This Is a Band

What’s new

Delta bombers show

Alex’s Bar

progress

Cajon

Live setup for 2-piece

What configuration?

What instruments?

Who’s on what?

Busking

Spiritualized

Sing while drumming

Demo instrumentation vs. live

Backing tracks

Busking vs. stage

Video backing w/ projector

Midi drums vs. real drums

The shed

Malted milk blues band - live video 

Living in the dorms

Dorm reunion

MMBB reunion shows

Real drum backing tracks

Video mixer

B-roll 

Luke plays “Cannonball” snippet 

Backing tracks for Ryan songs

Luke documents stuff all the time

Need a new shoebox

Starting it’s the funnest part

Workflow to finish Luke songs

Ryan hasn’t been spending much time on music

Jamming

Ryan finds song thru recording

Luke finds song thru jamming

Ryan to work on backing tracks for Luke songs

Luke would rather play drums than bass

Recording real drums is a hurdle

MIDI drums more accessible

Composing drums with MIDI vs. playing

4 Luke songs ready for backing tracks

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Ruminating, muscle memory, and mediocrity. Pick something. Good for him, though. Bass vs. guitar. "Rent Free" and "Crushed Again."

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210827 - ep 118

Wrestling with our demons past and present. Early version of "Crushed Again." Thoughts on Long Beach, Rage Against the Machine vs. Nirvana, Modest Mouse. Columbia memories. Bass part for "Rent Free."

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210822 - ep 117

The Long Beach Strut, Time and Trouble, Rent Free, A Dull Ache, Fuckin Durrrrty, Lucky

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210815 - ep 116

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210801 - ep 115

Ryan recaps his summer trip to Pennsylvania and Missouri. Talk of old friends from Columbia days.

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210725 - ep 114

Quick catch up while Ryan is in Erie, Pennsylvania. Luke "Road Song" update & performance. Luke finds his lane. Plan next meet up. Ryan wants to record. Maintenance. Luke's tapes to be digitized. Ryan's Video8 stash. Cassette to digital workflow. Plan LA trip. Wrap up.

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210718 - ep 113

Recap and reactions to Luke's visit to Washington and our first in-person practice. Moving on. Discuss "Strand Life," "Easy For You," "Rent Free." Busking ideas. Side-by-side one-man bands? Ryan showed up a year early to a Ween show. Backing tracks. Traditional grip. "Strand Life" performance. Americana / Indie / genres / labels. Luke's songwriting strategy. "How To Be A Cowboy" performance. Next steps.

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210705 - ep 112

Planning for our first in-person practice. Includes bits of "Snow Route," "A Dull Ache."

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210620 - ep 111

Ryan gets a mini acoustic bass. Luke finds a guitar in his closet.

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210612 - ep 110