I have learned a lot too being a one man band. 1. No more material being rejected. 2. You can work at your own pace. 3. You don't have a deadline when material is due. 4. No band or band practice drama. 5. I am actually happier writing by myself and I have noticed that my writing process and morale has really improved also realizing that there are no expectations. 6. If my material doesn't make the cut, it's because I felt it wasn't a strong enough piece.
One man band in general depends on genre. Metal is probably more judgemental because we all love seeing the whole band. But a one man band is still badass. Takes guts. I play Goth Rock, Deathrock and Darkwave so I have some leeway with vocals. Love your Joy Division shirt btw!
I'm in the same boat; I appreciate you sharing from your experience! I've been live streaming with a backing track for a while now and I'm in the process of letting up a live rig; hoping to play my first few shows this year. I'll keep in mind what you said!
Thanks for that insight on what being a one man band is about, helped me out alot. You should also make a vid on how to go about writing songs or at least how u personally approach writing riffs and all that good stuff. Thanks alot man, keep up the good work 👌
Thank you for watching, I'll look into doing something like that once I finish some things I'm working on.
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Pretty interesting. I think it's pretty cool that you decided to play shows solo like this. In the past I've thought about doing this as well, since I've had trouble finding local musicians to work with, especially drummers. So this seems like a great way to get things done. I'm no longer looking to play shows anymore as I've accepted being a studio musician. But I definitely recognize the effort and motivation to pull this off.
Hey man great video! Thank you for sharing your experience I started as Acoustic Rock/Metal but now I really want to move to the one man band level, having some backing tracks of Drums and Bass and do the Guitar and Vocals myself. Any tips you could give me on what equipment would I need and how to make it work?
Hey, thanks for watching! My favorite setup/easiest setup was an old Macbook with an SSD running Reaper for mono backing tracks and preset changes for a POD X3 Live (now I would probably use an HX Stomp or a Headrush MX5) running into FOH. I also had my mic running into a BOSS VE-5 for effects and an old iPod with backing tracks as a backup. This setup was quick, sound guys loved the ease of setting it up and it always sounded great.
Thank you for watching this! For the live tracks, I remove every guitar part I'll be playing live and I move the rhythm guitar/backing leads to the center of the mix and turn them down slightly, everything then gets mixed down into a mono track because dive bars don't care about stereo mixing. For vocals, I remove everything and only leave parts with heavy decaying echo/delay, I try to sing/scream everything I recorded. I also add some slight changes to each track to know when to come in. This way, everything hits like the studio version, but in a live setting.
I applaud you for being bold enough to step out as a solo act. Thank you for sharing all the great information that you've learned along the way. I too am considering venturing out as a solo act playing classic rock. Do you use any special program apps to setup your mp3 set? How bout your guitar setup?? Again, thks for sharing! 🎸🎸🎸👍
Thanks for checking it out! Honestly, nothing special, the less complicated your gear is, the faster your setup/tear down time is and also makes your gear reliable during your set. When I used a POD, this was my setup ru-vid.com?o=U&video_id=Xpzo0bpzFEM Other times, it was just the same set in a single .MP3 file on my iPod or phone, which was set to airplane mode. My guitar setup varied, but it was always simple, Guitar, pedals and a mic'd amp. Hope that helps!
any advice on how to be a one man band? I've been thinknig about writing my own thrash, but no one in my area is interested and im getting desperate :/
100% go for it. I waited a few years because I thought I had to have other members to write those parts, which was a waste of time. There are so many options now in regards to drum tracks and MIDI jam packs (Toontrack being the one I personally use) that can help you at least develop and record an idea or demo.
