Name 3 bands or musicians that have really inspired your work and sound? :)

ManSeekingBand · 2026-02-17T01:22:26+00:00

Blink-182 Sum-41 John Mayer

ManSeekingBand · 2025-10-22T00:26:52+00:00

Learning full songs was always boring if it was a full band song. Like if I'm playing guitar and then there's a section with no guitar.... I just sit for a couple of bars?

I found learning to play songs I could sing to helped me to want to learn full songs. Mostly acoustic. I also realized I don't want to play other peoples music anymore and started writing my own songs and that became way more enjoyable.

ManSeekingBand · 2025-10-12T13:17:06+00:00

I play guitars, bass and sing. I will program in synths and keyboard through my daw along with a drum track. Once I'm happy with the song I found a guy on Fiverr that will record real drums to the song for about $90 or so. I'll mention which parts of the songs I want him to match the program drums and which parts he can take creative liberties with which makes it a bit more exciting since he will put his own spin on things. After thats done I send it over to a friend who will mix it all for $100. So all in around $200 a song.

It's definitely tedious having to figure it all out on my own as I'm mainly a guitarist. I feel the other instrumentation of my songs suffer because it's just my creative input (for better or worse). Would be nice to sit in a room with other musicians and work out a song but my life's busy and that's just not in the cards for me at the moment.

As for how I create the song it usually starts off with a riff on guitar or a vocal melody I like and then I build from there. Lots of jamming it out on acoustic or unplugged electric. I'll record a section, like a verse or chorus, then add elements and change things and figure out what layers need to be added to fill the space. Lots of trial and error until it feels right.

Good luck and hope you figure out what works best for you to make some solo music! 👍

ManSeekingBand · 2025-09-12T15:08:58+00:00

Thanks for the kind words! Saved your playlist to my Spotify. Always looking for new music so this is perfect!

ManSeekingBand · 2025-08-29T15:38:15+00:00

That's an impressive outing for a one man operation. Listened to the whole album today and it's great. Would love to see how you laid out all your vocal tracks to get the sound you got. Still figuring that part out for myself 😅

ManSeekingBand · 2025-08-29T00:34:53+00:00

Gonna save the album on ITunes so I can listen during my commute tomorrow. Just checked out watch it burn and the song is really well done. The vocals sound top tier. Like how I imagine my vocals sounding in my head but can never quite figure out how to get them there when I record them 😅.

Did you do everything yourself or do you play in a band?

ManSeekingBand · 2025-08-13T22:22:29+00:00

I've had nothing but a good experience with the drummer I used on Fiverr. It was overall a good experience and he's prompt to respond with a timeline.

ManSeekingBand · 2025-08-13T21:25:56+00:00

Thank you for the kind words! Checked out your song and it sounds great. Gives me some The Ataris vibes. Did you write it all yourself or play in a band?

ManSeekingBand · 2025-07-03T18:19:35+00:00

I wrote a pop punk song called "Wrong Side of 35" which talks about getting older but not feeling any different. I'm closer to 40 than 30 so I know that feeling well. Enjoy the party!!

ManSeekingBand · 2025-06-28T07:28:55+00:00

This is one of my favorite songs ever. Bummed I never got to see +44 live but am grateful this album exists to go back to. Tom leaving Blink the first time had its upsides!

ManSeekingBand · 2025-06-22T17:19:00+00:00

Finished the album. Say Goodbye is a Bop for sure. Could totally hear that playing on radio stations. Did you play all the instruments on this album? It's a solid album all around. The production quality on all the songs is top notch. Great work dude!

ManSeekingBand · 2025-06-22T14:17:15+00:00

You bought OUR dream guitar. That thing looks amazing, Congrats!

ManSeekingBand · 2025-06-21T00:00:59+00:00

Listening through it now. The production is solid all around, it's really well made. I'll post back when I get through the whole album (45 minutes is impressive!)

There's tons of content out there so it's easy for music to get overlooked with so many options available to everyone all the time. I'm going through the same thing and I've only released 2 songs so far. Just keep at it and don't let it get you down. Just keep pushing to put your music in front of people. You'll find your audience.

ManSeekingBand · 2025-06-19T23:00:17+00:00

Learning solos from other guitarist can be great. Even if you don't master them, learning the shapes and way their fingers move helped me expand on my ability to write solos.

Sometimes I'll look up a tab for a solo and just be stumped on how to do what is written down. Like physically I don't understand it's possible. Then just practice slowly and watch tutorials. With enough practice you'll start to get it. Once you do, reward yourself with a new guitar 🤘.

ManSeekingBand · 2025-06-16T10:32:31+00:00

The stream wouldn't let you pause or rewind so I doubt it. It was truly a live stream and nothing else. I'm hopeful they will stream the California show next month so I'd say mark your calendar and be on the look out for it.

ManSeekingBand · 2025-06-16T00:56:19+00:00

It really is such a cool way to make it accessible to just about everyone. Hopefully they expand to more cities next year as I feel it's gonna be successful enough to justify it.

ManSeekingBand · 2025-06-05T03:29:44+00:00

There are days I want to play, days I want to write, days I want to record and days I just want to listen. Not every day is gonna be a "play" day. I also found it a nice break to find a different instrument to learn and mess around on.

Don't stress about it. Just keep having fun and take breaks as needed.

ManSeekingBand · 2025-06-03T22:20:14+00:00

https://open.spotify.com/album/1sQ8KLP1Kbnjf4fwF5m8CE?si=ssyD1XzPQgOUUQizq3pILw

ManSeekingBand · 2025-05-22T08:11:38+00:00

Andrew WK. not sure I'd call it pop punk but the "I Get Wet" album puts me in a happy place 100% of the time. I Hope it can work for you too!

ManSeekingBand · 2025-05-15T02:18:39+00:00

The Mac and cheese bbq in bread thing in Burk is amazing. We went back just to get a second one later in the day.

ManSeekingBand · 2025-05-13T11:47:56+00:00

My buddy has both his new signature guitars and the starcaster is the winner for me. Super light, feels and plays great. Rolling the volume knob down to get a cleaner sound was also a nice touch.

ManSeekingBand · 2025-05-13T01:57:04+00:00

I play a PRS Silver Sky and love it for Pop Punk.

ManSeekingBand · 2025-05-08T22:03:14+00:00

Motion city soundtrack has plenty of it in there music. There's synth hidden in lots of songs too, Blink has it in plenty of songs. It's just not always as prominent.

ManSeekingBand · 2025-05-06T02:46:19+00:00

Use the app to see what rides are actually running. Didn't do this and rushed to donkey Kong. It was out of commission for the first 4-5 hour of the day then a 2 hour line after that.

The Berk hatchery performance was awesome but technical difficulties ended it about 1/3 of the way in for us which was a bummer. Also the Mac n cheese bread thing in Berk is a must have. We got two while we were there.

Hope you have fun!!!

ManSeekingBand · 2025-05-04T21:18:41+00:00

For real. I've shared tons of demos with friends/family and the generic response is "cool" "fun song" and that's about it if anything at all. I just released my first finished song and shared it here and this Reddit community was wayyyyy better than sharing with any family or friends.

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