must give you props for making that riffalicious song. Just next time, come up with a better title than Wizard Mountain. It just sounds so cheesy. I loved everything else about it too, including the vocals considering your 16.

GOT (due to Mr. NoPrisoner's recommendation):
Daylight Dies - Dismantling Devotion

Only listened to the track he recommend (Solitary Refinement) thus far, but I've become addicted to that song.

Daylight Dies - Solitary Refinement (Dismantling Devotion)

Did some recording today, laid down some bass tracks and a couple keyboard tracks. Angband's demo is coming along quite nicely, and this time we programmed the drums instead of relying on either: a.) a flakey drummer or b.) my subpar drumming skills. The samples we used are real, though, and I like the sound of it. The bass sound is raw and raunchy yet heavy and clear, and this time around there is a definite death metal influence creeping in (though it's still black metal). For those who don't know, in this incarnation of Angband, I'm the 6 string bassist, and it definitely functions more as a rhythm guitar than a bass, freeing the guitars to do one-note-at-a-time melodic lead-like lines.

At 4/27/09 07:48 PM, ElGhoulio wrote: For those who don't know, in this incarnation of Angband, I'm the 6 string bassist, and it definitely functions more as a rhythm guitar than a bass, freeing the guitars to do one-note-at-a-time melodic lead-like lines.

Fuck yeah. I'm looking forward to hearing it, I'm your biggest fan :D

At 4/27/09 04:46 PM, Idiosyncratic wrote: <3333333

I must give you props for making that riffalicious song. Just next time, come up with a better title than Wizard Mountain. It just sounds so cheesy. I loved everything else about it too, including the vocals considering your 16.

WIZARD MOUNTAIN!!!! OH YEAH!!!!

I like it.

And I definitely have to record some more of us, my vocals are way better now.

At 4/27/09 01:38 PM, Nev wrote: I didn't even lose my appetite :P.

I was eating easter eggs the whole time.

At 4/27/09 10:55 AM, batman64 wrote: You are off to a damn fine start.
Keep it up and never quit and success can be yours.
Lot of famous people with minimal talent out there so real talent is sure to win out.
Again, damn fine job.

Thankyou so much man.

Lifelover is a pretty cool band, but they can get very annoying...mind the intro scream, which is very loud.

I probably posted this link before...but I dont care.

I'm considering starting to play bass guitar.
any tips guys?
like techniques, easy songs to get started

what are the good amps and bass?

thanks boys.

At 4/28/09 12:25 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: I'm considering starting to play bass guitar.

Awesome. I want to, as well, but I'm so used to woodwinds that learning anything else is difficult and frustrating.

any tips guys?

take lessons from a professional. I mean, bass is easy to learn and be functional at, but if you want to be really good, you need to practice a lot and take lessons. Lessons are a good way to get started on the instrument, and keep from forming bad habits early on.

what are the good amps and bass?

depends on what you want from your sound. find out what bassists you like play, and note a pattern. fender's always nice, though.

Idio probably knows way more about this than I, 'cause he plays bass.

At 4/28/09 12:25 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: I'm considering starting to play bass guitar.
any tips guys?

Learn how to slap, fingerstyle, and pick; don't get good at one particular style at the expense of others. As well, make use of "grace" and "ghost" notes, and in a related note, do lots of hammer ons and pull offs. Even if they don't sound that great at first, it's a wonderful way to build up finger strength and technique. As well, do several styles of accompinament, such as doing arpeggios and I-IV-III or V-III-I progressions.

like techniques, easy songs to get started

Thrash is a good starter, like Sodom or early Slayer. As well, Iron Maiden is perfect, as Steve Harris writes some damn tasty but delightfully simple bass lines. Gorgoroth and Dissection work as well, or really, any band where the bass functions as a foil to the guitars instead of simply hiding behind them.

what are the good amps and bass?

As far as amps go, I use the same amp for my guitars as my bass, and that's a Crate 150W powerblock with a homemade 15" woofer/4" tweeter speaker. As far as basses go, if you want a 6 string, a Carvin is the way to go, or a Rogue if you don't have the $$ for a Carvin. If you want a 5 string, get an Ibanez with a bridge humbucker and you definitely can't go wrong there. If 4 strings are your thing, get a fender P/J bass (P/J referring to the pickup configuration; a P pickup is that split pickup you see on Fender P-basses, among other, whereas J pickups are bass single coil pickups) and you definitely will love playing it.

thanks boys.

No problem. I love spreading the joy known as music to as many people as possible.

Thanks guys.

Ghoul, I'm not really good with musical theory, so I didn't get all the stuff you said :P
I thought about getting lessons, but not private lessons for the beginning.

What are the first songs you guys learned to play at bass?

At 4/28/09 01:00 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: Ghoul, I'm not really good with musical theory, so I didn't get all the stuff you said :P

Learn musical theory. The purpose of the bass is to supply the underworkings of the chords; once you understand what each note functions as, your knowledge of the music becomes so much more clear. You've got nothing to lose by learning the basics of theory; if you've got a music theory class at your university or something, i'd recommend taking that. you can also read about theory on wikipedia.

At 4/28/09 01:04 AM, D3NTATUS wrote:

At 4/28/09 01:00 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: Ghoul, I'm not really good with musical theory, so I didn't get all the stuff you said :P

Learn musical theory. The purpose of the bass is to supply the underworkings of the chords; once you understand what each note functions as, your knowledge of the music becomes so much more clear. You've got nothing to lose by learning the basics of theory; if you've got a music theory class at your university or something, i'd recommend taking that. you can also read about theory on wikipedia.

Oh... I learned to play saxophone in high school :)
I know some stuff already. But I'm not specialist :P
that's what I meant.

On this topic of music theory, i have been playing guitar for around about 2 years now, and i have never been interested in learning how to read actual music, and never had the time to look into theory/learn how to read musical notes.

Anybody have any quick tips for something to look at/read whilst im not doing uni work?

At 4/28/09 01:33 AM, SpeedMetalSandwich wrote: On this topic of music theory, i have been playing guitar for around about 2 years now, and i have never been interested in learning how to read actual music, and never had the time to look into theory/learn how to read musical notes.

Anybody have any quick tips for something to look at/read whilst im not doing uni work?

Wikipedia. Music theory really isn't that hard. There are only 12 notes: A, Bb, B, C, C#, D, Eb, E, F, F#, G, and Ab. And dinking around with Frooty Loops will teach you about rhythm.

Then again, I got classical piano training for 7 years.

I listenned to the track named The Wilderness by Agalloch for the first time today... and I was amazed to ear such nice black metal. Even if they are best knowned for the Ambient stuff, this track is fucking gold !!! I'd like to get my hands on some more stuff that would sound like it.
Any help would be appreciated.