A veritable smorgasbord
of vintage funk, 70s heavy rock and some mod/psychedelic 45s.

by about 11 I will be blind drunk and annoying everyone with Motorhead and 'DC. It always seems to end up that way....
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 16:37, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Haha
Man, I've walked out of parties where that's happened before.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 16:39, Reply)

Me too
I once walked out of my own birthday do in the West End. I finished my set, picked up my boxes and fucked off in a cab without saying a word to anyone.

I honestly didn't remember it was a night in my honour until about lunchtime the next day. People had driven up from Winchester that I hadn't seen in about 10 years and I never even said hello.

Oops!
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 16:42, Reply)

A couple of my close friends have an incompatible taste in music to me
Stuff like Elton John, country and western. I often feel rude when declining an offer of an after-pub beer at their place, but it's better than me ripping off their heads and fucking their windpipe.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 16:48, Reply)

I lost it at my brother's recently
some retarded girl asked for The Smiths one time too many.

We were listening to Bad Brains at the time. What could possibly follow New York Rasta-Hardcore better than fey Mancunian miserablism?

Pretty much fucking anything....
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:06, Reply)

I can't bear Morrisey or the Smiths
dreadful stuff
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:37, Reply)

that sounds awesome

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 16:41, Reply)

Ah you're a progger aren't you?
My pal turned me onto Tractor's 1972 self-titled LP earlier this week. It's utterly superb - reminded me in parts of Caravan, King Crimson, Jethro Tull and a little bit of Sabbath.

You may like it, I really fucking did.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 16:44, Reply)

that sounds like it ticks all the right boxes
I'll check it out.

my drummer bought me the Jefferson Airplane album Volunteers for my birthday, that's worth checking out.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 16:47, Reply)

My dad saw 'em BITD
and recently gave my his White Rabbit 45. Love 'em.

Actually their best one is the live LP ' Bless its pointed little head' - go get it!
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 16:56, Reply)

I'll give it a bash
I'll fire you a copy of the thing I'm working at the moment when it is done. It's a modern prog epic about the plight of the red squirrel
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 16:59, Reply)

I would be honoured

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:01, Reply)

Haha wtf?
I must hear this.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:02, Reply)

it's currently 29 minutes long
in a few linked parts. has bowie-esque bits, floydy bits, it will have a hard rock/metal bit once I've come up with it, spanish style, there's kettle drums, a gong....what more could you want?

other than lots of synth obviously. fortunately you are in luck!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:05, Reply)

What're you using to put it together?

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:07, Reply)

It all goes through a 16 track desk
into a Boss digital recorder then into laptop with Cubase*. I'm just getting involved in the writing, arrangement and playing though, my compadre knows how to use all the gear very well, so me doing it seems unnecessary


*think it's cubase anyway
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:10, Reply)

I used to use Cakewalk Sonar for live audio and Reason for beats and synths.
Then my mate moved to China and I lost my collaboration partner and kinda fell out of it. I'd love to get back into it again.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:13, Reply)

Me too
My engineer and I fell out massively and that was 'career over'.

High point: playing some guitar parts for a Siouxsie and the Banshees remix project.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:14, Reply)

it's been even more enjoyable than I thought it'd be
we're both really enthused about it because the first few sessions have gone so well. We're on the same wavelength which is really cool. Having someone with all the hardware and the ability to use it is a massive help obviously!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:16, Reply)

Definitely.
Keep up the motivation, especially if you eventually end up going your separate ways. Find someone to bounce off, to work with. Without it, it's so, so easy to let it all go.

It's actually one of my biggest ever regrets.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:19, Reply)

we've been too busy to do anything for the last couple of weeks
so things have died down a little, but if the surf is no good this weekend then we'll be having a good session on saturday. need to come up with the rock bit though! and some proper hardcore electro stuff.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:22, Reply)

I look forward to hearing it.
I think I might put a notice up in the local music shop looking for collaborators. It's about time I did something constructive with fifteen years of guitar, ten years of singing and five years of electronic messery.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:24, Reply)

it's well worth it
you are bound to find some like-minded individuals.

our project came out of a stoned conversation suggesting we collaborate, then firing ridiculous names at each other. I came up with The Red Squirrel / Grey Squirrel Scenario, and things went on from there...
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:26, Reply)

I've got "Hall of the Mountain Grill" on vinyl
Never listened to it. I can't even remember who its by!!!
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 16:57, Reply)

Hawkwind
Not their best but damned fine.

I've seen them 20+ times, old lag that I am.

Warrior on the Edge of Time is their best IMHO.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:01, Reply)