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Anyone interested in starting a band?

od ki4jgt, 20. septembra 2011

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Jazyk: English

ki4jgt (Zobraziť profil) 20. septembra 2011 15:35:02

I've been wanting to put together a band here lately, but can't find anyone who could do it in my local town. I've started to wonder how cool it would be to put together a band over the Internet. Anyone interested?

Chargefire (Zobraziť profil) 20. septembra 2011 21:23:58

Hmm. I might be able to do any viola / electric bass / female vocals if you needed. I'm no good with anything else, to be honest, and I probably couldn't help with mixing anything together.

The electric bass is a little sketchy, though, but I could probably bring it up to snuff. Also, I only have an acoustic viola; I don't have an electric one.

painttherainbow (Zobraziť profil) 21. septembra 2011 0:20:45

I play the clarinet and guitar well, along with a bit of piano, cello, mellophone (french horn), percussion, and harmonica.
I love the idea of an online EO band ridulo.gif

ki4jgt (Zobraziť profil) 24. septembra 2011 8:41:15

I wasn't suggesting EO. I'm still no good. I like it and all, but I've been a little depressed for the last year and honestly don't care about learning things anymore. EO unfortunately was thrown into that list.

qwertz (Zobraziť profil) 24. septembra 2011 9:37:17

@Chargefire; @painttherainbow: Nice idea! Just an idea how to get started: Regarding to the instruments you mentioned (Folk rock?), you could start first to cover songs of La Perdita Generacio and try to develop your own music style later(?).

Lyrics and scores of LPG songs can be found here. Current eobo sing along/karaoke archive also contains some LPG songs of the Eksenlime album. I also will create some new karaoke versions of LPG's last album Eksplodigos vian domon. Probably Malantaŭen will be the first. And, btw. it will be "sen voĉa karaokeo". Thanks to Flo of Vinilkosmo taking care of that instrumental versions along the original ones.

If you need some advise you could also contact the singer (Tomio) directly via his Ipernity account.

There are some live concert recordings at Youtube. I.e. Festo2011; ekstere UK 2011

(Currently I try to dive into learning acoustic guitar kunhelpe of an special Video course http://www.guitar-tv.de/. So, until now I couldn't be part of an music group.)

ki4jgt:I wasn't suggesting EO. I'm still no good. I like it and all, but I've been a little depressed for the last year and honestly don't care about learning things anymore. EO unfortunately was thrown into that list.
To get some espo learning motivation back, you could try listening to some Esperanto songs at http://kantaro.ikso.net. Also excists small sing along/karaoke archive of contemporary Esperanto language music which is already used during several Esperanto Youth events. ( eobo karaoke project )

Diablo (Zobraziť profil) 24. septembra 2011 13:59:12

@ki4jgt: I don't know why you are feeling depressed, and I know that there are plenty of legitimate and illegitimate reasons to be. However, the best way to stay that way is to not look for a way out of it. Looking to create music, as you're doing right now, is a very positive thing to do. Music can be very therapeutic during rough times. Unfortunately for me, though, unless you need an urban music producer/beat maker (hip-hop, electronica, reggaeton, etc.), I don't think I can be of much help in this particular project.

I know that you're not looking to form an E-o band, but I can tell you from personal experience, that working with esperantist musicians from around the world (namely France, Japan and Brazil) has helped me A LOT to learn and use the language, and sharing personal experiences with those peers has brought a lot of positive energy in my life. If, after all, you're interested in this, a good way to start would be to work on a smaller project, for example, a single song, and take it from there. okulumo.gif

Chargefire: I'd like to hear your vocals if possible. I'm working on my first esperanto album, which will be a mixture of hip-hop, reggaeton (a Caribbean music genre) and dubstep, and I'm also preparing a couple of songs which I will make available for free online. In all these cases, I could use some nice female vocals. Check out my YouTube channel to get an idea of my sound: okulumo.gif If this sounds interesting to you, just e-mail me: espodiablo@gmail.com sal.gif The rest of my contact info is on my Lernu profile.

ceigered (Zobraziť profil) 25. septembra 2011 7:26:06

It's easier to make music in another language. You don't sound as lame to your own countrymen okulumo.gif (E.g. Rebecca whatever-her-name's "Friday" - the lyrics aren't exactly imbued with intelligence, but those who can stand[/i] appreciate her vocal talent but don't speak English will probably find more joy out of it than English speakers who have deconstructed what she's actually saying okulumo.gif

Seriously, try throat singing while occasionally singing out a couple random words in mongolian, then try doing the same but with English words. You'll find without a doubt the former makes you look cultured, a bit mysterious (and a bit looney), while the second will make you look utterly insane, a bit mysterious, but I doubt people will think of "culture" at all okulumo.gif

qwertz (Zobraziť profil) 25. septembra 2011 9:32:56

I agree that I have much more quality pretension to song lyrics of my native language (German) then to non-native ones. Or better, I don't have that high emotional relationship to the non-native word (concepts). But hhm, maybe its kind of matter how often I use the regarding language.

ceigered (Zobraziť profil) 25. septembra 2011 11:40:50

qwertz:I agree that I have much more quality pretension to song lyrics of my native language (German) then to non-native ones.
Do you mean "I agree that I'm much more pretentious when it comes to the quality of song lyrics in my native language"? Or have I misunderstood?

But I agree, foreign music allows you to lose the emotional attachments to the concepts that words represent. That's why I like it okulumo.gif
But a lot of English music has weird lyrics anyway, so it depends!

qwertz (Zobraziť profil) 25. septembra 2011 12:29:56

ceigered:
qwertz:I agree that I have much more quality pretension to song lyrics of my native language (German) then to non-native ones.
Do you mean "I agree that I'm much more pretentious when it comes to the quality of song lyrics in my native language"? Or have I misunderstood?
Sorry, yes, that was my intention.

ceigered:
But I agree, foreign music allows you to lose the emotional attachments to the concepts that words represent. That's why I like it okulumo.gif
Yes, I like it, too. Its difficult to switch of some emotional attachments to native language lyrics. I.e. Rammstein. The music style could be fine for me. But the lyrics and their live gigs, ehm, are special. Or simply, not my taste. Generaly, I believe, that an proper choosen music style can "wrap any scrap" (scrap lyrics). okulumo.gif

ceigered:
But a lot of English music has weird lyrics anyway, so it depends!
Yes, for sure. Who determines what is weired and what not. Also, weird lyrics can give ideas for new lyrics, too. So music is like a huge creative mixing/demuxing machine. okulumo.gif

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