Adam Easy Wishes

Woah, I managed two records in one year. Busy boy!

On 10/20/2017 at 6:26 PM, ca_gere said:

The Americans season 5 is ace. Really glad we stuck it through a few ropey patches.

We're patiently waiting for this to hit Amazon Prime. Glad to hear it's good!

My first gig in Aberdeen was Idlewild at the Music Hall circa 2000.

17 hours ago, Mr Owl PhD said:

I'm really liking the new album by Alvvays.  It seems to have had pretty mixed reviews but it's just top tunes from start to finish.  What else are people looking for?

 

I absolutely love it. A nice follow-up to their s/t and gets better with repeat listens.

Just the perfect band for me - ticks every box: solid melodies, interesting harmonies, poppy, punky, incredible bass work (underappreciated, in fact!) and synths that are well placed and sit so well with everything else. And an impeccable lead vocal live.

Forgot to say...we also released a single: http://smarturl.it/asingletruth

On 9/12/2017 at 10:48 PM, Soda Jerk said:

I have no idea of the specific mic. We tried a few. We recorded it at work (a college) in the music tech rooms, so it all went through the enormous console. We had only a vague idea of what we were doing. We took mics out of the case labelled "vocals" and they were all set up behind a pop shield. The result every time was low fidelity tinny recordings, whereas mics infront of the guitar and bass amps sounded great.

In hindsight we should have just yelled in to the guitar amp mics as we knew they worked and time was a factor. We thrashed it all out in less than an hour and a half so no time to think.

We could do them again but we can't get booked in to the room again til November. Unless we try ourselves through some sort of interface.

Whats a good, affordable mic for vocal recording? If we can get something reasonable, we could try to redo them in GarageBand or something.

 

I would make sure that your recording method was correct before blaming the mics. If they came out a 'vocals' box especially! 

https://www.studiospares.com/Microphones/Mics-Studio-Vocal.htm - anything from there would be an upgrade on a SM58/57-type for recording. Large diaphragm condenser is yer boy.

We are massively excited to announce that our debut album - "The Birth of Industry" - will be released on 3rd November, and is available for physical pre-order NOW. It has been quite the journey! 

To celebrate, we will be holding a release party on Saturday 4th November, where we will play the album, a selection of extra songs and just have a good old time at a really unique venue - Dunbar Street Hall, in Old Aberdeen.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1476062112440118

We will be supported by the fantastic The Youth And Young as well as our good friend Andrew Cameron and his band Brash Isaac.

Tickets (which include a physical copy of the record), and full details are available here: http://tinyurl.com/TBOI-tickets

For those of you who can't make the party (), you can pre-order a physical copy of the album here: https://www.wearethedeportees.co.uk/shop

Exciting stuff...tell all your pals and let's have an amazing time! x

Garth Crooks is absolutely the worst.

I agree that it's a red card. Completely.

I know it's all happening quickly, and the ex-pro argument I've heard is that if Mane doesn't go for that ball he'll get pelters from his boss for not competing, but:

1. The ball IS there to be won, but with his head.

2. There is more than adequate time for Mane to realise and assess the situation does not require him to go in like that with his foot and understand that Ederson will be putting his head on it (comparably the ball might be 'there to be won' on the floor but a player has fallen over and his head is in the way, it still doesn't mean you have to boot him in the face to get to it - there is still a responsibility for a player to assess any given situation and not endanger another opponent, 50/50 or not).

3. IIRC this differs from the Nani one because the player he ultimately kicked was in behind/came at him on his blindside and Nani was completely focused on the ball? Mane has a clear run where he can see ball + player yet still makes the decision to go in the way he does.

4. It doesn't matter whether he was genuinely 'trying to win the ball' or not, for a foul of this type, intent doesn't feature - it's action/outcome that does.

11 hours ago, Soda Jerk said:

Looking forward to seeing how Milan do against tough opposition. They were great to watch in the 1st leg in the Europa League last week, but Shkendija were totally awful, whoever they are. I watched the first half of the 2nd leg but it was boring. They weren't even getting out of first gear. They didn't need to. They were decent in the opening league game from the highlights I saw, though Crotone went down to 10 men in the first few minutes.

 

Aberdeen beat Shkendija in the 2015 Europa qualifiers. Just FYI. Don't know anything about how they've progressed since then, but from memory they basically thought the tie was won before a ball was kicked and played with a misplaced arrogance. Like most teams Aberdeen face in Europe.

After about one hundred years of trying, there will definitely, definitely be a Deportees album this year. HOW COOL.

(Girl We Got A) Good Thing is a choooooon.

On 8/10/2017 at 9:50 AM, colb said:

A band playing a full record from start to finish isn't unique either - without even going out of my way i've seen Teenage Fanclub, The Breeders, Roger Waters and Television do it. I'm willing to bet a quick internet search would turn up a load of tribute bands doing it too.

 

Just as an update to this, the lineup for Rumours at HMT was announced yesterday and I mistakenly thought this was a one-band event, playing the record from start to finish. It's actually a heap of bands, presumably doing one or two songs each, collaborations etc, and includes the record plus a 'best of' set - all paying tribute to Fleetwood Mac. Which sounds pretty decent to me.

Lineup is:

Eugene Kelly (The Vaselines), Emma Pollock, Martha Ffion, Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow), Be Charlotte, Alice Marra (The Hazey Janes), Duglas T. Stewart (BMX Bandits), Sam West, Sinderins

2 hours ago, libertyX said:

I'm into casino themed stuff lately. Like XXX it's actually very refreshing after all war games and cars

Nice try, LibertyX.

16 hours ago, Murrr said:

his hair trigger is a major problem

I'll say.

What's crazy is how shit Arsenal are and how much Arsene Wenger is basically just a cunt.

How can anyone say he's doing a good job at one of the richest clubs in the world when he is going into the first league game of the season and 'forced' to play two left backs and Rob Holding as his three centre backs.

Much of Spurs' success this season will hinge on how they adapt to playing at Wembley rather than WHL I reckon.

Full disclosure - I don't work for APA.

8 minutes ago, colb said:

I wish riders were a negligible cost. We're putting on a decent sized band in a couple of weeks* and when you count in accommodation and food costs the rider is nearly 50% on top of the performance fee. Now there are different levels and scopes for performance fees and riders - but the bands aren't paying for accommodation and food because it's either in the rider or it's built into their fee - but it costs more to bring a band in than put a local band on, it just does.

I'm not sure how you can say that there aren't any relevant or good enough bands to fill these slots though - unless you've listened to every support band that's been booked you're taking a fair old swing in the dark there - they could all be terrible?

*shameless plug - come and see this gig and help me pay for it, also it'll be fucking great!! https://tinyurl.com/y774lchr

I take your point on accommodation/rider but I still think it pretty unlikely that any of the support acts are getting accommodation provision in their fee. They will have been offered a fee and then made the call themselves whether they can afford to take it on vs what it would cost to stay locally or travel home after the show.

Of the support acts announced (that I can see) I have heard every one and seen Bdy_Prts, Indigo Velvet and Neon Waltz live. They are not all to my taste, but they are all doing something professional/polished, understand their live show, and (crucially for this festival) are active and relevant (recent recorded output, touring, radio airplay).

[EDIT= I also know for a fact that many of the headline acts have been prescriptive in what kind of support acts will work for them - acoustic/solo acts so as not to disrupt stage set up etc etc., and some of the shows/performances won't require or suit having any support at all.]

5 minutes ago, AVB said:

that's a fair statement, but what you said originally was 'any support slot at any venue' which is a rediculous statement. but yeah, I agree with your expanded explanation haha

Yeah, sorry I wasn't clear, but I did mean that you have to be 'good enough' to suit the show/venue/requirements of any show.

P.S. Finally a thread about music on aberdeen-music eh? Who'd have thought.

1 minute ago, AVB said:

How does one accomplish that if they never get a gig to gauge their great/shite-ness?

You build a reputation at smaller venues, less high profile shows and progress from there. I'm not saying anything ridiculous, surely? All I'm saying is you don't get a show supporting Public Service Broadcasting unless you've put in the time, effort and graft to promote yourself, show yourself off and demonstrate that you're good enough and capable for a promoter to offer you a high profile support slot.

Combined with recorded output, of course.

1 minute ago, colb said:

APA is a charity, and this festival relies on sponsorship - it absolutely is charitable cause.

Also, part of APA's mission is to support the arts in the North East. Part of that involves bringing art in, and part involves encouraging local art. This festival does not fit their mission (in my opinion).

I've not heard of all the support acts, but I bet they're not all better than bands in Aberdeen. And I agree that bands should be great, but there are different degrees of great, and it's hard to get great without playing the odd gig that's out of your depth isn't it? - plus for me i'll take keen over polished any time.

Using local support instead of bringing acts in would save money more in terms of rider/equipment transport and costs rather than performance fees, although I would be interested to find out what APA are paying the supports for this compared with what they pay local supports (when they use them).

I agree that local bands do need to promote themselves a bit more - but in this case i'm not sure it would make a difference.

Sorry, what I meant by it not being a charitable cause was essentially that bands shouldn't be pandered to regardless of their ability/quality, just because they're keen. In short - you should be good enough before you should be considered for a slot at this festival or any support slot at any venue.

Rider/equipment transport is a negligible cost. Why should local support acts not benefit from a rider if out of town bands do? I can all but guarantee that the out of town support acts booked for these shows will not get any more of a rider than a standard Lemon Tree support rider offered to any local band that plays a similar slot. Plus APA isn't paying for out-of-town acts to get to the venue so equipment transport cost isn't even really a thing (unless I've misunderstood what you mean?).

Basically, I'm not disagreeing with your fundamental point that preference should be given to local acts as support for a festival like this. I just don't think there are enough (any?) relevant and active quality local acts to fill the spaces.

26 minutes ago, colb said:

These are good Aberdeen based bands/artists - but you don't have to be great to play a support slot, just keen - very few people buy a ticket based on who's supporting and no one leaves because of a support band.

See, this I just fundamentally disagree with. Putting on a show/festival like this isn't a charitable cause. Bands/artists should be great, and promoters should be looking to book the best possible acts for these kinds of shows. Why not make it a brilliant lineup that people want to be in the venue for from the start rather than turning up just before the headliner plays?

And why should it save a ton of money? I presume there's a budget that's been agreed, and I would completely back that regardless of who plays these shows (local artists, out of town artists, soloists, bands, great or otherwise), should be paid the fee attributed to that slot.

1 minute ago, colb said:

And a band playing someone else's songs isn't unique - they're on a Krakatoa/Drummonds most weekends. 

There are loads of local bands that could play support to these bigger bands - that would have covered both bases, and it would have justified Aberdeen City Council sponsoring it.

Anyway, some people are happy with the line-up and supports, i'm not - each to their own. 

 

No, but a band playing the full record from start to finish is a unique thing, whether you agree with the premise or not. It's also a one-off - they play in other bands. It's not like they're doing it every weekend.

What local bands would have on supporting, out of interest? In terms of suiting any of the lineups. I agree with you that it would be nice to have more local representation - of course - but I genuinely struggle to see where these great bands are that'd do the job, for the most part (perhaps I'm just out of touch).

14 hours ago, colb said:

This True North festival nonsense, another year with minimal Aberdeen representation - still banging on about celebrating the singer songwriter tradition of the North East though...

 

This years' marketing/promo stuff doesn't mention the singer/songwriter thing at all to be fair: http://www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/truenorth 

There are also a few fringe-y type shows that have yet to be announced that will feature local artists.

1 hour ago, TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH said:

Aberdeen bands will just need to up their game. Good on Kathryn though!

Basically this. My understanding is TrueNorth is designed to bring decent, new/contemporary and relevant bands of a certain level (i.e. bands that have done something) to Aberdeen. Preferably something unique (such as PSB at HMT, or Start to End's Rumours). Not necessarily about showcasing NE talent.

There basically aren't many suitable bands locally that tick the boxes.

On 8/6/2017 at 8:03 PM, Soda Jerk said:

Doesn't look like he quite fits the Arsenal profile of weak but agile 5ft8 bottler.

 

 

He'll soon adapt to the Arsenal way. It all starts with a recurring injury.