A little track I made from my set that I played in Melbourne and the last of these samples. I’m currently recording a whole new batch all from the same recording device with the same settings with an aim to get more consistency, sonically.
“Dial Tone.mp3″:http://s33.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2F9TWWYSIXSBJ15LQ3X29MBEVT
“Here’s the Audio extract from my Christmas dinner.”:http://s27.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1HZSGA9ZZJ3Z73EKCPQDD3B0G8
Features:
? Tom/Leeanne/Greg/Rebekah Hall, Paul/Meryn/Alistair/Angus/Olivia Yeates, Laurie/Shirley Saville and Yuko Mizutani.
? Cold Dinner with the works.
? Conversation varying from religion to ebay.
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I try not to be a hater but some times I just can’t help it. Fuck, I hate George Bush!!!
“Check this animation out featuring George W”:http://www.planetdan.net/pics/misc/georgie.htm
As good as it is to be home and see family and friends I can’t help the overwhelming feeling of nothingness. Right now it would be really easy to just slot back into to old ways, drinking on weekends and working weekdays but I’m fighting it. This city called Devonport is stagnant, worse than a jar full of 6 month old milk.
I’ve been making some art works and have been getting a completely new set of sound samples together ready to start working on, I’m planning to start playing with Dolby Surround 5.1 within my sound works and see how immersive I can really get it. Looks like New Years will be spent in Launceston seeing Ministry of Sound as there’s just about no other option apart from a $400 dollar ticket to the Falls Festival at Marion Bay, to see a stella line up, but just short of returning to the workforce that’s out of my league.
Hope everyones having a good Xmas, New Years.
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Tassie is so so so small. Just in an outing today I think I was talking to no short of 20 people I know. It’s a bit too much when everything revolves around only a few venues in a small town.
Our stop over in Melbourne was pretty good. I think it’s probably the cheapest city to eat out in on the east coast of Australia. Some killer meals were eaten that didn’t really lighten the wallet.
My gig went really well in Fitzroy, no Canberra heads popped up but that’s totally ok cause it was great to play to a bunch of people that I had never ever met before the night. A 1 hour set was pretty daunting cause I had never played much past 40 minutes (the art school ball) but I had plenty of stuff planned but just wasn’t sure how coherent it was going to be.
As it turns out my little warm-up in Canberra the night before leaving helped me to iron out a few little problems and the whole set went completely to plan. Trev’s mobile phone sample even made an impression (obviously they hadn’t heard it before). It was really fun to play for that long but there was a few little learning curves I hit which will hold me in good steed for the future. I played the night with a new midi controller (Behringer BCR2000) which I had only picked up the day before but I already like this much more than the Edirol (already sold it for a profit over the price I bought it in Japan).
I’m off to church this morning to repent for all my sins and if I have time (not likely) I’ll repent for a few in the future.
Ho Ho Ho Hoe
That time finally come. Bye to all those top people I met through the years and stuck by me in the good and the BAD. As I closed the door on the celtic goodness coming from Scott Morisons house a tear rolled down the cheek and another welled up and then I thought to myself, I’ll be seeing these dudes again, for shizza.
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An era ends on Monday morning when I fly past the “Welcome To Canberra – The Bush Capital” sign on the Barton Highway, but I can honestly say there’ll be no tear in the eye, just a wry smile and the bird out the window. It’s been a good 3 years in Canberra (4 overall) and I’ve met some top people (and some fuck wits, not discounting that I’ve probably cemented myself in some people eyes as one too).
But its time to move on, these last few months have been tough because I’ve not only had to study and produce but I’ve been to some other wicked places and realised that I really have outgrown Canberra (I never really grew into Canberra as I only ever came here for uni). I miss the coast too and am really looking forward to getting back to my coastal home with the fresh sea air for a month or 2 to just chill and make art (a few performances are in the pipeline). I’m looking forward to getting back to Japan in March and hanging with old friends and also seeing how well I can tee up my art connections.
I look forward to hanging with old friends I’ve made in Canberra, but somewhere else in the World. Despite me knowing that my days have been numbered it’s still been very hard (a 50/50 battle against myself) to get out and party with friends I probably won’t see for quite a while. I’m zapped, just not motivated to do much here anymore, that includes partying, after all it’s “the bush capital”.
OMG I cannot believe what’s been going on in Sydney of late. It really makes me sick to think about and just from the images it would be an educated assumption to say that half the Aussie guys or more didn’t even know why they were down at Cronulla, something like “Mum, I just went down there cause Johnno was!!” or “Johnno asked me to take a sixy down there and I ended up in the Daily Telegraph”.
What do they think they’re going to achieve, in the end no one will win, it’ll just mean you won’t be able to walk safely down the street, day or night. As for the media I think they’ve been more than fueling the situation, the Daily Telegraph headlines were just appaling.
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I think this guy should clock himself over the head with his stubby.
I’m also creating my own label through the Australian Independent Music Association called, Nightrider Records.
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Well well well, I haven’t wrote on here much lately cause everythings been pretty busy.
Had Yuko’s farewell work dinner the other night and it was a major blast ( I highly reccomend Ethiopian ). Everyone was in a good mood for fun with plenty of drinkys and some good old fashioned “write your name with your bum” dancing. Which, I might add Trinity wasn’t ready for.
I’ve been finishing off my 5 track CD titled “This & That” which will be getting thrown around as of tomorrow inside a cool little zine that I put together with some help from Yuko. The sound works on the CD all come from Field Recordings (everyday sounds) and end up jammed together in a kind of techo’ish way. There’s only 100 copies so if you get one, you know your special!!
That leads me to my last plug. I’m playing live (sound works much the same as the CD) at Bar Open (Melbourne) on the 20th this month. It’d be great to see some familiar faces.
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6 days till I leave Canberra!!!
Fucking Awesome!!!
After leaving a sunny Canberra I was greeted in Melbourne by some typical dirty weather (funny how I think of the rain as dirty in Melbourne but refreshing in Canberra). Not to dampen my spirits I set off to find myself a nice hotel. It came by the name of Uni Lodge which was a massive new room at a bargain price and nearly on the corner next to Flinders St. station, a mere walk to Vodafone arena for the Crüe.
The concert was mad, lots of dedicated Crüe fans wearing the most appropriate T-shirts “Crüe Fans are the Best, Fuck the Rest” and definitely letting the Foo Fighter fans next doort at the Rod Laver arena know this whilst walking past on the way to the Vodafone arena, chanting this very loudly. Motor Head came out and played 2 songs (quite loudly) and then asked us if it was loud enough, we said no and Lemmy said “it’s never fucking loud enough” to which they actually turned it up, yyyeeeeaaah.
The Crüe came out to a barrage of pyrotechnics (enough to blow up a small city) that shock my ear drums like never before (they’re still ringing 36 hours later). Vince Neil ran around the stage like a lunatic and still hits those rock’n highs like never before, Nikki Sixx has still got his old school rock moves and Tommy “Titty Cam” Lee, what more can I say?!! Mick Marrs on the other hand looks to be feeling the pinch of old age and his sickness but still plays those Mötley riffs like a pro. At one stage Mick looked to be hiding away having a break over in front of the drums when Nikki Sixx just walks over and kicks him and then ushers him to get moving (all during a track).
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10 days till I leave Canberra!! lol