March 2011
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Gourdon Gig
Gig tomorrow night in the Harbour Bar in Gourdon. The rocking starts at 9!
Mar 18th
February 2011
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It's been a long time ...
It’s been a while - partly because practices have been a bit sparse recently, and partly because I, erm, destroyed the iPod touch which I used to post on here - but things are now back on track, practices are picking up again, and I’ve replaced my iPod. Recent songs we’ve added include: Foo Fighters - My Hero Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right (To Party) And we’ve...
Feb 26th
December 2010
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Sore Throat
We had to cancel tonight’s practice beacuse the singer’s voice is knackered. He had an infection a couple of months ago and it got damaged and never properly recovered, so he’s having to take some time off now. Hopefully he’ll get better soon.
Dec 20th
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Fun
Had a fun practice last night. We’re trying to do some trickier (by our standards anyway) songs. We weren’t very sure of some of them going in, but while none of them were perfect, I think they were all better than we thought they’d be for a first attempt. We’ll keep working on them and hopefully at least some of them will work out. The songs were: Sum 41 - Fat Lip ...
Dec 8th
November 2010
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Cancelled
Tonight’s practice was cancelled due to the snow - looks like it’ll be another couple of weeks before we can practice again :-(
Nov 23rd
More songs
A couple of new songs at last night’s practise: Nirvana - Come As You Are New Found Glory - My Friends Over You And talk of some more new ones by Sum 41, Alter Bridge and Green Day.
Nov 5th
October 2010
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Another good gig
Another good gig on Saturday night. Not as busy as the last one (the pub was mostly empty when we started playing), I completely messed up my sound (I had my Digitech pedal turned down to practising level so it just wasn’t driving the amp the way it should have been), and the bass player’s amp broke mid-gig, but by the third set things were rocking along and we were thorougly enjoying...
Oct 25th
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Last practice for a while
Had our last practice for three weeks last night - singer is away on holiday until then. Got nine new songs to practice while he’s away though, including: Biffy Clyro - Bubbles Feeder - Buck Rogers Black Sabbath - Paranoid Ocean Colour Scene - Riverboat Song Weezer - Buddy Holly Plus I need to go over everything else we know to make sure I haven’t forgotten anything :-)
Oct 1st
September 2010
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Back to the Gas Lamp!
We’re back at the Gas Lamp at 9pm on Saturday 23rd of October. We’re learning some great new songs from Biffy Clyro, Feeder, Black Sabbath, Linkin Park and others, so it should be a lot of fun :-)
Sep 24th
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We rock!
Gig went great last night! Sweaty, loud and fun! The crowd really enjoyed it, the venue want us back, the drummer nearly fainted at one point and my ears are still ringing - so results all round :-)
Sep 12th
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Final practice
Had the last practice before the gig tonight. Went okay - as well as can be expected considering it’s only our fifth practice with the new drummer. Shattered now - time for a nice early night I think :-)
Sep 10th
August 2010
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A gig! A gig!
We have another gig! 9pm on Saturday 11th of September at The Gas Lamp on Market Street in Aberdeen.
Aug 10th
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Auditions
Drummers auditioned - both good in different ways. Verdict soon …
Aug 1st
July 2010
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Bummer
Unfortunately our drummer announced earlier this week that he was leaving us. This is a bit of a blow after months of practising, but we’re going to try to soldier on. We’ve got a couple of potential replacements lined up and we’ll be auditioning them next week. Hopefully one of them will work out and we can continue rocking.
Jul 22nd
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More songs
Another good practice and a couple more new songs: The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary Alkaline Trio - Stupid Kid
Jul 1st
June 2010
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Another good practice
Crazy was a bit ropey, but Peaches worked well :-)
Jun 23rd
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Practice tonight
And trying some great new songs: Presidents of the USA - Peaches Seal - Crazy
Jun 22nd
May 2010
5 posts
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Good practice
Had a good practice yesterday. Three new songs and we weren’t too rusty despite nearly 6 weeks off :-) And my new toy (the RP355) sounded great :-)
May 31st
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Practice this Sunday - first in weeks - cannae wait :-)
May 25th
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Got the RP355 replacement yesterday - yum! And it works :-) Now to make patches for all the songs …
May 14th
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FFS!
The Digitech RP355 has to go back - one of the editing buttons doesn’t work :-( This is now the forth guitar-related item I’ve had to return recently: The Marshall amp stopped working after two weeks. An amp cover I bought didn’t have all the handle-holes it should have had and had to go back. A 3/4 sized guitar we bought for our son had to go back when it stopped...
May 8th
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Another toy
Got another new toy today - a Digitech RP355 effects unit. Pretty sweet. Lots of nice sounds (including a Whammy for the Rage songs), practical features and sounds great through the amp. Can’t wait to use it at volume at the next practice :-)
May 7th
April 2010
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Apr 30th
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Apr 29th
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Apr 28th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 22nd
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Apr 20th
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Apr 19th
Quiet time
Not much chance to practice this fortnight - drummer’s shifts aren’t leaving us much scope :-( Still, hopefully we’ll get a few new songs learned anyway - though The Killers - When You Were Young might be a challenge for our simple rock style :-)
Apr 18th
March 2010
4 posts
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Hang time
The practise went well - four new songs in the bag :-) Singer is now away off-shore for a fortnight, so no more practising ‘til he’s back.
Mar 29th
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New songs
Learning some new songs for the next practice: The Who - My Generation Green Day - Basket Case Weezer - Hash Pipe Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away Some great songs and more lined up :-)
Mar 25th
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Rock on!
Just had a blast on my replacement amp - sweeeet! Hopefully this one will last more than two weeks :-)
Mar 16th
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Amp
It’s taken a while, but I’m finally getting my amp replaced. Note to self - don’t buy large, costly items from cheap German websites again.
Mar 12th
February 2010
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Set list
The songs we played last night: Set 1 The Bartender and the Thief - Stereophonics All The Small Things - Blink-182 Haushinka - Green Day Everlong - Foo Fighters Tangerine - Feeder Harder to Breathe - Maroon 5 Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo - Bloodhound Gang Smash - Offspring Fortune Faded - Red Hot Chili Peppers Yellow - Coldplay Set 2 Monkey Wrench - Foo Fighters Want...
Feb 28th
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Gig
Gig went really well. Was great fun and the crowd seemed to really enjoy it :-) Hopefully got some videos coming soon.
Feb 28th
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Last practice
Last practice tonight before the gig tomorrow night … finger and toes are all crossed :-)
Feb 26th
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Bl**dy snow
Tonight’s practice is cancelled again because of the snow. Only a week to go, we’ve still got a song to learn and the snow has defeated us again. Aaaargh!
Feb 19th
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Broken amp - but good practice
My beloved new amp stopped working at last weekend’s practice - it just stopped making any sound. It’s going to be going back to the supplier soon, but there’s no way it’ll be replaced in time for the gig :-( But, despite that the practice went very well - if my memory is correct, we got through all but one song and they all sounded great. Really looking forward to the...
Feb 17th
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Another casualty
Unfortunately we’ve had to drop Love in an Elevator for the gig - it’s just not ready yet. And we’ve went and advertised Aerosmith on the posters - oh well … But we’ve added Wheels by Foo Fighters and we’re gonna try Yellow by Coldplay and Machines by Biffy Clyro. Hopefully they’ll work out well :-)
Feb 7th
January 2010
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My new toy!
My new amp arrived yesterday, just in time for last night’s practice :-) It’s a Marshall MA50C combo. It’s 50 watts, all valve, single 12” speaker, and it sounded pretty good last night. I still need to work on getting the best sound from it, but I think it’s going to be great :-) One bummer about last night’s practice was the decision to drop the Foo...
Jan 29th
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Posters!
Finalised the posters for the gig yesterday. Designed by the bassist’s son and pretty good indeed :-)
Jan 29th
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More songs
Four new songs last night, well three and a bit and another to learn for next week. Nearly twenty songs now … nearly enough for the gig :)
Jan 22nd
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G - g - g - gig!?
First gig has been booked for the 27th of February. Gulp! Better get practising then … where’s my guitar?
Jan 18th
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More songs
Practice went ahead last night despite the snow. Another couple of new songs: Maroon 5 - Harder to Breathe The Christmas #1 :-) And we’ve chosen 5 new songs (some Offspring, Aerosmith, Blink-182 and Beatles) to learn for the next practice, which looks like it’s going to be two weeks away.
Jan 8th
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Snowy
Another practice tonight, assuming we can all make it in the snow that is :-)
Jan 7th
December 2009
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Cancelled!
Had to cancel tonight’s practice because of the snow. The singer’s snowed in and the rest of us aren’t keen to risk it. Maybe next week :-)
Dec 22nd
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Good practise
Another good practise last night - much more coherent than last weeks :-) No new songs - we’ve decided to spend a couple of weeks really locking down the songs we already have. We’ll get back to new songs in the new year.
Dec 18th