Band Practice [09.11.2012] Aftermath

Well just got back from Band Practice...YEAH! It went amazingly. The new bass player was really good and has now joined the band. All we need now is a decent Rhythm guitarist. Best practice we've had in a long time i'm really happy with the progress and our tracks are sounding better and better all the time. We came up with a decent new riff aswell so that's another tracks to start working on real soon. Paul played really well tonight he's nailed So Far To Hell And Back and is sounding constant & tighter. I could have played a bit better but i was playing half rhythm guitar and half lead guitar to fill oput the track a little because of the lack of rhythm guitarist. Dave got the beat count and melody spot on tonight on several occations. He's really improving and has taken on the lead vocal role really well. PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE makes PERFECT PERFECT PERFECT :) Looking forward to next week and must'nt forget we owe Big Noise £4.67 on top of the bill because we where a little short for the session and it did'nt seem right to ask Dan (Bass) to contribute to cost when it was his audition. We split it equally neext week though now he' a band member. The tracks are progressing well and Dan (Bass) did a good job of contributing some fat bass and it sounded awesome. Can't wait for next practice. Welcome to the band Dan Goodger (Bass)

Band Practice Tonight (09.11.2012)

Band Practice tonight, And it should should be a good one we've got a new bass player auditioning. Lets hope he's a good one and stays. Paul just rang me and he's coming and Dave will be aswell as myself all we need now is a Rhythm guitarist and we're a full band. We're working on "So Far To Hell And Back" Tonight because of a lack of rhythm guitar it's easier to compensate. Massive Overload is a bit more complex and requires 2 guitars to acheive the sound. I think i'll bounce down just the Rhythm guitar from the track in Pro Tools HD10 and use it as a dummy guitarist to jam with like a backing Rhythm guitar. Hopefully it'll work OK for now. We really need a Rhythm Guitarist... If anyone wants to try out please message me or call Phil on 07899042598 FLASHPOINT are a good rhythm guitarist away from completed material and gigs hopefully we'll find the right person real soon.

UPDATE [03.11.2012]

I havn't posted anything in a while because practice's have been few and far between lately but all with good reasons. First Illness then no Rhythm Guitar then no bass then Paul forgot to come to practice cause a friend came to see him from Manchester. The last session at Big Noise was far from wasted though both Dave and me went fuck it lets do it anyway! So we hit big noise last Friday night just Lead Guitar And Vocals. I hooked up the new Condensor mic to the Mixer plugged it in got it all working with a little help from Big Noise staff cause i was'nt familiar with their mixer :) I then fed a line from the mixer headphone monitor output to the Mic input on my laptop running Cubase 6 to record the signal. Then i ran another lead from the laptop Headphones out to a track on the mixer connected to the PA. Fired up Toontrack Superior Drummer with the MIDI for So Far To Hell And Back and bass in Cubase then Recorded the Rhythm Guitar parts and played back as a backing track where Dave sang and i played lead to it In seperate tracks creating a backing track of our song to account for missing bandmembers then using the Condensor mic in the figure 8 position to record the room. We then spent a couple of hours going over the arrangement of the Vocals. Everyone is gonna' be there next Friday and we have a new bassplayer trying out so we'll just be without a rhythm guitar. Practice was cancelled this week due to the birth of our baby Daughter Lily. Lisa and Lilly are staying in hostpital until Monday afternoon so i'm watching my son Leon full time until they come home.It';s definatly on next Friday and we'll be working towards the completion of "So Far To Hell & Back" which is complete but not fully arranged yet. Next Practice is gonna be awesome and i can't wait.