Hello from Gothenburg Sweden

wtfswe

New member
Hi!

Would like to say thank you for finding this page.
love music, mostly metal and hardcore
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I play in a band that recently released a music video from our upcoming concept record:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PTJbVXsUCs">


have a look, share if you like - that would make me happy :)

Would be nice to hear your music aswell :)
 

John Watt

Member
When heavy metal first was making it as a term, I was saying heavy mental.
Even though I've got all the effects, being into Jimi Hendrix and Deep Purple first,
I never got into the grindcore, screamo, goth, industrial, whatever.
However, I'm in one of my favorite magle.dk positions,
listening and watching the video while I'm typing these comments, following the action.

I know there's enough self generated and self promoted product that sounds like this,
and over here in North America that's been for a long time, so it can seem like a genre.
But it's not. I can only see movie soundtracks using this for demonics,
or a symphony or opera to illustrate the presence of the devil.

What's interesting for me right away is the video itself, shot outdoors by the ocean in Sweden.
I'm beside Lake Erie, yes, just a lake, but a big one that got eroded by glaciers,
looking in places just like the scenery shown here.
Thank you, thank you, for letting someone's girlfriend have a part in the video,
even if she's only getting wet by being immersed and drowned.
That was a half-hearted attempt to bring her back to life, so I'm thinking band resentment.
It was nice to see some Orange equipment, antique for me,
but all the equipment is old by North American standards.

Sweden is just beginning to get real notice in movies and ordinary news.
The size of northerners after the dark ages, when the plagues and black deaths ravaged Europe,
meant Danes, Swedes and other northerners were hired as the guards of kings and queens,
for southern royalties, being the shock troups for their armies too.
That's why Swiss are historic guards for the Pope in the Vatican.
Vikings are now being portrayed as intelligent explorers, traders and raiders,
going viking now understood as the term for their widespread foraging.

Please, please, don't waste this band effort by remaining this extremely one-dimensional vocal concept,
unless all you want to end up doing is playing to a stoned and drunken audience with no dancing.
It looks like you can afford your own, so I'd keep it that way, in the family, not onstage.
You are what you play, and it's others who will take you after that,
and over here that means bodies being left behind after gigs.
If a message in a bottle can be featured in your video,
maybe getting "Message in a Bottle" down can release you from your growling rage.
 
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John Watt

Member
wtfswe! Thanks for accepting my close to Niagara Falls, Canada perspective. St. Catharines, one city over,
was the global home of commercial electricity. My home town, Welland, has the highest per capita of online
in the world, as far as being in the forefront of hydro generation.
If I wasn't hearing enough musical talent, with a tight band, I wouldn't be expecting you to grow.
And I am an old band player, wanting to entertain any crowd or, uh, rockytop of fans.

A Swedish online friend from a long unvisited music forum, Wilmer X, has a son in heavy metal bands.
A long shot I know, but jus'askin'.
And as far as Ace of Bass goes, you're not helping her because all she wants is another baby?
 

John Watt

Member
wtfswe! You know why it's so easy for me to expect you to experiment with your band,
as in rounding out your songlist and widening your musical abilities?
Music is free to play when you have your own band.
I bet that if you learned "Speed King" by Deep Purple or "Black Magic Woman" by Santana,
that you would find some deep musical influences from artists who established rock templates.
It's too easy to get caught up in modern equipment and manufactured music,
without learning the basics that will let your songwriting grow.
Admit it. You didn't even sit down and plan to create a wardrobe, or costumes,
to be worn during the shooting of this video, taking the YouTube thing for granted.
I'm glad you didn't throw colourful liquids around or spray paint graffiti on the rocks,
not only preserving the natural beauty but allowing others to see it.

When I was a teenager Swedish movies were thought of as seeing Swedes just standing there,
almost half the time, just staring off into the distance, the distant trees, mountains or waters.
I'm glad you guys are kickin'it out big time.
 

wtfswe

New member
Thanks!

Will def check out Speed King" by Deep Purple or "Black Magic Woman" by Santana
 

John Watt

Member
The son of the convenience store owner down the street bought a set of drums,
and got an electric guitar and amp so others could jam with him.
Before I had my own guitar, he showed me an Ozzie riff off Black Sabbath's first album,
the first hard rock music I played, 1965.
You gotta see me in that perspective.
 

John Watt

Member
F to G, F to G, F to G with that little riff.
If you did it slower with your heavier distortion,
it would be easy to cover the keyboard on guitar.
It is a guitar song.
I got called over by some people sitting on a porch with acoustic guitars,
and they asked me to play a song.
I did a Ritchie Blackmore move, getting down on the haunches with my left leg,
and sticking my right leg straight out, resting on the heel.
I was holding the guitar neck up straight in the air and starting doing Speed King.
A woman came down saying, no, no, you can't do that, that's so wrong.
I knew I still had it.
You might want to tell me to get a life.

"Good golly said little Miss Molly,
as we were rockin' to the house of blue lights.
Lucille was oh so real, as she was travellin' to the east and west.
Hard hearted woman and a kind hearted man,
they've been making trouble since it all began.
Smoke a little rice, do a little beans,
we'll been trippin' all the way down to New Orleans,
I'm a spee-ee-ee-eed king, that's what I'm saying,
I'm a spee-ee-ee-eed king, spee-eed king!
Ah ha-ha-ha-ha.

Modern Swedish take on Speed King

I'm climbing high said little miss Heidi,
as she was rockin' all the way up the Alps.
Blowin' a horn across the Matterhorn,
no Ricola in the pockets of her skirts.
Ingmar Bergman was there staring off into space,
thinking neutral thoughts that he wants to erase,
while the rum from the keg around the rescue dogs neck,
hardened like maple syrup on the glaciers frozen deck.
Oh no I have to wait for another year,
before more baby-making gets another cheque in gear,
oh no I have to wait a long, long year,
might as well buy red ink for her dragon tattoo.

Ah, sorry, too much Swiss cheese in my background.
 
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wtfswe

New member
F to G, F to G, F to G with that little riff.
If you did it slower with your heavier distortion,
it would be easy to cover the keyboard on guitar.
It is a guitar song.
I got called over by some people sitting on a porch with acoustic guitars,
and they asked me to play a song.
I did a Ritchie Blackmore move, getting down on the haunches with my left leg,
and sticking my right leg straight out, resting on the heel.
I was holding the guitar neck up straight in the air and starting doing Speed King.
A woman came down saying, no, no, you can't do that, that's so wrong.
I knew I still had it.
You might want to tell me to get a life.

"Good golly said little Miss Molly,
as we were rockin' to the house of blue lights.
Lucille was oh so real, as she was travellin' to the east and west.
Hard hearted woman and a kind hearted man,
they've been making trouble since it all began.
Smoke a little rice, do a little beans,
we'll been trippin' all the way down to New Orleans,
I'm a spee-ee-ee-eed king, that's what I'm saying,
I'm a spee-ee-ee-eed king, spee-eed king!
Ah ha-ha-ha-ha.

Modern Swedish take on Speed King

I'm climbing high said little miss Heidi,
as she was rockin' all the way up the Alps.
Blowin' a horn across the Matterhorn,
no Ricola in the pockets of her skirts.
Ingmar Bergman was there staring off into space,
thinking neutral thoughts that he wants to erase,
while the rum from the keg around the rescue dogs neck,
hardened like maple syrup on the glaciers frozen deck.
Oh no I have to wait for another year,
before more baby-making gets another cheque in gear,
oh no I have to wait a long, long year,
might as well buy red ink for her dragon tattoo.

Ah, sorry, too much Swiss cheese in my background.


deep purple is your fav band?
 

John Watt

Member
Yeah, I probably did over ten Deep Purple songs in bands,
even if Jimi Hendrix is my favorite, uh, singer-songwriter lead guitarist studio producer electronics inventor.
Original Deep Purple might sound tame now, a Strat plugged straight into a Marshall stack with a keyboardist on a B3.
They were one of those bands that put their songs out on albums to be played by FM stations, new back then.
But when they played live everything got better, longer and heavier, with uncensored lyrics.
When I see Youtube videos now it's surprising how articulate Ian Gillan was, talking to the audience.
Back then, bands that became headbangers could do a whole show without talking through the mike.

What agents look for:
Are the band members making eye contact with each other? If not, most agents give up right away.
Are the band members interacting with each other? Then there is hope for a show.
Is there just one vocalist or are there harmonies? There's a chance for a real band and recording.
Does the band have a look for onstage, dressing the same or using costumes? Showbands get paid more.
Is anyone dancing? Bands that dance or groove together onstage go farther and get more of everything.
Are there female vocals? Bands with a chick singer automatically have twice the musical potential,
being able to cover all material. Female vocalists count as two musicians for contracts,
according to The American Federation of Musicians.
Does the band have an original song together?
Even cover bands need to have an original song or the audience will think they're not a real band.
If the band can't write one, an agent will find one that should work.
You can have photos, videos, newspaper articles or well publicized rap sheets and mug shots,
but those are still the basics.
I write some original songs with three or four chords so I can jam onstage with other musicians,
and still be doing one of my own songs, singing and playing it how I feel. That's the best kind of jam.
 
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wtfswe

New member
Cool
Interesting reading your words about what agents look for.
We have long way until we are there though :)
 

John Watt

Member
wtfswe! Here's a North American promo check for you.
Have you heard of the Swedish "goth-metal" band Ghost B.C.?
I just read about them with a small photo of the lead singer.
No talk about songs, a CD, or any tour coming over here,
just the persona of their costumes.
Once again, promo making it over here because it's over the top, compared to before.
Being Viking, what that incredible and world travelling history is all about,
would not only be more original, but wouldn't have to be about the devil and death.
The natives of Louisiana, coming across Vikings who were halfway across America,
called them, translated, as "wearing horned helmets of metal".
The natives also thought they were very tall and strong.
It's rumoured they had a very interesting campfire that evening,
with one Viking helmut becoming a treasure for that tribe.
 
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