I just got really frustrated today so I must post this...
I really hate the fact that I am not music literate ie I can't write music.
I often get some great ideas and riffs but I just can't write them down as I don't know how to translate these onto paper. Poor me, I chose drums as an intstrument
What's even more frustrating is that like today, I often get these amazing songs in my mind, in the hypnagogic state between wakefulness and sleep (for more on this state, read in my site). And I am talking about complete songs, with vocals, lyrics and all!! It's so bizzare. When I wake I remember some parts of them but as I can't write them down, they soon drift into oblivion
I would really love to make a band as I know exactly what I want of each instrument. The band would sound somewhat bizzare I guess, incorporating lots of styles and genres that I am fond of. It could be described as epic melancholic avant garde doom death or something. It would be really emotional, but not too mellow, that would all the time be avoided by the strong presence of drums.
I would like to use instruments such as cellos and strings occasionally (as they are used in early My dying Bride and latest Saviour Machine) as well as lots of guitar effects and experimentations (sort of like amorphis). The bass guitar would be really dominant
in a sort of funky/jazzy way, the guitars would be really melodic, but somewhat doomy and with strange effects. Kind of trippy too. The melodies would be like it is in My Dying Bride, ie each lead guitar playing a slightly different part, and maybe have something out of Opeth.
For vocals, I would love to have more than 2 voices. A female like Anneke (gathering), and a male somewhere between garm of arcturus, with this extremely bizzare style and Vincent Cavanagh of Anathema (with this great tremble) who could also growl.
As for the drums (my favourite part hehe) they would have to be kind of groovy , with strange experimentations in rythm, influenced by south american styles etc . I would actually love to have hellhammer as he plays in arcturus
Their sound now, would not be conventional. It wouldn't be electronic either, as this is something i detest
uke: Imagine something with depth, like Dissection, or even more distorted like in Dark Tranquillity Mind's I (self titled track) or Massive Attack.
What would you think of such a band? I hope I get the chance to turn this dream into reality one day.