Jan and Klodi's Party Bus - part II off topic discussion

tomasrojo wrote: »

I have to discreetly get changed before gigs (classical guitar background music stuff mostly) and interviews all the time, because I cycle there, but I always find somewhere quiet, and it's just a change of shoes and putting on a shirt, tie and jacket over the t-shirt I wore en route.

i used to have an applied maths teacher many years ago who was a classical guitarist and (i think) liked to cycle. i suspect the venn diagram of classical guitarists and cyclists in ireland has a small intersection?

Not sure! I know a few orchestral musicians who cycle -- usually the ones with the more portable instruments, such as flutes and violins. There aren't that many classical guitarists really, in the general scheme of things. I teach in the evenings, and I only very occasionally get someone who wants to learn classical guitar, or even how to read music. I end up teaching popular music mostly, which is actually an enjoyable change, though I do think it's a shame not to get the rudiments of reading music.

i've been pestering my wife to teach me the piano. she's a degree in music but i've got an utterly tin ear.

magicbastarder wrote: »

i've been pestering my wife to teach me the piano. she's a degree in music but i've got an utterly tin ear.

An ex thought me how to play that creepy halloween movie theme years ago, I can still play it .... badly

It's a good one for a beginner as it's something you'd know and has no moment of hand positions realy

the problem for me is that she knows i'll just end up playing really spare, eno type stuff but she's a metaller and does not appreciate that.

LollipopJimmy

magicbastarder wrote: »

the problem for me is that she knows i'll just end up playing really spare, eno type stuff but she's a metaller and does not appreciate that.

Metaller who plays piano? Can I interest you in a trade?

VK Goes Wild is one of my favourite YouTube channels

magicbastarder wrote: »

the problem for me is that she knows i'll just end up playing really spare, eno type stuff but she's a metaller and does not appreciate that.

"No, please, I'll be the laughing stock of the melodic grindcore community!"

(One for fans of Mike Judge)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxuCeHUxoBY

tomasrojo wrote: »

"No, please, I'll be the laughing stock of the melodic grindcore community!"

(One for fans of Mike Judge)

Grindcore

I deleted earlier post re this. Am massive grindcore fan for 25 years. Play piano for last 35, along with organ, guitar and bass for some fewer years. Eno is good in my book. He’s been supersceded by better composers, but anyway... if you scan through YouTube, you’ll find many songs of his laid out in an easy to replicate manner.

My wife would have been a big carcass fan, tool too. Lately she's been listening a lot to Chelsea Wolfe and paradise lost. She was also a choral scholar in trinity, so a good mix. Her brother is in a gaelic doom metal band.

Saw Carcass in 1994 in Tivoli. Basically when they were no longer grindcore unfortunately. Got to chat with them all after. Probably greatest night of my teen life. Very few good grindcore bands left. When Carcass played here in maybe 91/92 a load of punks waited outside to start fights with the “metallers” apparently. Funny cos grindcore was more punk that metal when it came down to it.

I got to have quite a long chat in a pub with Mark E. Smith once. He was really very nice.

I mentioned it to my girlfriend's sister, and she said that if she could meet MES, John Lennon and Spider-Man, her life would be complete. Then she reflected that she couldn't really meet John Lennon. Then we all laughed.

I'm still hoping that I can meet Julian Bream in a similar fashion, if he were to come out of retirement. And then maybe Spider-Man.

tomasrojo wrote: »

I got to have quite a long chat in a pub with Mark E. Smith once. He was really very nice.

did he offer you a slot in the fall?

magicbastarder wrote: »

did he offer you a slot in the fall?

Ha! No, but it was probably 50/50 on any given night!

Only found out the other day Mark E Smith had passed away back in January

They used to use a Fall song on one of the BBC football shows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGRzz0oqgUE

Decent music died in 1995. All genres peaked then imho. Hip hop, dance, etc.

RobFowl

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Decent music died in 1995. All genres peaked then imho. Hip hop, dance, etc.

2018 says Oi...

daragh_

tomasrojo wrote: »

I got to have quite a long chat in a pub with Mark E. Smith once. He was really very nice.

I am insanely jealous.

Deleted User wrote: »

Only found out the other day Mark E Smith had passed away back in January

They used to use a Fall song on one of the BBC football shows.

Theme from Sparta F.C.?

tomasrojo wrote: »

Theme from Sparta F.C.?

Yes indeed.

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Decent music died in 1995. All genres peaked then imho. Hip hop, dance, etc.

Rock attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact.

tomasrojo wrote: »

Rock has always sucked

getting away from the music debate, i see met eireann is about to update their website, so better resolution rainfall radar is now available on it. however, you only get the last 90 minutes or so of radar, rather than the approx. 6 hours on the current site:

https://beta.met.ie/

RobFowl wrote: »

2018 says Oi...

Bit of a Prince vibe there?

RobFowl

tomasrojo wrote: »

Bit of a Prince vibe there?

There is, he was down to produce it and had a hand in it. Some of her other stuff is very impressive though as well.
Musci has a great way of re inverting itself and producing new great stuff.
Though..
One direction, Taylor Swift etc do my head in.....

tomasrojo wrote: »

Bit of a Prince vibe there?

Bit of a Prince rip off.

RobFowl wrote: »

There is, he was done to produce it and had a hand in it. Some of her other stuff is very impressive though as well.
Musci has a great way of re inverting itself and producing new great stuff.
Though..
One direction, Taylor Swift etc do my head in.....

I have two small daughters, so I've heard a TS song or two. Just the really famous ones, I think. I've grown quite fond of them!

I've probably said too much.

buffalo

tomasrojo wrote: »

I have two small daughters, so I've heard a TS song or two. Just the really famous ones, I think. I've grown quite fond of them!

I've probably said too much.

Nobody can resist Taytay.

...except Rob apparently.