i have a definitive announcement: beloved bwack (our drummer) has exceeded, nay, crushed all of his previous electronic creations.
now, if you’re unfamiliar with bwack’s (our drummer’s) electronic wizardry, here are a few examples of his early work, when his tinkering in the bending of circuits was infantile and callow in comparison to his latest chef-d’oeuvre:
bwack’s stuff:
well, there's this thing–
and of course jack’s magical box, as you may have had the good fortune to see and hear on the remedy tour or one of the festivals this summer during the technically demanding song “can you feel it”–
that's not to mention his infamous modification of the guitar hero controller for the song, “neverending...,” or any of the other various mad items that are responsible for numerous sounds on numerous recordings by our little outfit–
but now, oh my. what follows is truly spectacular.
he was commissioned by our good friends from the band family force 5 to construct the largest sampler in the history of live rock music. and, with the assistance of his carpentry proficient padre, don bwack, he has done it. there were a few necessary requirements: one, it needed to withstand much energetic punching, and kicking, and general jovial abuse from one of the rowdiest live bands on the planet. there was also the need for it to dominate space with an aesthetic presence large enough to compete with one of the more style conscious outfits on the planet; the family has panache in spades and this thing had to be classy to occupy a stage such thoughtfully coifed hair and magically coordinated garmentry.
here it is briefly, in action with ff5 on the warped tour:
THAT IS... I AM AT A TOTAL FREAKIN' LOSS FOR WORDS....
FREAKIN' AMAZING....
IT IS OFFICIAL... BWACK IS A VERTIABLE MIDI/BENDING/DEMI-GOD... all hail Bwack... master of MIDI programming and bending....
I'M DONE.... I CAN'T TAKE IT... TOO INCREDIBLE FOR WORDS... BOGGLES THE MIND...
bwack is the man
That is so awesome. Too bad I had to miss Warped for college orientation. haha Insaaaane kudos to bwack for sure.
I have a new curiosity for family force 5... and that is a truly incredible piece of electronica madness! So cool!
sweet!
that's ridonckulous
dang :)
if he had put numbers on each square and made the squares removable, it could've also doubled as one of those walls on a game show where you pick a number and some type of prize is behind each square. one square could be refrigerated and contain cheese. that would be great, because at the beginning of the tour, it would be a great prize, but at the end of the tour, not so much....
Drummers rule! The rest drool!
This just ended the debate about who the coolest musician is in a band.
i'll give in. bwack is cool. but i'd like to give a suggestion. if that guy from ff5 has some dance moves, bwack should make a version where the circuit bender lays on the floor, and he can dance on it.
but the one that's up there's good enough already for me. i think. ;)
it makes me happy.
Okay, okay, okay... Bwack just created a new instrument. Seriously... holy monkeys... it's like Dance Dance Revolution sideways x 10.
So what happens when other bands catch on and Bwack goes down in history as pure awesomeness?
Now that is cool right there.
i'm at a loss for words(excluding these of course)
Holy snap diggity.
I've never seen something so fantastic.
wow look at that.. that stuff is pretty impressive.. this guy must be some sort of creative genius wow
i just got a text from the tom hanks' keyboard in "Big".. mad crush.. we need to set these two up.
erm.. not tom and bwack.... the sampler and the keyboard.
Wow.... That thing rules... I want one... How much to hire Bwack to get one for our church? I'm sure it would bring people in by the dozens.... Hundreds... Sheesh, we'll have to buy a new church for this thing... Man...
And I have to agree... Drummers are definitely the coolest members of a band.... Especially ones that are crazy enough to create things like that.... Woah...
whoa, where'd he get his brain? i'd like to get me one!
get er done b-wack!
so it's like punching a wall....... Cool!
when NASA comes and steals him away, you will regret posting of his brilliance in a public forum.
oh my that is fantastic! but what i really want to know is how does the speak & spell work? what kind of noise does it make? does it speak? and does it spell?
"oh praise Him, He is holy, H-O-L-Y, holy."
i love how bwack can make these magical music machines. it makes music so much more enjoyable
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woah. genius. panache is right.
HOLY CANOLI!!!!!
THAT IS... I AM AT A TOTAL FREAKIN' LOSS FOR WORDS....
FREAKIN' AMAZING....
IT IS OFFICIAL... BWACK IS A VERTIABLE MIDI/BENDING/DEMI-GOD... all hail Bwack... master of MIDI programming and bending....
I'M DONE.... I CAN'T TAKE IT... TOO INCREDIBLE FOR WORDS... BOGGLES THE MIND...
bwack is the man
That is so awesome. Too bad I had to miss Warped for college orientation. haha Insaaaane kudos to bwack for sure.
I have a new curiosity for family force 5... and that is a truly incredible piece of electronica madness! So cool!
sweet!
that's ridonckulous
dang :)
if he had put numbers on each square and made the squares removable, it could've also doubled as one of those walls on a game show where you pick a number and some type of prize is behind each square. one square could be refrigerated and contain cheese. that would be great, because at the beginning of the tour, it would be a great prize, but at the end of the tour, not so much....
Drummers rule! The rest drool!
This just ended the debate about who the coolest musician is in a band.
i'll give in. bwack is cool.
but i'd like to give a suggestion. if that guy from ff5 has some dance moves, bwack should make a version where the circuit bender lays on the floor, and he can dance on it.
but the one that's up there's good enough already for me. i think. ;)
it makes me happy.
Okay, okay, okay... Bwack just created a new instrument. Seriously... holy monkeys... it's like Dance Dance Revolution sideways x 10.
So what happens when other bands catch on and Bwack goes down in history as pure awesomeness?
Now that is cool right there.
i'm at a loss for words(excluding these of course)
Holy snap diggity.
I've never seen something so fantastic.
wow look at that.. that stuff is pretty impressive.. this guy must be some sort of creative genius wow
i just got a text from the tom hanks' keyboard in "Big".. mad crush.. we need to set these two up.
erm.. not tom and bwack.... the sampler and the keyboard.
Wow.... That thing rules... I want one... How much to hire Bwack to get one for our church? I'm sure it would bring people in by the dozens.... Hundreds... Sheesh, we'll have to buy a new church for this thing... Man...
And I have to agree... Drummers are definitely the coolest members of a band.... Especially ones that are crazy enough to create things like that.... Woah...
whoa, where'd he get his brain? i'd like to get me one!
get er done b-wack!
so it's like punching a wall....... Cool!
when NASA comes and steals him away, you will regret posting of his brilliance in a public forum.
oh my that is fantastic! but what i really want to know is how does the speak & spell work? what kind of noise does it make? does it speak? and does it spell?
"oh praise Him, He is holy, H-O-L-Y, holy."
i love how bwack can make these magical music machines. it makes music so much more enjoyable