Monthly Archive for January, 2009

Aaron you are screwing up my last.fm profile

January 7, 2009 0 Comments

So the big A just asked me to play a gig with his band. The same that did a magnificent rendering of Tenacious D’s Tribute? It’s been too long since I got to rock out (on real instruments, thank you Guitar Hero) and I’m totally pumped.

Got 3 days to learn some power metal and classic rock songs:
Dream Theater – Scene Two: Part I. Overture 1928
Black Sabbath – Heaven and Hell
Mr. Big – To Be With You
Sonata Arctica – The Wind Beneath My Wings

I’ve always felt my relationship with metal to be something of an uncomfortable truce. I love the batshit crazy riffs — the strings on the Sonata Arctica cover are surprisingly catchy — but the whole sound tends to be formulaic and overdone.

Overture is going to be wizard though.

edit: the set was changed and cut down considerably — in the end we only played Overture 1928, Porcupine Tree’s Blackest Eyes (had a lot of fun with the ambient synth pads for my solo), and (don’t ask me why) Nickelback’s Hero.

one two mosh

January 1, 2009 0 Comments

Best countdown ever, watching ATC with C.

Obligatory introspective later — Russ is supposed to pick me up for GUITARRRRRR HERO

HULLO 2009 HERE’S TO NOT JACKING ME BIG TIME

edit: listening to the album and 4207 gets worse with every new recording :< the earliest one I stole off myspace is pure wizard (was it on their self-titled?), then there’s one which I labelled as album but it sounds more than just a different mix — and it has the now quintessential one-two breakdown which I dare say was the tipping point where I fell in love with their sound, and in that tiny, tiny space where the guitars suddenly disappear and everyone cries out I can’t remember who I am or what we’re shouting for but it feels like everything is going to be alright –

and now this one just sounds like they were trying too hard to get the song “right” and forgot to kick ass.

where is russy poo