MrT

I quite like the idea but the music industry is in a very bad way just now and there is no spare cash for this kind of thing. The biggest problem is that music comes under the category of 'peoples spare cash' which due to the recession means there is no spare cash. It looks like things are about to get a lot worse for the next 3 or 4 years too.

The McAllisters were originally travellers that settled in Aberdeen. Also the Murison family which are also quite notorious (particularly Eddie Murison who was known as one of the most violent men in Scotland. He still lives in Aberdeen and is a changed man now). They both settled here around the same time. The McAllisters run Ponda Rosa Metals and are known for their boxing skills. The Murisons own Murisons Commercials. My old flatmate got destroyed with a baseball bat in a video store on Union Grove that we used to both work at for sleeping with a McAllisters girlfriend. They are all extremely friendly until you upset them.

Smokin Catfish are an awesome band. There is no way they would have intentionally left you out of pocket. Did you have a contract with them?

The music played between bands all night was chosen by FFAF. I thought the crowd on the dance floor looked like they were having a great time! Best circle pit I've ever seen in there! Xcerts rocked! FFAF sound was pretty poor from where I was standing.

Just about to do pics. I think I'll start it on Ebay at 500.

It's on ebay starting at 600 and is worth 900.

Fender Telecaster 1989 Ash Body on eBay, also Fender, Electric, Guitars, Musical Instruments (end time 24-Apr-09 11:56:26 BST)

I'll take 575 for it.

I have a mint condition Marshall Master Model Mk2 100W amp head for sale. Looking for a quick sale.

I also have a 1989 Fender Telecaster USA with ash body (on ebay just now. Amp is about to go on too)

I'll take the two for 50 each!

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I've done bands in there before and it's actually pretty decent. We pretty much used the entire dance floor as the stage area. We took in a proper PA and some minimal lighting. You can't use a sound system that is firing in all directions for a band.

For sale is my 1989 Fender Telecaster with Ash body. Will part exchange for decent drum kit.

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That's insane! I was just talking to him in the Tunnels on Saturday night! Sad times!

No way am I messing with Mr T.

That's right sucka!

Look - I didn't say you were bitching, I was paraphrasing what he said. People criticised his work, and he didn't like it, so he's offering folk to speak to him about it.

Folk need to calm the fuck down on this forum.

You startin'? haha!

Fuck you, pisscock.

What? You disagree?

It's hard not to make the drums in Moshulu sound like Phil Collins with only 87 people in. It's a big room!

Saw Mogwai in Edinburgh and they had a massive reverberant drum sound? Some people like it others don't.

The decision is entirely up to the engineer and band as to how it will sound and if the engineer is totally unfamiliar with the bands music then his/hers idea of what the band should sound like may be something totally different to what the fans are looking for. Myspace has been a bit of a revelation for this but quite often, bands recordings are so over produced that they sound nothing like their live set.

Engineers are always (or should be) learning about how to mix various types of bands. You can only put it into practice and experiment during a gig though. Sometimes things work and sometimes they don't. Quite often there are things that happen that are completely out of the engineers hands and can completely destroy the sound e.g. guitars so loud that they go straight into the vocal mics, drums too loud and doing the same thing and the most common problem - quiet singers!

I got slated on this forum for having too big a reverb on the drums at Danananananakroyd but the TM for the band thought it was great! I'm unfamiliar with their music so obviously I'm going to listen to the people that work with the band. I admit it was far too loud at that gig but it had 2 very loud drummers on stage so it had to be that loud to hear everything else.

RATAMS were an awesome covers band! No longer around though.

Has to be Funk Connection -

Wow! Did anyone see the light show in Moshulu tonight? Amazing!!! Just like a micro Pink Floyd show! Does anyone know who the lampy was? That guy was born for that job! Awsome! Word!

Cheers for the feedback, I'm definately taking it all on board, but I have to say that you are alone (so far) in your assessment of the Heavies. I have heard some good stuff about Haight Ashbury and The Lorelei too, though I personally wasn't able to hear much of the bands. Popup really stood out for me.

You are totally right about getting up and coming bands; we have kept slots aside for band comps. We want to support local acts as much as we can, so there will always be opportunities for great local acts to play.

When I say up and coming I mean bands with 250,000 hits or more on their myspace page, not 'Massey Ferguson and the Ploughs'.

BNH gig all over the world, and at regular intervals. You are right that not many people stayed until the end, but I think it was more about being past people's bed-time than about the bands. We want to be a family-friendly festival so for next year we are toying with the idea of finishing earlier. I think most other fests end at about 10/11pm.

The most positive responses I have had are about the Brand New Heavies, with Bad Manners a close second.

BNH's weren't even close to being the best band of the day. The Little Kicks, Edgar Prais, Haight Ashburry and Bad Manners all blew them away completely. I think some more up to date bands would be better for next year with one big crowd puller to finish off with. You'd save a fortune! I'd rather listen to some of the amazing up and coming Scottish bands than some over the hill R&B/Jazz band who was obviously taking the piss!

Hey folks

You probably think that I am just going to say this anyway since I am clearly biased, but OMFG the Brand New Heavies were brilliant. I knew they were a really good live band but they surpassed all my expectations. Some of the staff at Feugh were invited to go party with them at the Indig02 in London; I am damn tempted to make that trip, it would be so worth to see them again.

I would recommend that people go see them; they make it look so easy, everyone was dancing like maniacs. I was in the front row dancing away and I lost my voice on Sunday cos I shouting so much :-)

I thought it was a pretty poor turn out for BNH's. About 50% of the crowd left after Bad Manners and then another 20% left after Sandi Thom. I also thought they played like they hadn't done a gig for about 10 years (have they?). Don't get why they were even on the bill? If it had ended after Bad Manners it would have been a really good festival. The headliner needs to be someone that appeals to the majority of people next time!

Anyone looking for a Telecaster? I have a 1989 USA. In ash with white scratch plate.

Let me know if you are interested and I'll sort out some photos. I'm looking for around 1000 for it.

I take credit cards!

There is no way in the world the engineer can be blamed for the sound, the PA was pulled together from several sources and none of the bands sounchecked!!!!! I saw many bands in there in the 70's and if the venue was less than 2/3 full its a cave....worse than the music hall!!!

I think the ballroom is one of the best sounding rooms in Aberdeen. You just need a really big PA, which is hard to do safely in there. From what I'm aware, you are correct on the PA being pulled together from several sources.

Nazareth don't have there own PA. Where did you get that info from? The engineer was from Bruce Millars I think?

I think RATM have no place in a clubnight anyway. They are not very danceable and the "dancing" they do encourage is generally a group of neanderthals bashing into their mates and other people, which is just bad manners.

There is a no moshing policy in Moshulu now anyway. Those who were at the 'Flood of Red' gig will know what happens when you try.