In a rock band how do you get drums, bass and two guitars to play together effectively and be tight?

Answer 1

Practice. That's all you can do. Make sure the bass player and drummer are in perfect time. If the two of them can get it, the rest can follow. Practice the hell out of your material and never stop playing. Record some practice sessions and critique it. Hear what you like about what you are doing and what needs to be improved on. Have an unbiased thrid party sit in and give honest opinions.

Answer 2

A rock band is not different from any other form of band. If you are doing covers, the first important thing to do is actually listen hard to what you are trying to reproduce. Identify and analyse what is making the sound and in particular the difference between the two guitars, both on tones and notes that are being played. If they are both playing the same thing there is no point in having two guitars.

Drums and bass must be together and solid. Initially not too complicated as simple creates a firm foundation for the rest of the band to build upon. In rock music four to the bar bass combined with hard simple patterns is more solid than complex busy bass lines and flash drum breaks. Sound should be clean and you should always play within yourself. It is better to play a simpler pattern without mistakes than screw up the best solo of your life. One last thing to remember is don't think because it's rock music you must play it at max volume on the amp, because the louder you play, the less the audience can properly hear what you are doing. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Firstly, decide who's going to be best at keeping time (usually the drummer or he's not very good), and keep repeating the number of beats in the bar 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -1 - 2 - 3 etc. out loud when you rehearse. That way you'll know who comes in on the first beat or the third beat etc. or chord changes etc.
Don't try to do everything at once. Play through the chord sequence of the song a few times together, and then start adding bits around that one at a time to see what will work together.
It will take time, and no doubt there will be a few disagreements along the way, but hopefully you'll all see eye to eye eventually.
There are books on music theory to help if you're not sure about keys and time-signatures etc.

Answer 4

Plenty of practise together but always ask plenty of people to listen to you play, and listen to their opinion.You could always fix up a tape recorder,, and play a few tunes together then sit down and listen, and ask your members of the band their individual opinions. Basically, all the band members whether bass or lead guitar should listen and take their beat from the drummer. Hope this helps all the best for success.

Answer 5

Practice dear boy, practice. The band I was in used to practice for four hours five nights a week. It took us about a month before we figured out each other's nuances.

Answer 6

Lots of practice, don't make do with something thats not good enough, record yourselves and listen back to it - you will all hear your different parts and how it needst to improve.
And make sure you all agree on what you want then there is no room for argument.

Good luck!

Answer 7

Suppose timing would be a good place to start. EQ is also a great way of compacting the sound to the extend of it sounding great. But I would definitly suggest using a good compressor!

Answer 8

practice... first, start w/ guitars together, and sync, then add bass. but everyone practices b4 u all go on together. then, start with one instrument, and keep adding just one at a time...

Answer 9

practice and play lots of live gigs

Answer 10

practise