Check out my band's jam

Well we're not really a full band yet but we got together on saturday and wrote up a pretty sweet riff.  it's still a work in progress (i admit the intro is kinda shaky) but we think it's pretty good so far.
 
  

bumpski

Not bad, good sir. Not bad at all.

If I might submit a small criticism, it seems as though what you and your friend are playing have no relation to each other, listen at around 2:13 or so to see what I'm getting at. It's just discordant at best, or at least at that time. I'd work a little more on melding your parts. 

" If I might submit a small criticism, it seems as though what you and your friend are playing have no relation to each other, listen at around 2:13 or so to see what I'm getting at. It's just discordant at best, or at least at that time. I'd work a little more on melding your parts.  "

" @beej said:

" If I might submit a small criticism, it seems as though what you and your friend are playing have no relation to each other, listen at around 2:13 or so to see what I'm getting at. It's just discordant at best, or at least at that time. I'd work a little more on melding your parts.  "

that part sounds good to me man.  there's a couple off parts in the beginning but i actually thought that part synced really well. "

I'm catchin' Bieber fever.
 
Seriously though, that wasn't bad.

" I'm catchin' Bieber fever.  Seriously though, that wasn't bad. "

Not bad at all,would be interesting to see you guys with a singer though. The 1:10 part kind of bummed me out :(

yeah we didnt really write this with a singer in mind, so i dont know how that would work.  i dont even know anyone who can sing, but one day...
we just wrote a bunch of riffs and put them in a sequence and the drums were pretty much improv. 
and the last two minutes were completely on the spot.

Sounds pretty good (Is this your guys first jam?).  Yeah if you guys can come up with stuff like this and practice you could be a tight group!

First off I want to welcome another drummer and give you a "HELL YEAH "  because drummers are awsome (I don't play the set much, but I do play snare for my college line). 
 
Yes, it could use some work, but I'm not one to criticize much. It's better than I could do on the set (but I challenge you to beat me at a marching snare).
 
Plus, it's nice to see kids getting together to just jam! I love it!

" yeah we didnt really write this with a singer in mind, so i dont know how that would work.  i dont even know anyone who can sing, but one day...we just wrote a bunch of riffs and put them in a sequence and the drums were pretty much improv. and the last two minutes were completely on the spot. "

" @captain_clayman said:

" yeah we didnt really write this with a singer in mind, so i dont know how that would work.  i dont even know anyone who can sing, but one day...we just wrote a bunch of riffs and put them in a sequence and the drums were pretty much improv. and the last two minutes were completely on the spot. "

You could just autotune yourself to shit, that seems to be in now days. But this is definitely a good start, alot of great bands usually form on solid instrumentals and add a singer later on in the process. Plus being in a band will get you laid. It's a damn fact.  "

The intro might sound better with a little less distortion. He could also try palm muting in a few spots, but I see what you guys were going for.

" The intro might sound better with a little less distortion. He could also try palm muting in a few spots, but I see what you guys were going for. "

Decent jams. Keep playing.

" Decent jams. Keep playing. "

You made me stop Nick Drake to listen to this. 
 
 
It was pretty good. You need to settle down with your drumming though - dynamics are a good thing.

" You made me stop Nick Drake to listen to this.   It was pretty good. You need to settle down with your drumming though - dynamics are a good thing. "

" @Khann said:

" You made me stop Nick Drake to listen to this.   It was pretty good. You need to settle down with your drumming though - dynamics are a good thing. "

right...i get kinda...too into it sometimes.    also never had official lessons. "

" @captain_clayman said:

" @Khann said:

" You made me stop Nick Drake to listen to this.   It was pretty good. You need to settle down with your drumming though - dynamics are a good thing. "

right...i get kinda...too into it sometimes.    also never had official lessons. "

Yeah not saying your drumming was bad by any means, just that full on drumming isn't always what is needed. Especially for quite a post-rocky type song; the drums can change the whole feel of the song. "

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  What the opening riff reminded me of.   It wasn't bad though but you guys kinda seemed off sync in the  middle. "

Better than me! 

Both instruments are a little sloppy. 
But you guys are definitely on the right track! 
Both of you should play with a metronome when practicing alone, it makes a world of difference in keeping you guys playing tighter! 
Seriously though, good luck with this little jam thing you've got going!
 
I hope you don't think I'm insulting you, I think you guys have a lot of potential.  
I really enjoyed watching this because it reminded me of my buddy and I when we started jamming.

" I'm catchin' Bieber fever.   

Keep it up!

Man, as a guy who played drums in a band in high school, this is giving me flashbacks. Not bad at all, especially considering that you haven't taken lessons. Nice double bass. My advice would be to try to be a little less busy. It's really tempting to do fills every four measures but when you ration them out a bit, everyone prospers. Keep jamming.

As a fellow drummer, it's always nice to just go crazy during a jam and just have fun, but you should probably give your friend a little more room when playing. Let those guitar riffs play out and do the cool fills every couple measures. Other wise just keep jamming. KEEP IT TIGHT YO!

It was alright, just gotta calm down a bit.  Less is more.

Fresh beats kid fresh beats.
Keep it up.

hopefully we're gonna do a revised edition of this tomorrow or friday

Getting some bass in there would be pretty rad once you refine the parts you have. Also as a fellow drummer (although not as good as you) you should check out Jimmy Chamberlin and Jon Theodore. Those guys are rediculous.