Rufio Band • Page 5

Guitar players - Above Me. So am I crazy or is the lead riff played at like 3 different speeds throughout the song? The riff never appears to be as fast as those first couple times.

 

I think you're correct. I always felt like I rushed it and played too quickly the second time around because it's a hair slower than the intro.

I remember Clark had an interview that sort of confirmed my suspicions. He talked about tracking that record and mentioned that he didn't believe they used a metronome so he struggled to keep time with the fluctuating tempos of the drums. (It's around the 33 minute mark if you're interested EP. 23 Clark Domae (Rufio) - Real Talk Underground - Podcast Episode - Podscan.fm)

 

And then when it’s played after the chorus at like 1:29 - it seems like it’s slowest of all.

 

Pretty crazy that you were commenting about playing this song and then they posted a video of Clark doing a playthrough of it with the hashtag "abovemechallenge". You going to upload your video? haha

Not sure why it won't appear but the link works

 

insane haha

 

Poor video quality but here's my swing at the "challenge"

 

Bumping this again to say that Taylor (second bass player) posted on his Instagram story a photo of himself, Scott and Clark with the caption “wrap party”….. Rufio related? New music? I’m curious now.

 

I miss these dudes

 

Glad these guys are still doing stuff together. Great choice of song, too.

 

Dipshit is fantastic. Would have loved a few more songs (of course all, but for sure):
- Above Me
- Still
- In My Eyes
- Road to Recovery

 

Is that the original bassist?

 

Jon Berry (OG bassist) second from right. It wasn’t the same after he left. His bass lines were instantly recognizable. 1985 is my favorite rufio album , time to revisit! \m/

 

OG lineup was so great (basically my favorite band) but I liked the Anybody Out There lineup quite a bit too. Taylor contributed some pretty great bass lines on the Mercystreet record.