mistersticks

i use a Pearl Chad Smith signature and i find this very versatile as if the skin is very tight, the drum will sound just like its from the chili's tunes, you can hear this on the chili's album "live at hyde park." I use it with the skin much looser and it still sounds amazing. the drum itself is essentially a steel drum with a deep sound. i think you can pick one up for under 150 quid

Back on topic...

So - we just finished a tour last week of 3 nights in London, one in Manchester and one in Glasgow. How did it go? well, I had a fuckin riot, as did everyone on the trip. How did the gigs go? We pretty much played for nothing in every venue as nobody had heard of us. We played to an empty venue in Camden on the opening night, due to the promoter booking 2 Scottish bands and a Japanese band for a Monday night gig, and charged 6 on the door for the pleasure. We opened for the Grants at DeathDisco in Notting Hill, which eventually was a packed gig, but not when we played. In Manchester we headlined well past 11pm, and followed a dreadful local band who emptied the venue for us, again not many people there to see us. Glasgow was pretty busy, but then nearly everyone there had seen us before...

Oh yeah, and every venue invited us back to play a decent gig later in the year, pretty much based on seeing us live as opposed to hearing a us on CD - cause lets face it how many CDs will they get through the door every day? My point being (as Glasgow demonstrated) that you sometimes have to bite the bullet and play to an empty venue in a strange city if you're gonna make any progress. Christ knows we did it often enough in Aberdeen before anyone took us seriously, I wouldnt expect any different in any other city. The success of the first tour would I'd imagine be better judged on the attendance at the 2nd...

precisely, im glad you guys had a good time on tour too. looking foward to the 5th

this is great! nice one

Not Directed at toxic distortion. Ment for A Few Others.

but i remember when toxic d did that, they had their page plastered with seemingly fictional dates in the US, with no actual dates confirmed. Theres a big difference between doing that to big yourself up, and simply putting down future plans, just for example in my bands case, to 1. let promoters see what dates are available incase the date we go after is not available, but incase they are keen to book us, and 2 to let people know what we are planning to do in the future. and i think the later is especially important so as people don't forget about your band if your having a quiet period.

the tunes i've heard from this sound fantastic, they really do the band justice. they are as tight as a duck's arsehole live

on booking our September tour the dates with no gigs yet have been left 'TBC' so that the promoters that we get in touch with can see what dates are available and to make sure for ourselves that we're not double booking.

the tune is brilliant, right up my street. i think the recording captures the atomosphere of your live set, and is a great reflection your live set also.

please release something so i can buy it and put it on my ipod.

well done Phil

Didnt mean that the dude before you said by the time it got to us it would only be worth a fiver

im mearely saying to all buyers that your still getting an extra fiver on top of the asking price.

Its a good deal i dont see why people should complain.

ahhh sorry bud'

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im getting a 15 quid gain because the voucher was a gift, i was only offering to sell it because if somebody was buying tickets anyway, they would save a fiver.

awww.

if you don't want it, don't take it

Cast of the Capital are as tight as a duck's arsehole (water tight) and i enjoyed every minute of their set, and although i've seen them previously, the quality of tunes they are now playing have made them one of my favourite bands in town, can't wait to see them again.

the Colour Proposal were also very good last night, i'd never seen them before, and didn't really know anything about them. They were very entertaining to watch on stage as they seemed to be having a blast, and they were musically tight too.. so yeah, i'll be along to see them again as well, and so should you.

we played the Ark at the start of April, that was quite a success, quite a big crowd.

we'd also previously played the 3 sisters, which is kind of like edinburgh's triple kirks, but i would avoid it as we didn't think it was worth the travel

hey there, got a 20 quid ticketmaster voucher, still in date, but i can't see myself using it.

15 quid.

come on down, its going to be a

definitely would, something to take the girlfriend to, following a nice pizza pie.

make it the 3rd and call it my b'day bash

i think the song is okay as it stands, but you should definitely get an alternative mix up because it could probaly be quite good

way hey! im happy to hear this. well done chaps.

these guys don't like to fuck around do they?

Housecoat!? What the fuck?

I do believe that Derek deserves far more slating than you

a. for calling a dressing gown a "housecoat"

b. for not being able to handle his whiskey

c. for sitting letting you straighten his hair (he clearly looked like he was enjoying it)

As for you moisturising for a skin condition, well, I can't see how that deserves any ribbing whatsoever. The little bastards that they are.

Straightening your hair is fairly girly though.

hahahahahahaha

explanations:

a.my farmyard upbringing

b. im a small guy, and lidl's finest bourbon is like rocket fuel.

c. i'll do anything for human physical contact

Don't you start, you're the only one with video evidence of getting your hair straightened.

i retract my statement... and i will also admit, before i am found out, that i did indeed send daryl down to the chemist with a shopping list for myself

i am really looking foward to this one

Not only hair straighteners, a dressing gown too. I'm surprised he didn't find room for a manicure kit either...

hahahahaha not to mention the jaunt down to the chemist in glasgow for moisturiser

i don't think that especially the later of the two videos to emerge from the tour portrays me in a very good light... but at least I don't have my knob out

Yes?...No?....

sorry about that, the guitar's gone im afraid

can the flight case hold any telecaster?

yes it should do, but it would rattle around unless you stuffed it with a little bit of bubble wrap or a cloth or something underneath the guitar as the telecoustic body is a little bit thicker than the electric version