A question about my band.

[Child Of Norther]

I'm in a band and we've got a full lineup but i'm sick of having to dumb my guitar parts down for the rhythm guitarist and our singer just sucks... BUT they're the only local guys around...


So my question is..


Is it okay to have a "Recording band" and a "Live band"

Cause i wanna record all guitars/bass and have my friend from another scottish abnd sing for us on record so we actually sounda good... Then pull in the dudes i work with at the moment for live shows where, i hate to say it, "exactness" isn't required... Whaddya's think?

I'm not saying our other guitarists are shite, but all of our songs are hitting the 200bpm mark and one has a section (inc solos) at 16ths at 210bpm... and we're always using folky time siognatures like 1/28 and switching between groupings of 3 and 4 and they just can't keep up...

So whaddya's think?

[Child Of Norther]

Re: A question about my band.

Forgot to mention, everything is written by Myself and The keyboard player (All guitars, keys, lyrics, etc)

[markD]

Re: A question about my band.

yes it's okay to have both. i do. i'll play everything on a recording and then "hire" guys to play the parts on stage. ocassionally i get a line up together like the one i have now, and they can do both.

we stopped trying to have a "band" a few years ago. my singer and i write all the material anyway. having a "band" fucked up the writing and the sound we were going for because it was too many hands in the pot. now WE are 8 days after and the other 2 guys are hired guns. it works out perfectly.

i hope that helps you out.

[Ace]

Re: A question about my band.

There are bands that operate in every conveiable fashion. However, if your not paying people, or your not shit-hot, guys may well take offense to the idea.