Guest MDP Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 this is one of thoose rare occasions where i'm gunna have to agree with jamesy, aberdeen has one of the best music scene's in the uk right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ghost Of Fudge Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 I remeber a particular band playing an utter shambles of a set, yet it was the most fun I'd had in ages at a gig, just because the atmosphere was bang on. You don't have to be great musicians, just as long as you and the audience is having fun. Nothing else really matters, does it?cloud speaks sense here, even two back joe (or whatever it is) would have to agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 I will have some new acoustic stuff coming along shortly. Doubt it will make you excited though Maxi.Is it baldy-core? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest djdjdj Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 I still think this is boring.There's load of ace venues, ace bands and an ace vibe in Aberdeen, outwith this little thing called 'Aberdeen-Music' and people around the UK are catching on more and more. Hot Chip adored it tonight, The Automatic swear by, Graham Coxon fucking loved every second, Tilly and the Wall cant wait to come back, EVERY HxC/Metal band say it's the best gig/hospitality/people in the UK, Subways keep in touch stressing they want to come back, same with Delays, Hard-Fi said it was the best gig they'd ever played up until that point last year, Paolo Nutini forgot his words cause he was overwhelmed by the people here and has asked me to sort him out some low-key Aberdeen shows, Jamie T wants to come back solo in Drummonds in Dec then to Moshulu with the band early next year, the NME want me to do ALL their tours in Aberdeen post Klaxons show and I've got Club NME launching November 7th in Moshulu...I could go on all day..I went to London at the start of August, and everyone, as soon as I mentioned where I was from, straight away was asking about colonopenbracket/hookers green/edgar prais, I had Nine Black Alps manager phone me about another Aberdeen band this week, got bands offering my lot Scottish supports/tour supports all over the place, Needles have had 2 vids in 3 months all over NME.com and MTV2, Stapleton were blown away by Genevieve earlier this year and thought they were amazing, every band I've put Right Hand Left on with have been full of praise, Little Kicks just had XFM exposure pieces, MMw have a great track record for a band of their ilk, and with Cry For Silence just signing with My Chemical Romances manager, I'm sure that'll continue, especially with the inevitable rise of Enter Shikari, and the fact Flood of Red ain't far behind, The X-Certs have got the same booking agent as Maximo Park and Magic Numbers and will inevitably go on to great things...Copy Haho are fantastic, Amber has a voice to die for, Fiction/Action get better and better, bands are requesting WSBB to do supports up here, do I really need to go on...?And finally, the students ar beginning to rise, people are more and more coming out to shows, and coming back, not just for established touring acts, but for the underground and the local scene as well...We'v got The Tunnels, Kef, Drummonds, The Lemon Tree, Moshulu, The Forum, The Music Hall, Boyd Orr @ AECC, Main AECC all more than capable of staging awesome gigs. What does Edinburgh have? Cab Vol, Liquid Rooms, Corn Exchange. Dundee? Doghuse, Reading Rooms, Fat Sams....Crowd attendances in Aberdeen generally kick the shit out of Edinburgh, and ain't far off Glasgow these days, for a city our size, that's fucking amazing. That, and the fact, that let's face it, Aberdeen is a helluva nice compared to most in the UK...All you negative ones are unappreciative fannies, take what you have and help it grow I say, dont piss and whine like a little bitch, it's getting really old.+1Great post. It's always good to have a positive promoter's input once in a while rather than the moaning back-stabbery that normally goes on here. Let's hope the reputation the bands and people like RFR Promotions have built up for Aberdeen will continue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Stax Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 I still think this is boring.There's load of ace venues, ace bands and an ace vibe in Aberdeen, outwith this little thing called 'Aberdeen-Music' and people around the UK are catching on more and more. Hot Chip adored it tonight, The Automatic swear by, Graham Coxon fucking loved every second, Tilly and the Wall cant wait to come back, EVERY HxC/Metal band say it's the best gig/hospitality/people in the UK, Subways keep in touch stressing they want to come back, same with Delays, Hard-Fi said it was the best gig they'd ever played up until that point last year, Paolo Nutini forgot his words cause he was overwhelmed by the people here and has asked me to sort him out some low-key Aberdeen shows, Jamie T wants to come back solo in Drummonds in Dec then to Moshulu with the band early next year, the NME want me to do ALL their tours in Aberdeen post Klaxons show and I've got Club NME launching November 7th in Moshulu...I could go on all day..I went to London at the start of August, and everyone, as soon as I mentioned where I was from, straight away was asking about colonopenbracket/hookers green/edgar prais, I had Nine Black Alps manager phone me about another Aberdeen band this week, got bands offering my lot Scottish supports/tour supports all over the place, Needles have had 2 vids in 3 months all over NME.com and MTV2, Stapleton were blown away by Genevieve earlier this year and thought they were amazing, every band I've put Right Hand Left on with have been full of praise, Little Kicks just had XFM exposure pieces, MMw have a great track record for a band of their ilk, and with Cry For Silence just signing with My Chemical Romances manager, I'm sure that'll continue, especially with the inevitable rise of Enter Shikari, and the fact Flood of Red ain't far behind, The X-Certs have got the same booking agent as Maximo Park and Magic Numbers and will inevitably go on to great things...Copy Haho are fantastic, Amber has a voice to die for, Fiction/Action get better and better, bands are requesting WSBB to do supports up here, do I really need to go on...?And finally, the students ar beginning to rise, people are more and more coming out to shows, and coming back, not just for established touring acts, but for the underground and the local scene as well...We'v got The Tunnels, Kef, Drummonds, The Lemon Tree, Moshulu, The Forum, The Music Hall, Boyd Orr @ AECC, Main AECC all more than capable of staging awesome gigs. What does Edinburgh have? Cab Vol, Liquid Rooms, Corn Exchange. Dundee? Doghuse, Reading Rooms, Fat Sams....Crowd attendances in Aberdeen generally kick the shit out of Edinburgh, and ain't far off Glasgow these days, for a city our size, that's fucking amazing. That, and the fact, that let's face it, Aberdeen is a helluva nice compared to most in the UK...All you negative ones are unappreciative fannies, take what you have and help it grow I say, dont piss and whine like a little bitch, it's getting really old.That's it. I'm moving to Aberdeen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amber wilson Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 Ta very much Jamesy xx:up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 jamesy's the preacher man. all you fools need to recognise. and he's right about edinburgh. it's weak as piss! /x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatHand Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 Edinburgh has more moaners than here as well - they expect things to happen for them. This is something that people are starting to do something about in Aberdeen. There is more to a music scene than having bands that are hitting the big time, it is the vibe and the bands you can attract to it. I don't know about anyone else but I find that my standard of playing naturally increases by the challenge of playing next to a better band. I recently opted to stay in Aberdeen than move to Glasgow because I was enjoying it so much here. A decision I don't regret at all. There are loads of styles of music to choose from if you look out for it - places like the Blue Lamp don't advertise very well but I have seen some amazing acts there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted October 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 edinburgh has a fantastic scene, more vibrant than a lot of places in the uk! all depends on what you are into! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 that may well be the case but it doesn't seem particularly accessible to newcomers such as myself, which is a bit offputting. /x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xabandonyoux Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 today we fight would know what to do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capn Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 none of the bands mentioned are in the same calibre as local bands like take a worm for a walk week, desalvo, stapleton, kaddish, alamos, james orr complex, acrnym, eska, simplestorm.bands like these are the standards im talkign about. somehow i dont see the likes of et al doing things as well as these guys.Man, this whole thread is like the blind leading the blind. How borrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggggg is it to listen to people go on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, AND ON, about 'standards', and 'professionalism' when noone really knows what they're talking about...I think we should all move to Glasgow, form shite alt-rock/subgenre/subgenre/subgenre bands, tour the country for 8 years, get 6000 tatoos, constantly focus ourselves, learn how to drum in 15/8, develop a backwards singing style and piss around on our high-horses talking about how blinded the rest of the world is to our innovative style. Only then will we truely have become accepted. Also, remeber that the ONLY way you can do things is DIY. Plus, Steve Albini MUST produce our record. And we should only release it on a label that hand-prints vynil in stables, on fire. And thou shalt only make 4 copies! Urrrrrrrrrrrr... Need... fresh... brains.... urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... I'd rather listen to a pub-rock Oasis cover band than some of these arrogant, totally idiotic and unoriginal idiots.Actually, fuck that, i'm going to listen to Bruce Springsteen. Have fun!PS.Sorry, I never post. In fact, I never usually visit but did today and found the same stupid discussion with arrogant, boring people dictating to others exactly how bands should do things and what standards they should have. I'm sorry Stuart, it's nothign personal, I just hate these sorts of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Man, this whole thread is like the blind leading the blind. How borrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggggg is it to listen to people go on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, AND ON, about 'standards', and 'professionalism' when noone really knows what they're talking about...I think we should all move to Glasgow, form shite alt-rock/subgenre/subgenre/subgenre bands, tour the country for 8 years, get 6000 tatoos, constantly focus ourselves, learn how to drum in 15/8, develop a backwards singing style and piss around on our high-horses talking about how blinded the rest of the world is to our innovative style. Only then will we truely have become accepted. Also, remeber that the ONLY way you can do things is DIY. Plus, Steve Albini MUST produce our record. And we should only release it on a label that hand-prints vynil in stables, on fire. And thou shalt only make 4 copies! Urrrrrrrrrrrr... Need... fresh... brains.... urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... I'd rather listen to a pub-rock Oasis cover band than some of these arrogant, totally idiotic and unoriginal idiots.Actually, fuck that, i'm going to listen to Bruce Springsteen. Have fun!PS.Sorry, I never post. In fact, I never usually visit but did today and found the same stupid discussion with arrogant, boring people dictating to others exactly how bands should do things and what standards they should have. I'm sorry Stuart, it's nothign personal, I just hate these sorts of things.Got something constructive to say or just whining? The balls in your court, educate away.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeC Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Well said.........in factFucking well said!!!These threads that are purely subjective can go on for months ... no one is right ... no one is wrong.G... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 this thread gives me no faith atall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 this thread gives me no faith atall.Nobody on here likes/produces the sort of things you like so that doesn't surprise me to be honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Nobody on here likes/produces the sort of things you like so that doesn't surprise me to be honest a) you have no idea what I listen to.b) It's the petty inward looking niggling and nitpicking that gives me a lack of faith, that's what I'm talking about here. c) I like intelligent, creative, ambitious and thoughful music. So yes, in some ways you are right. But see point b). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 a) you have no idea what I listen to.b) It's the petty inward looking niggling and nitpicking that gives me a lack of faith, that's what I'm talking about here. c) I like intelligent, creative, ambitious and thoughful music. So yes, in some ways you are right. But see point b).I have a good idea what you listen to as you bang on about it all the time. There's not really much nitpicking going on, more brainstorming.And as for c): don't we all. But that's subjective too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 I have a good idea what you listen to as you bang on about it all the time. There's not really much nitpicking going on, more brainstorming.And as for c): don't we all. But that's subjective tooYou have no fucking idea about my musical tastes. Anyway. No, there is nothing subjective about it atall, given that there is the entire documented history of music out there to provide context for anyone with the wits to equip themselves with that sort of awareness. There is nothing creative or ambitious about the detestable cultural recidivism which is at the core of this huge circle-jerk of "artists" producing this trash, media peddling it, and ignorant consumers lapping it up that you people believe is the music scene. Besides. You like Justin Timberlake, you are in no position to make any such comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 You have no fucking idea about my musical tastes. Anyway. No, there is nothing subjective about it atall, given that there is the entire documented history of music out there to provide context for anyone with the wits to equip themselves with that sort of awareness. There is nothing creative or ambitious about the detestable cultural recidivism which is at the core of this huge circle-jerk of "artists" producing this trash, media peddling it, and ignorant consumers lapping it up that you people believe is the music scene. Besides. You like Justin Timberlake, you are in no position to make any such comments.How refreshing.Gag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 You have no fucking idea about my musical tastes. Anyway. No, there is nothing subjective about it atall, given that there is the entire documented history of music out there to provide context for anyone with the wits to equip themselves with that sort of awareness. There is nothing creative or ambitious about the detestable cultural recidivism which is at the core of this huge circle-jerk of "artists" producing this trash, media peddling it, and ignorant consumers lapping it up that you people believe is the music scene. Besides. You like Justin Timberlake, you are in no position to make any such comments.And you have no 'fucking' idea about mine if thats all you think i listen to. I have a broad appreciation of music in general, something which i'm afraid your posts lead me to believe that you don't.And i'm sorry but what one person finds fresh and creative is not always what another finds fresh and creative. You don't half talk utter shite sometimes Stripey, honestly.As for 'recidivism' (good choice of big word by the way), its very hard to accuse people of musical 'theft' when anything outputwise i've heard musically from yourself over the years could well be described as such, but i guess thats subjective as i personally don't find anything musical that you've enlightened us with as 'new' or 'intriguing'. We all draw our musical inspiration from something (usually what we hear and like to be honest) and most bands are not afraid to point out the source of their musical inspiration when asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jake Wifebeater Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 As soon as people ditch the false notion of a "local" music scene, then we might make some headway here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capn Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Got something constructive to say or just whining? The balls in your court, educate away....Actually, my point was that NOOONE had anything constructive to say and that most people were just bullying each other and forcing their 'experience' down each others throat. Experience things for yourself. I have no intention of 'educating' anyone because, unlike some, I don't feel that I have the right to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Experience things for yourself.Thats completly true and i totally agree with that, but it always helps to hear other people's experiences as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 And you have no 'fucking' idea about mine if thats all you think i listen to. I have a broad appreciation of music in general, something which i'm afraid your posts lead me to believe that you don't.And i'm sorry but what one person finds fresh and creative is not always what another finds fresh and creative. You don't half talk utter shite sometimes Stripey, honestly.As for 'recidivism' (good choice of big word by the way), its very hard to accuse people of musical 'theft' when anything outputwise i've heard musically from yourself over the years could well be described as such, but i guess thats subjective as i personally don't find anything musical that you've enlightened us with as 'new' or 'intriguing'. We all draw our musical inspiration from something (usually what we hear and like to be honest) and most bands are not afraid to point out the source of their musical inspiration when asked.Yadda yadda yadda. I'm not accusing anyone of theft, I'm accusing them of not having the balls or the intelligence to even attempt anything fresh. Most of the trash churned out by the ten a penny bands in aberdeen sounds so dated and corny it's not even funny in an ironic sense, it's just pathetic. Anyway, you rate justin timberlake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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