Wildphil
(Newry)
Saturday 2 Jun 2018, 3:09pm
Hello! I'm looking for people to try out a bit of a wacky idea - I've always enjoyed it when music is presented in a context that's radically different but not totally alien to the original idea! Think Hayseed Dixie, Richard Cheese, Dread Zepplin etc...
Well, Infected Mushroom are my favourite music act of all time (probably not yours!) and seem to have great skill in making other people's music their own - check out their Riders On the Storm, Breaking the Habit or The Pretender! So, the basic idea is to take their music and arrange it for a 'rock band' - they themselves have performed several of their own pieces like this but I think some adventurous musicians could have alot of fun using extended and creative techniques, really pushing playing to the limits to capture their music and use real instruments to recreate it fairly faithfully live!
If you've read this much but can't really picture it, listen to this tell me you don't think this sounds like fun waitin to happen for a band! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIw-2rjoLnY It's very easy to imagine how it would sound! Here's one that I think would be absolutely epic too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9sB6T29xkI and here's one that's just askin for bein played by a rock-type band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWoQ9SZBhWs I have a long, long list of candidates equal to those three for transformation!
I myself am a multi instrumentalist and am equally happy playin drums, bass and guitar with years of live and studio experience at home and abroad, and I throw my hat into the ring with singing. Ideally i would say multi instrumentalists would suit this band best as some of us might be more able to use a particular technique on one particular instrument (say, sweep picking on guitar, tapping on bass or double kick drum) to open a song up to being included in the set. We'd all need to contribute vocally at some points, but only one of us would need to be a good confident singer - a female voice would be alot of use too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNOZw9WByGg
Anyway, think about it. If you want to really try something fresh, something different, something challenging, something fun for all and something rewarding I really think this could be just what you're looking for! Here's a few more tunes if you're seriously interested I reckon would go down well with most crowds. Looking forward to any reply!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zXJ0LlEmX4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih0SaC_rrbA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMEMotxx4nk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJTzwei0VWQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_bpKA00W_g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37KEy0iReTM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uLK4hDJC84
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wws6F4fWQs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4YvkZeLrjs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnXVIsMimHY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAB_PKc1KAc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6MVnZVXOZU