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Harpertown
April 7, 2008
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Mitch and Brendon Harper have started the enduro season with a big bang last weekend at Warrigul. I used to live near Warrigul, but the vent was frought with controversy with a streaker running across the finish line during Brendons last loop and problems with the electronic transponders.
I will post the results tomorrow night.
They both Ride Yamaha YZ 250 F’s out of choice not because they are sponsored(although a couple of consignment bikes wouldn’t go a stray) and will be a force to be reckoned with this year.
So you think you can sing
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I would love to have a show that exposes all the crap and mediocrity in the pop industry. I would start at the singer.
We all know that a great singer can endure anything, and can stand the test of time. Some people can tell when a singer has been doctored to the point of artistic anihilation. I doubt that anyone fitting this description would ever come to this site so I am safe for now. I have some great stories and will show you all some sad examples of singers that are so doctored in the studio that you would sue the promoter if you ever paid to see them live. I have worked with the most prolific pop producers in the country and I see entire vocal performances being made up by 30 takes all chopped up to make one good one. Sometimes cut up and joined syllable by syllable. You are all being conned into thinking these people can sing. It is no wonder no one buys music anymore.It is just not worth it.
Most people couldn’t care less. I couldn’t most of the time but I am getting sick of mediocrity in this country. There are some awesome singers like Kim from Dead Letter Circus, Kenny from Karnivool, the guy from Thirsty Merc. Nearly all the Australian Idol singers are complete crap. Millsy……..absolute crap. Cannot sing a bloody note. Nice guy though. The girls are great. Paulini, Kate and I cannot remember the other names but they can sing. Anthony Calea can sing really well but nobody likes him. Nobody likes working with him. He is such a primadonna. His nickname is “The angry Dwarf”. I laughed when I was told that’s what the Idol crew called him. Good luck to him.
As for the indy industry, it doesn’t matter if you can or can’t sing. 99% of you will fail anyway and if you do not have a good manager or half a brain and you ARE good you will anyway. The key to every successful band is at least two brains: a manager who knows people who can tell him what they really think of the band and one band member that can translate that into simple band language. Sometimes it is not worth punishing punters with awful noise and poorly structured songs. Bands need to ask people in the crowd what they really thought of the band and the songs and what they can do to make them better. FADING HOUR are a classic example of a band that should not go on any longer punishing people who pay to see the main act. The last time you played it was total crap. Not one song, not one sound you could call a real song. For the good of the industry please, on behalf of the 1,500 people that have been bored to tears and brought to the brink of phsical illness in 2007 STOP STOP STOP. There….. I said it. I know you guys enjoy playing to your friends but you are sucking up resources for people who have talent. Stick to plumbing and tiling. Trust me, you will make more money and the music industrywill not miss you.
It is about time bands producers and the public were honest with themselves and started writing the truth about their myspace friends. I see so many”wow, what a great gig. You guys were awesome”. I was at the gig. It was crap. The problem we all face now though is that most record companies are run by accountants with no taste in even the basic of human needs and have replaced great songs and singers with mediocrity. There is no longer a benchmark unless Vanessa Amourossi releases a new song or ALTER BRIDGE, SHINEDOWN or ARMY OF ANYONE raise the bar a few notches. Wake up Australia. Wake up record companies and see that you are killing us with the rubbish you dish up .We will not buy it. I wouldn’t even produce it. Couldn’t put my name on it. It is shallow, pathetic and demeaning. Thank you Bill Gates for the internet and I curse ANTARES for Auto tune. Wow……. Two glasses of whine and look what happens to me. Come on….Give me some feed back……..Lets start a revolution…. No more pop…. Turn off your radios….Go out and see a band… If you don’t like them , tell them, ask for your money back…Bring back the benchmark.
When you do to my myspace site you will notice I only have 136 friends. This is because they all, except for a couple of motorbikenutters, three crackheads and a stripper, are all great musicians. I have never met sting. That was after three wines and after being on a friends site talking how he just toured with him and that he was a very humble guy. The Aussie bands I know I have something to do with in some small way are there because I have seen them and they have talent. Rincon, my favorite, are by far the most talented guys. Given the right push, they could be great if only there wasn’t so much shit out there that people waste their time on.
I’m going to bed. I am pissed off…………………. Good night
Troy and LLody
April 5, 2008
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How are the heads sunday? How was your ride today lloydy? Good to hear your boy nailed the 100 footer. Can’t wait to get you guys up here. HARPER TOWN AWAITS THEE. YEEEEEHHHHHHHHHH. You are a mad bastard LLoydy. I will make sure I tee up with the band on saturday night for you and I to sing our songs. You do DANCE TONIGHT and I will do the SHANNON NOLL one. Don’t Laugh everyone I met him once when I was recording back up vocals on a song on his first album. Don’t believe me? Check out the credits. Learn to fly: BV’s Stuart Biggins and another two tracks and his second album 1 or two tracks. It was fun and the guy can actually sing well. GO SHANNON. You should be singing METAL though.
You are going to have a ball up here Troy. The riding is phenomenal now after all the rain we have had. Bring plenty of tearoffs and put in super heavy duty tubes. You will get a good picture of what we can do up here and when you see the downhill mountain bike track You will have to assist in convincing Yamaha to go ahead and make their downhill bike a production reality.
Riding with the boys
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I went for a ride on my wr 450 this afternoon to “HARPER TOWN” to see what Lincoln and the boys were up to. I havn’t ridden much the last three months due to a broken thumb and having the wind taken out of my sails after the last crash I had.
It was great to see Linc, Scott, Glen, Luke, Tom and the other guys tearing up the supercross track. I met Lincoln’s cosin. A really nice guy and bloody good rider too. I was merely a spectator and am looking forward to the guys teaching me how to rip up their back yard. I feel sorry for anyone living in the city, sucking up smoke and having to battle traffic. We have it so good here.
I spoke with Luke about our concept show. He is from Western Australia. A very interesting guy with a very interesting family. Without going in too much detail Luke is about as full on as you can get motorsports-wise. He rides a Kawasaki KX450 and drives an EVOLUTION 8 MItsubishi. His partner is just as full-on. Come on girls….. You all need to learn something from women like this. Ssshe is also a demon on a quad bike and is one of the fastest people in a go-kart I was told. Faster than most guys on a track. I want to see this…….I will organise a kart race and will post the results in weeks to come with a sall video. I will put the video probably on the GONE website when it is up in a few weeks.
Lincon will be the mountain and downhill biking host on the show and will take us on some amazing tracks: man made and natural. He has a group of equally talented riders that will push their bodies and levels of indurance to breaking point. I have been getting fit so I can at least keep up part of the way.
It was a bit surreal at the track, standing taiking to the guys about stuff while Glen Clarke was jumping not 2 metres away 20 foot in the air, nailing the landing and then powering out. The best part was seeing Mt Feathertop in the background amongst the flurry of dirt. In his day Clarkie was the most promising junior rider in the country. His family are awesome people. He has two othe brothers; one is now an A Grade motorcross contender. With the right training he will be the best in Australia and could be world class.
Brendon and Mitch are racing an enduro near Warrigul this weekend. I wonder how they are going?
JUst got a text from Troy Bondini and King LLoydy thinking of names for the show. You guys are mad. After the four day enduro we get into filming the motorbike and downhill bike part of the pilot. Linc and his team have made a track in a secret location and will take us through their paces. Can’t wait to get that on film.
Got some great footage of Brendon and Doctor Feltrin tearing up the bitumen on their Aprilia motards. Brendon left the road on a 40 km corner, got the aprilia back wheel completely perpendicular and powered up speedway-styles at 100 km/h through the corner throwing stones all over me and Mark. Such a good rider. So much control and total lack of personal welfare. I love it. We should all live our lives out on the edge but it is just as well you don’t otherwise we wouldn’t be making this show.
Laura and I are going to a factory that makes parachutes and we are going to be taught how to skydive. She doesn’t know it yet so when she reads this she will either be really happy or smething else. I hope she feels like me and relishes the thought of pushing the absolute limit of mental strenght. A walk in the park I say. It will make good tv as both of us are nearly fearless. HAHAHAH ( Not completely)
Singing lessons
April 4, 2008
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I have been slack, I know but Leon from PRESENTORWORKS is going to help me embed my first lessons and then the rest you will have to pay for.
Hopefully next week they will be up. I will also have some new videos and pictures as well.
Under production
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I am sick of that underproduced Australian sound. For christ sake listen to whats going on overseas and at least try to get some of the way there. Your producer or yourselves need a kick in the head if you think that will do. If you think it will sell records at gigs it wont unless you are really good. How are you supposed to separate yourselves from the pack if you sound the same as the last shitty band that graced that studio.
Most bands use the same boring underproducers in Melbourne and Sydney who do all the other no hoping crappy bands that do nothing but make it in the bottom run of the JJJ unearthed charts. What a joke. You want to listen to real production and a real band that has worked with the producer actually finding their trademark sound check out VENTURE from TEXAS. These guys are great live too. Has any producer out there heard of a delay?A filter? Most of you seem to be happy with the overmastering by people like JACK THE BEAR. Jack shit. They should be sued for noise pollution. Too much distortion. Not many guys know how to master a song. Keep taking the money while you can . Your days are numbered. There are better guys that really know what they are doing. Wanna know who?
NEW TV SHOW
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Yes folks, it is finally happening. Chanel Nine have requested us to do a pilot for a concept we have been planning for two years. Extreme in nature, the show will cover nearly every sport including mountainbiking, motor and supercross, motogp, hang gliding, base jumping, extreme fishing (yeh), surfing, bmx blah blah blah. I don’t want to give it away yet but I do need alot of really good bands to drive the show because we are going to do all the music live.
One band gets to play for the entire show and even has to do all the incidental music too. Hard? If you are a real band and can play this should not be a problem. Don’t even bother contacting me if you do not meet this simple requirement. I will give you a benchmark: DEAD LETTER CIRCUS, FRANKENBOK, MAMMAL, RINCON. I do not want any death metal bands. That genre is on its way out and is morphing into something more accessible to alot more people. Just listen to IN FLAMES new album. If you are in that ball park then great but if you still can’t kik ass live don’t bother because I will only accept bands with experience, some live footage and a reasonable recording of themselves live.
Universal Audio Desktop Preamp
September 18, 2007
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If you need a couple of great mic pres and a talkback system you have to get this.I have used this twice now and it is a fantastic little thing.
Dissapointed
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BMP had a great year or should I say a great winter for music placement.For those of you who sent in your cd’s with signed releases there will be more placements to come.
Rincon had over 40 -placements last year and are poised to have another bumper year.To all those bands out there that are sceptical, keep being sceptical because a few more bands have joined the BMP plan.DORAMAH, DYSFUNKTIONAL, MAMMAL just to name a few.Four bands from the USA and CANADA have also become part of the BMP placement plan.
I don’t just place music here. I place music in Europe and the US, so put the word out.BIGGINS IS BACK.
It is also great to know some awesome producers and recording studios overseas. I get to hear the benchmark of production and music before you ever will. Who are these people? Spend the next two years of your life helping them get their material on tv and you will make you may get to work with them as well. What is important however is they are the most prolific guys in the world producing nearly every good indy hard rock band.
I am still dissapointed at the lack of interest in my program but now I search out bands that are worthy and not the overproduced shit that most bands are. Most bands cannot play live. What a joke. Rincon spent the last two years practicing their asses off under my wing and are now ready to take on anyone. They are better than most of the bands out there with record deals. Doramah are the same. Dysfunktional the same. Mammal the same. Venture the same.
If your mother thinks you are fantastic. think again. You may need two more years of work.
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