Re: A childish rant

I can relate to your story. I am now in a cover band for a year. Played
bass for about five, and always had access to giutars. Now in my late
30's (along with my band mates) we are working hard to play the music we
all loved as teens. My own teenager thinks its great, and we both listen
to each others style of music. I borrow his Cold CD, or Static X, he
borrows my Misfits, or Metallica CD's. Our band work and relate to each
other very well, because this is what we have always wanted to do, but
always had the responsibilities of family, bills, etc. Now, with kids
older, and extra time on our hands, we are perfecting the sound we want
to accomplish. We play no tune for a crowd less we can do it flawless.
As far as the downtuning you mentioned, we do some songs in regular
tune, and some downtuned half. It all depends what sounds good, and can
be vocally achieved better. We have the luxury of just switching guitars
at gigs. That small difference can make some songs a litte easier on the
vocal cords. We are not big time by any means, and probably never will
be, but we all have the attitude that we could be. Only been together
little over a year, and we are getting more and more gigs, as people
hear us. If you ever get to PA...look us up. It's worth it. Here's our
link:

http://community-2.webtv.net/Super_Dave01/DIRTSTAR/