the definitive "post your band" thread

[guitarplaya18]

<3

Really wish I could just sit down and record all the other shit I had. Wouldn't be that bad if programming drums didn't take so fucking long...

[Oleg]

yo bromz. Here's a track I recorded several weeks ago, consists primarily of groovy riffage.

http://ionprod.com/wp-content/upload...01/Passage.mp3

The recording is rough and the drums were programmed on the spot just to have something guiding the flow. The song itself isn't done, I'd like to have more of a guitar-layering thing happening as opposed to straight riffage, but I wanted to see what you guys thought of the backbone of the song :)

Happy Sunday

[v2kv]

My band Spearhead just finished our first demo. Check it out.

http://spearhead.bandcamp.com/

[Obswalq]

how did u guys manage 2 record with a potato
































jk i'm loving this.

[v2kv]

Haha, I figure most of this board won't like the recording quality (or the music, in general), but we just wanted to make it as raw and punk as possible, as cheesy as that sounds.

[Obswalq]

nah, i get what you were going for and it definitely works. great job

[v2kv]

Thanks, dawg. Much lurv.

[novareaper]

my band's pretty much straight up rock n roll, with some songs leaning towards popular shit. we will never have 0 00 0 0 0000 chugdownz though.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/54891427/DYL...0Strangers.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5489142/DYLA...th%20Bears.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/54891427/DYL...0Hempstead.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/54891427/DYL...n%20Nagoya.mp3

[ddranthony92]

My Melodic Death Metal band Under A Serpent Sun's first released track.

http://uass.bandcamp.com/

[Pwnsauce]

how did you queers find band members? i have like 2 albums of material written & recorded. had a drummer but the dude bailed on me. its hard to find people who care about music as much as you do, and everyone wants to be in a fucking rise record clone band. 8====D wish i could do vocals myself

[fatalerror]

Originally Posted by Pwnsauce

how did you queers find band members? i have like 2 albums of material written & recorded. had a drummer but the dude bailed on me. its hard to find people who care about music as much as you do, and everyone wants to be in a fucking rise record clone band. 8====D wish i could do vocals myself

It takes time... be patient, try to collaborate with like minded musicians, go to local shows and meet local bands, you gotta put yourself out there. Take music classes, people who tend to be passionate about the arts will take classes. Learn music outside of your comfort zone, jam with musicians that play this kind of music. Do the craigslist thing, but make this secondary to going out to shows and stuff. I was going my own thing for a while, met a drummer and started jamming with him. After almost a year a no progress, an opportunity arose in another band. I stopped jamming with the drummer after he didn't pay studio rent for like 3 months and was able to commit to the other band full time. Been very happy with what we've done so far.

[v2kv]

Yeah, I'd say going to shows is easily the most crucial part. I've found it a lot harder to meet people at shows with most kinds of music, though, as opposed to hardcore shows, due to how tightly knit the community is and all.

But even with my show friends, I've had countless band ideas just get set aside eventually, because no one was really dedicated to it. What helped with my band was that our singer was really stoked on it, and he kind of pushed the rest of us to work at it, until eventually we got into it too...so I think even having one person that's super-dedicated is useful.

I think it might be harder for you, since you want people to play stuff that's already written...it's always a nice feeling to actually have some kind of stake in what's being written, rather than just play someone's shit. I dunno, ISS COMPLICATED.

[~~~]

I'd say it's way easier to start a band when you already have music written. 2-3 demo songs should be plenty.

It puts less pressure on the guys joining, and it gives you a really convenient starting point for when you want to write new music with the group. They don't even have to be great songs, they just have to be proof-of-concept like a pilot episode on TV.

Of course, ideally you'd find someone that shares your vision and that you write well with before you start writing, but that's what's hard. Starting a band with friends is great for this, but being in a band with friends can also get messy now and then.

[novareaper]

this be the band i play guitar in, check it broms. im also one of the bears in the video lol. for fans of he is legend, thrice, comeback kid, etc

i'll put up the bandcamp link once we have our full EP uploaded

[knotalint]

Thy? :progressive metal based out of northern Jersey ..if your into btbam, sikth, opeth you will most likely dig it :D

you can download our full length for free at thymetal.com our first EP is also on there for stream, we'll set it for download soon

[knotalint]

btw crackrock, Portraits of Murder is now known as Thy? and the site is thymetal.com and POMguitar is our guitarist but i dont think he posts here anymore :|

[v2kv]

I know most of you aren't into this kind of thing, but my band just finished our second demo. Check it out, if ya want.

http://spearhead.bandcamp.com/

P.S. the lack of artwork will be remedied soon.

[Syrushred]

^ Word, pretty unique that's for sure. Also props from being from Toronto (I'm from London Ont, but go to Toronto a bunch).

I only have one song posted but I have more on the way. Atmospheric progressive metal yo.

https://soundcloud.com/shawnzak-1

[DuskOfHeaven]

I'll post the only metal project I have (even though it isn't a band, since it's just me recording multiple layers):
duskofheaven•bandcamp•com

It's drone metal, I might come back to it and record another album. I might be done with it for good. But I'll still use this Bandcamp to release my other projects, under different names. New age stuff coming up!