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Comment on What To Do When One Of Your Band Members Won’t Practice by Matt Rushton

Matt Rushton — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:53:33 +0000

Hey Chris, this advice works even better in an original band. In an original band you can tailor your songwriting so that weaker members can play more to their strengths. Cover bands don’t have that luxury. In my original band I’ve found that getting along and being able to create music together is far more important than individual playing ability.

That being said, if you have a member holding you back and they don’t have anything to offer to your band, it’s time to kick them out.

Comment on What To Do When One Of Your Band Members Won’t Practice by chris

chris — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:45:52 +0000

this sounds like advice for a covers band or band with no ambition, surely if your an orginal band and want to get signed then only playing the songs that a weak member can play going to lead to nowhere.

Comment on Behringer Eurorack UB2442FX-PRO Mixer Review by amir

amir — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:38:43 +0000

well about what you said on Behringer
they suck at every product they do but two things
the first on is Bass amps
and mixers
guitar effects suck
and guitar amps and guitars or even basses
but mixers and bass amps they just do it right and not that expensive… sometime even cheap..

Comment on Behringer Eurorack UB2442FX-PRO Mixer Review by Better Guitar

Better Guitar — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:55:18 +0000

I’ve got a similar model, the Behringer XENYX 1222FX Mixer; also bought through Musician’s Friend. It’s certainly not the highest quality mixer, but it’s served me well…

Comment on Live Mixing Tips For Small Venues And Small Budget by Matt Rushton

Matt Rushton — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:43:25 +0000

You are so right Dave, I can tell you've been playing in a band for a while. It's so hard to get other musician's in a band to listen to the overall mix of the band. The difference between being a true musician and just an instrumentalist is the ability to listen to the overall mix and see where your part fits in. I have found that the biggest help is to do a live recording of the band using a room mic or recorder like the Olympus LS-10 placed where the audience is. Then listen to it as a band and analyze the mix. Usually the band as a whole will say "so-and-so is way too loud!" and that will help solve some mixing problems. Also, check out my article titled What Can You Do If Your Live Band's Volume Is Too Loud Onstage.

Comment on Weekend Set List For Your Live Band To Play – Classic Rock 3 by Matt Rushton

Matt Rushton — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:35:36 +0000

Hey Bill Ray, you can load these presets into your original Cyber-Twin using the text entry. The original CT doesn’t have all the same parameters as the CT-SE so you’ll have to improvise a bit. You should be able to get close on all of them though.

Thanks for visiting Live Musician Central! -Matt-

Comment on Weekend Set List For Your Live Band To Play – Classic Rock 3 by Billy Ray Smith

Billy Ray Smith — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:53:13 +0000

Matt I Listened to Your patches for the CT-SE.I Have the CT.I Can Still Load these Presets Onto My CT with the Text Format? No? I Don’t Have the SE.Any Thoughts Would Be Appreciated.Like Your Playin.

Billy Ray.

Comment on Live Mixing Tips For Small Venues And Small Budget by dave coulter

dave coulter — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:28:02 +0000

Hey great tips on band volume issues. I’ve played in bands for quite some years and the biggest problem seems to be everyone seems to think they aren’t loud enough and instead of turning down the all keep turning up and my ears hurt like hell but they could care less. No-one seems to realize too that in 99% of case if any will the band sound on stage like it would on a pro produced CD. Another issue is most players think it’s no big deal to play way too loud no matter the venue or audience. I’ve been in situations where the club owner has complained and we didn’t get hired back, and the rest of the band still didn’t get it! So any other tips would be great. Thanks, Dave.

Comment on The Who Superbowl Halftime Show Review by KnarfO

KnarfO — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:06:33 +0000

Zach Starkey rocks the drums, but it makes me sad to see he won’t endorse Ludwig like his dad, (yet he happily rips off Ludwig’s signature Vistalite look on DW’s). He may have his dad beat in drum licks, but Ringo’s no sell-out.

:-/

Comment on The Most Important Instrument To Learn – The Piano by Matt Rushton

Matt Rushton — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:28:46 +0000

You’re absolutely right, I don’t know what I was thinking when I wrote the post. I’ve changed it so the tuning example is correct and thanks for pointing that out. -Matt-