....is fuckin gay. A few weeks ago I joined another band and we hit it off right away, and we got ourselves a nice little jam room happening, writing new songs etc. So last weekend this mexican dude comes in to try out as our singer. Our drummer tells us this guy's all religious, no big deal to me as long as he doesn't start preaching and shit. So he comes in and I do a double take when I see this gangster/douche outfit he's all decked out in: sideways flat brim hat, tattoos all over, ripped up wifebeater with just the front little scrap tucked into sagging pants with his boxers hanging all over the place. He must have had a safety pin or somethin holding it down there, cause there's no way that shirt was just staying put by itself. He claims to be a "lead singer" and all he's got is the smallest guitar amp I've ever seen (about the size of a lunch box) for a P.A. Then he asks me if I would take the pentagrams off my amp 'cause they represent Beezlebub and, y'know, not many people know this but he's got a real strong connection to the spirit world.

*sound of everyone trying not to laugh in this guy's face*

Me: "Well.....if we click, I'm sure we'll make it work."

We wound up having to run his mic through the return input on my amp just so we could hear him, and he's doing this crying/emo/but-still-tough-guy Atryeu Linkin Park bullshit in between all the feedback that's happening. So finally we just turned his shit down so we could jam, and he's there acting like he's the next American Idol or something.

So he asks us what we think, the other guys are like 'oh yeah, it's pretty cool' blah blah and I'm just like "Yeah, um, it sounds a little too much like what high school kids listen to and you're good at that style but I'm kinda....not."

Dude's got kids with not one but four different chicks so I'm hoping he'll just flake out on us, maybe read the Bible a little more closely, whatever, but of course he calls back like 4 times. So, we still need a singer.

I hated auditioning anybody for anything. It's near impossible to find people that share the same interests in music that you do, let alone people that can actually perform it.

No one wants to play with you anyway u filthy swine

your av doesn't imply that you ride donkeycock at all

trying to find ANYBODY for ANY kind of band related stuff sucks. All you can find here is punk bullshit & school kids who want to do cookie monster screamtard shit. If it's not that, it's inbred country singers who try to be all artsy & shit. "Uh..I have an idea..Id like to do this thing with my accoustic.."

Uhhh..NO!

The problem with trying to start a band up here is finding someone who wants to play the same style as you. There are no progressive/sludge bands in the area whatsoever. They all either wanna play deathcore or hardcore.

And the highlighted would call for an instant "GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE !!"

Your mom had fun playing with me last night....

If you write great music you don't need to be a good singer

Case in Point Bob Dylan, and Tom Waits.

But chances are Metal singers don't have that kind of writing talent.

Huh??

Let me rephrase that.

Chances are nobdy has that kind of writing talent.

Sorry for pissing on everyones ideas of great lyricicsts, but those are the 2 best.

If you start a band saying "I wanna play this genre and I want people who play it", you're gonna fail.
The only times I got good results out of bands is when I hooked up with people I respected as musicians and we shared our taste and ideas. The more different they were, the better the final result.

i totally agree with paranoid. although it's very hard when you want to play metal
and the band is a little lighter.
one of the main reasons i'm getting more and more into electronic music (at least electronic produced)
is the fact that i'm a total dick and i hate being criticized even if it's constructive.
and the only thing i hate more then that is when my opinion is left at just that, an opinion.
"i'm fucking right bitch!"
i allways wanted to tell my drummer "you know there's a reason why you're all the way back there i'm all the way up front!"
even when he was right and his idea made a shit song into something fucking awesome.
and since ableton doesn't have it's own agenda as to where we are taking my music i find it relatively easy
on my inner misanthrope.

Always hard for to me find, because when I find someone whose skills I respect, they're usually too narrow-minded for me.