exactly. get used to dealing with less than perfect situations now and you'll be fine in the future. there's no such thing as a gig that goes off without any issues so if you're already somewhat used to Macguyver-ing solutions it'll pay off in the long run. it also gives you time to save up some cash and really consider various options before upgrading your current gear. you never know what kind of new products are coming down the pipe.

at the very least you should have enough knowledge to get yourself going at this point, but if you still have any other questions i'm sure someone here will be able to provide an answer :thumb:

thanks man,
i appreciate you taking the time to help me out on this.

no worries, if anyone deserves thanks it's that dude helping you through the actual feedback in your local store hehe :thumb:

true...


so im jammin to your band right now... pretty interesting stuff, i assume its pretty much just improve huh?

thanks, glad your enjoying things. and yeah 100% improv. the way we saw it, there are millions of people out there trying to 'make it' as musicians, thousand upon thousands of bands competing for handfuls of stages - and we were LAZY

so yeah, live from the jam room floor, the one and only time anything ever got played (we made up for polish with volume hahaha)

you have any mp3s up for sampling? kind of curious to hear the metal violin action hehe

i like that though... nothing fake about the music, its just all feeling, sounds like a bunch of dudes that got stoned, zoned out and made some music.;)

nah, i dont have anything recorded, but if i do youll be the first to know... i might be meeting up with some guys about starting a band today, so its possible that i could record some of that stuff if it ends up working out.
and now im going to put this completely irrelevant smilie here because its funny. :bonkhead:

lol and its called bonkhead

that is 100% accurate hahahaha and much appreciated :thumb:

as for the bonkhead action. no matter how solid your friendship is with your bandmates you WILL eventually have moments where you'll really feel like your only options are to bonk heads or pull this one :banghead:

it can't be stressed enough. honest and clear communication is vital to any band relationship (and it very much is a 'relationship' - just no sex between members - really though, don't dip it in the company ink hahaha). you also need to take the time to soul search yourself and determine whether your personal private life (family and friends) trumps your public private life (band) or vice versa, and make sure the other band members take the time to figure out the same thing about themselves.

it's not that one side is 'righter' than the other or that one makes for a more 'pure' artist. just that it will cause hassles down the road someday when some people have been biting their tongues for years instead of being honest with themselves and the situation or changes that have taken place within them over the life of the band.

yea, i hear ya man...
i definitely plan on having an open and honest stream of communication with anyone that i make music with. if that wasnt there id have to end up settling for something that i didnt like, as opposed to a compromise.

im not totally sure what you mean about the private personal life vs. the public one though... i dont plan on ever worrying about having a "band image" or anything like that, i just want to make some good music with like minded people.