First you have to tolerate 15 - 20 minutes of the guitar player tuning his guitar, ..(because you know he couldn't have done that prior to showing up for practice!!)
Never in all my years of playing in bands and writing songs have I ever heard someone pitch a song idea as just a collection specific scales and chords and execution of key changes lol
Yeah I feel like that part usually occurs more randomly and just a result of them playing chords without knowing their names and seeing what sounds good, rather than listing specific chords in a specific order.
This is the kind of conversation that happens once a song is written and an arrangement is being built. Of course not this conversation because it's nonsense.
I am a drummer in my school band and this is exactly what I hear, I also am constantly laughing in my head when I hear the teacher say something like “so if you guys could just breathe less I think your part would be really solid”.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a band full of people I know that I actually like, really say these things. They normally put one dude in charge of it all, and he tells them what to practice.
we had some level of democracy in our band, and it failed largely because of that. but basically someone would pitch their riff and we'd build a chord progression and bass line around it, and the drummer would just drum along and generally was left alone unless we needed him to do a certain thing. we mainly only had two song writers which was fine and we built songs pretty well that way, but our rhythm guitarist still insisted on pitching songs and tbf to him, one of the songs he "wrote" was one of the most popular ones we played live, even though all he did was come up with a really annoying riff which we figured out the chords for (and it basically ripped off quite a famous song as well as having an annoying riff). but this guy had a kind of small man complex, wanted to write all the songs but lacked talent. on our first gig, he wanted to solo over a song we'd written, and he soloed in the completely wrong key without even hearing himself, walking out and showing off around the stage. luckily it was our first gig and nobody was listening really, but he couldn't actually believe it when we showed him footage. say the song was in A, he was playing generic pentatonic minor in G, just thinking you could basically play anywhere on the fretboard as long as you knew a scale. dunno why he thought it or how it happened, or how he didn't hear himself, but we had to be very careful with him. we all agree now looking back and reminiscing that we didn't even need him in the band and would've been better without him, but thought at the time we could make him decent. also, he only had this old 'flying v' type guitar and insisted on playing it, even though we were doing a mixture of that post-punk, indie revival stuff along with noise and garage rock, and he looked like an emo with a metalhead's guitar. It was embarrassing. Anyway, there is no place for democracy within most bands if you have an idea for the sound, have songs written etc. and have a vision for the project, unless you're in a rare group in which everybody gels and knows their place, but musicians just aren't like that very often. and I don't get invited to parties anymore.
As a drummer for a band, I completely understand this. in fact, I during songs, I will just wait until they get their rhythm and melody and all that stuff down and then I will just add drums to it afterwards cause I have no idea what they are talking about and I just kind of wing it and play. It sounds good and it usually comes out well
I have been in many different bands in my life (I am old, I mean, I'm a "seasoned " drummer) and this is extremely accurate. Well, except for the dad part: He usually had earplugs in!
Meanwhile me and my band: Everyone just does their own thing, and absolutely nothing to make a song together but then laugh it off and say we're gonna get it next time
@@gsly6081 essentially i just asked a bunch of my friends if they wanted to form a band but since half of us don't have our own gear we use our schools music classroom after hours although I'm pretty sure you can rent out rehearsal spaces in bigger towns
@@burningjdm Ok cool! I'm not in school or college anymore and i don't think i have friends that are willing to join a band right now.. So i don't really know how to start it. I sing, i play guitar and i have some songs but i'll have to see how i can find some mates to start a project. School is a good gateway for bands to start for sure. Maybe in concerts or something... I don't know. I'll do it eventually i guess, hopefully still in my 20s.
Yep as a drummer in bands I was always thinking can I just show up when you figure your guitar parts out because I’m just sitting here bored I could be working making some extra cash
I haven't started the video yet, but there better be something in here about the drummer noodling around in the background while the rest of the band is trying to do something else.
This was hilarious. Though basement band practice at my friend's house was aural camouflage for his parents to head to..."Poundtown"...not an interruption
When I was in a band it was smoking weed and getting nothing done, and when I brought it up I was asked to leave the band and now I make music alone and I actually prefer it like that. I’ll go through writers block when I come out of it I come up with some really neat stuff
10% playing and 110% talking - 1000% accurate
I see we have a drummer here
@@dlhowley nah man, just a self conscious band member
isn't that what band rehersals are about
And a lot of silly fucking about
First you have to tolerate 15 - 20 minutes of the guitar player tuning his guitar, ..(because you know he couldn't have done that prior to showing up for practice!!)
Unrealistic - the drummer never started playing over their bandmates whenever they started talking song ideas 😂
THIS IS SO TRUE
True story
I came here just to comment this. 😂😂😂
The first real shit I've read down here that actually happens. Lol
@@corbinhoder3384 Then they look at you and you look back like "man I've gotta practice too"
You see, the bassist wasn't just forgotten,
He was late.
as a bassist this is too accurate
Wasn’t his fault. His girl took the truck and he’s trying to find a ride. 😂
Hey man he was busy taking a shit. Or buying a diet coke.
As always 😂 it’s so true.
I never noticed the bass player being absent. Then again most of the time they are in my band situations. Even when he/she is there
and of course, the bassist is always forgotten 😔😔
Nah, the bassists forgot to tell his mom that he had band practice
What is Bass??😂😂😂😂😂😂
Bassist?
Bass? Yes, I enjoy fishing now and then
Bassism..
Everyone! The bass player WAS there. You just didn't see him...like every other bass player on earth.
He’s still waiting for the drummer to pick him up… but the drummer forgot.
Poor dad regretting his life decisions may the drummer one day make him proud
Is this Whiplash reference
@@jmlee737 no ive never seen it though I plan on watching it. Is it any good?
@@carraigroche9663 its a great movie
As a drummer I can confirm that they are just not sigma enough
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@@erickrobles1706 🤓
As a drummer me and my bass player agree
As a drummer I agree.
As a drummer I second this motion
God damn. As a music major. A drummer. A father. This was so close to home… it gave me chills. Well done
the title reminds me of the guitarist (me) trying to tune the guitar but the drummer can't stop playing for a sec 💀
YES
Sorry that’s me
you wouldn't understand, we just don't stop, it's impossible.
get a tuner pedal
@@growskull i finally have one so this problem is solved 🙏
Never in all my years of playing in bands and writing songs have I ever heard someone pitch a song idea as just a collection specific scales and chords and execution of key changes lol
Yeah I feel like that part usually occurs more randomly and just a result of them playing chords without knowing their names and seeing what sounds good, rather than listing specific chords in a specific order.
I thought this. At first I thought that maybe hyper-technical jazz type bands might do it like that, but even then. Still a funny sketch though.
This is the kind of conversation that happens once a song is written and an arrangement is being built. Of course not this conversation because it's nonsense.
I play jazz, hip hop, funk, reggae, etc. and ppl usually throw out chord progressions in jams
@@chrisclancy6756 Well that is a lie.
"My age and my IQ are the exact same"
Love the G-bites music in the background
Me: playing by ear and having the same reaction as the drummer
I am a drummer in my school band and this is exactly what I hear, I also am constantly laughing in my head when I hear the teacher say something like “so if you guys could just breathe less I think your part would be really solid”.
They are saying that your tempo fluctuates too much.
dude this is so relatable as a fellow school band drummer
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a band full of people I know that I actually like, really say these things. They normally put one dude in charge of it all, and he tells them what to practice.
You must be fun at parties
@@variklane7032 you must be fun at parties
You both must be fun at parties. 😂
I'm definitely not taking either of you to any parties...
we had some level of democracy in our band, and it failed largely because of that. but basically someone would pitch their riff and we'd build a chord progression and bass line around it, and the drummer would just drum along and generally was left alone unless we needed him to do a certain thing. we mainly only had two song writers which was fine and we built songs pretty well that way, but our rhythm guitarist still insisted on pitching songs and tbf to him, one of the songs he "wrote" was one of the most popular ones we played live, even though all he did was come up with a really annoying riff which we figured out the chords for (and it basically ripped off quite a famous song as well as having an annoying riff). but this guy had a kind of small man complex, wanted to write all the songs but lacked talent. on our first gig, he wanted to solo over a song we'd written, and he soloed in the completely wrong key without even hearing himself, walking out and showing off around the stage. luckily it was our first gig and nobody was listening really, but he couldn't actually believe it when we showed him footage. say the song was in A, he was playing generic pentatonic minor in G, just thinking you could basically play anywhere on the fretboard as long as you knew a scale. dunno why he thought it or how it happened, or how he didn't hear himself, but we had to be very careful with him. we all agree now looking back and reminiscing that we didn't even need him in the band and would've been better without him, but thought at the time we could make him decent. also, he only had this old 'flying v' type guitar and insisted on playing it, even though we were doing a mixture of that post-punk, indie revival stuff along with noise and garage rock, and he looked like an emo with a metalhead's guitar. It was embarrassing.
Anyway, there is no place for democracy within most bands if you have an idea for the sound, have songs written etc. and have a vision for the project, unless you're in a rare group in which everybody gels and knows their place, but musicians just aren't like that very often.
and I don't get invited to parties anymore.
1:52 You should've pulled out lmao
I think I just found the channel that tells the story of my life as a drummer better than I ever could.
"I'm trying to take your mom to pound town upstairs" 😄😄 That was great!
As a drummer, this is so true. Going to learn guitar as a second instrument so I can understand what the hell they are saying.
No you won't. You'll learn guitar to realize that they have no idea what the hell they're saying.
No literally me
The roe v wade joke. “ I don’t even watch boxing.” I honestly laughed out loud.😂😂
“Band” practice for drummers is sitting watching guitarists learn to play the parts that they wrote
As a drummer I cracked way too hard when they started talking about chords and drummer Paul just nervously stared into the void
As a drummer for a band, I completely understand this. in fact, I during songs, I will just wait until they get their rhythm and melody and all that stuff down and then I will just add drums to it afterwards cause I have no idea what they are talking about and I just kind of wing it and play. It sounds good and it usually comes out well
These videos always make my day thx for posting 😂
This video describes my guitarist friend perfectly! As a drummer, this is TRUE AF
I'm from guatemala and I have to say that I love everytime someone makes a joke about Guatemala, keep the good work
I haven’t finished the video yet no one spoil it
we gotchu
Spoiler alert: he adds a flat 13 on the 5th chord (maybe?)
Spoiler alert: the bassist is treated poorly
I love the OG Gorillaz shorts references throughout this video dude. Freakin fantastic!! I can't believe more haven't picked up on it.
i am a drummer and the looking at other band members talking and saying NOTHING is so true😂
Dang pound town is crazy💀💀💀
I love how he put the Gorillaz G-Bitez music over this! Really adds some humor to the video!
They asked me what I thought about Roe v Wade -- I said I don't even watch boxing 💀❌
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One question I have is... Where is the bassist?
standing in the corner not saying anything because he knows nobody will listen to him
@@sukkaesooopspoun9466 true.
He's actually out getting getting chicks cuz he has the bigger guitar.
What kind of operation do you think we are running here?
you're the first person to ever ask that question
The background music... works perfectly
I have been in many different bands in my life (I am old, I mean, I'm a "seasoned " drummer) and this is extremely accurate. Well, except for the dad part: He usually had earplugs in!
Our drummer was super technically proficient, very well versed in music theory
Was?
So he was a snob. 😂
jk, I’m probably right though.
@@SizemoreMusic not at all! he was a music major at a university as a percussionist. are most drummers stupid then? maybe he was an outlier lol
ok
@@jjmah7 im a drummer and stupid, i guess that counts
Meanwhile me and my band: Everyone just does their own thing, and absolutely nothing to make a song together but then laugh it off and say we're gonna get it next time
How did you get in a band? Cause i wanna start one but i don't know how..
@@gsly6081 essentially i just asked a bunch of my friends if they wanted to form a band but since half of us don't have our own gear we use our schools music classroom after hours although I'm pretty sure you can rent out rehearsal spaces in bigger towns
@@burningjdm Ok cool! I'm not in school or college anymore and i don't think i have friends that are willing to join a band right now.. So i don't really know how to start it. I sing, i play guitar and i have some songs but i'll have to see how i can find some mates to start a project. School is a good gateway for bands to start for sure. Maybe in concerts or something... I don't know. I'll do it eventually i guess, hopefully still in my 20s.
@@gsly6081 good luck my dude
@@burningjdmThanks 🫵
You forgot the guy who just continuously jams and doesn't pay attention to what's going on.
Very nice... Lets see Paul allens drummer
This is so beautiful!
the roe v wade one has me dyinggg hahahaha
no one can be as sigma as us drummers are
Thee stripper part got me!
As a drummer, I feel personally attacked.
as a guitarist i can confirm that i do not know what a 7 to 4 polyrhythm is (i do know what it is)
I don’t think there is any universe in which the guitarist knows that much about music theory.
Except for Shred. Shred knows theory.
@@mattdad8429 Shred knows *e v e r y t h i n g*
It's funny that you heard that and thought this guy knows theory. He was just spouting nonsense.
I took a spoon to the Super Bowl.. that’s some quality work there, bro.
My biggest flex is that my drummer only plays whilst me and the bassist are talking not whilst we’re tuning 💪
1:24 Legend for not caring.
I enjoyed watching you play with yourself.
I’m a classical musician and my brother is a drummer. This is pretty accurate.
“You should have never hooked up with that stripper in Guatemala” 💀💀💀
That's the best video I've watched today, ahaha 😂 It works literally like this
The guitarists play the buddy holy riff when you’re trying to explain things to the drummer…
I feel completed because I understand what they were talking about
Yep as a drummer in bands I was always thinking can I just show up when you figure your guitar parts out because I’m just sitting here bored I could be working making some extra cash
From this drummers perspective that’s spot on “ anger management!” You are only connected to the rest of the band when the band is generating music.
Fun! Fun! Fun! Great insight and delivery. "Please sir, may I have some more?"😊
That last line really brings it home😂
I haven't started the video yet, but there better be something in here about the drummer noodling around in the background while the rest of the band is trying to do something else.
1:17 - hahahahaha, well done!!
I relate so much with that cause i've been learning drums since 4 years ago, started learning guitar like 2 months ago and also am a mistake 👍
That seems pretty on point for a father of triplets
You missed the drummer being crippled with the unstoppable desire to play fills as soon as the guitarist goes to play AADDGGBBEE
Brilliant😂😂 I loved the different ways of receiving info by musicians👍
You forgot the part where no one shows up on time.
Everyone arguing and fucking off for an hour with 5 minutes tops of playing
The moment you join school precussion
as someone who is both a percussionist and a pianist, i can understand everything being said
This is brilliant
“Roe v wade boxing” is lethal ☠️
"Trying to take Mom to Pound Town" OMFG.....
"Somebody asked me what my opinion on Roe V. Wade was, right? And I told em I don't even watch boxing!" - I'm dead XD
Drummer: I can play 1 beat, just tell me fast or slow.
..Who am I kidding - it all ends up fast.
You forgot the part where the guitarists are tuning and the drummer is playing over it
that's literally me as the drummer, EXACTLY.
Top 5 UA-camrs of all time fr fr
Much love❤ thank you for the kind words
And then the one time you need to talk music theory and tune your kit, the entire band starts taking the piss outta you
Oh man, this takes me back to my playing days. Sigh...
Best and most informative channel on all of UA-cam
I was waiting for the argument
Last part hits really hard
As a Drummer I just go to my happy place until Im spoken too I could care less what the scale or key change is
Wolf of wall street reference was smooth
Does someone give awards for most accurate jokes told within two minutes? 😂
in my non-biased opinion... this is factual
love these videos man!! feels like vintage youtube - keep up the awesome work
This was hilarious. Though basement band practice at my friend's house was aural camouflage for his parents to head to..."Poundtown"...not an interruption
The video is great but I couldn't help but notice the pulp fiction poster in the back that's awesome.
Brooo Amen, every time I hear them discussing notes and keys, it’s like they’re speaking Chinese to me😂😂
Funniest shyt on the interweb 😂
As a drummer, I can say that guitarists have treated me like that 😅
You have to train guitar players. Unfortunately they aren't as smart as dogs.
That snare is tight
Honey, wake up! Aaron Paulsen just posted.
How about the guitarist playing at 11 and refusing to turn down his amp…😂😂😂😂😂
Boy, things have not changed much since those band days of my youth. Loved it, bubba!
loving the g-bites music in the background
When I was in a band it was smoking weed and getting nothing done, and when I brought it up I was asked to leave the band and now I make music alone and I actually prefer it like that. I’ll go through writers block when I come out of it I come up with some really neat stuff
+1
So true! I have no clue what all that note talk is about.
beautiful! and that's how productive it can be!