Chris_W
(Colchester)
Saturday 18 Mar 2017, 11:42am
Afterthought are searching for a drummer to replace our previous who left due to other commitments.
There's a good variety of styles that can be incorporated into our music with sections ranging from soft, acoustic/piano melodies, through to dropped d riffs with space for musical drum fills to emphasise the guitar patterns. We write stuff in different time signatures, so an ability to adapt to that is essential. We have basic ideas for drum patterns for those sections, so if playing in 5/4 or 7/8 isn't something you're used to, we have a foundation you can build upon.
Our old material can be found at www.soundcloud.com/afterthoughtbanduk but they are with an old lineup. We now have a pianist/keyboardist in place and we are currently looking for a new vocalist (and possibly lead guitar). I don't think anything on soundcloud contains any oddly timed sections, that's more a part of the newer material we're writing now.
You can have as much or as little influence on the song writing as you like. If you have lyrical or melodic ideas, all the better. If you just want to focus on the drums as the song develops, that's fine too.
2 covers we would like to incorporate into our sets if possible and would give another good indication of the direction of our sound are Blackest Eyes by Porcupine Tree and Mask Machine by Flying Colors.
Other favourites include Muse, Metallica, Rush, The Neal Morse Band, Blackfield, The Mars Volta, Coheed and Cambria, Frank Turner, Coldplay, Alter Bridge, Anethema, Angels and Airwaves, Foo Fighters, Band of Skulls, Pink Floyd, Feeder, Evanescence, Steven Wilson, Steve Hacket, Yes, Genesis and many many more
Hope to hear from YOU soon. Yes YOU!
Chris (rhythm guitar)