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  1. Originally posted by LikeASong:How's life, Matt? We haven't talked in a while - surely for longer than our self-proposed weekly-basis PM exchanging


    EDIT. Wow, that's one winding sentence now that I read it. Sorry


    Hah! Quite a long sentence indeed...spending too much time at that school of yours I reckon

    Life's been good...plenty busy. Went to an amusement park yesterday with some friends and rode roller-coasters all day, so I was pretty burnt out last night, but a good night's sleep has gotten me nice and fresh for band practice T-minus one hour until we rock out today!

    How have you been? It really has been too long.
  2. Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:Hah! Quite a long sentence indeed...spending too much time at that school of yours I reckon

    Life's been good...plenty busy. Went to an amusement park yesterday with some friends and rode roller-coasters all day, so I was pretty burnt out last night, but a good night's sleep has gotten me nice and fresh for band practice T-minus one hour until we rock out today!

    How have you been? It really has been too long.

    And you think you're busy? You have NO IDEA!! I'm in the center of all my big examination period, which started last Thursday and will end on July 1st.
    It's really awful because while I know I should study non-stop, I really feel absolutely not keen to do it. It's hot outside, there are plenty of interesting things to do... I feel like crap having myself recluded 16h a day in a library At least we have very good internet connections here, and I can log in every now and then

    So you'er going to rehearse today? Well, that's also one of the things I'd like to be doing now ... Don't get me too jealous! What are you going to play, do you have a more or less defined to-rehearse-setlist? And if you do, fancy sharing it?
  3. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
    And you think you're busy? You have NO IDEA!! I'm in the center of all my big examination period, which started last Thursday and will end on July 1st.
    It's really awful because while I know I should study non-stop, I really feel absolutely not keen to do it. It's hot outside, there are plenty of interesting things to do... I feel like crap having myself recluded 16h a day in a library At least we have very good internet connections here, and I can log in every now and then

    So you'er going to rehearse today? Well, that's also one of the things I'd like to be doing now ... Don't get me too jealous! What are you going to play, do you have a more or less defined to-rehearse-setlist? And if you do, fancy sharing it?


    Oh, trust me, I don't doubt that you're absolutely busier than I am...and my thoughts are with you cramped up in those libraries! It'll pay off, we both know it I PM'd Kieran the setlist yesterday...let me copy/paste it here for you/all the world to see. It's quite large, seeing as how we've got a gig in a few weeks that has us playing in a bar/restaurant for a 3.5 hour timeslot...so we have a lot of tricks up our sleeves! This is in concert order as of right now...things will surely be added before the show, and one or two may be cut. But mostly, this is what we're running with.


    My Hero- Foo Fighters
    Molly's Chambers- Kings of Leon
    Fell in Love with a Girl- The White Stripes
    American Woman- The Guess Who
    Hang Me Up to Dry- Cold War Kids
    Interstate Love Song- Stone Temple Pilots
    Unglued- Stone Temple Pilots
    Dancing in the Dark- Bruce Springsteen
    The 59 Sound- Gaslight Anthem
    Creep- Radiohead
    Superstition- Stevie Wonder
    [ACOUSTIC SET]
    Times Like These- Foo Fighters
    Summer of 69- Bryan Adams
    With or Without You- U2
    Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd
    Pictures of You- The Cure
    [FULL BAND]
    Hand in My Pocket- Alanis Morissette
    Island in the Sun- Weezer
    Hey Jealousy- Gin Blossoms
    Flagpole Sitta- Harvey Danger
    Under Pressure- Queen/Bowie
    December- Collective Soul
    Take Me Home Tonight- Eddie Money
    All The Kids Are Right- Local H
    Slither- Velvet Revolver
    Rockin' in the Free World- Neil Young
    Alive- Pearl Jam
    My Generation- The Who
  4. There are some absolute killers over there. Did you eventually figure our the guitar sound for Superstition? haha ... have a good rehearse!!

    OK, I gotta go now, should go back to Inorganic Chemistry... Not precisely my favorite way of spending the Saturday's evening, but hey, it'll pay off

  5. Originally posted by LikeASong:There are some absolute killers over there. Did you eventually figure our the guitar sound for Superstition? haha ... have a good rehearse!!

    OK, I gotta go now, should go back to Inorganic Chemistry... Not precisely my favorite way of spending the Saturday's evening, but hey, it'll pay off




    I did figure out a great sound for Superstition! And speaking of there being real KILLERS on the setlist...one of the next pitches to add is "All These Things That I've Done" Good luck, my friend! I work tonight but I might be able to check in later and see if you've surrendered to U2Start anymore throughout the day
  6. Originally posted by LikeASong:There are some absolute killers over there. Did you eventually figure our the guitar sound for Superstition? haha ... have a good rehearse!!

    OK, I gotta go now, should go back to Inorganic Chemistry... Not precisely my favorite way of spending the Saturday's evening, but hey, it'll pay off




    The italics dropping happened again!! And happened in the quote after

    That's a pretty long set Matt, we better some video at least
  7. Originally posted by jofice:[..]

    The italics dropping happened again!! And happened in the quote after

    That's a pretty long set Matt, we better some video at least


    Yes! It is! In the quote too, damn...

    And you shall surely see some video


  8. Good stuff man, hope it goes well. Are you just playing guitar or are you singing too?

    Oh, and saw Superstition is in the set. Did you get a guitar sound for it? What settings do you have?
  9. Originally posted by jofice:[..]

    Good stuff man, hope it goes well. Are you just playing guitar or are you singing too?

    Oh, and saw Superstition is in the set. Did you get a guitar sound for it? What settings do you have?


    I'm just playing guitar. Singing backup/harmonies, though. And for Superstition I actually found a setting built into my Digitech multi-effect that gave me a really gritty fuzz sound. I kicked up the treble a notch inside the setting, switched to my neck pickups on the guitar, and turned on my Vox wah pedal and left it in that "wah-sweet-spot" to give it a nice element of funk. When I really get into it, I lean back and forth on the wah slightly with the notes in the verse to make them each pop Fun little jam, for sure. I'll see if I can snag any video of the rehearsal today...the bass player won't be there, and he's essential for Superstition, but I'll tape what I can. No promises, but I'll do my best.
  10. From that setlist, your band seems cool. Can you post some vids? Also, if you want to do Gin Blossoms, Til I Hear It from you would be better than Hey Jealousy. Just my opinion.





    Not that Hey Jealousy is a bad song by any means.

    Original version of Dusted was better though than the one off Les Miserables Experience in my opinion though.





  11. Had a mini-practice today...ran that set but without our bass player. The singer's mix on the PA was off as well...we're trying to figure out if either the mic is mysteriously broken or if his PA channel is just fucked up. Either way, I had the drummer's brother tape us practicing "American Woman", "Creep", and "Superstition". I managed to mess up an entire melodic part in "Creep", and the other guitar player went into the chorus 4 bars early one time in "Superstition", but that's why they're practices....I can post the videos on here tomorrow at some point. No time today.

    And Aaron, our singer actually sounds much more like the version off of Dusted. He has his own way of singing the songs, since most of the time when he tries to perfectly match the studio versions, they come out sub-par. He figures its a little better to throw a little originality into the mix, and that way people can't blame us for trying too hard to sound authentic and failing. Works for him, works for me. Was a fun day though.

    Also, setlist updates- Today, added "My Own Worst Enemy" by Lit, and "Pour Some Sugar On Me" by Def Leppard. "Under Pressure" may be cut, we aren't sure yet. Pretty hard to pull off since Freddie Mercury couldn't make it to practice. PSSOM will be used solely if we need to fill more time at our bar gig- it's hard for a 5-piece garage band to pull off an arena rock anthem like that.
  12. I was surprised the other day regarding you passion for Under Pressure... I don't think you'll leave that one off the set without giving a tough fight, will you?
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