Music Haven

[Chez Daja]

Originally Posted by Djinn

Have any musical talents?
Played a fair few instruments during school including piano, violin, recorder (who didn't in school XD). Out of school i picked up guitar, but i've not played that in ages.

Hahaha... I played recorder in school, too. I could play Hot Cross Buns, which typically sounds exactly like Three Blind Mice. COINCIDENCE?

I even had a book on how to play it... but um. I was shit, so whatever.

I can play a Metallica solo... It's the acoustic number on the track 'One'. Heard it? I can also play a bunch of Akira Yamaoka, and at one point, I could play a James Blunt song.

[Govinda]

Dystopia, last.fm isn't really about radio at all. It's made for people who listen to most of their music on WMP or iTunes. You get a plugin, and then all the song's you've listened to are put up on your profile, and it generates charts, neighbours and recommendations for you. And it lets you design your own radio as well as giving you a radio station of personalised recommendations on your profile. Some of the people you find on it are ace. I found one once who'd listened to Whenever, Wherever by Shakira over 10,000 times. You'll love it once you sign up.

Last show was Martha Wainwright at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall last Friday, my man took me. Lots of lesbians there. Support act hilariously bad. But the lady herself was on top form, her insanely powerful voice tearing holes in the hall, had the whole place cheering. Excellent show.

Also, I'm going to make a video of myself playing Jurassic Park on two recorders out of my nose just so that Chez and Djinn can see what they missed out on by not paying attention to recorder in school

[dimmufan]

Hell yeah! A music club. This sounds cool so I've decided that I would like to join. Here's my answers to the questionnaire.

What are/is your favourite type(s) of music?
Mainly symphonic black metal. But I also like death metal and some punk also.

Do you have a particular favourite artist/band? If so, who?
Dimmu Borgir FTW!

How has music affected your life?
I just can't imagine living life without music. I love to sing and I sing everywhere I go. Oddly enough, I do not sing in the shower. Kinda weird, eh?

Have any musical talents?
I play rhythm, bass, and drums.

What's your favourite song at the moment?
There are a chitload of songs that I like so it's really hard to pick just one or even a few.

[Halie]

Welcome dimmufan, you know, my best friend loves Dimmu Borgir too. I've only ever heard the beginning of one of their songs, though. It was okay, but it wasn't really enoguh to tell whether they were good or not. Might give 'em a go sometime, though.

Pablo: 10,000 bloody times? Christ. I bet I could beat it with a few Evanescence songs though haha. And as for the Jurrassic Park video, I'd love to see that. Sounds like a right laugh.

[Djinn]

Originally Posted by Pablo Honey

Also, I'm going to make a video of myself playing Jurassic Park on two recorders out of my nose just so that Chez and Djinn can see what they missed out on by not paying attention to recorder in school

Haha i'll look forward to it .. and i totally paid attention to recorder in school, i could never use it with my nose though XD.

Last band i saw live was Metallica at the Leeds festival a few years ago. Was some awesome bands there that year, think that was the same year System of a Down played... they were amazing live.

[James K. Polk]

The last show that I saw was Streetlight Manifesto. Amazing show, though the tenor saxophone player was incapacitated, and could only play the flute for a couple of songs. The opening band, MU330, was fantastic, too. Their finale included epic power skanking, and the trombone player swinging around a chainsaw.

[Darkwolf]

Whuh? we have members so fast? I feel so...inactive. Even if I'm on once a day at least lol ^^;;

Anyways, I haven't really seen any concerts to be honest. I just don't have the money. Although, if I pass 4th quarter this year, I'm going to Ozzfest. I've heard that it's really gone downhill, and that this MIGHT be the last year for it, but I still want to go. Especially if they have Lordi live again, their vids are so great. Heh, pyros everywhere.

As for musical talents, I guess GH really can't compare to you guys lol. Especially doing the "One" Solo for Metallica. I've tried it on GH, and I give kudos to anyone who CAN do that without screwing up. As for recorders, I have also played Three Blind Mice/Hot Cross Buns. I, too, had a little book to do with my recorder and stuff. They made us do it for music class in grade school. And yet, I have yet to see a class where you have to play guitar, I would enjoy learning that. Just too lazy to find the time to do it outside of school and other crap. xD

As for the Banner, I'm going to put it on my sig. I'm just going to use my photobucket since there's not a good way to do that kind of stuff straight from my computer. I don't know why, but that's just how the internet works lol

[Halie]

Aye, I added the banner too. Thanks, Omega .

And as I said, Alex, you'll love music festivals. They're so much fun. Some of the people you can meet there are fab. Crazy, but fab haha.

Has anyone here ever gone to a music festival? I did last summer, I went to the Carlsberg Reading Festival (The place Reading. Not as in reading books, the place. Haha, me and Alex were talking about this earlier >.> lol). It was amazing. It's the only one I've been to so far, but I definitly plan on going to another one. I want to camp there for the whole weekend next time though, rather than just going for a day.

So, anyone else have any music festival experiences?

Oh aye, Pablo Honey, I checked out that last.fm thing. It confused me, but I think I'm getting the hang of it. It says I've listened to 4,750 songs so far today. Goo mee . Haha.

[Govinda]

I've only been to one festival because I've never had the money. I got a ticket for free. Download in Glasgow, 2004. Linkin Park and the Lostprophets headlined and I was too young to drink to numb the pain. Luckily I can't remember most of it anyway.

This year I'm hitting up Europe's biggest open air festival - COMPLETELY FREE I MIGHT ADD - Psyzstanek Woodstock, and some other slightly smaller ones around the country. I want a Festival Summer full of new music I've never heard, for reasonable prices, and I cannot wait.

Over 4,000 songs in one day? Your last.fm must be broken. My boyfriend's WMP is on all day every day, he's been on Last since 2005, and he's only at 60,000.

[Fishie]

I've been to a showcase concert once of twice before to see local bands play but other then that, I've never been to a huge concert. I would love to go though one day sometime soon. If anything, I would love to see either Disturbed or Lacuna Coil live.

@Omega: The banner looks nice BTW. Awesome choice of colors and nice font.

[Chez Daja]

Music festivals?

Gigs?

No, not my scene, never have been. I have a mild case of what you might call misanthropy. I can be sociable... Buuut. I don't like or trust people I don't know. I don't meet people because I don't want to.

While misanthropes express a general dislike for humanity on the whole, they generally have normal relationships with specific individuals. Misanthropy may be motivated by feelings of isolation or social alienation, or simply contempt for the prevailing characteristics of humanity.

Yup.

I heard horror stories of people getting their arms broken by moshers at gigs, too.

[Silver]

I tend to mostly find myself at pubs (and occasionally clubs if there's a band I really want to see) watching local acts many may not have heard of.
Like The Black Stars, a great group based in Byron Bay here in Australia. I don't know if they'll make it heaps big, but they have an awesome sound. Especially in their last EP Money or Your Life where their sound seemed to go from a nice (yet slightly generic) rock sound, to their own unique blend. I'm sad it was only a few tracks long in all honesty...

I find I rarely if ever see the big bands I see as most don't play too locally, and if they do they tend to charge a hell of a lot. But there is the occasional one. I LOVE the Big Day Out.

[mjrouse]

hey i'd like to join this music club

What are/is your favourite type(s) of music?
any type of rock pretty much. i kinda like hip hop a little. and techno is amazing
Do you have a particular favourite artist/band? If so, who?
ummm probably AFI i dont really listen to them as much any more tho and there are many others
How has music affected your life?
it just makes it easier lol
Have any musical talents?
i can play guitar and piano ok not super great tho
What's your favourite song at the moment?
February by A Thorn For Every Heart