Questions for LT

Lord Tim · February 28th, 2006, 01:19 AM

To save clogging up the forum with a lot of questions to each band member, I've made dedicated sticky threads where you can ask whatever you like (within reason, keep it as free from whoring as you can, please - no "so, LT, what did you eat for breakfast lol" posts. The mods will not appreciate it.)

Fire away!

Shadow298 · February 28th, 2006, 02:04 AM

Here's a question:
In the interest of saving space, why do you not combine all of these "Questions" thread into a single 'Ask the Band" thread?
It does save a lot of time, effort and crossover.

Lord Tim · February 28th, 2006, 02:28 AM

Karyn suggested that too.

My reasoning is that by having separate threads, people are more likely to direct questions to the other guys besides me so you can get to know them a little better.

Maybe later on I'll combine them.

Keeper of the Seven Cheese · February 28th, 2006, 02:33 AM

Do you ever practice singing or guitar anymore?

Lord Tim · February 28th, 2006, 02:37 AM

Guitar, very rarely. My hands are absolutely fucked now and it's not real pleasant.

Vocals, no - there's nowhere here to practice them. Having said that, now that we're getting into the pre-production of The Final Chapter, I'm in the studio a lot and giving my voice a good workout now, so I expect to get it back into great shape pretty soon (whenever I have a long downtime between gigs or rehearsals, I lose a lot of control and power that I have to gradually get back if I don't want to injure myself).

City_of_da_Moon · February 28th, 2006, 02:43 AM

what exercises do you do? im getting faster at doing 1 scale :P haha.... i want to learn how to do sweep picking... but im too unco and my left hand isn't fast enough me thinks.... cos i mainly do rhythm stuff and not enough lead work. any tips?

Keeper of the Seven Cheese · February 28th, 2006, 02:50 AM

I was hoping you could offer some good ideas where to practice vocals. I need a fucking sound proof room to practice hours per day. Sucks about the hands dude. I don't know what I would do without guitar.

Lord Tim · February 28th, 2006, 03:38 AM

Sweeping... well, it's all about muting the strings that you don't want to hear (ie: as you drag down, the string you previously played) and rolling your fingers.

Start slow, use a metronome, and have lots of patience.

City_of_da_Moon · February 28th, 2006, 03:44 AM

hmm will try later... the OC is on :P im guessing just start with about 3 strings???

Winmar · February 28th, 2006, 03:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Tim

Guitar, very rarely. My hands are absolutely fucked now and it's not real pleasant.

Are they fucked long term like Ian Healy's, or do they just need a bit of rest?

Keeper of the Seven Cheese · February 28th, 2006, 04:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LT

Vocals, no - there's nowhere here to practice them.

Let me ask this. Where did you when you were say 17 :P

Lord Tim · February 28th, 2006, 04:22 AM

Man, I was lucky when I was beginning - I started singing along to records and just found out I could do it. I just kept pushing myself to hit the notes and I could do it eventually.

I think eventually it dawned on me what vibrato was and when I should breathe, etc. and most of the stuff I learned as I went along with Dungeon or from reading stuff on the net or whatever.

I never really warm up as such either, I normally sing something within my range that's fairly easy for me, rest, hydrate my voice, then get back into it. Normally, when my voice is in good shape, that's all I need. At the moment, I have to work harder to get into it until it's back into proper form, so I take it a bit easier how I do stuff.

As far as my hands go, yeah - my wrists are pretty much dead and need a lot of time off (that I can't give them) and I have all kinds of joint problems in my fingers, and especially my thumbs. I'm looking into getting some physio for them soon, actually.

Awake_In_Animosity · February 28th, 2006, 05:01 AM

Do you like Vito Brata as a guitar player, and if so do you think that he was/is an a very under rated guitar player?

Lord Tim · February 28th, 2006, 05:20 AM

Vito Bratta was incredible - one of my fav' players and totally underrated!

Keeper of the Seven Cheese · February 28th, 2006, 05:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Tim

Man, I was lucky when I was beginning - I started singing along to records and just found out I could do it. I just kept pushing myself to hit the notes and I could do it eventually.

I think eventually it dawned on me what vibrato was and when I should breathe, etc. and most of the stuff I learned as I went along with Dungeon or from reading stuff on the net or whatever.

I never really warm up as such either, I normally sing something within my range that's fairly easy for me, rest, hydrate my voice, then get back into it. Normally, when my voice is in good shape, that's all I need. At the moment, I have to work harder to get into it until it's back into proper form, so I take it a bit easier how I do stuff.

As far as my hands go, yeah - my wrists are pretty much dead and need a lot of time off (that I can't give them) and I have all kinds of joint problems in my fingers, and especially my thumbs. I'm looking into getting some physio for them soon, actually.

Great info there thanks man. Hitting the notes isn't the problem I have. I just need a place to practice to smooth out problems and just get more power and resonance. I think I should just start playing songs on the CD player in my room and sing along. Actually I'll give a hint to people if they ever wanna sing. When you goto a gig and you need to talk to someone goto a quiet place and talk and don't shout cos it fucks you over. I am feeling it still from a few days ago when I went to 2 local things in a row.

petrucci_dude · February 28th, 2006, 07:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by City_of_da_Moon

what exercises do you do? im getting faster at doing 1 scale :P haha.... i want to learn how to do sweep picking... but im too unco and my left hand isn't fast enough me thinks.... cos i mainly do rhythm stuff and not enough lead work. any tips?

Get good at the instrument by learning Jazz guitar.

Useful threads Tim. At first I thought there was just too many sticky threads but after reading them I've noticed they provide opportunities for people to ask the band questions without it clogging up ther forum!

Taliwakker · February 28th, 2006, 02:56 PM

Quote:

and I have all kinds of joint problems in my fingers, and especially my thumbs. I'm looking into getting some physio for them soon, actually.

Glucosamine tablets might help...i have bad arthritis in 5 of my fingers and i take them....my rh ring finger is the size my thumb used to be...not good for guitar at all.

Q. Can you play guitar well drunk?

Keeper of the Seven Cheese · February 28th, 2006, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Glucosamine tablets might help...i have bad arthritis in 5 of my fingers and i take them....my rh ring finger is the size my thumb used to be...not good for guitar at all.

Karyn can tell you why it doesn't work, she told me.

Yes I also agree with asking about that question. Can the Lord still play when he is boozed. I am guessing the accuracy goes down but the pain becomes less.

Goreripper · February 28th, 2006, 06:24 PM

The only guy who could play guitar as well sober as pissed was Dimebag.

petrucci_dude · February 28th, 2006, 07:24 PM

Same with Zakk Wylde.

The Apparition · February 28th, 2006, 07:36 PM

Jeff Loomis from Nevermore is apparently quite the alcoholic guitar god too and i've never heard anyone say they've seem him play sloppy.
I have one beer and i can barely form a chord.

Celestial-Todd · February 28th, 2006, 07:38 PM

You're lucky to stand after two beers, so that's not saying much

Lord Tim · February 28th, 2006, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taliwakker

Q. Can you play guitar well drunk?

Actually, I'm not too bad, depending on how wasted I am, of course!

I remember Metal For The Brain in 2001 (me / Dale / Dakk / Stevo lineup) and because of the horror circumstances of the weekend that involved breaking down on the way, lost wallets, etc. etc. both me and Dakk decided that we'd both rather be drunk all weekend! HAHA! By the time we got on stage....

I remember trying to drink heaps of water before getting on so I wouldn't be so wasted, but that was negated by Zoran from Dark Order getting up on stage and giving us bourbon while we played (Dakk was particularly rock and roll, sculling it as Zoran poured it while he was still thrashing out a bassline! HAHA!). I did OK that night and was fairly trashed!

As a wacky side-note to that, I ended up at the after party dirty-dancing with a lesbian, interestingly enough. Needless to say that A: I don't dance so it was pretty ludicrous and B: Obviously I didn't get any... athough the girl she went home with was pretty cute... I think...

Then I nearly got into a fist fight with someone waiting for a cab after that! HAHA! Great night!

But I digress!

Yes, I can play fairly well drunk and vocally (except for pronunciation of some words

) I'm as good as when I'm sober! Tim, on the other hand - that guy turns into fucking Geoff Tate when he's drunk! HAHA! Ask the residents of Alkmaar in Holland if they appreciated our Queensryche duet at 4am, they'll tell you! HAHAHA!

megageoff76 · March 1st, 2006, 01:46 AM

Hi Tim,

I'm sorry to say that I had never heard of Dungeon until last year, which was when I made a trip from NZ to Brisbane specially to see Megadeth. I didn't know then that I was in for a real surprise. During your set I was asking myself 'who the hell are these guys??..they kick ass!!'

Anyway, since then i've collected all your albums and have become a huge fan..now I can't get enough Dungeon/Lord.

My question is, are you planing on bringing the band over to New Zealand anytime soon?

Thanks mate

Geoff

Lord Tim · March 1st, 2006, 01:48 AM

Actually, we were in talks with a guy who was gonna organise a Dungeon tour to NZ before the band folded. There's a good chance we'll still be taking him up on that offer with LORD sometime in the future.

February 28th, 2006, 01:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
Lord Tim Set In Stone Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Wollongong, Australia Posts: 16,185	Questions for LT To save clogging up the forum with a lot of questions to each band member, I've made dedicated sticky threads where you can ask whatever you like (within reason, keep it as free from whoring as you can, please - no "so, LT, what did you eat for breakfast lol" posts. The mods will not appreciate it.) Fire away! __________________ LORD: website . UM forum . MySpace NEW ALBUM "SET IN STONE" - OUT NOW IN AUS, OUT OCTOBER IN JAPAN! Got the hunger but we're wanting more Forever reaching higher Remember what we're fighting for The writing on the wall is Set In Stone

February 28th, 2006, 02:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
Shadow298 Prince of Duckness Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Without the Darkness Posts: 8,701	Here's a question: In the interest of saving space, why do you not combine all of these "Questions" thread into a single 'Ask the Band" thread? It does save a lot of time, effort and crossover. __________________ If "cleanliness is next to Godliness" then pass me my pitchfolk and horns.

February 28th, 2006, 02:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
Lord Tim Set In Stone Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Wollongong, Australia Posts: 16,185	Karyn suggested that too. My reasoning is that by having separate threads, people are more likely to direct questions to the other guys besides me so you can get to know them a little better. Maybe later on I'll combine them. __________________ LORD: website . UM forum . MySpace NEW ALBUM "SET IN STONE" - OUT NOW IN AUS, OUT OCTOBER IN JAPAN! Got the hunger but we're wanting more Forever reaching higher Remember what we're fighting for The writing on the wall is Set In Stone

February 28th, 2006, 02:37 AM	#5 (permalink)
Lord Tim Set In Stone Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Wollongong, Australia Posts: 16,185	Guitar, very rarely. My hands are absolutely fucked now and it's not real pleasant. Vocals, no - there's nowhere here to practice them. Having said that, now that we're getting into the pre-production of The Final Chapter, I'm in the studio a lot and giving my voice a good workout now, so I expect to get it back into great shape pretty soon (whenever I have a long downtime between gigs or rehearsals, I lose a lot of control and power that I have to gradually get back if I don't want to injure myself). __________________ LORD: website . UM forum . MySpace NEW ALBUM "SET IN STONE" - OUT NOW IN AUS, OUT OCTOBER IN JAPAN! Got the hunger but we're wanting more Forever reaching higher Remember what we're fighting for The writing on the wall is Set In Stone

February 28th, 2006, 02:43 AM	#6 (permalink)
City_of_da_Moon All hail the tardo Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Wollongong Posts: 891	what exercises do you do? im getting faster at doing 1 scale :P haha.... i want to learn how to do sweep picking... but im too unco and my left hand isn't fast enough me thinks.... cos i mainly do rhythm stuff and not enough lead work. any tips? __________________

February 28th, 2006, 02:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
Keeper of the Seven Cheese Douglas The Dairy Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 5,511	Do you ever practice singing or guitar anymore?

February 28th, 2006, 02:50 AM	#7 (permalink)
Keeper of the Seven Cheese Douglas The Dairy Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 5,511	I was hoping you could offer some good ideas where to practice vocals. I need a fucking sound proof room to practice hours per day. Sucks about the hands dude. I don't know what I would do without guitar.

February 28th, 2006, 03:38 AM	#8 (permalink)
Lord Tim Set In Stone Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Wollongong, Australia Posts: 16,185	Sweeping... well, it's all about muting the strings that you don't want to hear (ie: as you drag down, the string you previously played) and rolling your fingers. Start slow, use a metronome, and have lots of patience. __________________ LORD: website . UM forum . MySpace NEW ALBUM "SET IN STONE" - OUT NOW IN AUS, OUT OCTOBER IN JAPAN! Got the hunger but we're wanting more Forever reaching higher Remember what we're fighting for The writing on the wall is Set In Stone

February 28th, 2006, 03:44 AM	#9 (permalink)
City_of_da_Moon All hail the tardo Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Wollongong Posts: 891	hmm will try later... the OC is on :P im guessing just start with about 3 strings??? __________________

February 28th, 2006, 04:22 AM	#12 (permalink)
Lord Tim Set In Stone Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Wollongong, Australia Posts: 16,185	Man, I was lucky when I was beginning - I started singing along to records and just found out I could do it. I just kept pushing myself to hit the notes and I could do it eventually. I think eventually it dawned on me what vibrato was and when I should breathe, etc. and most of the stuff I learned as I went along with Dungeon or from reading stuff on the net or whatever. I never really warm up as such either, I normally sing something within my range that's fairly easy for me, rest, hydrate my voice, then get back into it. Normally, when my voice is in good shape, that's all I need. At the moment, I have to work harder to get into it until it's back into proper form, so I take it a bit easier how I do stuff. As far as my hands go, yeah - my wrists are pretty much dead and need a lot of time off (that I can't give them) and I have all kinds of joint problems in my fingers, and especially my thumbs. I'm looking into getting some physio for them soon, actually. __________________ LORD: website . UM forum . MySpace NEW ALBUM "SET IN STONE" - OUT NOW IN AUS, OUT OCTOBER IN JAPAN! Got the hunger but we're wanting more Forever reaching higher Remember what we're fighting for The writing on the wall is Set In Stone

February 28th, 2006, 05:01 AM	#13 (permalink)
Awake_In_Animosity Fearing a Blank Planet Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Melbourne Posts: 4,916	Do you like Vito Brata as a guitar player, and if so do you think that he was/is an a very under rated guitar player?

February 28th, 2006, 05:20 AM	#14 (permalink)
Lord Tim Set In Stone Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Wollongong, Australia Posts: 16,185	Vito Bratta was incredible - one of my fav' players and totally underrated! __________________ LORD: website . UM forum . MySpace NEW ALBUM "SET IN STONE" - OUT NOW IN AUS, OUT OCTOBER IN JAPAN! Got the hunger but we're wanting more Forever reaching higher Remember what we're fighting for The writing on the wall is Set In Stone

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Goreripper Metal as fuck Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Blue Mountains, Australia Posts: 17,690	The only guy who could play guitar as well sober as pissed was Dimebag. __________________ http://www.ausmetalguide.com - The Australian Metal Guide http://soundcellar.blogspot.com - The Sound Cellar: A New Music Review Every Day! http://myspace.com/goreripper "Only when the last tree has been felled, when the last river has been poisoned and when the last fish has been caught, shall we realise that we can't eat money."

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February 28th, 2006, 07:36 PM	#21 (permalink)
The Apparition Porpoise McSalamander Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,491	Jeff Loomis from Nevermore is apparently quite the alcoholic guitar god too and i've never heard anyone say they've seem him play sloppy. I have one beer and i can barely form a chord. __________________ Rituals of the Oak - Australian Doom Metal www.myspace.com/ritualsoftheoak

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March 1st, 2006, 01:46 AM	#24 (permalink)
megageoff76 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Wellington, NZ Posts: 6	Hi Tim, I'm sorry to say that I had never heard of Dungeon until last year, which was when I made a trip from NZ to Brisbane specially to see Megadeth. I didn't know then that I was in for a real surprise. During your set I was asking myself 'who the hell are these guys??..they kick ass!!' Anyway, since then i've collected all your albums and have become a huge fan..now I can't get enough Dungeon/Lord. My question is, are you planing on bringing the band over to New Zealand anytime soon? Thanks mate Geoff

March 1st, 2006, 01:48 AM	#25 (permalink)
Lord Tim Set In Stone Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Wollongong, Australia Posts: 16,185	Actually, we were in talks with a guy who was gonna organise a Dungeon tour to NZ before the band folded. There's a good chance we'll still be taking him up on that offer with LORD sometime in the future. __________________ LORD: website . UM forum . MySpace NEW ALBUM "SET IN STONE" - OUT NOW IN AUS, OUT OCTOBER IN JAPAN! Got the hunger but we're wanting more Forever reaching higher Remember what we're fighting for The writing on the wall is Set In Stone