Epic Week 3

Ok, so finally we're here and this one will be about the Kasabian concert. :D

Okay, i finished at 4pm at the Recording Studio as usual and ran back home, dunno why really, suppose i was quite excited.

Same setup as going to Muse just about - change, grab ticket, head on out.
Same setup picking people up as well - Head in, get Alex and El and go to MacDonalds.

Tbh, twice is the probably the most i've had MacDonalds in a week lol, im not the biggest fan but it happened to be near the venue. So we dropped off there again but didn't meet Steven coz we had tickets in different areas. This was coz of a mix-up buying them back in June - Steven bought 4, Alex bought 3, so me and El went with Alex and Steven sold his other two.

So, we ate our "meals" and headed off again for the cue. Wasn't as much waiting round as Muse coz of course, you have reserved your seats. To pass the time before the support act we just browsed some merch which we weren't buying anyway coz it far too pricey. I didn't find out who the support act was beforehand but got a nice surprise when Reverend and the Makers came on stage. They aren't a favourite of mine but i know a couple of songs and they probably are the best support i have seen.

Again, an hour or so wait for Kasabian. Just sat around watching people trying to jump the barrier and getting caught, which had an effect on us all. We questioned trying it but since there was 3 of us we thought better of it, maybe if it was just the 2 of us.....so we didn't try that way, we tried the "honest" way. Went up to the standing guards and asked the kindest looking one if she would let us in, to which she politely refused.

At least we gave it a go :P

We returned to our seats where wondered if the two people next to us were going to show up...they did, right before it started, pissed out their tree lol.
Just kinda ignored them at first but then they started to make noise and i was a little weary coz i was right next to them. However it turned out to be completely fine, they were "happy drunks" and we had a good laugh with them. As i mentioned way back they "started" "mini mosh-pits" but they were absolutely out of it.

So Kasabian, i have to say, are better live than on the CD. The set was good, the crowd were up for it and so were the band themselves. They played all the big hits like "Empire" and "Club Foot" but also done some of the more strange tracks lke "West Ryder/Silver Bullet".
A good mix tho, including some songs i didn't know the words to.

I won't link the songs this time coz i haven't previously found any of the live songs and i don't have enough time right now. But i'll give the setlist so you can feel free to check out what u want. ;)

Julie & The Mothman
Underdog
Where Did All The Love Go?
Swarfiga
Shoot The Runner
Cutt Off
Pinch Roller
West Ryder/Silver Bullet
Thick As Thieves
Take Aim
Empire
I.D.
Ladies And Gentlemen (Roll The Dice)
Processed Beats
Fire
The Doberman
Fast Fuse
Club Foot

Encore :

Vlad The Impaler
Stuntman
L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever)

I would recommend Where Did All The Love Go?, West Ryder/Silver Bullet, Club Foot, Vlad the Impaler and L.S.F
But they're all pretty awesome songs so fire away.

After the concert finished we said cheerio to the drunk guys and the hall emptied to the sounds of the crowd still singing L.S.F. 10,000 or so people singing along to that was just such an experience, nothing like it at Muse i have to say :O
But yeh, we walked the few streets to get to the car again, discussing and comparing the two concerts. Almost fell asleep in the car again =P and eventually did when i got back home.

Anyhoo, there's my Epic Week. Not to sound cheesy or anything but it was everything i expected plus more. The relaxation of work experience, the madness of the two concerts and the experience (in general) of the whole week was absolutely superb. I enjoyed it immensely.

Well, from now on, i will return to blogging about my "Daily Doings" but things are heating up in terms of schoolwork now. It's the hokidays and for the past couple of days i have been working and i will probably continue to do so. I apologise in advance for my inconsistant blogging, lack of appearances on MSN and the likes but i'll try to post as often as possible.

Oh i forgot to mention that i'll be going back to Steven's house along with Alex on Sunday for a little birthday celebration including Crazy Golf, Cinema and maybe more MacDonalds. But no fireworks lol. :(

Also, thanks to my most recent follower, who i think is Billy...? Sorry if it isn't (let me know)
I haven't received a follower in ages so i can take to the time to mention each person as they come lol.
Nah, i'm not too bothered about the amount of followers really just so long as i'm not typing away to nobody haha.

Cheers followers,
Rowan

"Epic Week" 2

Sorry this has taken a while, i sorta forgot but here we are.

I could just make this into one big post but i'd much rather concentrate on each separate concert.

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So i came out of work experience at 4pm, freezing, teeth chattering and making my way back home as quick as possible. Steven picked up on how cold i was just through a phone call =P.

Got home, got changed, grabbed ticket and then my dad drove me into town to pick up Alex and El (we were meeting Steven at Maccie D's lol)
Traffic was a nightmare, rush hour traffic is not fun.
The whole way there i was just a mess. "What if we don't make it in time aaaaaaah!" etc.
But that's just me, i'm a natural born worrier.
Everything was fine tho, got Alex from his guitar shop and El from his Hopsital and Dad dropped us at MacDonalds with Steven.
I didn't eat anything - was too worried and nervous....still.

I wanted a good place in line and we got it!
We were in the "2nd" queue (The 1st queue was people who has been there all day....crazy bunch)
But what i was most worried about was meeting up with Alex's cousin and her boyfriend coz we didn't know if we would all get into standing without them....we did and everything was good.

Then security hearded us up telling us the rules etc. No mosh pits, crowd-surfing you know.....don't enjoy yourself =P
I wasn't planning to anyway, pits aren't really my thing.
So we got in and the hall was empty apart from the stage and the stuctures at one end.
The 1st queue-people were sorta occupying the front left so we immediately ran for the front right and we were literally at the barrier (not leaning against it, but not far from it - 2/3 people from it)
Stood around and waited for support act The Big Pink to come on. They were ok i suppose but there show pretty much consisted of Dry icce, strobe lighting and similar sounding songs. But i kindly applauded them anyway. The only major talking point was their final song - Dominoes which was decent.

Knees are already starting to get sore at this point.

Was at least another hour and a half until Muse came on. So we just talked with people round about us and listened to the music on the PA.
After an hour the crowd was growing and getting restless, chants of "MUSE" started and then after one song it went quiet, everyone cheered.....then the next song came on lol. Everyone booed.

Eventually they did come on, the lights dimmed and they started their weird electronic intro - We Are the Universe. I like it, it's quite eerie and goes well with set opener - Uprising aka the "Doctor Who song" The place went mental, it was great! The clapping, the "singing" and the stage structure was WOW!
Then we had Resistance. Then the awesome New Born. (with lasers) by which time the three sturcture's had descended and now the band were properly alive.
Then we had Map of the Problematique - awesome!
Then Supermassive Black Hole
Guiding Light
Interlude + Hysteria (some bass line!)
Then there was some sort of jam while the piano was brought out and the Queenesque United States of Eurasia was played
Feeling Good
Piano then went away :( I thought we might have got Cave but we didn't get one song off the first album - double :(
But this was made up for by a special rendition of another jam.
Then we had the strange but lovely Undisclosed Desires (with more lasers)
Starlight (with more clapping)

By this time everyone at the front was getting thristy and the stewards gave up cups of water. One of the advantages about being down the front :D

Plug in Baby was next. Was simply amazing! Balloons were released and i touched one, twice!
Time is Running Out followed and matt, the lead singer, did the whole song on the podium right in front of us. A highlight of the night for me! (Tried to find one from a position we were in but couldn't get one)

And the set ended with Unnatural Selection

5-10 minute wait then the encore started with Exogenesis part 1 The visulas for this were stunning, just watch the vid! I might have a photo as well somewhere.

The heavy Stockholm Syndrome followed. It was mad! So much jumping and getting thrown around.
The set ended with Knights of Cydnonia which was equally mad jumping around at the end.

So when it finished we all staggered out, sweating like pigs and sat down coz my knees were killing me!
Wasn't finished yet tho, had to walk 10 mins to get to Alex's dad who was picking us up.
Almost fell asleep in the back of that car!
But we said our goodbyes and was to be pretty much the same plan for Kasabian.


Whoa, that took a while. If you didn't read it all, i don't blame ya.
If you have the time then check out some of the vids i linked!
And let me know if i should do that again when i talk about Kasabian.

Cheers,
Rowan

Exogenesis

Matt Bellamy (lead singer, guitar)

Chris Wolstenholme (backing vocals, bass)

Dom Howard (Drums) I quite like him ;)

Muse

Lolz, see ya!

"Epic Week" Pt 1

Ok, so i know it's been ages since this week took place but i said i would talk about it and i will.

It could be quite long so i'll do it in 3 separate parts.

Let's start with.....Work Experience?

Yeh, start with that : Work Experience in Music Recording Studio

Oh and the week was 9-16th November in case you forgot, but you can pretend it was last week if u want haha

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To be honest, it wasn't the greatest or most exciting thing ever but it, without a doubt, beat school lol.

The first day i went in, i wasn't particularly nervous, as i had anticipated. Reason being, i sorta knew the people there and my uncle used to record stuff at the studio so they were really cool.

Although, the owner did seem a little surprised when i said what i was doing there, but he soon remembered.
Then he introduced me to some other people and told me what to say and do when answering the phone in the office, how to book people into rooms etc. Nothing too challenging.

I thought it was going to be boring but i wasn't the only one in the office, another guy, Gordon, was there with me and we got chatting about music and i mentioned the concerts i was going to.

So we were there for about 2 hours then Duncan, the owner, said i could go down to the studio an have a look around, so i did. Seen the mixing table, the recording studio. Mind-boggling really. So many dials!

I was only there from 12-4pm so thats about all i did that day.

And honestly, the other 4 days didn't differ much.

The Tuesday and Wednesday, there were some high school pupils in (a few years older than me) to learn about recording and how to use the mixing desk etc.

Gordon was only there for two days i was there tho, Monday and Tuesday, so for a lot of the other 3 days, i was kinda bored. Friday was good tho coz Duncan, his brother and some other guy are in this irish music/ceilidh band. They were recording some stuff and just watching was a blast! Duncan's brother was on the mandolin and boy was he good.
Shredding a mandolin just about!

Duncan plays bass as well, so for a lot of the week we were talking a lot about that.

Got to use a few practice rooms as well, closed the door, borrowed a bass and let rip!
The amps are massive, proper stacks. Almost blew my ears out!
Great fun tho, was like being at a thrid concert lol

Welllllll, there isn't much more detail to be going into, so i just have to apologize for the lateness of this. Could and should have happened a lot earlier, bout two weeks ago.
But better late than never i suppose

Probably talk about Muse next time, then Kasabian, and hopefully get up to date on other stuff that has happened recently :D

Bye for now.

Cheers,
Rowan

Quick Post

Hi guys just a quick post to let y'all know i'm fine and an update on my computer.

My uncle came round on Wednesday and had a look and took my hard drive!

I was hesitant to let him take it, god knows what he might have found on it, let's hope he hasn't seen stuff like my bookmarks, passwords etc. or i could be in a rather awkward position....

If he has seen anything let's just hope he won't mention it to my parents or to anyone. He seems trustworthy enough anyway.

We got a call from him earlier saying that the hard drive was corrupt and that he has taken everything off it and saved it to disks. So i need a new hard drive.....bah......i need to start everything from the start.....kind of. Coz he saved it onto disks i can hopefully just put them back on but i don't expect it to be that simple somehow.

Anyway thats all about my computer, might be back sometime next week.

Oh yeh, next week

The "Epic Week"

If my computer isn't back i won't be able to keep y'all up to date but even if i did have it i might still be quite busy. Don't worry tho i will tell you all everything as soon as i can.

I'm actually getting quite excited about it, and nervous.

Just so much happening, work experience, 2 concerts....i dunno what to expect really.
I already sort of know the guys where i'm going but i have no idea what they could ask me to do.....we shall see.

Can't wait for the concerts tho, they will be great!

If i just had one wish right now it would be for my computer to be back....quite sad, i know. But i miss being on MSN, reading blogs, reading A Rent-Boy Named... etc.

I wanna get back to it all but as they say, good things come to those who wait!

Hope y'all are ok

Cheers,
Rowan


P.S. While i was writing this my dad informed me that my uncle got the computer running on Linux, but i need to bug my mum for the CD to install Windows (and i owe him 6 cans of Stella Artois.........i don't think so)


P.P.S. (or is it P.S.S?)

Here's the new Muse video (had to size it down a bit) :



Bye!