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Band Technique: Playing to a Click
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 8:36 am
by H-GM_Archive
[waits for it]
Band Technique: Playing to a Click
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 9:12 am
by SecondEdition_Archive
randy5235 wrote:Wow man I post my opinion on the use of click track ( in which I mention my opinion and process) and not just one but two people bitch at me.
Cool thanks!
What's your idea of Punk Rock? a band that can't keep their instruments in tune or play in time? I guess if the band can actually play their instruments not punk rock some how? Gimme a break.. They are a good band that has something to say. They want a good sounding album. They believe in busting their ass to get their music out there. Pre-production involved mostly me sitting in on their practice sessions to listen to them and getting them a click to practice to. Heaven forbid I take an active interest in the artists I work with. ...
Randy
Well, if you really want to know: My "idea" of punk rock is that it takes all kinds.
Mostly a band that "can't keep their instruments in tune or play in time", as you say, would suck; however, you did not take into account that most punk rock of bands, Flipper, who most often were out of tune and time and were still better than most any punk band anyone would care to name. "I guess if the band can actually play their instruments not punk rock some how?" No. Black Flag could play their instruments and they are punk rock. What does this have to do with anything, anyway? Why bring that shit up?
The issue is click-tracks. I believe that click-tracks make a band performance more stilted and saps band chemistry by forcing all the musicians to play along with rigid time and not each other. Time can and does fluctuate - slightly. Most times it does not, and should not, matter. It's almost always a better performance if you're playing along with a drummer, not a metronome.
Band Technique: Playing to a Click
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 5:44 pm
by japmn_Archive
Crap... Crap... Crap... Crap... Crap... Crap... Crap...
"Crap-track"
Band Technique: Playing to a Click
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 9:01 pm
by bomberz1qr20_Archive
randy5235 wrote:
Wow man I post my opinion on the use of click track ( in which I mention my opinion and process) and not just one but two people bitch at me.
Cool thanks!
I didn't bitch at you, Creampuff.
I made a sarcastic comment about the band you worked with. Take it personally if you want to.
I need not defend punk rock. Neither should you.
Band Technique: Playing to a Click
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 3:52 pm
by givemenoughrope_Archive
The click is for practice. If you practice with a click you don't need a click.
The Melvins or Sabbath or Count Basie with a click would suck the life right out.
Band Technique: Playing to a Click
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 3:55 pm
by enframed_Archive
king crimson use(d) a click live.
Band Technique: Playing to a Click
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:01 pm
by Marsupialized_Archive
What about playing to a dick?
Band Technique: Playing to a Click
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 5:00 pm
by japmn_Archive
Marsupialized wrote:What about playing to a dick?
Dick Tracks are what's left on the sheets after an... encounter.
AKA. Snail Trails and Pecker Prints
Band Technique: Playing to a Click
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 5:16 pm
by Marsupialized_Archive
japmn wrote:Marsupialized wrote:What about playing to a dick?
Dick Tracks are what's left on the sheets after an... encounter.
AKA. Snail Trails and Pecker Prints
I was thinking more like the drummer is an asshole, but ok
Band Technique: Playing to a Click
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 6:05 pm
by givemenoughrope_Archive
Whenever a band plays to a click live (Flaming Lips, Battles "Atlas") it sounds boring.
Is there a program that can spit out a click that varies a bit? There must be.