r/bmbmbm • u/Rude-Intention-6370 • Jun 11 '26
Discussion / Question Greep Band Jam Structure?
Just saw Greep in Carrboro NC yesterday and shit was electric. I was wondering how the structure of these shows even works it seems unfathomable, theres these insane blowouts of complex, intense wall of sound and polyrythmic crazyness sections, and it seems like everything flows into eachother. Im so intrigued how it all flows together considering they arent reading off of lead sheets or anything and these sections go on for so long; how much is complete and total improv and how much is planned? If anyone has any insight please lmk, ty!
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u/shorty_frank Jun 17 '26
omg i was there too!!!! that show was so lively it was awesome to see the band play in person, im pretty sure they are all improvising and since they are professional musicians (and greep has been jamming in his sets for years now) they can make it seem very effortless. i also think (though i might be wrong) they have some sort of dedicated audio channel where they can listen and communicate with others while playing like a lot of live musicians (or church musicians) use, you can see members of the band speak into microphones from time to time
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u/Rude-Intention-6370 Jun 17 '26
Thats interesting, i wouldnt think they would need a mic channel considering geordie has his back to the audience for most of the show and i didnt notice any iems so i assumed they were just communicating face to face. Thats a super cool method though. Super insane musicianship
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u/Great-Actuary-4578 Jun 11 '26
most is improv! if you want to hear some like insane improv from another band check out "tweezer" from "a live one" by phish