2 posts tagged “music”
Hello people,
I haven't joined a band yet, but in the meantime here's a song called World Of Difference that I wrote the other day. It's about being stuck down in Brighton on your own, paying through the teeth for bills and rent, and beginning to think it's not too bad if you stick at it. I wrote it on Friday 11th April. It was recorded through garageband, splitting the stereo line-in to achieve a channel for vocals and guitar to record simultaneously. And then I went back and recorded the bass and improv guitar. The drums are part of garageband. I did quite a rough take, so you may notice a few slip ups here and there, I hope you like it.
<-- Click on the link to listen to the track...
To hear more of my songs check out my myspace: The Pessimist.
My first gig since Reading 2007, it's been too long. It was a fun night, everyone loves a bit of moshing about. One of the warm up bands was Johnny Foreigner, who played a couple of songs that sounded like the BBC Blue Planet theme song. Sufficer to say they were good.
But then The Subways were about to come on. And as I pushed my way through the crowd to the front, someone muttered "tosser!" That's bloody uptight Brighton folk for you! The Subways started. Once I'd got reasonably close and found one of my fellow moshing mates I was having fun. Now I don't know much of The Subways repertoire, but that didn't dampen the experience in any way.
They put a great rock and roll set. By the second half I was at the front, which was awesome. I got loads of good photos and a couple of videos. And just when I was thinking why the hell haven't they played Rock And Roll Queen they closed the set with it! Billy (lead singer) crowd surfed and everyone was happy. Go on Subways you legends!
A few pounds lighter*,
a few decibels deafer,
and a few beer's drunker,
that's value for money in my book.
*from all the sweating
