Topic: The Music Thread

@Voltan Hahaha touche' @Jimmer-jammer No problem!

It’s kinda funny that Dadrock is now Dadsynthpop. Duran Duran and Depeche Mode are the new Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. And personally I’m here for it.

My latest vinyl arrived today, sounds like cartoon music, here you go, if anyone's interested.

@TheBrandedSwordsman This is my other band that I’m recording with in a month. Unlike the other one where I’m currently the sole songwriter, I’m a little less involved in writing for this one but I did write this song on our last album:

@Voltan Not bad, I think I prefer the sound of the band where your the sole songwriter though, like the lyrics, though, the accent in the vocals sounds similar to your other project as well so I don't know if it is the same guy?

@TheBrandedSwordsman Nah, it’s all different people except myself.

@Voltan I'd be curious to know how you write the guitar parts, on keyboard? Can you read and write music? I take it you work on the music on keyboard then write it down in standard notation for the guitarist to transpose to the electric guitar? Seems interesting to me. Do you write the lyrics and vocal melodies too?

@nessisonett Depeche Mode are great. However, did you notice that the lyrics always address the love interest as 'you' so they could be either male or female?

@TheBrandedSwordsman I can read and write music but I’m not great at it. What we do is I record demo versions of the songs using a sampled guitar virtual instrument routed through an amp simulator and it gives everyone a pretty good idea what it’s supposed to be. Then everyone learns it by ear, sometimes giving it a bit of a personal spin. Depending on the person and need, I might write some parts down or export them as MIDI.

Yeah, I do write vocals and lyrics. In fact, while this is the only song on the album written entirely by me, I did write vocal lines and/or lyrics for a few others - and it’s pretty much the same with this new one we’re doing.

Also that reminded me - I have a pretty big thing coming out next week, can’t wait to share that 😃

@TheBrandedSwordsman I’ve never actually noticed that to be honest. I often don’t actually notice lyrics.

@Voltan Sounds like a really interesting songwriting process man, really looking forward to the big reveal!

@TheBrandedSwordsman Everyone's process is different and I think that's a really fun thing about music. There is no wrong way to do it.

I know some bands prefer to write stuff by jamming together or generally do all the writing when they come together. Personally I hate that. Having someone stand there and expect me to come up with something in the next X minutes kills most of my creativity. I don't mind collaborating with others, adding my ideas to theirs or vice versa but I need to do it on my own terms. Still, when I actually have an idea for a song, I usually know exactly where I want it to go so in practice I might add my stuff to others' songs but I very rarely let anyone mess with mine, tbh

The thing next week I'm just a guest musician but it's still a pretty big deal to me

@Jimmer-jammer What do you reckon of this? A band from my neck of the woods.

@Voltan When I was in bands as a teenager I would either write everything on my own or write with another guitarist, in one of the two main bands I was in, and as I had a great simpatico with that guitarist in terms of song-writing at the time our songs usually turned out pretty well. Only did one gig, but it was ridiculously tight, a stonker!, a friend of ours has the gig footage somewhere, but I'm currently at a loss for how to get in touch with him.

Next week man, I'm really looking forward to it.

@Jimmer-jammer Glad you liked it.

@nessisonett Have you heard of the Glaswegian jazz guitarist Jim Mullen? What do you think of his stuff? (I've seen him live recently)

@TheBrandedSwordsman Yeah, I’ve heard of him. I’m (distantly) related to one of the guys from the Average White Band so a lot of those musicians were all moving in the same circles back in the day.

I've heard the name before but I'm not sure I've actually heard the music until today.
Cool stuff by Mammal Hands:

I thought this was coming tomorrow and it kinda is but there's an exclusive premiere here so I'm posting it early

Here's the first single for a new project I'm involved in: Mirka Rantanen's Circus Of Rock
On this particular song I'm just playing the organ but it's very special to me because it features one of my favorite rock singers of all time - mr. Johnny Gioeli.
Unfortunately, the songwriter behind this one - Ade Manninen (who plays the guitar but doesn't appear in the video) - has passed away a few weeks ago, before he could see the release of the album.

The tricky part of the video is that the main part of the band was filmed by a professional crew in Helsinki, while Johnny recorded his parts in California and I had to work something out here in Warsaw. Ended up buying a new GoPro and a few colored LED lights and I think it turned out quite alright (almost looks like we're in the same room if you're not paying too much attention)

@TheBrandedSwordsman You wanted to check this out!

@Voltan Thanks for the tag, that could easily be played on a rock radio station and blend right in, you're clearly all professionals, but, yeah, really impressive stuff Volt, I reckon you could take that stuff on tour quite easily. In fact, is there going to be a tour? Will you come to the UK? If you do I'll try and catch you live unless tickets sell out too quickly. An album like that (based on this single, I'm yet to hear the whole thing) definitely deserves a tour - keep posting and I'll keep listening.

By the way great organ playing and loved Johnny's vocals.