iain44s

i just bought some beyer dt100's...i quite like them. they hardly leak at all and are dead comfy. they also sound really flat which is handy if using them for recording.

i normally buss all my drum tracks to a compressor and use it to varying degrees...it can give great energy to the sound...however using too much can also just make it sound flat and pish (generally the case with all over use of compression.) another fav trick for a big snare sound is stick the snare in an aux send...apply reverb first then compress said reverb for a big snare sound. back to vocals...i record alot of my vocals in my specially padded out wardrobe for maximum deadness, then use the wonderful emagic space designer reverb in the mix. also a wee touch of overdrive can work wonders for getting them to cut.

Excellent condition, only gigged a couple of times. This amp is small enough for bedroom practice but easily loud enough gigs...i never had it nearly at full volume. 2 channels (clean and dirty) and reverb. Served me well for many years...the clean channel sounds especially sweet. In glasgow currently but can easily get it up to aberdeen any time. 150 pounds. Cheers Iain

westie is ok but relies on a decent promoter to get folk in...avoid drouthys unless its through a promoter as the pub itself has a "policy" of not giving bands any money for their troubles whatsoever, no matter how many people were at the gig drinking in their bar :/

Happy birthday big man

Radiohead-ok computer weezer-blue album neil young-harvest eric clapton unplugged ben folds five-ben folds five

anyone else noticed theres a bit in Jesus of Suburbia that sounds EXACTlY like summer of 69 by brian adams! tis quality. also the chorus of Letterbomb is basically just 86 off insomniac. I think Give Me Novocaine is pretty horrendous but apart from that its a good album

Anyone bought it yet? what do you think? My first impression is that its pretty good...i like the 2nd track especially. its certainly pretty different from any other greenday album.

Bit of an out dated question, but what happened to P-Rock? I always wondered where it went.

i think that if a band manages to release 2 of the very best albums of the decade then they have to be described as important...and in The Blue album and Pinkerton they have done just that. In my opinion these albums are some of the best displays of consistently amazing songwriting you will find in a modern rock record. as far as other "important" bands go you can never leave out radiohead from this. i dont think anyone else has been as consistantly good over the last 10 years as they have. and before someone says it, kid A and amnesiac are incredible records...whether they are to your taste or not is where the debate lies.

oh yea...the 44s are the demo derby winners cheers if you voted we are on again next week now

text: vote44 to 81199 get texting brothers

If you have a moment please please email the Vic Galloway show sometime after 7.30 and vote for the 44s in the "demo derby" Cheers iain

photos from friday up in my gallery: http://gallery.aberdeen-music.com/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=287

it was a rather good day indeed i thought shouting myke were cool...not so keen on their slower stuff though x-certs were good too, really liked the newer stuff got some pics...will try and post them up later

very nice indeed out of curiosity...where did you record that? iain

hmm seems a bit pointless to me...you can get the same effect with a bit of eq and then at least you can decide to back to the "proper" sound should you so wish...

its at the back of the car park behind the st enoch centre, near the 13th note

it was really cool man... quite a few folk along even though we went on at 1am.

the 44s play the vic bar at the glasgow school of art this evening. its a late one...on sometime after 11.30 it is a charity event. cheers iain

check out mr bens in glasgow. i got mine there for 25.

ooh...im in london that day i think

what kind of keyboard is it? its unusual for it to not have an audio output. you wont get any audio from the midi ports...cos there isnt any there its just midi information thats coming out of them so no audio im afraid.

Mr Brightside is a fantastic song...shame the tuts gig is sold out or i would have gone