The Old Man Band (Players Over 30)

[zarlor]

No applications needed, megatron. Just add all the freind codes you like from this thread and we'll be happy to do the same. It's not like we've really got a real regular band here, or anything, just folks who are willing to hook up, not disconnect on each other (not deliberately, anyway) and have no problems with folks playing at varying levels of abilities. I'll add you to mine when I get a chance.

Unfortunately I won't have that chance tonight (gaming night with the guys... think of it as Poker night, if you prefer). Tomorrow I have plans around 3pm-6pm or so, but I may play some during the morning and probably in the evening. Sunday I'll probably at least check in throughout the day. All of that is assuming my disc drive doesn't die on me in the interim (it's starting to sound rough). If I get a replacement drive I that that might change my Wii's address, so I may end up with a new FC (hopefully not, though.) We'll see. As for after 10pm EST, though.... I might be on at that time for about an hour, but 10pm CST is my bedtime. Gotta get up early for work and all.

PubKnight, nice link on that 4GB SD card. I've got a 2GB card in there now, but I think I will definitely have to try that one out!

EDIT: Apparently I spoke too soon. Looks like a couple of the guys are sick, so game night is cancelled. So I should be on for tonight.

[Pubknight]

Hey, just saw the thread & I think I qualify (over 30, 3.3 kids). Play mostly expert guitar/bass, was looking to start playing more drums but only on med for that. Vocals give my wife the final push to have me committed. Usually can't play until 10pm est. If you're still taking applications let me know

Heya megatron,

Tried to add you, but it said your FC was not valid.
I entered 4152-5555-5796
Don't know if that's a Rock Central issue, a typo on my part (will try again), or the wrong number in your sig.
Can you verify your FC?

Zarlor - I'll look for you.
What time are you figuring you will be on, and what do you feel like doing tonight?

[megatron]

oops, its:
4152-5555-6800
sorry for being an anchor
I'll add you guys when I get up and running tonight

[zarlor]

No problem, I'll add your new code when I get back in shortly.

PK, I had to laugh when you picked that mystery setlist and Ace of Spades popped up, since you had just mentioned it on this thread as one of those nemesis songs! (And then I couldn't sing it straight enough to keep you in... boy did I feel stoopid. I was having a blast with it, though!) Of course, the next mystery setlist you picked had one of my nemesis songs on it... Shakler's Revenge. I'm not fond of Axel Rose as it is and finding what friggin' note the game thinks we're supposed to sing never seems to match what it sound like Axel is doing. I just hate that song!

At any rate I'll be back on in a bit and just about up for anything. Keep playing it on Hard, man! You'll get those killer songs (although I think I'd be exhausted after drumming some of those.) Now if only I could get my vocals together tonight. I was doing bad for me on more than a few of those.

BTW, I swapped out to a working drive on my Wii and it didn't affect my FC or anything, so it's all good now.

[Pubknight]

Don't know if you saw my PM, but I had to bail as my entire right leg started to cramp up during Bad Reputation.
I'm back around though.
Oh, and I thought of a code, tell me if this would work... at the start of any song, it's always kind of a freeform for drums... I know you can't hear anything, but I'm hoping you can see the flashes.
If a song coming up is one I should be good on, I'll hit green a bunch of times in a row to signal I'm good.
If it's an evil song for me, I'll do the same with Red, so you know I might be looking for some help.

Yeah, couldn't believe that with Ace of Spades... that just ticked me right off.
Literally one of a handful of songs I just can't even pass, and it comes up in the first set we play.

What time do you think you might be back on?

[megatron]

i can play for a few right now but will have to drop when kids get home.

[megatron]

sorry, had to drop, will be back on later

[Pubknight]

Heya Megatron,
Kept trying to invite you back in after your disconnect.
Zarlor and I play together a lot, you should try another session with us sometime.
Usually with me on hard drums and him doing expert vocals, we're an automatic 5 star... only rarely will we four star something.
With a fuller band, we could probably put up some pretty good numbers.
Hope you try to play with us again sometime.

[zarlor]

Sorry we missed you after that first set with the disconnect, megatron. Hopefully next time. You could also just send any of us the invites to join on your band if you prefer. I personally prefer to get into other bands rather than do my own, so feel free to send me invites anytime.

PK, on the code thing, yeah I suppose that could work, although to be honest if you start to have problems on a song it's usually pretty noticeable, at least when I'm doing vocals, so I'll just try to kick in with the OD boosts sooner if I can. Not really a big deal (it's kinda fun, actually.)

I did think, though, that one cool thing I think I enjoy is when someone does the Create a Setlist thing if you pick the downloaded songs that we happen to have in common. At least those songs (the ones that are not the Freebies, anyway) you can be pretty sure are songs that we'll all like since we bothered to pay to download them. I also noticed that they added a few songs to the Wii setlist, but didn't really post it anywhere. I picked up the Jimmy Buffet songs (something of a secret shame for an otherwise committed metalhead, I suppose. ) Not that anyone else needs to get them, mind you, I just noticed that they were not there when the store first opened.

Good long set tonight! I should be on some tomorrow and definitely on Sunday (though definitely not this late on Sunday.)

And 5 starring... yeah we can usually do prety well with that, although I have trouble with a few songs (especially those Freebie DLC songs... I just don't know them at all yet!) Shakler's Revenge and Rob the Prez-O-Dent are two pains in my keester that come to mind, though. (I can;t believe I did so bad on some of those songs tonight, though. Under 97% on Psycho KIller and Mountain Song for crying out loud? That's really bad for me on those songs.)

[megatron]

Wasn't able to get back on the other day until late. I'll always be in danger of having to drop anytime I play before 10 est so sorry in advance. Will be out most of the day today but will will be on tonight if anyone else is up for some sets.

As far as dlc goes, I've got all the free stuff and a few others (simple & working man, ajfa, a few others). My biggest issue is I have track pack 1 & with the issues w/HMX I'm not real excited about re-buying those songs just yet.