Ollie

Dear All, Anyone heard frightened rabbit. I stumbled across them on Ross P's bebo page. Pretty decent like; they have that whole dreich, dour scottish thing going on. Think they are playin this city soon, ta , ollie

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Hi guys, I have not had a chance to read all the posts on this thread but I hope that people are not being too unfair. I have lived in Aberdeen for all of my life (basically). However, the amount of foriegn and Scottish musical talent that we have had over here is immense. Of particular mention is the great work done by Sharon (Drakes) and all the other people involved with Drakes. Mike and all the other Folk at Interesting Music Productions, Graham etc, and countless other people including Stuart Maxwell, also deserve a mention. In addition, many Aberdonian bands have pushed our music scene, perhaps unwittingly, and for that I think that the city will benefit, greatly. Personally speaking I spent a lot of time with Mark Nicol at Exile. He did his job well - he was a Producer. It happened that he took an active interest in local bands (Perhaps local has a new meaning nowadays, embracing all of Scotland as opposed to only Aberdeen), and, notably, individual musicians. It says a lot for our scene that Mark produced bands that are still talked about in Scotland and elsewhere. Aberdeen has a strong collectivity. I remember that someboday earlier on in the week posted a thread which criticized the lack of collectivity between the varoius artists in Aberdeen. They were wrong. There are people here who want to push the art and academic scene. In fact, there are plans in place to integrate the work of artists at RGU and Social Scientis and Aberdeen University. Anyway. ciao. Ollie

Many things; the music, people, friendliness, music, Scottishness, drink...

I tihink you're correct but not because people are uneducated. I think most people in the world, regardless of location or class, are very smart and very recpetive. As for the Aberdonian dialect, it's cool.

anyway, im returning to the thread, the girl from glasgow is very very good. P.S - Kimy f knows what you're on about but I checked out your music on myspace and it isn't half bad. Ollie

How old are you? Kate Bush is still very popular, as idlolwild suggests, with a broad range of age groups.

it's very very good. intelligent song writing. A young voice which could develop well

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I am due to leave this city in the near future and was reflective of its future, both as a major scottish city and major scottish city for currents in music. Do people think that Aberdeen will grow in comparison to Edin and Glas or fade away? Ollie

orwell were good at what they did

has anyone been listening to the cd? All the songs are brilliant. It captures a pretty diverse range of musical talent. The song by 'for my next miracle' is cracking.

I don't mind people downloading it Mark. It's not a bad song at all... If the views of a bassist count that is..

haha former minister? Dunno if there will be a reunion. I wouldn't mind a copy that track if you could email it perhaps? Ollie

valentines track is pretty decent, you should check it out. Hope stroszek are doing good. I haven't had a chance to see them lately but I'll keep an eye out for future gigs. Ollie

is it really that bad les?

Yeah, I bought it for 2 pounds last week. Pretty good value and some decent songs too. Ollie

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I don't think it's a bad thing. It's good that the good bands in Aberdeen had/have a place to go to record and practice, in an environment that takes an interest in your music.

I am not sure, just saw it for 2 pound on the promotional stands at the entrance of one up.

hi, I just bought the 'This is the exile recording studio' compilation CD from OneUP. Some quality bands on it. I really liked Patterns in pavements. Was good to hear AKA the Fox, Deadalus, Fiction/Action and Valentine. Ollie

one of the best bands

Crevecoeur were absolutely brilliant. Such great music. Good perfomance by The Lows Lows. I am listening to the first Crevecoeur CD just now and I have a feeling I will be for a long time. Thanks for taking these two great bands and many others to Aberdeen. Ollie