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Are there any heavy/dense/full-sounding one-person acts?
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 11:41 pm
by gunslinger_burrito
In the title. I know there was a thread about duos a while back, but I'm curious if anyone knows of good one-person acts. I'm looking along the lines of heavy, metal, rock, etc...but anything you think is cool either. All I can think of off the top of my work-fried brain is Thrones. Saw him open for Old Man Gloom in Seattle and it was pretty fucking heavy for just being one dude up there.
Re: Are there any heavy/dense/full-sounding one-person acts?
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 11:47 pm
by Chankgeez
Um, yeah, saw that thread title and was gonna say, Joe Preston.
Re: Are there any heavy/dense/full-sounding one-person acts?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:04 am
by Big Mon
gunslinger_burrito wrote:In the title. I know there was a thread about duos a while back, but I'm curious if anyone knows of good one-person acts. I'm looking along the lines of heavy, metal, rock, etc...but anything you think is cool either. All I can think of off the top of my work-fried brain is Thrones. Saw him open for Old Man Gloom in Seattle and it was pretty fucking heavy for just being one dude up there.
PM me your address and I'll send you sumpin' that is sometimes heavy, sometimes gazey, sometimes black metallish, and sometimes nintendoey. All by one gai...you have to promise to get back in touch with me and tell me what you think,though
Re: Are there any heavy/dense/full-sounding one-person acts?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:22 am
by D.o.S.
Chankgeez wrote:Um, yeah, saw that thread title and was gonna say, Joe Preston.
Re: Are there any heavy/dense/full-sounding one-person acts?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:37 am
by jrmy
Does it have to be stuff that gets played live, or sounds like it could? There are some solid one-person projects here on ILF...
Re: Are there any heavy/dense/full-sounding one-person acts?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:39 am
by gunslinger_burrito
I'm looking for live, in this instance.
Preston used a bunch of amps, that's kind of a no-brainer. But besides that he just had a drum machine and a boomerang. I think.
I'm looking for ideas on how to get a bigger, fuller sound by myself in a live setting, since I can't find a goddamn drummer and/or practice space.
Re: Are there any heavy/dense/full-sounding one-person acts?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:40 am
by spacelordmother
DARSOMBRA
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF0ozsqmLpo[/youtube]
I'm kinda over the straight ahead looping with layers thing, but duuuuuude. Plus, 8 string Ric.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpi4E_qq1QI[/youtube]
Re: Are there any heavy/dense/full-sounding one-person acts?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 1:07 am
by Chankgeez
Yes, you will need an upright bass, an Echoplex, a Maestro Rhythm 'N Sound, a Boomerang wah and an Ampeg amplifier.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrd62ebitBo[/youtube]
Re: Are there any heavy/dense/full-sounding one-person acts?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 1:25 am
by Chankgeez
There's also the beginning of this:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fST51cC9PzQ[/youtube]
Re: Are there any heavy/dense/full-sounding one-person acts?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 1:59 am
by gunslinger_burrito
As long as I don't have to wear the suit.
@spacelordmother: that stuff's pretty cool. I, too, want to avoid overusing the loops and layers thing.... Although I wouldn't be opposed to using a sampler with pre-recorded sounds. Not riffs, just sounds.
Anything else?
Re: Are there any heavy/dense/full-sounding one-person acts?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 2:05 am
by D.o.S.
Last time I saw Lichens Rob Lowe was doing the one-man RC-20 thing. Shit was amazing.
Re: Are there any heavy/dense/full-sounding one-person acts?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 2:18 am
by gunslinger_burrito
Yeah! I wikipedia-ed him, because I forgot about him.... I had no idea he contributed to the second Twilight album! Holy shit! Good one.
Re: Are there any heavy/dense/full-sounding one-person acts?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 1:48 pm
by jfrey
There are a lot of good one man black metal acts. I think we had a thread about those a while back?
Re: Are there any heavy/dense/full-sounding one-person acts?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 1:55 pm
by aen
This is live, except the "overture"
http://theronaldraygun.bandcamp.com/album/abaddonIf I had been planning on recording I may have integrated some beats or something.
Re: Are there any heavy/dense/full-sounding one-person acts?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 2:10 pm
by skullservant
I need to actually RECORD some of the looping stuff I've been doing recently.. I was really happy with the results I was coming up with using a DL4 and a DD7 as loopers. Just need to figure out a way to store beats. Might see a RC2 in my future