Comments | djprocyon: More Rantage

djprocyon

More Rantage

Jul 21, 2007 03:14

I've been thinking a lot about how much backing tracks are used in the goth/industrial/alternative scene recently. It was after a conversation with Rob about bands he's witnessed recently, who aren't actually playing instruments at all. And I just thought to myself, 'well, gawd, I'm a bit of a rubbish keyboard player, but I'm actually quite proud ( Read more... )

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human3rror July 21 2007, 10:43:39 UTC

I don't have to ask what band that was =P
But yeah, I agree totally with you on that one!

djprocyon July 22 2007, 00:10:51 UTC

Haha yeah, uhmm, sorry I never replied to your txt, still no credit... :S
And don't worry :) Still had a good laugh with some of my mates, so it wasn't a wasted evening or anything!

rose_drop July 21 2007, 12:45:56 UTC

jean michel jarre was a fraud...

djprocyon July 21 2007, 14:50:01 UTC

Ya long-haired bastard!!! ;P

selectnone July 21 2007, 14:45:32 UTC

It -can- be a bit dull having just a guy singing on stage or whatever, so I can see why they'd want their tech-support guy hanging around, if only to reboot the laptop while the front-man distracts the crowd.
People -expect- to see some band playing the music, if only just to have a variety of people to stare at, and hey, it's nice to have emotional support up there.

I think that if a band (well... the people that stand around behind the guy that originally recorded the music, anyway) are just there for set-dressing, they should be more obvious about it and "play" giant foam vegetables instead.

djprocyon July 21 2007, 14:53:43 UTC

Yeah, or at least make some sort of thing out of it... I remember there was this one guy who played in Edinburgh for a while, who basically got shot of the rest of his band, and had drums, bass and keyboards all running off a mini-disc, but of course that was fine cause everyone knew the circumstances.
It's when bands use backing tracks to make up for a profound lack of motivation that really gets my goat!

scratchmeharder July 21 2007, 19:39:46 UTC

This have anything to do with Emilie Autumn? :P

human3rror July 22 2007, 10:28:09 UTC

No worries about the credit situ - I knew you didn't have any but just texted you anyway! =P

Ughhh my weekend has sucked (pity me in my last LJ entry Seamus!) =(
Hope your weekend has been better than mine!

xxx