AAAaaaaaaaaarrghhhhh

[SlashWylde]

Oh dear, I think I'm in need of some of my own medicine. I just got back from band practice. Apparently my band "Mithril" shares some tonal similarities with "Lacuna Coil" and "Nightwish"; having a female vocalist doing the nice melodic singing and me singing the growly dark parts whilst playing guitar.

So my bandmates thought it would be a good idea to learn a couple of their songs to extend ourselves and learn a new tonality that might influence our own writing.

Lacuna was OK. We learned "Heavens a Lie" and "Swamped". THe guitar parts are pretty boring and it literally only took a couple runs through to memorise the rhythm parts. THe male vocal part was OK and is good practice, but I'm not really into girly pop-metal.

But I'm sorry, Nightwish's "Wish I had an Angel" is just a bit too operatic White Metal for me. Granted, I do like "Symphony X" but then Russell Allen and Michael Romeo kick ass!!

I mean come on, no serious metal band plays in E these days. Ya gotta tune down to D C or even A to get a decent chugging rhythm part going.

Oh well, I'll go and listen to some Black Label whilst I wind down with a glass of 10yr old Bushmills. That'll put me right.

Rock on...

[Waylander]

Lol Lacuna Coil may be boring to play but sure is fun to listen to. Gonna have to show up at one of your gigs now to hear your version of it lol.

[Lias]

The odd bit of Cuntry n Western is alright. Alot of its arse thou, you can only listen to hearing about the dudes dog dying, and his missus running off so many times.

Mostly I listen to Johnny Rebel, Johnny Cash, & David Allen Coe. Quite dig Michael Doucet/Beausoleil, which isn't really country and western but I guess is kinda related.

[SPman]

.. David Allen Coe

Yup - Sarge pointed me in that direction - think it made the breakthrough - Ill take some D A C with Jack, and should be better in the morning. If I put on Elend - The Umbersun, quietly in the background whilst sleeping.........no shit - not that - I may never wake up!

[SARGE]

heathen redneck

Try some single malt and some Piobaireachd ...

i actually prefer Single Malt (generic term i use for WHISKEY)


SP.. get into the Southern Rock like Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet, etc

cmon. fess up.. you went and saw Dukes of Hazzard didnt ya

[Lou Girardin]

My wife just joined the Country Music Club

I like country,but it's gotta have attitude,this guy had some attitude....

I'm with you there Motu, he's the only country artist I'll listen to.
Especially 'Hurt'. The vid for this damn near brings tears to my eyes.

[Riff Raff]

You can borrow my collection:

And don't forget the ultimate C&W song (as played on Hauraki on April Fools Day 2004):

If you really love me, you'll help me scrape the mucous from my brain.

[James Deuce]

I'm with you there Motu, he's the only country artist I'll listen to.
Especially 'Hurt'. The vid for this damn near brings tears to my eyes.

Arrrrrrr. (Manly acknowledgement of poofter feelings)

[Hitcher]

Is there a cure for this? Will it just naturally run its course, like a bad dose of the flu... or am I doomed to a future of yodelling cowboys and visions of line dancing

Welcome to the Dark Side. Next you will discover that there is more to Country music than yodelling and people wailing about the night their dog died or ran off with their sister. Buy some Eagles. Buy Hayseed Dixie's albums. I'm really into Bluegrass at the moment and have nearly completed my collection of Alison Kraus and Union Station. The soundtrack from "Oh brother where art thou?" is outstanding. Dixie Chicks are great fun. But there are other Country genres as well. Garth Brooks is listenable and quite commercial. Older stuff I also really like is Mink De Ville and Tom Petty.

[SARGE]

Older stuff I also really like is Mink De Ville and Tom Petty.

Eagles rock, but Tom Petty is Country?>??>>?>>??

try some New Riders of the Purple Sage too SP ,...Little Feat, Blackfoot, Charlie Daniels, Marshall Tucker band, Pure Prairie League, Doobie Brothers, Allman Brothers, .38 special, Rossington Collins Band


man.. screw it .. just pop into work when yr in the area.. im gonna rip you a CD

[jrandom]

The soundtrack from "Oh brother where art thou?" is outstanding.

seconded.

post too short, so I'll third it as well.

[kerryg]

Eagles rock, but Tom Petty is Country?>??>>?>>??

try some New Riders of the Purple Sage too SP ,...Little Feat, Blackfoot, Charlie Daniels, Marshall Tucker band, Pure Prairie League, Doobie Brothers, Allman Brothers, .38 special, Rossington Collins Band


man.. screw it .. just pop into work when yr in the area.. im gonna rip you a CD

Gillian Welch, John Hiatt, Steve Earle (although he's not strictly acceptable 'cos he's a bit anti-slaughtering-ragheads), Bonnie Raitt, Emmy Lou Harris....that's music

Yeah and as Hitcher said that soundtrack from O Brother Where Art Thou rocks

[SPman]

Yeah and as Hitcher said that soundtrack from O Brother Where Art Thou rocks

the movie was brilliant!
Allman Brothers! Little Feat! New Riders of the Purple sage! Charlie Daniells! They's country???
in that case I been listenin t' country for yeeeeears! Even seen some of those dudes play!
Yee Ha!

[SARGE]

the movie was brilliant!
Allman Brothers! Little Feat! New Riders of the Purple sage! Charlie Daniells! They's country???
in that case I been listenin t' country for yeeeeears! Even seen some of those dudes play!
Yee Ha!

NOT STRICTLY cOUNTRY... BUT BERTTER THAN THAT TEAR IN MY BEER SHIT

[Motu]

I like old country too - just a guitar and a fag stuck on the lip stuff...Hank Williams,Woody Guthry,Arlo is bad on a good day,the old nasal Aussie and Kiwi stuff,basic,back to real life.Willy Nelson wore a bloody hole in the sound board of his guitar! that's like putting a million miles on your bike - there's a lot more to Willy than Stardust,he wrote a shitload of songs that others sing,Like Patti Page with Cryin'.

What I see in country singers,and jazz singers these days,especially the girls is that they sing! ,no one sings these days....like,y'know...notes and stuff,holding one for a few seconds,putting feeling into it,that's what music is all about to me,so yeah,put some Emmy Lou on and feel real good,mellow.