General Music Chat

Screaming is like, I dunno, beer bonging, or lighting your farts. You can be competitive in it, until you get tired of throwing up or burning your ass hairs. Then, you concentrate on music.

doodes, it's totally time for a "quotes from the crypt" thread...

Yeah that sounded bitchy didn't it...but seeing as screaming is about all you can hear in the nearly empty nightclubs in these parts lately....

Yeah well I guess it's either that or electronica. I guess one can be just as offensive as the other to some. Flip a coin.

Yeah well I guess it's either that or electronica. I guess one can be just as offensive as the other to some. Flip a coin.

Ouch

Thank you all for putting down what I do...

Don't let it get to you. There are some great people here. Most here will tell you straight up when they don't care for something but at the same time being respectful in doing so. Some here just ain't right in the head if you know what I mean. I tend to think were either born before they came up with safety straps for high chairs or someone didn't keep an eye the little tykes around the swimming pool. Lack of oxygen or head trauma can do that I guess. bless their little hearts.

I smell burnt ass hair, Jimmy Dean stop breathin' on meh lol

Well Craptain get your face away from my ass if you don't like it.

I'm Jimmy Dean and I'm glad you eat my meat.

Yeah well I guess it's either that or electronica. I guess one can be just as offensive as the other to some. Flip a coin.

LoL.. I'd pick the screamo myself.. It's what I like..

Our singer sings.. he also screams... Our music also has a sound of it's own...

Were not beer bonging fart lighters either.. we do focus on music.. 3x's a week..


There realy should be a general rule about knocking music just because it's not your style or not what you don't like... even if it's done in a respectful way, there is really no reason for it other than just wanting to be the resident music critic...

Why not just not post and let the fans of the genre post in the corresponding threads??

Anyways... You sound good Ryan, there are lots of US Screamo/Metal fans out there.. And there is a reason that it's all you here in the nightclubs these days. It's popular!

Ill also add that we done a show last weekend for a local bar that normaly does the cover/bar bands and the owner told me after the show that we drew the biggest crowd he's ever had in there for a band... he'd never done metal shows before and now he's going to do one a month.

You can't please everyone and you shouldn't try to. I'm a musician period. I play guitar and I'm not satisfied unless I'm gigging. I've played in a butt rock band, heavy metal band, Blues band, pop rock band, played solo acoustic blues in coffee houses and now play in a metal screamo band and who knows what kinda band I might be playing in next year, maybe country or hip hop but I will be playing something somewhere. As far as Screamo, I know that this forum is mostly made up of older well seasoned musicians so some negative feedback on this genre is expected and accepted at least by me. I don't take it personally.

I think most people in that genre just prefer to call it metal, screamo is a little derogatory.

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I dont take it personally.. but I don't see a need for people who doesnt like it to even post in a thread regarding it...

I mean... I hate country music... So if I see a country music thread for instance "Country singer, how do I sound" iM NOT GOING TO ENTER THE THREAD AND SAY, WELL YOU CAN SING BUT COUNTRY SUCKS SO YOU SHOULD JUST GIVE UP... I mean wtf?

I still have respect for all music and those who perform it..

Ohh well all hailz the Bulletin Board Music Stars.

Jimmy, I see your point. FastFret, I understand but consider the source and then have a good chuckle.

. . . I don't see a need for people who (don't) like it to even post in a thread regarding it....

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I'm glad someone said that; it needed saying.
If a thread doesn't involve someone - then they should just stay out of it, eh? You are right. We don't all have to comment on every single little thing that someone else says, especially if it doesn't even pertain to us, huh?
Ummm . . . yeah, ok, so now I'm gonna stop commenting . . .

Well,

You guys gotta consider that this is coming off a whole thread pretty much about screamer bands.

I think it is a passing fad, like disco was. That's just personal opinion, and only time will tell.

I try to give honest feedback, whether it is my favorite genre or not, and when I do, I try to be objective about it. Being in the biz, I come across alot of screamer bands, and compete with them all the time in Battle of the Bands across Atlanta. So I think I have good first hand exposure on a regular basis to that field. btw... no screamer band has EVER beat us at a battle. Their own fans end up cheering more for us than the bands they came to see.

One thing I mentioned in other posts, is that some industry sources of mine, have confided that screamer music is on the way out. This may take a few years, who knows? But I share that info, not as an insult, but as helpful knowledge, that exclusively screamer bands may want to branch out a little, so when and if, the hammer does fall, you are somewhat protected and can adapt to the change.

Back in the day, metal heads had no problem saying and spray painting "Disco Sucks!" all over the place. Had you guys been my age back then, you would have been among the backlash almost certainly.

Consider Panic At The Disco's new album. They are from an Emo oriented background, but their new album is said to be Classic Rock oriented. They were inspired after getting into the Beatles and The Stones and others, and said something along the lines of...

"Emo was ok, when we were kids. We wrote most of that album when we were 17. But now we are 21 and growing up, and we realize that not everything is gloomy, all relationships are not bad. People don't always want to be depressed. This album is for coming home after work, and pumping you up a little."

PATD is Emo, not screaming, but like screaming, Emo is a fad. People grow out of it. The hair metal bands of the 80's had their day, Disco had it's day. Emo is having it's day and so is screamer rock.

But it's all an attempt to stretch boundaries and find something new. When the new gets old, another "new" comes along. Every generation has it's new thing, and every generation switches when the newer "new" thing comes along.

Jazz has not disappeared. R&B has not disappeared. Screaming is limited in it's versatility, whereas genres like the one's mentioned, can evolve and go many more places. There are only so many ways to scream. And while the supporting music can change underneath, the focal point is still going to be the lead vocalist. After awhile, it has nowhere to go creatively.

Hey, I actually like some Disco still, and some disco songs have survived by being re-mixed into hip hop or rave, etc... But no one is going to build a career on disco any longer. And some very talented people, lost their careers for good, when the backlash against disco took hold, because they were pigeon holed as a "disco singer" and even when they tried to change, it was too late. Their careers were over.

I mention these things, to help you avoid falling into the same fate. I'm looking out for you guys, not trying to demean you.