the scotsman

Anybody know where to get on of these for a reasonable price? Can't find anything cheap on the net for a gig bag that'll fit a electo-acoustic hollow body... Anyone able to help?

I got a digital 8 track from Santa. I still don't know how to use 90% of it, but I can record with it at the moment...

It wasn't a Fostex digi 8 track was it? Unfortunatley they are a piece of shit, i know of three peoples Fostex's that have crashed forever. The Master board has a design flaw and it fails after about two years, it's quite a well known failure in the fostex repertiore. My Fostex failed and it costs 300 to replace the faulty master board, literally the cast of the whole bloody 8-track!!!

Fuck Fostex!

Thanks again everyone for their help with this... it has made the job allot easier in finding out all the various option open to me...

Cheeeeeers!!!

Without trying to be flippant you are treating the symptoms, not the cause. You state you hit stupid loud dB's at some points. For prog rock? I thought it metal/punk that wanted stoopid loud, well there you go, you learn somehting new every day.

Just turn it down.

You only get your hearing once you know, don't fuck with it!

Quiet, man its the new loud!

Yeah, were more a post-rock band. and yeah it gets loud. If we turn it down we loose the intensity we are after. And yes, i fully understand that i get my hearing only once, thats why i'm protecting the beauties from now. And it's not just the band, it's clubs (which i hardly attend these days), the djembe circle i'm in, my drum kit, gigs etc etc. Thay all contribute to the mess.

Recon i'm gonna try the cheaper plugs first of all... the 10-15 ones and see how that goes. Splendid.

thanks for your help so far peeps!

Hey.

My name is Billy and i'm a musician that suffers from Tinitus. I've been using the crappiest foam ear plugs for the last year or so and my Tinitus has gradually got worse. Before i invest in expensive ear plugs, i need to know which ones are the right selction for me. I play in a progressive rock band that reaches silly Db levels. Also when we play gigs the monitoring is usually unbelievabely loud at points which is causing damage. I will be investing in PROFESSIONAL ear plugs due to this adversary called Tinitus, but i would like to know which ones are the best i.e which ear plugs will alow me to actaully hear my band, and at a really safe Db level? Also, i do know that profesional plugs are expensive, so feel free to suggest those ones too, as money is nothing compared to a life of constant high freguency ringing bells in my head.

I appreciate your time on this important matter of mine.

Kind Regards

Billy Balmer

Hey, my name is Billy and i am living in Glasgow at the moment! I have previously been in the band Northern Inertia, which sounded like mogwai meets sonic youth. I am moving up to St Cyrus (just a bit south of Stonehaven) in January or February 2007. I'm wanting to start a project. A very ambitious project. I play guitar and have loads of material to work with. I play like Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Esmerine, Do Make Say Think, Sonic Youth and Mono. I have my own style which has some celtic/ethnic sound scapes in there. I have a set vision of where i want this music to go to. I want beauty and intensity in the music... and i feel that with a violinist and a cellist i can reach the desired peaks.

i haver already got my two friends on board (drummer and guitarist) who will deliver the sound i'm after.

The Drummer has a recording studio and obviously rehearsal space too, so jamming potential is at a maximum with no money needed to practice. My friend lives in drumlithie so a bit of a random place to go but it's amazing vibes up there. Also the guitarist lives in a house on the outskirts of Stonehaven where we can jam aswell for free!

Is anybody interested?

Kind Regards.

Billy.

If i have the funds i will most certainly be in attendance...

Class

I surely will be in attendance...saw the 44's supporting capdown, i think? anyways i've seen them before and are a classic ska punk man...see yous there

if i havent said already...tickets will be sold on the door for sure.

I lived in Stonehaven until late Summer' date=' and the only bands I was aware of were a couple of crap metal bands, with ridiculous egos. I swear they even walked around town playing their electric guitars, unplugged.

ps - I don't know a Billy Balmer, but my name is Richard.[/quote']

Yeah i've seen the TEENY bopper metal bands, their fucking shite but they have some quality musicians if i remember correctly. All the bands i know are now starting to gig...we all have been playing at parties and mini festies in the country localy (big two day house parties etc) but now we are all wanting to play proper venues and kick off a mini scene in Stoney if possible...

I've never been in Stonehaven. Is there a lot of good gigs there?

There surely will be if these intitial gigs we are setting up go well.

A 'music scene' in Stonehaven is a depressing thought!

No no, there is so many talented bands in these remote parts, we're trying to get these gigs on all the time so we have places to play in own town and so peeps don't have to venture to town to see bands all the time...

And for those who were inquiring...it's in the function room, the gig that is.

ps - do I know you?

maybe, this is Billy Balmer, do i know you???

I'm sorry' date=' but if a band are playing at an Aboyne fire festival, they surely can't be in a position to demand 300 for a show which is presumably quite close to their location?![/quote']

I'm not the one who booked them so the organisers could be full of shit regarding the amount being charged...300 i don't believe myself really but hey.

who are paddy rasta?

I don't like them personally. They are a northern irish fushion of regae and irish tunes...i saw them at a Aboyne fire festival and thought they were okay, but rather repetative.

Any information you all require contact us via email if you want...

northern_inertia@hotmail.co.uk

Yes an example of the music would be nice...Can you pay on the door as well as get tickets in advance? Station is 2 minutes from my hoose....may venture round....

no recordings done yet...sorry. And you deffinately can pay on the door!!!

Yes an example of the music would be nice...Can you pay on the door as well as get tickets in advance? Station is 2 minutes from my hoose....may venture round....

Aye, no recordings done as of yet...will be done soon though.

It's seven pound due to Paddy Rasta demanding 300 buks for their set...fucking bullshit if you ask me but meh, we're playing anyways it's a gig innit

Northern Inertia...

Post Rock instumentalist making their first gig appearance at the Station Hotel this friday 10th Feb supporting Paddy Rasta...

Influences include Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Sigur Ros

Come check us out if you can be bothered venturing to the depths of Stonehaven...

7 Door Tax

Station Hotel, Stonehaven

Tickets available From A Way With the Faeries.

Tel. 01569-766808

tickets still going for this show, it is in Stonehaven though but in a class venue

CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS PRESENTS

An evening of far-ootness with the NE Irish reggae fusion band Paddy Rasta who are promoting their new album release...check them out at www.myspace.com/paddyrasta

Also supporting will be the Community drum circle featuring special needs drummers

laurencekirk youth band Ice Against the Fire

Local and neast talent will be supporting (various accoustic sets and two as yet un-named bands)

and finally a jam after Paddy Rasta which anyone can take part.

Doors 8pm at the Station hotel, Stonehaven. (which is situated directly afront the front doors of Stonehavne railway station)

7 addmission

limited tickets available so book soon at A Way with the Faeries on 01569-766808 or chance ot on the day!!!!

anyone going to see this band, from what i've heard of them they are quite good. dabbling with post rock with a more conventional approach to their tunes, pretty good and worthy of a watch...

theres a metal band from california called weeping jesus asuming that the band listed here is not them

never heard of any of these bands, what are they like?

Headlining -

Johnny's Funky Kollosus

Tears Of Grace

Support -

Circadian

deBassed

Entry - 2

Doors - 6pm

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