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  1. Pranks and stupidity

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    heard a great one about some school kids:

    on the last day of term before summer the pupils watered the carpet of a classroom which, like many crappy 70s school buildings, had 2 full walls of windows.

    they spread grass seeds over the carpet and left mother nature to her work.

  3. Biffy Clyro @ AECC 25th November

    in Gigs & Event Announcements

    Posted

    The thing is, its not that all their new stuff is bad, some is great.

    But to me to jsut smacks of producers and record companies diluting excellent ideas until they are radio friendly.

    That and the live sets these days pretty much always leave out the vertigo of bliss and infinity land, and only justboy and 57 from blackened sky.

    What would i prefer to hear live: who's got a match, or eradicate the doubt...

    hmmmm.....

    edit: that said, they did play now the action is on fire with a string section the other year in dunfermline, so there is always hope.

  8. Fighterplanes, Min Diesel, Winter in Siberia @ Tunnels 2. Saturday 5th June

    in Gigs & Event Announcements

    Posted

    I'm delighted to announce that I'm putting on this gig. Poaster to follow, I'm not very good at postery things...

    Fighterplanes - post-rocky and at times epic chaps from Edinburgh. Their top notch tunes can be heard at FIGHTERPLANES on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

    Min Diesel - jagged (and at times melodic) interesting indie with some lovely vocal harmonies. Gaining high praise everwhere they go, and have recently supported Errors. Check them out here: Min Diesel on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

    Winter In Siberia - Atmospheric, 'bleak and cold' soundscapes from Aberdeen - tune available for your shoegazing pleasure at Winter in Siberia on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

    Doors at 7:30

    4

    :)

  11. Gigs in the towns near aberdeen?

    in Networking

    Posted

    The tolbooth in ellon used to do a band night on a tuesday, just a couple of young bands on a sortof rotation... they played a mixture of covers and their own stuff... it was free, and very poorly attended besides a handfull of friends and family members. Advertisement was perhaps not the best, just posters up in the pub.

    It was well intentioned, but logistically it wasn't going to work. Mainly because the old people and bar staff moaned about volume. If it isn't loud enough though, its shite.

  13. Gigs in the towns near aberdeen?

    in Networking

    Posted

    Yes, you're pretty much spot on with your New Inn assessment.

    Just out of interest how busy was the Drummonds gig?

    As I said in my original post about a bit of fly-posting, if the promotion side was done properly then yeah, it would as curiosity is a powerful thing, even if just for one gig. If they thought you were gash, they probably wouldn't turn up to the next one (if you so desired to put on another one) but you'll have at least tried and possibly even made some cash for the coffers once the PA and engineer are paid for.

    You're also neglecting the fact that small towns like Ellon, Peterhead, Aboyne, Kemnay, etc have the local academy with herds of kids who can't get into pubs and only get into Aberdeen at weekends but probably listen to music obsessively. If a gig was run as an over-14's, then they might just appreciate somebody taking the time to come out their neck of the woods.

    It'd be a pain the tits to organise but let's face it, audiences are hard as fuck to find these days and normal gigging strategies don't work for most bands in my opinion; first few gigs great, then once excitement is over you hit a wall of steadily diminishing attendance.

    that drummonds gig with that line up was fairly busy.

    the school kids point is a good one...but I think they'd mainly be inclined to see punk, indie that kind of thing. Don't get me wrong, not all school kids listen to the kaiser cheifs and kids in glass houses, but there wouldn't be enough secondary school kids interested in seeing some post-rock and alternative bands to merit putting on a gig.

    cool thread though, interesting discussion :)

  14. Gigs in the towns near aberdeen?

    in Networking

    Posted

    Man, things have well changed then.

    I think if the gigs are well enough advertised locally (bit of fly posting etc) then people will turn up no matter what.

    If you're worried about the type of person attending the gigs then you may need to examine whether you feel your ends justify your means. Small towns generally nearly always have the local gang wandering about terrorizing the local 14-30 year old male populations. They will turn up to your gig and, depending whether or not they like you they may or may not cause trouble.

    That said, I played a good few gigs in Ellon back in the day - all were pretty well attended and we never had a problem from the Young Ellon Mentals (probably revealing my age there) who were invariably there too.

    Do you really think people would turn up no matter what?

    If i booked a venue and put on...lets take this recent gig I played in drummonds: min diesel, iname and y change costume do you think the locals will be interested?

    No.

    A few people from town will get the bus out, but other than that the locals would prefer to get pissed in the local ned pub (the new inn by the way, which is essentially a public toilet with a bar installed in one end).

  15. Gigs in the towns near aberdeen?

    in Networking

    Posted

    The only 'music scene' in Inverurie is the covers band circuit!

    The Black Bull pub do music nights where people play their own stuff, however its always shite! I hear it from my bedroom actually, it's usually all shite! The punters come outside with the "party" when that happens actually! Aye dead scene actually!

    4 X actually + 2 x shite = Don't bother

    Can you actually write a sentence without using the word actually? Actually.

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