I have this great idea for a Band?

[eddyg]

traditinal bands are boring now...
vocal, bass, guitar or 2, and drums....thats it...

but not me baby!

My band would have a vocal, guitarist,bass,drums,,,and a very secret instrument which will make all the difference in the world....

and nope it cannt be a Dg like linkin park, or slipknot, or limp bisket<whatever

its something better.....

oops run out off time...Ill leave it to you.give it a guess people.... :rolleyes:

[HDJ]

We're working on adding Mandolin to our hard rock/metal style.....Has that been done?

[Jimmi431]

one of my bands has a mandolin in, and an accordian. but its folk so a bit different. err cant really see it working to be honest but you know whatever floats yer boat.

[Jolly McJollyson]

how about a harpsicord?

[Kevin Taylor]

Skin Flute?

[Cryptic Excretions]

Mandolins have been done quite frequently. In fact, I'm planning on using a mandolin too, just as soon as I learn how to play mine. Perhaps it's a kazoo. Or maybe bagpipes. Xylaphone? Bongos? Harmonica? Maybe a brass instrument like the trumpet? Bugle, how about a bugle? Oh ****, I know!! Wind chimes!!! It's got to be the wind chimes!!

[alucard0941]

Be-bop...?

harp...?

noises made from bed...?

[elklandercc]

How about a dijirido.

[Jolly McJollyson]

Skin Flute?
But then you could only play venues that are 18+...

[crazywolf]

How about a dijirido.

That would be sweet! I actually plan on doing a song or two with a didgeridoo in my band. Too bad I made mine out of a PVC pipe, so it may not sound the greatest. I'll bet the "secret instrument" is the steel drums!

[Dr_simon]

Bag Pipes !!

Played badly and heavily amplified !

[Pantallica1]

Bag Pipes !!

Played badly and heavily amplified !

My ears hurt already!!

How about a Glockenspiel??

Clarinet?

Flute?

That one instrument that looks like a fish and you run a wooden stick over it and it makes a clickity-clack sound???

Who knows really?

[killerqueen]

spoons surely?! :eek:

[6strngs_2hmbkrs]

ok... I got it! an all out banjo solo!!!!!

[Akira]

No one mentioned....

.....THE TRIANGLE!!!! \m/ :cool: \m/

[moody_fa_loonie]

a bubble machine

[kingdavid]

In the end, the only thing that matters is what you want to express and how you go about expressing, whether you have a three piece and person band or a 200 person ochestra. If in the process of expressing yourself you end up playing fancy, exotic, uncommon instruments, it's all good. But don't go out and get exotic, fancy just for the sake of it. Ok, you could do that, and see how it goes. Just for the heck of it.
Anyway, you get my point.

[PRSplaya]

what about a Theremin? :confused:

[educatedfilm]

To hell with the instruments all together... STOMP! i wonder what's happened to stomp actually... *off to research that*
look at some of the people here though:
www.oddmusic.com

I dont know, but ive got a feeling that this instrument that you'll reveal will reveal a pointless attention seeking post... that's gotten a few responses though...

oh yeah, on the subject of dijiridoos http://www.oddmusic.com/dp3/index.html

[paradyme]

We're working on adding Mandolin to our hard rock/metal style.....Has that been done?

Spinal Tap did it. Stonehenge. Zeppelin used one for a few songs...

[paradyme]

and the only cure is COWBELL!

[elklandercc]

That would be sweet! I actually plan on doing a song or two with a didgeridoo in my band. Too bad I made mine out of a PVC pipe, so it may not sound the greatest. I'll bet the "secret instrument" is the steel drums!
stel drums has been done, a pvc dijirido sounds just as good as a wooden one, but cost much less. I have one and have played a wooden one before, the only real difference i found was loudness

[The Ace]

I say we take out all those instruments (guitar, bass, drums)


And replace with...

4 oboes = guitar
Bassoon = bass guitar
Timpani drums instead of a set


The "secret" instrument is... that weird metal thing with 2 handles that you swish back and forth to make cool sounds. What's that thing called?

[HDJ]

Spinal Tap did it. Stonehenge. Zeppelin used one for a few songs...

Yeah, Zeppelin used a mandolin a lot.....but our style is more heavy metal. The closest band we can be compared to is Corrosion Of Conformity, some say Black Label Society, and the engineer at the studio where we just recorded said we sound like a cross between Motorhead and Slayer...

[paradyme]

Yeah, Zeppelin used a mandolin a lot.....but our style is more heavy metal. The closest band we can be compared to is Corrosion Of Conformity, some say Black Label Society, and the engineer at the studio where we just recorded said we sound like a cross between Motorhead and Slayer...


Interesting combination- a cover of Ace of Spades with mandolin would rock!

[rockonn91]

mabie its me but i think it would be AWSOME to have a band with a steel drummer in it!!!!! that would be SO cool.... lol im dreaming again... theres a shortage of steel drums in richmond va.... lol :(

[Jolly McJollyson]

mabie its me but i think it would be AWSOME to have a band with a steel drummer in it!!!!! that would be SO cool.... lol im dreaming again... theres a shortage of steel drums in richmond va.... lol :(
No way! You're from Richmond??? I'm from Norfolk!

[Kutzki]

and the only cure is COWBELL!
YA
this dude is so right
the only cure is cowbell
thing is thou
blue oyster cult has done it
so its defenitly not the secret instrument
harpicord would be so rocken
but so would a piano
hehe
my guess would be a banjo
cus no one else said it....i think no one said it

[chucklivesoninmyheart]

How bout a grand piano?It would be great to hear a full rich piano sound instead of the fake keyboards and synths in some metal.

Specific backdrop sounds should be implemented more often...like the sound of the wind or a lava flow thru the whole song.

[6strngs_2hmbkrs]

YA
this dude is so right
the only cure is cowbell
thing is thou
blue oyster cult has done it
so its defenitly not the secret instrument
harpicord would be so rocken
but so would a piano
hehe
my guess would be a banjo
cus no one else said it....i think no one said it
hmm... check out what I wrote earlier in the post
ok... I got it! an all out banjo solo!!!!!

[Hamberg]

I would like to hear violin with distortion as a lead instrument in a rock band.

[dellon]

umm a spoon and a dish???
the radio????
the sound of gas?(fart)
snoring?
ahh wth i can't get it

[Re2point0]

a whistler?

harmonica?


a hotty pole dancing on stage, now I think that is the remedy


:D

[rockonn91]

No way! You're from Richmond??? I'm from Norfolk!

rock on man.


a hotty pole dancing on stage, now I think that is the remedy

ive gotta say hes got a point ther lol

[koRn_freAk]

piano? I duno :confused:

[Akira]

YA
this dude is so right
the only cure is cowbell
thing is thou
blue oyster cult has done it
so its defenitly not the secret instrument
harpicord would be so rocken
but so would a piano
hehe
my guess would be a banjo
cus no one else said it....i think no one said it

Fu Manchu also frequently use La Cloche de Vache!

[6strngs_2hmbkrs]

hmmm... at an audio adrenaline concert, they did a cowbell solo, it was pretty darn funny! :D

[1791]

We're working on adding Mandolin to our hard rock/metal style.....Has that been done?

sorry dude zeppelin already did it
:(

[Akira]

hmmm... at an audio adrenaline concert, they did a cowbell solo, it was pretty darn funny! :D

I would love to hear that. :eek:

[PonyOne]

i didn't read the entire however many pages are in this thread, just the first...

how about a tuba? or a melodica (which has been done before)? vibraphone (been done)? marimba?

[Pantallica1]

I got it!! Maybe it's a band with no instruments at all.

They just beat on pots and pans, and play on a homeade guitar!!!

Maybe.....???

[educatedfilm]

a friend of mine was telling me theres a composition, where the first part is 20years of silence... there's gotta be a few album's worth in silence...

there is an album made up of 1 and 2 minute silences... at first i lauged at the idea, but then the artist made a good case, it's not actually silence, like the one for princes diana, you can hear some body shout something, and you can hear some noises, but there are actually thousands of people there...

[Jolly McJollyson]

They just beat on pots and pans
Yeah, I've got the perfect "Pan" for them to beat on! PANtallica! And then I guess they can kick the crap out of Peter Pan as well... But first you.

PS. I'm on crack.

[Pantallica1]

Yeah, I've got the perfect "Pan" for them to beat on! PANtallica! And then I guess they can kick the crap out of Peter Pan as well... But first you.

PS. I'm on crack.

That was ingenious. A bit of a stretch, but nonetheless I'll give credit where credit is due.

[crazywolf]

I have no idea if this would be considered an instrument, and I have no idea what the name is...........but what about that "toy" that is a 2 feet long plastic tube. It makes a noise when it is tilded vertically, and another noise when it is fliped over. Its kinda like a crescendo and decrescendo noise.

[6strngs_2hmbkrs]

I have no idea if this would be considered an instrument, and I have no idea what the name is...........but what about that "toy" that is a 2 feet long plastic tube. It makes a noise when it is tilded vertically, and another noise when it is fliped over. Its kinda like a crescendo and decrescendo noise.
hee hee, those things are awesome!

[eddyg]

In the end, the only thing that matters is what you want to express and how you go about expressing, whether you have a three piece and person band or a 200 person ochestra. If in the process of expressing yourself you end up playing fancy, exotic, uncommon instruments, it's all good. But don't go out and get exotic, fancy just for the sake of it. Ok, you could do that, and see how it goes. Just for the heck of it.
Anyway, you get my point.

man. all of you people have sure ideas for a secret instrument...
I never would thought that some of you would get so exotic...

anyways..my so called secret instrument is a violen.....
maybe it has been done before with other bands and what not...


But im thinking of using it different, making it work with the riffs from a metal. ANd making it sound really good with an up-beat tempo(riffs)....and probably fast ones too .like metallica...or something...ethier way, it sounds beatiful by it self,,,just think how much can be...done....and using some effects on the violen it self
..then we're talking.

Thats what im thinking.......
IM SURE IT WILL WORK... :D

[PRSplaya]

I have no idea if this would be considered an instrument, and I have no idea what the name is...........but what about that "toy" that is a 2 feet long plastic tube. It makes a noise when it is tilded vertically, and another noise when it is fliped over. Its kinda like a crescendo and decrescendo noise.

Don't they call those things "rain sticks", because they sound similiar to when it's raining?

[Jolly McJollyson]

anyways..my so called secret instrument is a violen.....
maybe it has been done before with other bands and what not...
Dave Matthews.

Some metal bands have used it too...

Still, good idea. I tried to get a violinist a while back.

[Akira]

Ahh the violin. Yes it has been done before, but there's always new boundaries to explore (and break!). Go for it.

[KareBear]

How about a Dulcimer or a Sitar? That would be interesting!

[Jolly McJollyson]

That was ingenious. A bit of a stretch, but nonetheless I'll give credit where credit is due.
Wow, "ingenious!" Go me! :D ;)

[6strngs_2hmbkrs]

yeah, I've heard this one band... using a violin... but it sounds way more awesome, rather than adding a violin to a metal band, but to add an electric guitar to a classical type thing.. I heard this one band, they played classical music on an electric guitar with effects, it sounded awesome... it's like "re-mixing" soft calming slow songs into hard and heavy sounding, but still with the melody of the classical... it's hard to explain, but it was awesome.. I was going to look up some classical music to try on my electric guitar, but haven't gotten around to actually looking any up yet...

[6strngs_2hmbkrs]

but I think the best idea, would to have sound-effects from the game 'pac-man' playing throughout the song...

[Akira]

but I think the best idea, would to have sound-effects from the game 'pac-man' playing throughout the song...

...*twitch*...