malloty

so many comments so little time what a well structured and interesting point you have made there. i think you said that a couple of days ago to kick this whole debate off did you not so well done on sticking to your guns. sorry to be fair you have progressed .. slightly.. you can now attempt nasty little personal comments as well. well done and obviously your fine and valid points will be taken on board with all the good intentions that they were made with!

at last harmony

oh repent ye sinner!

the wa is over...or is it

just have to agree to disagree i dont see anything wrong with talking up your band and would not hold it against anyone to say what they have achieved and when i hear about a band doing well from aberdeen i think it is a great thing. as i always say the more bands that are doing well the better it is for everyone. for some reason i get the impression that no one believes we work hard at what we do and that is the only annoying thing for me. regards yourselves more power to you and much respect to you guys for what you have done. i know when i started out in bands it was bands that were out making a name for themselves that motivated me and guys like yourself should be talking yourselves up as you would most likely be an inspiration to people who are trying to make it as they can see that you can make an impact from aberdeen by sticking to your principles and doing what you do. forums like this i thought would be about sharing information and contacts that you have found in places like radio, venues etc rather than a place to slag people off for getting stuff done... but maybe thats just wishfull thinking all the best

its nice to be nice

the Storm Petrels are from Arbroath and when they started did a lot of their gigging and stuff through in Aberdeen. I thought Estrella were aberdeen based as they had won the Aberdeen Battle of the Bands thing to get on the line up and i also seen them play a couple of heats in a drummonds battle of the bands... could be wrong but still feel that there should have been a bigger representation of local bands on the line up. As a forum it certainly raised our profile, obviously a lot of negative comments on the forum but if you are up there you expect to be shot down! on the positivesideit definitely boosted cd sales and increased greatly the amount of hits on our website as well as being able to make a few decent contacts within the industry.

Stalker Alert

Nice! unfortunately we enjoy our music and dont have any urge to express our views on the world on anyone. music is about enjoyement and with regards having something meaningful to say - thats very noble and i am sure if it was you you would be saving the world! But we just went onto Northsound played some tunes and had a laugh obviously a lot of it went over yours and others heads but i wont be losing sleep over it. regards criticism, why would we take it on board? we play the music we write and enjoy and act as normal, maybe we dont take it as serious as yourself and worry about the social implications and how it would upset someone like yourself! we are lucky enough to have a large following who enjoy the music, buy the cds, come to gigs etc just a wee thing relating to another point on the forum regarding promotion the reason we get on the radio ( northsound 5 times/radio scotland 2 times/radio clyde 4 times) to do sessions/have interviews which upset the natives is because we are constantly promoting the band and trying to get ourselves noticed. you seem to think we have it easier than everyone else but we work just as hard as the rest of the top bands in aberdeen to get ourselves noticed hence why we do se well. take it easy

the new most hated band, Girl Said No

natural order has been resolved just checked in and good to see that the 'alternative' crowd are back on the Girl Said No attack. I take it as a compliment that we mean that much to so many that we always seem to crop up in conversation with certain folk on this site. If promoting yourself the best you can is 'head up our own arses' then so be it. we are not an indie/alternative band as you would call it, never cared to be and are definitely more on the commercial poppier side which is what we like and fortunately enough for us we have a good following who like what we do. it is sad to see the same old folk slagging off other local bands who are trying to make it. we try to get to as many gigs as we can and support the local scene as there are some brilliant bands out there playing there own style of music and attracting there own following and making inroads within the industry. maybe you should keep in mind that any band that starts doing well from the city attracts more interest to other bands within the scene anyway please keep slagging away as it helps people remember that we exist while we head out to Spain. take it easy

Girl Said No are looking for a new bass player. our precviou bass player, Ewan has decided that he does not want to commit to a record contract and touring/recording/fame etc We have record contract ready to sign which will see releases in Spain and the UK before the end of the year and will see us have mahjor media coverage across europe. we are also booked to play several gigs in spain before the end of the year some to upwards of 14000. this is a serious offer for someone who looks good, has the ability and the dedication to make it big. check out www.girlsaidno.co.uk if you havent heard us before. the old tunes are there and although slightly dated just now they will give you a rough idea. age wise between 22-28 is ideal, male or female considered. also if you have strong vocals for harmonies etc this will be a bonus. we are in a ruch to get someone as first spannish gig is 22 october

What did you make of Free at The Dee was anyone at free at the dee? the usual cheesfest was there but some credibility was given by local acts local acts - Girl Said No, The Storm Petrels, Amber and Estrella Also did anyone notice El Presidente's CD skipping as they mimed through 'without you

Cheers one of the most frustrating things in the aberdeen music scene is the backstabbing of bands. a lot of bands spend too much time moaning about what they are not getting compared to bands like us as opposed to actually going out and doing something about it. the more times we sell out the lemon tree the more times we get slated on sites like these when maybe bands should be looking at how we generate our promotion and get big suport. we do a lot of gigs all over and more recently a lot down glasgow way and i think the aberdeen music scene is one of the best as there is such a diversity in the music. when you look at the bands that are starting to make a name for themselves and are getting noticed it tells you all you need to know about what the scene. From the more commercial music of ourselves, the acoustic music of the cellers all the way through to bands such as Hot Mangu and Karloff with bands like the wildcards in between you have so many bands playing their own style of music and not trying to fit in with whats going on around them which is quality. Shows such as Al Lorraines on Northsound in the long run may help break more bands to a wider audience. with regards to it not being alternative enough - so what! it is still opening up a chanel to bands in the scene that wasnt there a week ago. and who knows maybe in the next couple of weeks some real 'alternative' bands will make an effort to get on the programme and then it will be a really 'alternatve' show. take it easy

thanks for the accolades!! we have had many comparisons but certainly not Oasis usually much more offensive than that.. need to get ourselves some skateboards and a screamer to be good it would seem. regards the show Al is a decent guy and is trying to push the boundary a bit and create something that will add to the local scene.. something really lacking on Northsound since the dismissal of big Del Franklin. the good thing is he is passionate about his music and really wants to develop the show fair enough we were asked on to do the opening show because we are playing free at the dee and have a big following (though i wouldnt really class us as alternative) but it is open to all bands. off air Alan did mention he was really disapointed with the response he had from bands looking to get on the show so if you do play and are able to do it acoustic you should get your cds in. the set up was pretty decent, we did a session on radio scotland a couple of weeks ago and definitely got more talking time plus as well as getting the 2 live tracks we also got 1 of the tunes off the new cd so it is well worth doing regards exposure we had 150 pre orders of our cd on our website last night based on the show so must have had a pretty good number of folk listening looking forward to hearing some quality 'alternative bands' on the show in the coming weeks

I am trying to get in touch with decent photographer to get some photos of my band for our new website. can anyone recommend someone decent with a bit of flair who you dont have to remortgage your house to pay!