If I think about it, there's nothing I particularly love about Sydney, it's just that it's where I am and I don't think there's anything I'd particularly love about anywhere else so, I guess that's it.

PS, grab my old band's EP from my thread anytime you've got nothing to do man.

[QUOTE=gaslight;18097362]If I think about it, there's nothing I particularly love about Sydney, it's just that it's where I am and I don't think there's anything I'd particularly love about anywhere else so, I guess that's it.

PS, grab my old band's EP from my thread anytime you've got nothing to do man.[/QUOTE]

I haven't grabbed it but I've listened on myspace in my downtime (which is increasingly very early morning now) and it's good **** man. Why so long until it was released etc?

myspace.com/riverstonehaze

btw just uploaded an acoustic track from a recent gig.

[QUOTE=funkyhoney;18097366]I haven't grabbed it but I've listened on myspace in my downtime (which is increasingly very early morning now) and it's good **** man. Why so long until it was released etc?[/QUOTE]

We were hoping to do a proper physical release and digital sales but when the band broke up we basically all never saw us eachother at once again and it was getting less and likely we'd be able to organise anything, so it just came down to either we give it away for free or noone ever hears it.

Fair enough dude. Fair enough getting it out there in any way, shape or form.

Hey, this is an aside but you can do artsy stuff right? Or am I confused.

Anyway that makes sense, in retrospect our EP is so much more pop than it should be. We used the producer who discovered The Veronicas haha.

I can do really really limited artsy stuff. Kind of, hit or miss random chance of success stuff. I did the art for that EP download which is probably the fanciest thing I've ever managed to do, haven't done much else and don't really know what I'm doing per se.

Ah ok, I want to get some mild enhancements to my tattoo design but not sure what exactly hahah. Probably just shading but I'm very indecisive.

https://www.yousendit.com/download/T1VsM25ESEJEbUkwTVE9PQ

Sample track from one of my band's upcoming EP. Listen if you get a chance :)

EDIT: Mixing isn't finished on this one, by the way, so don't mind the obviously too quiet drums.

Downloading it now. There's a thread with my old band's EP on it in the bass forum if you fancy a squiz at it.

Already have, Gaslight. Well, the first track, anyway. Can't say it's really my style but I dug the bass playing man, some nice ideas in there. Intro could have been tighter but it was good throughout the rest. Nice work dude :)

You might like track 6 a bit better if you like rocky bluesy stuff, it has some walking bass and everything, haha. Maybe track 4 too. The first track doesn't represent that rest of them that much.

I like your track, reminds me of Dave Matthews a bit. Recording quality is really nice and I like the trumpet in there.

Cool man, I'll check them out. That track is from my secondary band, I suppose you'd say. I enjoy my main band more, but that one is good for something different.

What's it called? Does it have trumpets and that in every song?

That band is called The Shallows. And yep, the horns and strings are a permanent fixture of the band, though they don't quite play on every song. I can upload another track if you're interested man :) Listening to track 6 as we speak, good stuff man, more solid bass playing. Did you guys multitrack this or record it live?

Beauty dude, nice name, nice music, sounds real cool. I love the sound of horns but have never gotten to play in a band with horns outside of stuff at uni.

Guitar, bass and drums were all done live in studio, then vocals happened another day.

http://www.samash.com/p/212MBE%202x12%20%208%20ohm%20Bass%20Speaker%20Cabinet_-49951689

Ooh, me want. Lightweight, vertical 2x12, and all the powering my ampeg head will need.


In other news, I am in the process of redoing the electronics in my 8-string. I've re-asssembled a concentric pot that should work for a stacked mid/mid frequency control and, in the spare hole, I've put a passive tone pot that push/pulls as an active/passive switch. I'm thinking about installing another switch that selects between two or three different capacitor values as well.

Sounds snazzy dude, what will that do to the sound when you change between them?

[quote=gaslight;18099956]Sounds snazzy dude, what will that do to the sound when you change between them?[/quote]

It changes the rolloff frequency. I don't have the exact specs on my circuit yet, but a .022uF capacitor starts cutting off treble frequencies around 2kHz, whereas a .01uF capacitor starts cutting off treble frequencies around 4kHz.

The way the circuit is set up with a push/pull, the passive tone control is always running, even when my preamp is doing my tone shaping. The problem is, my .022uF cap is cutting anything above 2kHz frequencies before my preamp's treble control (3.5kHz), so my treble is useless. By also switching capacitors, I can ideally use the tone pot to roll off the 4-5kHz frequencies that I think sound too hissy when I turn my preamp treble control.

Oh cool, just adjusting where your onboard tone does it's job?

[quote=gaslight;18099994]Oh cool, just adjusting where your onboard tone does it's job?[/quote]

Yeah, just the tone's rolloff frequency in general. I actually quite like how my pickups some when running through a simple jazz setup (Vol-Vol-Tone), so it'll work for some tone variations there as well.

Sounds like a good time.

Aliens and Avatar are the same movie.

[url]http://theoatmeal.com/comics/aliens_avatar[/url]

Except Avatar was a heap of ****.

Avatar was a visual masterpiece.

I'm going to buy a bottle of jager this weekend. I got a snazzy new koozie for it, and I drank through my last bottle.

A what for it?

[quote=BenJammin;18101488]A what for it?[/quote]

A koozie. Those neoprene things you put around your beer bottles/cans to keep them cold?

[url]http://www.boozingear.com/jagermeister-koozie-black-bottle-suit[/url]

Except mine is orange with black stitching & logo.

I'm seeing Primus tonight. It should be awesome.

[quote=Spaceman Spiff;18101570]I'm seeing Primus tonight. It should be awesome.[/quote]

Always an amazing show. I got to see them with Tim, Larry, and Les. The original lineup just cannot be beat.

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;18101636]Always an amazing show. I got to see them with Tim, Larry, and Les. The original lineup just cannot be beat.[/QUOTE]

I saw them on the Tour De Fromage when they had that lineup.

Jay Lane in place Tim should be interesting, though, seeing as he used to be in the band.