RTP-area local music and culture

[bendy <bendy AT blackstrap.org>]

I'm in a new project, and we're starting to sketch out the sound. So far 
it's been just guitar and drums. Past projects have been punk- ranging 
from garage punk and surf to screamo spazz. We both keep hearing room 
for synths in this new band, and occasionally one of us will switch to 
an old Casio. But that leaves one of the other instruments unplayed. We 
want it sparse, but not that sparse. We want it to rock, but not in an 
obvious way.

Music from past bands here- Blackstrap and Black Castle:

http://blackstrap.org/mp3/
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid

We'll never actually get a set finished if there isn't at least one more 
leg on the table.

The ideal person would be into messing around on keys and have at least 
one rock instrument at their disposal too- bass would be great, but more 
drums or guitars could work too. Maybe three synths playing all at once 
on some occasions, sometime none at all. We'll worry about vocals later. 
Unless all you can do is sing, and this description interests you.

The A Frames are great. So are Young Marble Giants. Devo, of course. The 
Fall. High on Fire, The Locust, The Gossip. Both of us agree that it's 
really great that the government has developed a non-lethal weapon where 
you can train a beam on someone and they'll collapse to the ground 
writhing all over like they're burning. There should be songs about 
that. And not necessarily loud songs. The best way to describe what I'm 
going for is to take the balls off _Freedom Rock_ and graft 'em onto 
_Pure Moods_ while maintaining the ambiance of being up at 2AM watching 
infomercials for compilations of crap music.

Interested parties can email:

synth-at-blackstrap-dot-org

- bendy