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by **Serendipity** » Sat May 28, 2005 2:34 am

Kenny wrote:Oh I didn't think so......I really think it is more into a classic sort of feel. But I would have to hear a lot more before I thought about buying the album.....

Sorry, can't hear that classic feel very much. The vocal melodies and sound of the vocals make it seem so nu breed to me... I don't know... it all sounds a bit tame.

I have already used the after sun lotion, and I've bought a cucumber just in case it gets worse.
A cucumber??
I hardly think that will help......though I suppose it could take your mind off the burn!!

Yeah I suppose so! :lol:

What works better though is to slice it and cover the burns with them.

by **SnakeLady** » Sat May 28, 2005 7:45 pm

How are your burns today Serendipity?

The party was great

.... to bad that I had to drive though ....hubby has a terrible headache right now :twisted:

he was pretty drunk.

Today I'm going to enjoy the sun .. in the garden and for Choco I have a small swimmingpool :lol:

..... tonight we are going to friends for a BBQ

by **Serendipity** » Sun May 29, 2005 12:12 am

SnakeLady wrote:How are your burns today Serendipity?

They're quite good actually! I didn't turn lobster red yesterday, so I was able to sit in the sun some more today!

The party was great .... to bad that I had to drive though ....hubby has a terrible headache right now he was pretty drunk.

Aw, the poor guy! :lol:

Today I'm going to enjoy the sun .. in the garden and for Choco I have a small swimmingpool ..... tonight we are going to friends for a BBQ

Enjoy! Will your husband drive tonight?

by **Thomasha** » Sun May 29, 2005 12:44 am

Hello ladies!

Seems like you've had some fun! :lol:

I've got a little hangover myself but it ain't too bad, I'm used to it by now! :lol:

I have to do a gig tonight so I better get myself together! Thomas Hansson Group performing at a place called La Scala, you are all welcome to the show and backstage if you like! Why don't you just come over? :lol:

by **Serendipity** » Sun May 29, 2005 1:08 am

Thomasha wrote: you are all welcome to the show and backstage if you like! Why don't you just come over?

Of course! :lol:

Good luck with the show tonight! Is it a cover gig?

by **Jonny B** » Sun May 29, 2005 2:59 am

Life's treating me ok. I'm a bit stressed about a lot of things, more than I can really share. But I'll get over it eventually. Keep living the good life.

by **SnakeLady** » Sun May 29, 2005 7:58 am

Serendipity wrote: They're quite good actually! I didn't turn lobster red yesterday, so I was able to sit in the sun some more today!

Oh good

Aw, the poor guy!

.... It took him the whole day to feel better :wink:

Enjoy! Will your husband drive tonight?

Yes he did drive back

... I've only drunk a couple of Rose wines

Thomasha wrote:

Hello ladies!

Hi there

I have to do a gig tonight so I better get myself together! Thomas Hansson Group performing at a place called La Scala, you are all welcome to the show and backstage if you like! Why don't you just come over?

I think it's to late to come over :lol:

...... how was the performance?

by **Kenny** » Sun May 29, 2005 10:24 am

You're too young to be stressed Jonny. Plenty of time later in life when you have a mortgage, start losing your hair, etc etc..... :lol:

Take a deep breath, Life is fantastic, despite the odd problem and obstacle.

Drinks all round!!

by **Thomasha** » Sun May 29, 2005 11:16 pm

Hi again!

I think we had a good time last night, approximately 100 in the audience. Yes, it was a covers gig yesterday but we also did some originals just to try them out. :wink:

It's typical pre summer weather here now, rain and more rain! :lol:

by **Serendipity** » Sun May 29, 2005 11:42 pm

Thomasha wrote:It's typical pre summer weather here now

Same here, it's cold and grey again, but it isn't raining... at least not yet. :roll:

by **SnakeLady** » Mon May 30, 2005 2:22 am

Kenny wrote:

Drinks all round!!

Hmm nice

a droe rooi please :wink:

My brother and his wife came today for a visit and they brought me a present a cd

Kamelot - Black Halo ......... because of the help I gave them with the weddingday.

Indeed it's not raining .............. yet :wink:

, but it's getting colder overhere

by **Serendipity** » Mon May 30, 2005 3:31 am

SnakeLady wrote:My brother and his wife came today for a visit and they brought me a present a cd Kamelot - Black Halo ......... because of the help I gave them with the weddingday.

That is so thoughtful. And what a good gift!

by **SnakeLady** » Mon May 30, 2005 4:56 am

Serendipity wrote: That is so thoughtful. And what a good gift!

Yeah I thought so too

by **msmercury01** » Mon May 30, 2005 5:37 pm

Hey all, i just got back from a week in the Smokey Mountains. It was so beautiful and relaxing. We had a huge cabin with a hot tub on the deck overloooking the mountains. I am going to really miss that hot tub! As soon as i get the pics up I will post a link to the album.
Teri

by **doggy** » Tue May 31, 2005 8:38 am

What a demolished job your Weagles did to reigning premiers, Kenny. So I supoose you and missus will be buying your finals tixs already.
Glad to see you are re charging the batteries, Teri.

by **Kenny** » Tue May 31, 2005 9:12 am

We haven't won in Melbourne yet Doggy......and we are now without Gardiner, Wirrpunda, and maybe Tyson Stenglein for a few weeks.
I think Richmond are a good chance against us this week.

by **doggy** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 8:34 am

The Tigers are too Brown rely on, with him out they won't or struggle for a win for the rest of the season.

by **Taliwakker** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:44 am

Went to Sydney yesterday to meet a guy called Rick O'Neil who is a mastering engineer (he's mastered so many albums...like Madonna, Barnesy and soon Taliesin). We gave him two songs for his opinion on the mix...and he ripped them to shreds :lol:

which we were expecting but he gave us some good ideas on what we need to fix (mainly that we should mix it in a profesional environment...not in a noisy bedroom with speakers that mask a lot of frequencies). The best part was driving my mates brand spanking new Monaro 180km/h down the highway...felt like i was doing 100km/h....a sweet ride that made driving my Astra all the less enjoyable afterwards.

by **Kenny** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 2:34 pm

Tali I thought the harmonies were good, but were too loud, and the drums needed a bit more punch......based on the bit I heard, not too much else was wrong IMO. Besides having a couple of hundred thousand dollars to spend on it, I mean.

by **Taliwakker** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 3:04 pm

Rick O'Neil's main complaint was that we (well John really) had eq'd the life out of a lot of the instruments....the original drum takes were crap (bad mics in a bedroom-it was never gonna sound top notch) but trying to make them sound good actually "robbed them of their essence" and mix wise the cymbols/hats are way to loud (and shitty sounding) compared to the rest of the kit....the vocals (especially the backups) are way too loud in the mix and the guitar tone was desribed by Rick as "bright yet dull" :lol:

He was a tripped out dude for sure...but he did try and explain how to get a more 3D mix with only 2D controllers.
Back to the drawing board.....

by **Jonny B** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 1:39 am

I feel like I'm walking down the wrong way of a 1-way dead-end street, and I'm about to smash into a friggin' bus.

My hours at work have been slashed nearly in half. I'm getting less than 20 hours now. They say that work is slow during the summer, but in actual truth, they hire more people so that they can cut hours, reduce pay, and not have to pay benefits. Typical corporate America bull$hit.
I was oh-so close to earning enough money to fix my bedroom...now I'll have all I can do to pay my bills.

The band project is sucking total a$$ at the moment. The newest argument with my bro had to do with our replacement singer. Granted. the new singer is better than the old one in most aspects; always on cue, broader range, no family to raise, etc. But she's got no style, nor power, worth speaking of. Sounds like another recycled 90's teen pop singer. Because there's at least 50 other bands looking for singers locally, it was basically dumped onto my lap that she was our only choice. It's either that, or wait another year.

(it's been 4 years going now, what's another?)

The only thing good that has come out of this week was the most recent co-ed softball game. All the dickheads skipped out (including the ones who accused me of faking an injury in the first game. Pull both your leg muscles and tell me you're faking it.) The new recruits are awesome! They take the attitude that they have nothing to lose, and give it their all at every opportunity. I haven't had that much fun playing ball since the beginning of last season. I wish the dickheads had been there to watch. Maybe they could've learned how well a team does when they're not bickering with each other and looking for scapegoats whenever they're losing 39 to 0.

We did lose game 2 as well, but only by 9 runs. With the replacements, we cut the margin of loss by 75%!!! I feel that with practice, we can actually beat some teams this year.

There's my rant of the week. I need a drink.

by **Jonny B** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 1:40 am

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by **Kenny** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 1:53 am

Yeah I could use a drink too...

Yeah I could use a drink too...

Yeah I could use a drink too...

by **Jonny B** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 2:09 am

Damn triple post. Even my broadband connection is against me. :roll:

by **SnakeLady** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 3:15 am

Looks like the board is having troubles .... very slow and strange things happening :shock:

Sorry to hear about your troubles Jonny ....

Kenny I could also use a drink want to share a bottle of Droe Rooi with me?

by **Serendipity** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 7:12 am

Jonny, not that I have ever been in a band, but I've hung around many of them

, and from that it seems to me that 'fun' should be the keyword, not 'musical abilities'. Of course fun can come from playing in a musically proficient band, but I think most of the fun comes from playing music with people who are on the same wavelength, and not per sé the best musicians. It is rare for a band at the start of their career to have both. But, like Scotch, bands can improve over time.

Writing songs, making music you love, with people you like, seeing a song grow, emptying a crate of beer with the bandmembers during or after rehearsal, all that seems like a worthwhile experience to me, regardless of the quality of the music or the musicians.

More so, all the things that go wrong, like the fridge in the rehearsal room exploding, broken down vans, hostile audiences, confused lighting technicians and all that make great stuff for anecdotes... or... the movie.

It might not be that bad to compromise a little in order to keep this project going and see where this experience would lead.

Now I need a drink as well.

by **Kenny** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 9:45 am

SnakeLady wrote:Looks like the board is having troubles .... very slow and strange things happening

Sorry to hear about your troubles Jonny ....

Kenny I could also use a drink want to share a bottle of Droe Rooi with me?

You will have to remind me again exactly what that drink is before I agree!!! :lol:

by **Kenny** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 9:51 am

Serendipity wrote:Jonny, not that I have ever been in a band, but I've hung around many of them ,

No way, I don't believe that for a second....... :lol:

by **Serendipity** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 10:13 am

Kenny wrote:No way, I don't believe that for a second.......

Yeah, hard to believe, I know! :lol:

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