loansindi 2009-09-07 17:55:36

god the trumpet player is shit.

FairSquare 2009-09-07 18:02:36

I have to agree with loansindi here.

Mich 2009-09-07 18:03:18

I feel like being more constructive than loans down here ;)

Everyone seems to play along pretty nicely for being improvisation; but the trumpet player just seems to randomly press the buttons (or whatever they're called) on his trumpet. =/ It might have been better without him. Sorry dude, if you're reading this.

TMM43 2009-09-07 18:03:52

Really interesting stuff man. I'd have to say, the 3rd video is probably my favorite. Very psychedelic. Reminded me of my Pink Floyd days. :P

Question, was the trumpet player playing? I feel like he would just chime in now and again... Nothing really special on his part. hahah

Overall cool stuff man. You did awesome on the drums. I think you and the guitar guy should keep playing, and maybe bring in the trumpet player every-so-often. :P

DJHarlock 2009-09-07 18:04:35

Awesome stuff! Truly inspiring (making my Jazzy stuff look like dogshit here D: )
Though I wish the brass were a bit stronger and more defining, I'm not really getting that take a solo and run with it feeling that the music is needing..

nal1200 2009-09-07 18:27:38

Did you recruit the pitiful trumpet player from this song?

<a href="http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/96855">http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/liste n/96855</a>

TOEZ 2009-09-07 18:30:37

Nice job.

nightsurfermusic 2009-09-07 18:38:30

Uh, well, the drummer was good, anyone who can do anything on a drumset is good. My only complaint was the trumpet player; didn't even sound halfway good. I've heard our elementary school's band play better than that.

EmperorCharlemagne 2009-09-07 19:03:08

Nice stuff, nice stuff!

In the songs, it seems your band jumps around a lot, with different styles and different ways of going about things... This is good, everyone likes variety... I would suggest that in your sons that are essentially jams, you have some sections of a 'chorus' that is more easily recognizable and more stable than the jam sections... Not knocking on the jam sections, I like them a whole lot... But in my eyes, somewhere to go back to allows the song to have a sense of substance about it. If you did have such sections, i couldn't tell. However, in some spots, he seemed rather out of tune.

The band is not too shabby... I though, the sound quality of the video doesn't really let me hear the trumpet player all to well, so I can't ascertain whether all these complaints are true or not. Must be my ears.

As to jam/improv... those are good, but you might want to write your songs with a solid backbone in place, rather than completely ad lib. Just allows things to grow from a controlled point, as opposed to just spontaneously, which can hurt a song. For example, instead of just ad libbing, write an actual part for trumpet to give your player something to work with... I think you can see that some people work better that way. When the jazz band I played in gave me a solo (and those were pitifully rare... I played piano, too), I didn't get too fancy, but I had a framework to work off of, and I benefited from that. I think your brass player can too.

I liked the first song on the third segment.

All in all, good stuff.

YouriX 2009-09-07 19:06:22

Well i have to agree with the others the trumpet has to go. like..... right now!

Will 2009-09-07 19:44:44

Well, apart from the obviously confused trumpet player, the music is pretty solid! At least in my opinion, the band manages to generally hold itself together (which, honestly, is something that many improv bands can't say about themselves). Which instrument are you playing, may I ask?

Phoog 2009-09-07 19:47:20

The trumper (lol) is just missing pazzaz, passion, enthusiasm.
It's all nice, but with a horribly horny (lol) noise layered on the top of it.
Gah. It's like a dog humping my leg.
I don't like it one bit.

Syntrus 2009-09-07 21:29:59

I'm a trend whore so I always post where the other regs post1 :D

Cool band the trumpet player should spin his trumpet around and play it the correct way....

nice drums do you have a higher end version of the drums I could fruity slice up.

Grandvision 2009-09-08 02:20:03

It's good, not a nice start to a band but I've got to agree with the rest. The trumpter player just sucks. Give him some tips, point him in the right direction. Make him practice more and he'll get the hang of it.

SolusLunes 2009-09-08 07:12:37

For the most part, fairly enjoyable. Liked the improv, but the trumpet player didn't seem to have his heart in it- tbh, I don't know. :p

FlamingFirebolt 2009-09-08 11:59:35

Lol nice band, however
who picked that trumpet player? Beethoven? jeez

FlamingFirebolt 2009-09-08 12:00:03

also everything was awesome but you need to get rid of the trumpet player

Grub-Xer0 2009-09-09 02:09:58

NYC FTW D00d

EchozAurora 2009-09-10 03:11:31

Sweet jams man.

Minus the failhorn of course. Some people can improv well.. some can't. Maybe you could.. write stuff for the trumpet to play? Or hand him sheet music.

My personal suggestion is John Cage's 4'33". ;D

therealanimator 2009-09-11 13:38:23

replace the trumpet player other than that you have a great sound.