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Old 28th November 2006, 07:49 PM   #1
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When it all falls apart!

Well I'm sure many of you have gone through this... I'm in a band in the middle of tracking our album... Everyone is lazy and useless. Me being the founder wants to get it done... I'm an ok drummer but I would probably have to copy and paste parts to make it all work... Any suggestions? How are them BFD drums? I just want to get my album done and move on with or without my band members.

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Old 28th November 2006, 11:21 PM   #2
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i just went through a similar situation with a band that was a close knit group of friends for YEARS. A similar situation happened to me, but I was the person that they decided was the problem. just MAYBE I WAS? We were tracking material and lost focus of everything the band was about. My advice would not to be to record and complete and album, take what you have and get it done, wether it be just a few songs.

If the band is still interested in doing what you are all doing together, it will all come together... just remember that it is everyones project, and personally, it was only after the fact that i could see what was going on... as i still have 14 recorded, ready to be mixed finished songs just sitting collecting dust

what i would suggest more than anything is to practice so that you can lay your parts down without alot of editing, i feel that a drummers vibe can be lost from alot of that editing, even though you CAN make BFD and all sorts of sample replacement/ adjustment work (look at the expansion packs) and sound good..... and use samples to enchance the sound

my point is that without sounding like a preacher is that you need to get the guys jazzed about what they are doing, and keep an open communication with them. ask them what they all collectively want to do, and move on from there


If Finishing the album is a priority, the best experience i had is including them and making them feel like a part of it all, i'm sure that they wuld love to 'help'
If not, then get it done and move on, just make sure to not let them take away your focus of making kick as music, cuz thats what its all about, because in a bad case, it can get messy
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Old 28th November 2006, 11:36 PM   #3
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Get a producer?

Doesn´t have to be a big name. Maybe just a musical friend of the band that can see everything from an outside perspective and keep the spririt up.
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Old 29th November 2006, 12:05 AM   #4
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Thanks guys...

The door is open to them and they talk the talk like they are jazzed but they don't have the focus or determination needed to get the job done... They wonder why I have no patience. We have a great live show a great fan base but I guess these guys expect things to magically happen versus working hard and not whining about normal shit.
Just seeing what kind of therapy I can get here at gearslutz haha.

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