The disadvantage of living in an apartment is when inspiration sparks at night, I can't do much about it. We're not even talking about the middle of the night or the wee hours of the morning, just plain, 11pm.
In my family house, whenever inspiration hit me, even in my sleep, I'd jump right out of bed, grab the guitar, hit record and belt it out. I'd like to think that my house was sound proof but it wasn't. The neighbours didn't seem to care though and they weren't as petty as the ones I have here in this apartment building.
A few weeks ago, Tjin, Julian and myself were rehearsing in the apartment for our acoustic sets for The Limelight and The Precinct when someone buzzed me from the intercom. I was like, "hmm..we're not expecting anyone, why the heck is my intercom ringing?". I picked up the handset and a voice from the other end said, "could you do us a favour and turn down your music?". Turn down our music? Are you kidding me? We weren't even playing our music half as loud as some of the neighbours that blast techno in the middle of the night, rattling and rumbling the walls!
We were playing acoustic for crying out loud! Me on acoustic guitar, Julian on bass through my tiny Orange amp which isn't even meant to reproduce bass for a bass guitar and Tjin on clean electric guitar through the standard TV speakers (yes, very innovative indeed, Tjin's amp was the TV). To top it all off, the call came at 8pm. You gotta be kidding me right? But hey, we're a co-operative bunch of guys so we finished up what we had to do for rehearsal and "turned it down".
Today, fortunately though, inspiration hit a bit early so I managed to sit down and record a whole guitar part and a heap of vocals. I was pleasantly surprised with the results especially when the song is still so raw and the lyrics weren't even written. I'm treating this as a slightly better version of recording an idea then I'm going to strip it all apart and re-record it as a proper demo. This should be fun. Now, when would be a good time?
In my family house, whenever inspiration hit me, even in my sleep, I'd jump right out of bed, grab the guitar, hit record and belt it out. I'd like to think that my house was sound proof but it wasn't. The neighbours didn't seem to care though and they weren't as petty as the ones I have here in this apartment building.
A few weeks ago, Tjin, Julian and myself were rehearsing in the apartment for our acoustic sets for The Limelight and The Precinct when someone buzzed me from the intercom. I was like, "hmm..we're not expecting anyone, why the heck is my intercom ringing?". I picked up the handset and a voice from the other end said, "could you do us a favour and turn down your music?". Turn down our music? Are you kidding me? We weren't even playing our music half as loud as some of the neighbours that blast techno in the middle of the night, rattling and rumbling the walls!
We were playing acoustic for crying out loud! Me on acoustic guitar, Julian on bass through my tiny Orange amp which isn't even meant to reproduce bass for a bass guitar and Tjin on clean electric guitar through the standard TV speakers (yes, very innovative indeed, Tjin's amp was the TV). To top it all off, the call came at 8pm. You gotta be kidding me right? But hey, we're a co-operative bunch of guys so we finished up what we had to do for rehearsal and "turned it down".
Today, fortunately though, inspiration hit a bit early so I managed to sit down and record a whole guitar part and a heap of vocals. I was pleasantly surprised with the results especially when the song is still so raw and the lyrics weren't even written. I'm treating this as a slightly better version of recording an idea then I'm going to strip it all apart and re-record it as a proper demo. This should be fun. Now, when would be a good time?
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All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
Labels: The Limelight, The Precinct
Thanks to everyone who rocked up at The Precinct and The Limelight's 1st Birthday shows a few Thursdays ago. It was heaps of fun stripping it down and re-arranging the old songs as well as unveiling a brand new one. You guys were amazing, singing along to our songs. You guys really made it happen for us. We even got an encore at The Precinct which was totally unplanned and it's the spontaneous things that keep things interesting. I think the best part of it all was hanging out after the shows. So, high fives all around!
We've got some exciting plans coming up but I think it will be a bit premature to announce them right now so you got to check this space for updates as they come.
On a more personal note, I've been scouting out specifically for valve guitar amps that I can afford and in the middle of it all, I developed a massive crush on Fender Mustangs! I haven't fallen in love with them like I did with Strats, but I'm afraid it's only a matter of time.
A second hand '65 Mustang reissue is abour AUD$1300 here but a new one in the states only retails less than USD$1000. Insane!
We've got some exciting plans coming up but I think it will be a bit premature to announce them right now so you got to check this space for updates as they come.
On a more personal note, I've been scouting out specifically for valve guitar amps that I can afford and in the middle of it all, I developed a massive crush on Fender Mustangs! I haven't fallen in love with them like I did with Strats, but I'm afraid it's only a matter of time.
A second hand '65 Mustang reissue is abour AUD$1300 here but a new one in the states only retails less than USD$1000. Insane!
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All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
Labels: Broken Scar Gigs, Fender Mustang
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All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
Broken Scar Live @ The Limelight @ Miss Libertine
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All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
Labels: Broken Scar Gigs
