SPP Lonely Hearts Club Band

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May 26, 2009 3:21 AM #425233
First chair French horn in one of the top concert bands in the state.

I can play trumpet, French horn, baritone, flugelhorn, mellophone, cornet.

You've got me on trombone though.
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May 27, 2009 2:54 AM #425852
If you still need people, I can do both art and lyrics. I am an artist with words, skillfully forming them like..

i also have a really, really good internet humour!RIGHT? RIGHT?
i can actually also do backing vocals, as I used to take singing lessons last year, and also was in a choir.

also, i haven't really read through the thread, so you may have answered this, but how are you doing this? will it be a joint, where people add their instrument one by one? If so, the first one should specify key and meter, so we don't screw up royally on that part, and lyrics should be written and added after the instruments.
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May 27, 2009 3:17 AM #425865
For the sake of simplicity I'd stick with 4/4 time. And as far as the key is concerned, uh... I don't know, C major/A minor is probably the best choice, but even as an instrumentalist I don't think any key is inherently simpler to play in than others.

We don't have any music writers on board, it seems.. I'd also be willing to do that, and my favorite keys are G major, F# minor and Eb major. I can probably write in any key, though, so it's not too much of a concern.
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May 27, 2009 3:25 AM #425870
Oh, and I'll also be willing to do some art for this if needed.
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May 27, 2009 3:36 AM #425878
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For the sake of simplicity I'd stick with 4/4 time. And as far as the key is concerned, uh... I don't know, C major/A minor is probably the best choice, but even as an instrumentalist I don't think any key is inherently simpler to play in than others.

We don't have any music writers on board, it seems.. I'd also be willing to do that, and my favorite keys are G major, F# minor and Eb major. I can probably write in any key, though, so it's not too much of a concern.


No keys are really easier or harder than another, as you said, but the musicians need to know them, as certain tones are dissonant in certain keys, and I assume most of the people here don't know which these are. Take for example C minor (which in my opinion is the coolest key). A C minor scale is made up of the tones C, D, E-flat, F, G, A-flat, B-flat and C (try playing an A instead of A-flat, it will be dissonant). Now, if half of the musicians follow this, and the other half don't, we'll get ourselves a really weird piece. I'm not saying it's holy shit impossible to break the key rules, but in order to stay on the safe side, I suggest we shouldn't. In that sense, C major and A minor is probably the easiest, as you said, as people can just remember not to use any flat or sharp tones.
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May 27, 2009 3:46 AM #425883
I don't have any authority over this group, but if I did I wouldn't let in anyone who can't stick to one key signature. There's enough people here to cover the significant instruments necessary and anyone who'd be playing the less important ones have no place in this project if they can't play a simple diatonic scale.
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May 27, 2009 4:45 PM #426329
Are there any spots still open?
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May 28, 2009 10:00 AM #426813
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Are there any spots still open?

I lol'd hard.
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May 28, 2009 11:56 AM #426857
wats so funy? i wont too lern hoe too play a ensteurnment
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May 29, 2009 2:51 AM #427180
ok, well out for guitar, but in for trumpet
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May 29, 2009 7:40 AM #427294
can i DJ? like edit n shit. and mix tracks and possibly make a remix?
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May 29, 2009 4:28 PM #427557
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wats so funy? i wont too lern hoe too play a ensteurnment

u ned 2 lern to STOP USING NOOBSPEAK.

bcus is not funi
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can i DJ? like edit n shit. and mix tracks and possibly make a remix?

I don't know if remixing is a good idea.
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May 29, 2009 4:42 PM #427570
Yeh, probably not. it wouldn't fit would it :\
Eh, i could change a few things, maybe put a bass in (if there isn't a bass, but if there is i could change it) and maybe a bit of trance.
You never know, lol :P

EDIT: Raffi...
http://raffi.rickrolld.me/
...i hate you!
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May 30, 2009 3:41 PM #428309
tee hee
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May 30, 2009 3:50 PM #428318
lol :P