Syracuse Ska Forum

Ready and Looking to start playing shows in the Syracuse Area in Mid to Late September. More info soon.

Get Hyped.

Is this Adam Argyle?

I think i will use this thread to post a very similar subject.

A while back I mentioned a swing/ska band that was in the making. well, we're getting there slowly but surely and it is starting to sound real good. we expect to be ready to play by mid to late october.


peace out

Where is this band coming out of

nope! its weird, i didn't know anyone else went by argyle.
i've never been able to get together a successful ska band since it takes so many people.

Never heard of Chris Murray?

Seriously, so many people get hung up on "ska has to have a bunch of people," or "ska has to have horns."

My latest stupid pipe dream is to get a harmonica and a kick drum, and team up with someone who sings and plays guitar. We'd be the second smallest ska band in the world.

Actually, while Chris Murray was probably the first "one man ska band", he's helped create a new sub-genre of ska and has a lot of imitators right now. Justine has played one of the better ones on our radio show the last 2 weeks, Boston Sidecar, for example.

Honestly, I'm just dying for everyone to stop putting the same tired lineups together for a ska band. Too many start with a rock or punk band, add a trumpet and trombone, and then think they've accomplished something novel.

Give us something NEW. Whatever that might be, but just TRY SOMETHING, okay?

Hell, if Hobo Slobo had a ska beat under their music, they'd be a jug-ska band, ya know? What a great concept!! I'm not saying they or anyone else should do that, I'm just pointing out how everyone can be a lot more creative. As just another example, check out the Surfits from Germany. They're a surf-ska band. What a simple, but nice idea, huh???

We have too many ska bands imitating ska bands imitating ska bands ad nasium. Please let some new bands form locally that try something different!??!!?!?!?!?

And besides, that'd make my job of putting on shows much easier.

There was a one man ska-punk band called Fighting Chance. I lost track of him like 5 years ago.

never heard of chris murray, actually.

my main point was that i did put together a ska band (it went through several forms) in high school, but because we wanted to have keyboard and guitar and bass and drums and trumpet and trombone and sax... there were too many people to try to get practices set up. because half of the people were in another rock band and the other half were in teh marching band... i mean now its not as big a deal. but if i had a ska band i'd like it to have some influence from my favorites, bands like hepcat and old catch 22 and big d and the kids table.... so i'd want the full array. i guess its just a pipe dream though. its a lot easier to get 3 or 4 guys together to start a rock band.

Matt Wixson is an amazing one man ska band (he doesn't just play ska, but a lot of his stuff has ska influences).

Check him out...seriously. He records everything on his computer. Not to mention the fact that he's an awesome guy.

http://www.myspace.com/mattwixson

The only thing I don't like about Matt is that the drums on some of his songs sound a little too fake. But besdies that, he rocks.

Mmmmm, good stuff. But yeah, we totally need to find more than just that one song by him.

Also, now that I'm working with you, my extreme bias will eventually come out, and more jazz/swing-ska will be found and played. Erm... I don't even know if it's possible, but is there such a thing as blues-ska? Also, acoustic/one man-ska stuff sounds like a really really good idea, something I myself might eventually get into, though honestly I'm leaning more toward blues at this point. But hey, you never know.