Debbie and I were chatting away over the weekend and she mentioned the idea of me starting up a band. I've played in a couple of spectacularly non-public bands before, and it was always fun. We talked about which of the people we knew (from school) were musically inclined, and pondered aloud about configurations of people and instruments.
One thing we didn't talk about during this (admittedly brief) conversation was what style of music such a band might play. In the past I've only really tried a couple of styles of music - metal and pop-punk. There was a heavy pop influence in the band that made noise at Superflat. Oh, and I guess there was that 'experimental' band where the experiment consisted of seeing how alcohol consumption affected our musical and lyrical processes. That was fun, and there are hours of tapes as a result, but I don't know that my tired old bones could handle such a debauched approach these days.
So, in no particular order, here are some types of music that I would like to try out:
* Country 'n' Western - with a Johnny Cash type singer
* Full on Cheese Goth - with drum machine, strings, choral voices etc
* Improvisational Jazz - maybe with some brass or other wind instruments
* Acoustic Rock - all mellow styles, with some talented vocalist type(s)
* Hair Metal - with millions of really fast solos, and tights
* Hip Hop Metal Fusion - this just seems like a fun musical style, period
Of course, my preferred activity outside of school is hanging out with Debbie, be it sleeping, watching cool movies, visiting folks and playing boardgames, drinking, RPing, or just chilling in our crib. So the whole band thing runs counter to my obsessive desire to spend time with my good lady wife, and could well entail further damage to my already fragile ears. So it's rather unlikely to happen any time soon :)
