MSUsousaphone wrote:Tear that shit up, hoy. Get involved and rip that shit all over the place.
I think we also need to figure out our collective vision. When I first started jamming with these guys it was "looking for musicians that are into Free Jazz", and while there are elements of Fusion in our music,...the Free Jazz aspect has kinda gotten lost. The song that we tried to arrange was in that mellow-ish free jazz aspect that devolved into chaos. (I also can't walk a bassline to save my life).
We've just never sat down and discussed our identity,...it just sorta took over out of frustration from trying to write songs. If we focused we could flesh out a vision and I definitely think it would probably be a Lightning Bolt ripoff, which I have no problem with cept to say that that hasn't happened.
What I really love is the "from the heart" and organic aspect of Mecha Shiva. We don't know what's going to happen when we take a stage. Our audience is the least suspecting and while it may turn a lot of people off,...the people that it turns on are the people we are hoping to hook. There are always at least 2 or 3 people at the end of our set that have never seen us before and they are just drop jawed; like "WTF just happened,....What was that,...what did I just witness". I'm all for coming up with a concept but at the same time,...I don't want to lose that meaningful shock value.
Just off on a tangent,....w/ regard to TBFX,....since I've come back from vacation,....I'm able to filter out the signal to noise and am actually enjoying checking out the new pedalboards that are cropping up in the PYPB threads and contributing my experiences and knowledge. I'm willing to cut that place a little slack nowadays.
What I'm noticing is that a lot of users will come in,...pose a question,...then abandon ship. Often times I'll post what I think is helpful information. Maybe a little wordy but I take my time,...make sure I'm getting my ducks in a row on the research and proofreading. I'll put in all this effort and there is often times no retort. I don't want to seem like an attention whore but if the whole idea of a discussion forums is to DISCUSS and people either ignore are show no gratitude for the sharing of knowledge and experience,...what is there to compel me to share said knowledge and experience.
I guess moving forward,...if someone has a difficult question I'll just let someone else waste their time answering it.
Maybe it's a result of the size of TB or the general frowning upon of going off target,...but the good people of ILF; whether they are guitarists or bassists,...seem to be generally gracious with and appreciative of the fostering of diatribe and banter.
Behn,...hows dah toofisez?
