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Ahntoraj
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Posted: 2006-01-13 06:40 CET | |
Me and a few friends are forming a ska band and Im looking for some tips to get the ball rolling . We are going for an all around sound ; pretty much everything from two-tone to ska-core . Any help would be appreciated .  Thanks -Ahntoraj |
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Ahntoraj
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Posted: 2006-01-13 06:53 CET | |
| I kind of meant to ask about the trombone part . Does anyone have tips on coming up with melodies ? | ||
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trombonist dave
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Posted: 2006-01-15 05:52 CET | |
| Just find something that fits the trumpet and or sax part. If not, play the same as the trumpet and or sax. | ||
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Max
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Posted: 2006-03-13 00:31 CET | |
| What we did (our horn section is trombone, 2 trumpets and a tenor sax), is we got together and screwed around in a friends basement (not like that >__>) untill we found a melody we liked, then wrote it down, sometimes wrote harmonies or countermelodies for it, othertimes just left it unison. Just try to find something that everyone likes. And remember...it doesn't have to be like everything else out there. What makes a lot of music great is how it's different from the flow. | ||
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RCT2head
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Posted: 2006-03-15 01:49 CET | |
| wish it was that easy for me... i'm the only hornline so far, can't find a bassist or a sax... and haven't even begun looking for a trumpet... i'm in band, but there's not alotta ppl i'd consider for anything, and those i've asked aren't able to... | ||
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skanking max
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Posted: 2006-04-27 06:37 CET | |
| All I can suggest to come up with horn lines is just to have Jam sessions (just kinda do a jazz improv sort of thing) and record them, and then listen to it and find a melody that you and your band like then write it out. Don't even worry about hitting wrong notes or anything since you and your band will be the only ones who hear it. | ||
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widby
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Posted: 2006-05-16 18:54 CET | |
| yea, just jamming can be good. if anything, it lets you all be comfortable round each other whilst playing an instrument. If you struggle for lines, take inspiration from other songs, and turn them into your own. Basically sample songs, but make it your own. | ||
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One Night Stand
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Posted: 2006-05-17 12:00 CET | |
| i started a band around here it's called one night stand & well after this year is over im gunna be on soprano bone to replace our trumpet guy. should be some great fun but i posted just to ask if anyone knows which company makes the best soprano (not alto). | ||
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One Night Stand
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Posted: 2006-05-24 02:36 CET | |
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http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=79910372&ifid=79910372&indicate=2 check the band out...not the best recording ever but it'll do for now |
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zapscheerens
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Posted: 2006-05-29 19:27 CET | |
| In my ska band I play trombone and basically lead the band. All the melodies are mine, and the Sax and Trumpet harmonize to it. Its great, we dont even have a singer yet. | ||
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mr smiley
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Posted: 2006-07-23 06:49 CET | |
| My band played a show last night. There were 25 people in attendance and not a single one disliked it. they were goin nuts. We only played two covers and it was me being the only horn, but everyone thought we were amazing. just goes to show all you need is one horn that can lead the band. Of course, i have three horns in my band, they just couldnt attend | ||
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Max
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Posted: 2006-08-06 05:41 CET | |
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@ playing without all the horns. It really depends on what you play. We have songs that are all unison, and that it would soung alright even with just a single horn. there are others, though...they're harmonized and if you don't have the root player, than you're royally screwed. Se we just make sure to double the root part and make everyone show up. 
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RCT2head
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Posted: 2006-08-07 17:19 CET | |
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so yeah... when i last posted in this, i hadn't been in my band... so now a few months of me being in my awesome band, the couch-jumpers, has taught me that perfection on everything isn't needed, it's better to hit the right note or melody and just keep workin on it to make it better than to do a clean sweep all at once... that, and to follow the bass pattern for notes, and then just screw around until u can play something that sounds good... it's really all dependant on the musical abilites of everyone to what u wanna do... our non-horns were playing the riffs to sweet home alabama, and i put in a 4 minute bone solo before we actually got the lyrics rolling... and insteadda guitar solo, cause our guitarist hates that song, i put another solo in it... and i think i wrote too much
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