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[austin_tycho]

Turns out, Eric can't drum us through 'Don't Fear the Reaper.' But I can't sing us through Beck's 'E-Pro' on expert, either- failed out miserably. Odelay, motherfucker! Bah.

I did do the 90's marathon on expert with an average of 94%, so I got that going for me.

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[in-quinecorners.livejournal.com]

E-Pro is difficult. Our usual singer Em was taking a break last week and we did E-Pro...Dave tried singing it, fail. unkleneal tried singing it, fail. Then I tried...I got through it, but I seem to recall there were definitely areas of extreme peril.

(Don't Fear) The Reaper is no slouch on drums, either. That was always one of the hardest songs for Jason. Try to save some Energy for the very, very end.

[heofmanynames.livejournal.com]

It's the cowbell....

[mielikki.livejournal.com]

Ha! Actually, they gave that part to the vocal track, and I think I was doing fabulously on the cowbell if I do say so. I can play the shit out of some cowbell, and tamborine on occasion too.

[mielikki.livejournal.com]

Heck, we tried 'Reaper' twice and maybe got through half the song both times- crashing during a long instrumental bit in the middle. Eric's still learning drums and this was one of those where you have to do it on medium or harder. I don't know why I was fucking up the Beck, other'n I wasn't familiar with it, I wasn't hearing the vocal track very well, and expert is not forgiving at all... maybe I need to try that trick with the vocal track volume you mentioned before.

[in-quinecorners.livejournal.com]

Eric's still learning drums and this was one of those where you have to do it on medium or harder.

Do you have that manager -- I think it's the tattoo artist? -- yet who will supposedly "let you play bigger arenas you couldn't otherwise play"? I've never been clear on what that's supposed to mean, but I wonder if having him as your manager removes or loosens those "must play on this difficulty or higher" restrictions? Would be easy enough to check, I just haven't yet.

[octos.livejournal.com]

Reaper is ok in the beginning. A bit fast, but steady. Then about 60% in the drum part starts going everywhere. I fail. Then it's a solo period and the vocalist doesn't have anything to sing. By the time it gets to the cowbell, you're done from inactivity. She never has a chance to save me. It's probably doable with a guitarist playing to bail the drummer out.

[mielikki.livejournal.com]

It's a thought. I have that rather androgynous looking feller that makes weird random shit happen (our own personal agent of chaos, you could say) but I'll check out the tattooed guy; I think we've unlocked him. I forget about the staff aspect of the game half the time.

[in-quinecorners.livejournal.com]

Understandable. Half the time it's not clear what they actually do. Hmm, now I'm almost wanting to start a new band just to screw around with the different staff.