Hey guys, We're going to be shooting a music video next weekend and it is essentially going to be a band performance video. The band on record is me, Rick, and our drummer Paul Higgins. In addition to playing all the guitars, I played the bass on the record which leads me to my question... Should I have a friend stand-in as a bass player in the video just to round out the visual? Or should I have Rick (vocals) play the bass for the video (he's a good guitarist but he doesn't really play much bass...trying to play bass in the video could inhibit his overall performance energy in the video). Or, should we just play as a three piece without a bass player at all for the video since we were the only ones playing on the CD? Of course the audio for the video will be right off the CD so everyone would be hearing the bass for the video along with keyboards. Perhaps we need to project a hologram of Eric Ragno. Now where is that old Artoo unit..."Help us Obi Wan Ragno...You're our only hope!" ;-) So, what are your thoughts? It probably doesn't matter much what we do but I'm open for some opinions. :) Thanks guys! Paulhttp://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913450#msg-913450Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:00:36 +1000 Phorum 5.2.16 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913557#msg-913557 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913557#msg-913557
When you guys finally hear this tune we just finished, you'll understand why it wouldn't fit on my next CD or on the next MR.COM CD. It's actually a tongue-in-cheek homage to some very fun topics wrapped into a theme song for a specific show. It's a very energetic song with lots of words (it's all about the lyrics here because that's where the fun is) and I actually change keys four times during the song as part of the frantic humor. (AM, A#M, DM, EM) The musical style and feel of this song would fit very well with "I'd Do Anything" off the new CD though this song is even faster at 164 BPM. And to complete the humor and energy, the song ends with a gong! LOL!! It's all part of the ridiculous over-the-top energy of the song. It's just really funny. Hopefully you'll get to hear this song really very, very soon. While the song likely won't propel you to raise your rock horns in the air, I'm pretty sure it'll make you smile and have a good chuckle. :)

Paul]]> PaulBonrud NoticeboardSun, 30 Sep 2012 00:27:43 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913525#msg-913525 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913525#msg-913525
You've spoken about many not yet recorded tunes, so safe to assume it won't be another million year wait for the next 'Bondrud' no? ;) Look forward to hearing this unreleased material in whatever form, good time fer you all fingers crossed for ya's ;) !!!!!]]> Wardy NoticeboardSat, 29 Sep 2012 19:36:31 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913502#msg-913502 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913502#msg-913502
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Paul]]> PaulBonrud NoticeboardSat, 29 Sep 2012 12:52:07 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913500#msg-913500 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913500#msg-913500 heretic NoticeboardSat, 29 Sep 2012 12:05:47 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913497#msg-913497 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913497#msg-913497
Personally I wouldn't have Rick play bass, this is his big moment and the guy has done a 'tremendous' job with the vocals, he deserves to shine and I say let him be the frontman as he won't be playing bass during live shows right? Let him be himself and portray the band as they really are!

Hence... You're going to need a fill in on bass for the live shows right? So what harm is it getting a fill in for the video shoot even if they're only in the background and never really 'identified' kinda crazy but sensible I think!?

Otherwise you could simply throw in some snippets of a bass line being played here and there without actually revealing the 'player' kinda like a watered down stand-in... But knowing the crazy netloop world we live in someone would recognize 'your' hands playing the bass or something LOL...

What song are you releasing as a video?]]> Wardy NoticeboardSat, 29 Sep 2012 10:10:37 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913466#msg-913466 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913466#msg-913466http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oDAEJbUTROk]]> adolfo NoticeboardSat, 29 Sep 2012 04:48:34 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913464#msg-913464 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913464#msg-913464 Troy NoticeboardSat, 29 Sep 2012 04:26:40 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913458#msg-913458 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913458#msg-913458 RAMSAY NoticeboardSat, 29 Sep 2012 01:52:57 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913457#msg-913457 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913457#msg-913457 Kieran NoticeboardSat, 29 Sep 2012 01:39:34 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913454#msg-913454 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913454#msg-913454 Ydde NoticeboardSat, 29 Sep 2012 00:42:58 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913452#msg-913452 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913452#msg-913452 PaulBonrud NoticeboardSat, 29 Sep 2012 00:25:51 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913451#msg-913451 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913451#msg-913451 Walk In The Shadows NoticeboardSat, 29 Sep 2012 00:16:47 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913450#msg-913450 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,913450,913450#msg-913450
We're going to be shooting a music video next weekend and it is essentially going to be a band performance video. The band on record is me, Rick, and our drummer Paul Higgins. In addition to playing all the guitars, I played the bass on the record which leads me to my question...

Should I have a friend stand-in as a bass player in the video just to round out the visual? Or should I have Rick (vocals) play the bass for the video (he's a good guitarist but he doesn't really play much bass...trying to play bass in the video could inhibit his overall performance energy in the video). Or, should we just play as a three piece without a bass player at all for the video since we were the only ones playing on the CD? Of course the audio for the video will be right off the CD so everyone would be hearing the bass for the video along with keyboards. Perhaps we need to project a hologram of Eric Ragno. Now where is that old Artoo unit..."Help us Obi Wan Ragno...You're our only hope!" ;-)

So, what are your thoughts? It probably doesn't matter much what we do but I'm open for some opinions. :)

Thanks guys!
Paul]]> PaulBonrud NoticeboardSat, 29 Sep 2012 00:12:43 +1000