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Tautinen Fiende
Mallcore Kid

Joined: Sun Jun 14, 2020 5:38 am
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Location: Italy
PostPosted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 6:51 am 
 

Hail Metalheads
Every Grindcore player among you must have noticed how hard is finding tabs of quite every grind band apart from Napalm Death and Carcass.
Not only that, hints and tips for decent high-gain guitar and bass tone are rare.
I am a beginner grind guitarist, hungry of hints, and I thought I could solve these uncomfortable aspects communicating directly with the bands I listen to.
One month ago I wrote a message via Facebook to Unholy Grave asking them if they could give me any tip for my newborn band or tabs of their song. I thought a not extremely famous band like this should always care a lot about its fans and so should always answer.
Anyway They read and didn't reply anything.
So, do exist secret rules to communicate with bands?

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aloof
avant-gardener

Joined: Sun Dec 14, 2008 1:18 pm
Posts: 3174
Location: never neverland, palm trees by the sea
PostPosted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 2:23 pm 
 

I'm sorry if you feel betrayed or ignored. there's no rule of thumb when communicating with bands. I've had very pleasant exchanges with "big" bands and hordes of tossers in "small"/underground bands... try to see it from their perspective. they may get dozens of fan requests per day, while they have day jobs and families to care for, and they may simpy not have the time to respond to all fan requests and questions... plus they may not have tabs for their songs at all. some bands write their albums on guitar pro, but several others, esp grindcore bands, it's fairly likely they don't use any kind of composition records at all :)
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nightbreaker33
Metalhead

Joined: Mon Jan 25, 2016 11:20 am
Posts: 616
Location: Greece
PostPosted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 7:30 am 
 

Just listen to the records and try to get the sound by ear as close as you can. It doesn't have to be perfect. About Communication: I asked some minor bands for some info and they answered some very quickly and others they took some time. The most famous band I asked on facebook is Q5. But small bands might not answer too. English might not be their mother language so they may ignore messages in English. This even happens when you copy the text from google translate.
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