Watched Superband just now. Just can't imagine how bad the competition were. It's like choosing edible food out of a trash can.
I mean, when you can cringe at your own bandmate's vocals, tt's not gonna get you thru to the 2nd round.
So please wake up people, find a decent looking vocalist who can SING IN TUNE (for christ's sake) before you hit the stage. It's a pity when the band is so talented but the singer just fucks it up bad for everyone when he goes off key.
2nd tip: Choose a song that you can actually sing without going off-key. No point doing the latest hottest in-est songs when you can't sing it. If you die die want to sing it, ask the band to fucking CHANGE THE KEY. Omg la. Drop to Eb or D wun die right. Dun have to play the song exactly as it is, cos if that's the case, I'd rather listen to the mp3 la doofus.
3rd tip: Practise hard. Be it the dance routine, or your lyrics, or the notes to play. Usually the instrumentalists wun screw up much and remember their parts. It's always the vocalist who thinks the song is easy to sing and when it comes to the crunch time he forgets the bloody lyrics. That being said, dun forget your dance routine, cos it sucks when you're so pretty but you fuck up your dance. Makes you look like an idiot on stage. Oh ya, and dun improvise any shit, cos your nerves will freeze up your tiny brain and suddenly you are not Allan Holdsworth anymore. Stick to a plan! And practise it! Really hard!
4th tip: Be different. Every band looks like some goth band, or Visual Kei or Emo punk. Lotsa make up and eye-linear. It's getting boring. Try something new. Weirder costumes maybe? Instruments should match the style. It's a complete package. It's funny when u are all black and heavy and goth and then u play a pink strat. (No offence Daniel i know you like pink)
And every band plays the same shit. Mayday, FIR, Jay Chou, Beyond. Try remixing songs, medleys. Like a SHE rock medley or smthing. Show off your creativity and not your puny shredding skills.
5th tip: Engage the crowd. This is usually easier said than done. Cos when your music sucks, and you still insist on getting the crowd to groove, it's just totally wrong. So get your music right, then get the crowd grooving. More grooving = more phonecalls = more points for you = higher chance the media will wanna exploit you = higher chance of making it.
But bottomline: Please be able to sing lar. When you can't sing, everything is shit.
There's one surprising duo, who wanted to use loop pedals to loop their voices and thereby creating 5 part harmonies or 5 men acappella or what have you. But the judge is right this time: The idea is fresh, but looping means there's no climax. Once your voice/timing veers off a little, everything will veer off a little. When you layer this little imperfection a few times, it becomes messy and off pitch somewhat. So it's risky. So you're out sorry.
Bottomline: I never liked looping. Just fucking get more bandmates and do it lar.
There's another 3 man rock band that had no drummer. Just singer guitarist and bassist i think. I say: get a fucking drummer lar. You're not gonna make it big by playing to a backing drum track. People will start to question and doubt, which unless you're a big time music producer, you just wun have the ability to block all these nonsense. Get a drummer, problem solved.
This year superband, seems quite jialat. Last year definitely had more quality. Even their trailer din impress me.
Workout Log (Been forgetting to update here):
10 supersets of 10 bicep curls + 10 close arm pushups
5 sets of 1 min plank
3km fast run
10 supersets of 20 alternating situps + 50 count plank
I mean, when you can cringe at your own bandmate's vocals, tt's not gonna get you thru to the 2nd round.
So please wake up people, find a decent looking vocalist who can SING IN TUNE (for christ's sake) before you hit the stage. It's a pity when the band is so talented but the singer just fucks it up bad for everyone when he goes off key.
2nd tip: Choose a song that you can actually sing without going off-key. No point doing the latest hottest in-est songs when you can't sing it. If you die die want to sing it, ask the band to fucking CHANGE THE KEY. Omg la. Drop to Eb or D wun die right. Dun have to play the song exactly as it is, cos if that's the case, I'd rather listen to the mp3 la doofus.
3rd tip: Practise hard. Be it the dance routine, or your lyrics, or the notes to play. Usually the instrumentalists wun screw up much and remember their parts. It's always the vocalist who thinks the song is easy to sing and when it comes to the crunch time he forgets the bloody lyrics. That being said, dun forget your dance routine, cos it sucks when you're so pretty but you fuck up your dance. Makes you look like an idiot on stage. Oh ya, and dun improvise any shit, cos your nerves will freeze up your tiny brain and suddenly you are not Allan Holdsworth anymore. Stick to a plan! And practise it! Really hard!
4th tip: Be different. Every band looks like some goth band, or Visual Kei or Emo punk. Lotsa make up and eye-linear. It's getting boring. Try something new. Weirder costumes maybe? Instruments should match the style. It's a complete package. It's funny when u are all black and heavy and goth and then u play a pink strat. (No offence Daniel i know you like pink)
And every band plays the same shit. Mayday, FIR, Jay Chou, Beyond. Try remixing songs, medleys. Like a SHE rock medley or smthing. Show off your creativity and not your puny shredding skills.
5th tip: Engage the crowd. This is usually easier said than done. Cos when your music sucks, and you still insist on getting the crowd to groove, it's just totally wrong. So get your music right, then get the crowd grooving. More grooving = more phonecalls = more points for you = higher chance the media will wanna exploit you = higher chance of making it.
But bottomline: Please be able to sing lar. When you can't sing, everything is shit.
There's one surprising duo, who wanted to use loop pedals to loop their voices and thereby creating 5 part harmonies or 5 men acappella or what have you. But the judge is right this time: The idea is fresh, but looping means there's no climax. Once your voice/timing veers off a little, everything will veer off a little. When you layer this little imperfection a few times, it becomes messy and off pitch somewhat. So it's risky. So you're out sorry.
Bottomline: I never liked looping. Just fucking get more bandmates and do it lar.
There's another 3 man rock band that had no drummer. Just singer guitarist and bassist i think. I say: get a fucking drummer lar. You're not gonna make it big by playing to a backing drum track. People will start to question and doubt, which unless you're a big time music producer, you just wun have the ability to block all these nonsense. Get a drummer, problem solved.
This year superband, seems quite jialat. Last year definitely had more quality. Even their trailer din impress me.
Workout Log (Been forgetting to update here):
10 supersets of 10 bicep curls + 10 close arm pushups
5 sets of 1 min plank
3km fast run
10 supersets of 20 alternating situps + 50 count plank
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