Members Naterel Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 Say they're doing something "different", I mean even the bands that sound like Nickelback say that. One thing is to take your influences and apply them to your music and its another thing to imitate whilst sayings its something different What gives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Operator Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 I think the answer is that everyone is a {censored}ing imbecile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bignasty006 Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 I've been dealing with the same question. My style is very killswitch engage-ish or it just sucks. So, I end up writing an imitating riff or something that sounds totally stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members misterstomach Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 I've never claimed to be doing anything different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Naterel Posted February 21, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 Also this arose from reading several band bios online I figured we as a community could do with a different kind of thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan. Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 I don't even remember what our bull{censored} bio says. Let me go find it.Hailing from Sacramento, a city dominated by metal and punk rock bands, THE RUIN strives to give loyal music fans something different. A blend of alternative, dance, indie, and straight forward rock comes from The Ruin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members renula Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 please do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members christianatl Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 Unsane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 It's mainly cause we're all just wankers. However, when I write a song that is legitimately really good it does usually end up being pretty hard for me to describe exactly what has influenced it. The less good stuff? Nah it's usually pretty easy to explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Naterel Posted February 21, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 In the membrane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan. Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 We should just change our bio to: "sounds like 311 without all the money." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frenchji Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 You're just not ready for techno/metal with lots of guitar solos... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 But yeah, I mean, how else are you going to justify getting people to listen to your specific band than to try and claim it's different from the other bands around? Even if you claimed you were very standard but better than the others that'd be hilighting a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TravvyBear Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 Yeah, I never really got it either...just write good songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members misterstomach Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 I don't even remember what our bull{censored} bio says. Let me go find it. 1st sentence. "Something different" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Naterel Posted February 21, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 I will admit, I'm not that good at guitar and my band could work harder to make better songs. The songs we write are nothing new but they sure are fun to us, I can't use different because its not true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan. Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 The Six Acre Lake began as a long standing musical collaboration dating back to 1997 between John Schlicter and Jeremy Beaudry. Jeremy's departure from Nat King Tron sparked interest in returning to the instrumental duo format. Jeremy and I entered Peter Richan's Buckeye Studio one more time for a day of improv and composition. When the bourbon was gone and the dust settled, we had completed a fabulous 4 song EP consisting of two improv excurrsions and two composed pieces. The composed pieces reflect the more math-rock tendencies we both have. Our first improv of the session focuses on Jbeau's percussion and bass playing while I process and sample him in real time using my beloved effects boxes and playing tidbits of prepared guitar. The final improv was just BLAZING!!! Jeremy playing drums and toy piano and myself playing electric guitar and effects. Both of us firing on all cylinders for what turned out to be a 25 minute jazz / noise / rock extravaganza. It will be broken down in 3 parts to accomidate the myspace player. Thanks to Peter for once again doing a fantastic job engineering the session and chasing away the electrical Gremlins. Currently Six Acre Lake continues as the main musical outlet for John Schlicter. Adding Joe Getz (Mercury Radio Theater) and Mark Sconyers (Do You Need The Service) into the mix behind the drums. A new batch of material is currently being sorted for an upcoming vinyl release. . Williamsport's own jam band, Lumpy Gravy, was formed when Owen MacDonald and Brett Kahn, former members of Kind-a-Mind, began jamming with Mike and John Snyder. Doug McMinn, who played with MacDonald in the George Wesley Band, signed on in the spring of 1998, along with percussionist Ken Damilio. Now, two drummers and three bass players later, Gravy has a new lease on life. MacDonald (guitar, vocals) and McMinn (sax, guitar, vocals) are joined by Aaron Sauers on drums and Jimmy Lovcik on bass in the refurbished lineup. Sauers' jazzy, eccentric style and Lovcik's solid but imaginative bass work keep the famous Gravy groove going at peak efficiency. Lovcik has played hundreds of gigs in the last five years with the widely touring Strawberry Jam and Jack's Farm, While Sauers comes to the band from Downside Sounder and many other local acts including early punk band.....Swan Dive. "Mango", the bands 2002 CD release, has been well received and the band has just finished a second CD of original music titiled "GRASShopper". We are getting ready to go back into the studio again to start work on our 3rd CD....Although lately we've been playing around with the idea of doing a live recording instead. We shall see... .... I edited my profile with ..Thomas Myspace Editor V3.6..! .... ...... ... When Chris Michael (formerly Shapes & Distance, Picture Atlantic) started recording demos for his newest recording project, he knew that he needed to bring in some talented and interesting musicians to help bring out the sound in his head.Chris met Peter (keys and bass) in late 2010 and it was obvious that there was a unique musical dialogue. After some intense songwriting and demos, they discov...ered and recruited Michael (drums, percussion) after playing with him only once. The band worked tirelessly focusing their energy on unique and interesting songwriting, their trademark tight sound, and trying to revive a stagnant local music scene.After a humbling tour of the Pacific Northwest and a grueling recording process for their debut Ep, "The Molecules Ep", the band is focused on getting their music out to everyone in the San Francisco bay area and beyond.Setting up home base at Love at First Slice (formerly Shaker's Pizza) and helping to turn it into a legitimate local venue was a huge turning point for the band. "Ive always been a little bummed about the local scene in the bay area. Awesome venues closing down, a general apathy about local artists, and a generally diluted scene has been sort of depressing," says Chris, "Having a great small venue with great food and great people is really important for local bands. We get to book shows for locals that we love and there is always a great turn out. I love that we get to be a part of that." Sharing bills with local favorites Speak Friend, Bonnie and the Bang Bang, Stop Motion Poetry, The Trims, Early States, Sunrunners, and The Common Men, Spanish Cannons are well on their way into the ears and hearts of bay area concert goers. They plan to have their new album, yet untitled, out by the first week of February. heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HP Hovercraft Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 I don't even remember what our bull{censored} bio says. Let me go find it. It shifts from third person to first person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan. Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 It shifts from third person to first person. Oh great, now I have to feel bad about that today. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eric.chambers Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 It's all been done before. There is nothing new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eti Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 Don't have my band's bio handy (1982-4) but we said we were a "techno haircut" band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OMTerria Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 Bio-"Absence of Ocean is Harrison Barr, Erik Larson, and Andrew Ross. They formed back in their high school days. It took a while, but they all realized they liked noise, so they started making some." About-"We are Absence of Ocean. we like post-rock, shoegaze, and other weird noises" Could be worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members christianatl Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 This is our bio: "We were in other bands. Now we're in this band. Soon we will all be deaf." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HP Hovercraft Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 Oh great, now I have to feel bad about that today. Thanks. Aw. It was just an observation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members notjonahbutnoah Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 Heh, I clicked and was expecting to find something that our band does and try to justify it, but nope. We are 100% not guilty of making this claim. I mean, we play punk rock, so we're pretty stupid, but not so stupid as to believe we are breaking new ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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