I formed a band today. The band consists of me. And Mitch. I am, of course, is the lead guitarist and lead vocalist. And Mitch plays... the recorder.
Now I know you're probably thinking what Mitch said to me when I formed the band, "the penny whistle and guitar don't really go too well together" or maybe "I would rather throw myself repeatedly against a barbed wire fence than listen to you play the guitar" (not really an altogether fair statement considering the fact that I'm pretty darn good at the guitar for only having been playing for about a week now and it's been a long time since I've seen a barbed wire fence thereby effectively eliminating that as an option). But let's examine this claim in greater detail.
A conventional rock band, of course, consists of a set of drums, guitar, bass guitar, and sometimes a keyboard. Or saxophone. If you're from the 80's or something. Or if you're really in an 80's band then you'll probably have a synthesizer. Or two. But let's be honest. How trite! How contrived! How... and prepare yourselves for this last adjective for I know how offensive it is to the ears of genuine indie hipsters... Mainstream...
Of course being in a hipster band has its disadvantages: running the risk of actually becoming well-known and popular, exposing yourself to the pretentious and sarcastic barbs of fellow pretentious indie band-mates, the possibility of getting lazy and becoming an "experimental noise" group... the list goes on. But the genius of the concept is in the fact that the fewer the people that like you, the cooler and more hip you can be.
Isn't is great to be obscure? Mitch and I sure think so. And that's why we haven't even come up with a band name yet. People can hardly chant and scream and support your band when they don't even know what it's called.
Also don't link this to anyone... And don't tell your friends.
So without further ado, here's Mitch and my first single:
As a serious Celtic music lover, my first thought for recorder and guitar was, "They do it all the time in Celtic music." And then, that's what the video was. But, I don't know if it's you.
ReplyDeletehahahah I was really impressed for like two seconds and then I realized you're a fraud. Still, I would love to be in your fraudulent band. I can do the handclaps and harmonies. In fact, to make my job more important,I say we name the band Handclaps and Harmonies.
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