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This seems like a non metal band with a metal guitar player who couldn't find a metal group to play with and they're doing this song just because he likes playing it.
This is so surreal seeing this on this channel in 2024. This was actually at a high school battle of the bands, circa 2009-2010. I think these guys were sophomores/juniors at the time. I know this because I also went there and played in a different band at this exact show haha (I was a senior). Sadly I am not the redhead that makes an appearance at 17:09. You're right that the singer does actually have a great voice - he was one of the lead singers in the school's choir which definitely suit his voice better. As for the 'with 5 more band practices and they could sound legit', I wanna say it was a pretty quick around time between when this event actually got confirmed and when the performance was, only a month or two, so finding bandmates, picking songs, and practicing was definitely a bit of a tight schedule all things considered. Was still a fun time and this brought back so many memories lol.
Thats awesome...yeah having a good time and making memories is the most important part of these things. I think dude gives great advice w/o totally shredding the poor guys. Weve all been in these bands and situations if you are a musician.
For sure I had a friend that got into and his were like this when he wanted to show me them I was like do you mind if I setup this kit for you to be efficient with and explained conservation of motion and energy what not after I dialed it in he loved it. Sometimes it'd a teachable moment just depends
New drinking game: Whenever Mike anecdotally says, "When I used to teach lessons" or "When I played with my old band" you have to do a shot. He drops both of these anecdotes in every single video.
Well, because he did. He's trying to relate why he knows what he does. He's not just some noob who doesn't have any reference to relate his suggestions to. If this is your first time watching, you may not know that already.
He is doing that to come off as if he can relate to sucking this bad so if gives him more cred to criticize without coming off as arrogant or narcessitic.. He does a great job at that. He is perfect for this series. Think of the contrast with Stevie T for example who is so brutal... but even then still tries a little to have empathy.
Love the stick count, just reminds me of Only Fools and Horses with Mental Mickey who is the vocalist telling the Drummer Rodney... "Oi Rodney I Do the ONE TWO THREE FOURS"
Drummer looks like he s used to practicing at home and trying to keep the noise down lol,Btw your band looked really profesisonal and remember you won the crowd over .
This series made me realize how much experience, skills, coordination and practice it takes to pull off a good live performance. Definitely gonna pull away from my school's talent show now, but that's a good thing now that we saw the flaws of the bands featured here, we could improve ourselves so that maybe one day we could shock everyone in the crowd, one day.
Doing the school talent show is a good stepping stone for other performances even if you haven't done one before. Also, the bar is lower so it's can be low stakes.
I agree with the others for a few reasons (as long as you are not all complete beginners). It gives you a goal to work towards but more importantly, if you don't do it this time, it'll be easier to make excuses for not doing next time either. Playing live is a great (learning) experience in itself.
Some of the missed riffs and things here and there wouldn’t be a problem if they sorted out the big things. If I’m watching a cover band I’m really not concerned that they didn’t get some of the detail right if the song was basically solid. I think my top 3 fixes would be to ditch the keyboard, get the guitarist a clean tone and work on the drums. Most of the other stuff would then be icing on the cake
Yeah if they're going to play songs like this, I'd even say the keyboard player should start to learn some basic rhythm guitar. It's not that hard to songs like this just to fill in the basics and thicken the sound so the main guitar doesn't end up sounding so thin. Then as you say with solid drums and the basics right, it wouldn't be a half decent cover.
@@mode1charlie170 not at all. The vocals were fine and the guitar playing was fine too, just needed to be able to switch in and out of a clean tone. The bass was good enough as well, so no it’s not change everything
As someone who filmed a bunch of bands for a music school, your critique provides a great opportunity for bands to learn what they are doing right and wrong. It's hard for bands that are just starting out to realize how crucial filming or recording your sessions and shows to learn how much different they sound from the audience perspective -vs- how is sounded on stage.
I love how you are always willing to include rather humbling clips of your old band alongside the clips of the bands you are critiquing. It shows humility and that your true goal is for the bands to grow, rather than just picking apart all their faults. I love this series.
Another thing to keep in mind with a lot of these bands is that it could be their very first time on stage, so you're naturally going to be quite stiff. I remember my very first time on stage and I was nervous as hell. I had to use the house amp for my guitar and it was voiced so differently to what I was used to. During our cover of Toxicity when I switched to clean it was such a massively different sound to what I was used to it completely threw me off and lost my place in the riff. I pulled it back but it was very noticeable lol.
I remember some of my first performances I would get so nervous that my hands and arms would get stiff and I felt I could barely play. Forget trying to correct little mistakes or stage presence, I felt like I was fighting my own body to just keep playing. So yeah, you need a few shows under your belt to just get used to being up there.
I remember mine, i play bass. I was drunk to point that trying to play disco beat with tapping in middle of "have you ever seen the rain" seemd like best idea ever. Not so much stress, whole lot of fun. Didnt drink even 1 beer on stage after this.
I was nervous as hell at my first gig, but instead of making me stiff I was bouncing off the walls. I played like crap, but the energy of pure terror was enough to get the crowd into it.
Love catching these videos fresh Mike. Have to give that bass player some props, may have disappeared in that solo but his parts were decent and he managed to overcome having no consistency out of his drummer to lay into. Enjoying these a lot man thanks a lot
He seemed to be the only one that actually knew the song. As soon as I realized the guitarist was not playing that _guitar_ solo, I could hear the bassist playing it, and he even played some of Hammett's licks from that solo, as best he could on the bass.
I love seeing these FTB vids, I played this song before playing lead, so it's nice to see Mike point out some inconsistencies that I even I and my drummer had and didn't know we had. Love the effort you put into this series!
I'm going to say - this RU-vid channel is the best out there for taking bands and musicians, that are stuck in intermediate, and looking to find out the details that will make them sound pro. There are so many minor flubs that bands can be ok with, and it ends up sounding like every other bar band. Great channel for bands starting out, gigging and want to get better, or pro and needing to reach that next level of sound. I've said it before, so here it is again, the attention to detail here is top tier. The only other person I know who gave songs this level of attention was my brother. And his teacher was a student of Segovia, so he had such a huge jump start on how to play.
It's almost like it's a school gig and everyone has to use the music teacher as a drummer, and he's an 80 year old, classically trained guy who's had a week to learn each band's song
I'm glad you spent a lot of time discussing the cover band's intro to the song. A big part of what makes Metallica Metallica, and what sets them apart from a lot of their peers, is their arrangements. You mess with those at your own peril.
"I'm trying to imagine how they'll play Enter Sandman with a keyboard instead of another guitar" Well. They didn't do it very well. But Ghost on the other hand, oh my! :)
This is my new favorite series on youtube right now but that being said i would like to see you critique a band thats actually halfway decent. Already kinda good. Not these bands that are super far away from being there.
I've seen guitar players do the bass solo in For Whom the Bell Tolls (while I look at the bass player judgingly, lol), but I've never seen a bass player do the guitar solo for Enter Sandman, haha.
I love watching ur videos soo much. So much to learn and watch. And ur tricks really have improved my playing skills, especially downpicking. Thanks Mike
Spectacular! Love that you are always looking at the bright side of the bands and aiming at improvement more than making fun of them! Great reviews! I can tell you learned a lot by making mistakes and going through wwhat most of these people are going through (paying your dues)...brings a lot of credibilitty to your channel!
I need to set my drums up like that first band’s drummer so people think I suck, then I blow them away lol. This is the first time seeing your channel, and I think you’re doing a real service to young bands. You have definitely earned a subscribe.
As a guitar player that's finally comfortable with my playing was looking to start my own band these videos are great I really enjoy and appreciate what your doing great video keep them coming
Love this series so much. It be cool if at some point you could find a band that needs fixing and you could work with them and show the process they make with your guidance.
I've really been enjoying these. You should do series; In which, you reach out to one of these bands and coach them over a short amount of time and see how much better they get.
This series is great. It would be so easy to just goof on these bands for laughs, but you really want to see them do well and give them credit for things they have done right.
🤘🏻🔥 love the new shirt. So good to hear that AC/DC style song you made again, loved that! This was great, so many parts of this video made me cringe a little haha. Hope these guys get some practice in on this tune.
Mike, I watch this videos from time to time. I'm 59 and guitar player since 15 (I have a song in a movie, played with last drummer for a few years who toured with Frampton, and I have personal letter from Brian May of Queen); I am a nobody with a few stories and still a hack more than anything else on guitar ... I ABSOLUTLEY LOVE your humble and honest approach to your videos AND you are a very good musician. Thanks for doing what you do and I will keep coming back!!!!!
I'm so glad you brought up the stick-click count-in! I was in a band who were hell bent on me counting in every guitar-led song with my sticks because it was 'rock and roll' to do so... I cringed at every gig and rehearsal 😂 The funniest part was one song where the singer and I had to start together after a suspended intro, and he got annoyed that I didn't know when to come in because he faced away from me and stood like a statue!
5:24 that is because pianos tune 4hz off from other instruments (444hz vs 440hz for concert A) and while most keyboards are set up to match other instruments, you can accidentally set them to piano tuning. This tuning quirk is why, when pianos are used in classical concerts, all the instruments tune to the piano instead of the usual running method (1st chair 1st violin).
about 4:00 the drummer counting in makes sense very often.. maybe hes got a click or a visual metronome (as in you see the click as flashes on a screen).. but with metallica james' tempo is probably more reliable than lars'
I can relate to the drummer when I was young... When your learning and playing in small spaces people are always telling you to turn it down. (Still haven't found the volume knob) I remember it basically trained me to be afraid of my drums and it took a while to get that confidence back.
Man I've watched a few of these and this dude is soooooo nice to these "bands" these guys should never be allowed to pick up any instruments ever again
I'm glad there is no recording of the band I used to play drums in. Doing a five beats bar by mistake an then not knowing where the one was and dropping every snare drum hits just in case for more than four bars. Good times.
I respected your mind set Mike, anyway, I’m not a prof guitarist and it will never be, Im an Engr by profession but I learned playing guitar by my self during my elementary days, started from ukulele to acoustic, and now I’m In my late 50s and still fascinated and love music, i became a hobbyist as I built my own studio of high end instruments, drums, amps, elec guitars, etc. and can play To me i really don’t care of you, them or me playing a cover not necessarily exact or copy of the music, what I like or care of is how you correctly play the song in any rendition and originality. I liked your content but if you can play or create contents of playing or showing any song by your/their own styles and technics and still make the song a song, is highly appreciated. Thanks and more power.
I love when an inexpert drummer counts a wrong tempo, then the rest of the band starts with a different but still wrong tempo... The whole thing sounds so inspiring!
What got me is they said this was their last song and it seemed no one in the audience even realized they were there at all. BTW I love this series. You are the right guy to do it. Most including myself would be so much more brutal. I mean bands where they have no idea about sound and yet go on a stage? But with that said we all start somewhere. And most end somewhere rather quickly lol.
Loved the caption over the guitar guy from the next band 😂 “We can follow this!” Especially since it made me think of Mega-Dave since he was a red head 😂
When you were trying to figure out what the singer was saying, all i could hear was... "This little brown squaw is mine." But that's probably not it lol.
Wow he played the solo on the Bass, that's kinda cool . This reminds me of myself when i started to play "For Whom The Bell Tolls" bass part on guitar cause i didn't know it was Bass lol
The intro with the wrong keyboard notes kind of reminds me of She's In A Bad Mood by Sonic Youth. Which I actually think would make a good mashup with Enter Sandman.
I saw the Warlock and knew it was going to be amazing. Glad young kids are out there doing it though. It takes a lot of stuff just to get out and play to people. A lot should happen before doing that, but anyone can put in the practice. I find many great bands are great just because they out practiced everyone.
I love how you have to point out that a reaction video is not just you sitting there and watching the video lol. I’m like you have to add something to it. You can’t just play it and sit there watching and your reaction is your eyes moving or you smile occasionally
Generally, if theres a tuning issue, and theres a keys player, the keys are right. Unless their analogue synths, or its a full semi out (where a transposes could have been left on). Electronic keys are normally in tune.
The last band I was in, I played bass, and the guitar players didn't really play lead (I understand not all guitar players play solos), so I wound up playing solos on bass sometimes. Props to the bass player for throwing something down!
Hey Mike, first of all I really appreciate your videos and advice for bands. Very cool indeed. So, I have a question with regards to singing. I am the lead vocalist in an 80's band (mostly new wave, rock, hard rock not really any hair metal). I find sometimes when I sing, I will be in the middle of a song, and I lose the key/melody I am supposed to be singing in. I have in ear monitors. I can hear the notes on the guitar, keyboards and bass but I know something is off. I try to get back on key/pitch and usually I can do it, but I am just not sure how this happens. It never happens when we rehearse. I have been performing live in different musical iterations since 1988. My hearing is pretty good so I am at a loss as to why this is happening and how I can minimize it. It does not happen a lot. And with some songs I have been able to sing to myself the key the tune is in while the band is doing the intro. I make it look like I am really into the tune when in actuality I am singing/humming the key to keep me focused and on track. Any insight would be great. thanks in advance for your support!
Love the 80s hi-tops you were wearing. Our band did this in the 80s along with I Am the Law by Anthrax. Think keys played big pads. I don't think this is a band. I think they may be a house band for guitarists etc.
