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Thanks @sigh butterfly ! I must admit, I’d never heard of Gilbert O’Sullivan… One of my other bandmates suggested we do Alone Again (Naturally)!
Because we are mainly a studio band*, and we recorded mostly at school, it’s going to be much harder to do anything now we’re not at school. We might still get to do a few more though. Performing live is something that if we really wanted to, we’d be able to – Melbourne has quite a good live music scene
*we did perform live once, though. Here’s a picture for you (though the bass guitarist is the keyboard player’s brother (he’s not actually in our band, I overdub the bass parts on the recordings) and there’s no photo with the other band member, playing the keytar):
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Offline Hopefully you can pursue it Holey, you guys have a cool look and can create a setlist to match the venue (since you cover such a wide variety of musical genres).
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27 November 2016
Offline I hope so SighB. I’m glad you think so!
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11 June 2015
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I realize that it’s not just your call when you are in a band. Sometimes the talent and desire becomes secondary to everyone’s life choices and challenges.
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What with coronavirus and self-isolation I’ve finally had time to remember to release the single I’ve been meaning to release for the last month or two…
https://angusraiskums.bandcamp…..-at-school
Technically nowhere does it say double A-side or A-side/B-side, so let me know which one you’d go with
edit:
I said in reply to @sigh butterfly
Because we are mainly a studio band*, and we recorded mostly at school, it’s going to be much harder to do anything now we’re not at school. We might still get to do a few more though.
By the way, we have started some work on an album – including a Beatles song
, so that might be done by 2027 – who knows?
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26 January 2017
Offline Haven’t listened to ‘Stuck in School’ yet, but really enjoyed the A-side! It’s very satisfying harmonically with that almost bluesy chord progression, and the guitar playing is excellent (reminded me a lot of Old Brown Shoe ). The lyrics are definitely very relatable too, and I found myself chuckling at the rhyme schemes. I like it a lot – a very deadpan sense of humour.
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8.11am
13 January 2019
Offline The instrumentals and production are incredible, @The Hole Got Fixed ! Both songs sound so professional. 
QuarryMan said
Haven’t listened to ‘Stuck in School’ yet, but really enjoyed the A-side! It’s very satisfying harmonically with that almost bluesy chord progression, and the guitar playing is excellent (reminded me a lot of Old Brown Shoe ). The lyrics are definitely very relatable too, and I found myself chuckling at the rhyme schemes. I like it a lot – a very deadpan sense of humour.
I agree, I don’t think I’ve related to a song more.
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Woow @The Hole Got Fixed that is so impressive!! I didn’t know you made original music! I love how Beatlesque it sounds. But it is still quite in touch with modern production and it’s original as well! It’s not the type of music I usually listen to but I love how professional it sounds, you should be really proud. Some of us only wish we could do the stuff you do.
Also, this is not original music, but I published on Vimeo a mashup of two Led Zeppelin songs (YouTube wouldn’t let me for obvious reasons). If there’s any LZ fans, listen to this medley-ish composed of In My Time of Dying and In the Light (I discovered they’re both on the same key
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Offline @The Hole Got Fixed this is great!
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26 January 2017
Offline @The Hole Got Fixed I don’t say this lightly because I’m a big fan of a lot of your earlier stuff, but this is the best music i’ve heard from you. It is really tight! The songwriting, the playing, the production is all there. And I can tell you’re starting to get more confident as a vocalist. It sounds great!
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1 January 2017
Offline Excellent songs, Holey! Love the choice of song themes. I’m probably the only one who thinks this, but the “yeahs” in Stuck In School kinda sound like a Linda part on a Wings song, which is cool.
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27 November 2016
Offline Thanks all, I’m glad you enjoyed them.
I’m a little surprised no one picked what song gave me musical inspiration for Something To Do – Long, Long, Long . 
QuarryMan said
Haven’t listened to ‘Stuck in School’ yet, but really enjoyed the A-side! It’s very satisfying harmonically with that almost bluesy chord progression, and the guitar playing is excellent (reminded me a lot of Old Brown Shoe ). The lyrics are definitely very relatable too, and I found myself chuckling at the rhyme schemes. I like it a lot – a very deadpan sense of humour.
The chord progression was one of those moments where you start playing and realise it’s worth making it into a song… good to hear I’m not the only one who thinks that way. The lyrics are basically a chronicle of my life – and right now, a chronicle of everyone’s life!
Getbackintheussr said
The instrumentals and production are incredible, @The Hole Got Fixed ! Both songs sound so professional.
My mixing skills keep coming along – Funnily enough, I mixed Stuck at School in October or November last year, and just before I clicked ‘publish’ I decided I needed to tweak the mix again… turns out that was a good decision
Clerefor Sede said
Woow @The Hole Got Fixed that is so impressive!! I didn’t know you made original music! I love how Beatlesque it sounds. But it is still quite in touch with modern production and it’s original as well! It’s not the type of music I usually listen to but I love how professional it sounds, you should be really proud. Some of us only wish we could do the stuff you do.
Yeah I make music – there’s another album of stuff on my bandcamp, and my band’s last two albums aren’t bad (our early ones are a bit of a tough listen
). It’s what I want modern music to be – having the benefit of hi-tech recording equipment and as many tracks as you do or don’t want, but real music played in a style from an older generation. I’m definitely very proud of it, they’re two of my best tracks – and I’m very lucky to be able to make it at all.
(Love the LZ mashup by the way!)
sir walter raleigh said
@The Hole Got Fixed I don’t say this lightly because I’m a big fan of a lot of your earlier stuff, but this is the best music i’ve heard from you. It is really tight! The songwriting, the playing, the production is all there. And I can tell you’re starting to get more confident as a vocalist. It sounds great!
Wow, I know that you like my old stuff and for you to say that means I’ve done something right
. In the last 6 months or so something has changed when I sing, dunno what. But it’s changed for the better
SgtPeppersBulldog said
Excellent songs, Holey!Love the choice of song themes. I’m probably the only one who thinks this, but the “yeahs” in Stuck In School kinda sound like a Linda part on a Wings song, which is cool.
Huh… never noticed that before but now you point that out, I see what you mean. That is quite cool! *Linda smiley*
Thanks all for taking the time out of your day to listen to my stuff. Glad you got some enjoyment out of it!
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28 February 2020
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Offline Let’s keep this thread to the individual who has an account on the forum posting their own work. Nice and tidy.
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10.49pm
8 January 2015
Offline Well, to contribute, here is a mix of a cover of Electrolite by R.E.M. played by me and a certain @The Hole Got Fixed on drums:
https://ewe2.ninja/mp3/electro…..e-mix8.mp3
I will get around to a bandcamp when I have some more original stuff, I’m in the process of gathering gear still for that. This is one of the first things I mixed in my new DAW called Reaper which is a fantastic tool that I’m learning and has many advantages over just using Audacity.
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27 November 2016
Offline Ah yes, the Electrolite cover! Good job ewe2 – your drummer mate sounds like he played the drums for the first time in that recording, what a n00b. Wonder who they are…
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26 January 2017
Offline Inspired by all the recent postings I’ve decided to make a soundcloud account and post some of my demos.
Here’s a little EP I made called ‘Ramblings’:
https://soundcloud.com/j-coltr…..772/albums
‘Regrets’ is basically a standard rock song from about 2 years ago, with terrible lyrics I came up with right before recording them.
‘Song to Björk’ is a Talking Heads inspired instrumental with lyrics I adapted from Caliban’s speech in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
‘St Lucy’s Day’ is a random electronic instrumental I made when I was messing around with Logic.
‘Sun City’ is another standard rock song. Please excuse the very quiet vocals on this, the song isn’t really in my ideal range but I like the instrumental so I included it anyway.
And here’s another song I wrote and recorded this morning called ‘Driftwood’. It’s an indie folk style song about the coronavirus.
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Wow, definitely make “Stuck in School” the A-side, Holey, it’s super! I’m always susceptible to that kind of discoish octave-bass playing, and your lead guitar bits are really well thought out (or improvised?) Also I agree with SWR regarding your singing. You have a very unaffected, natural voice, it sounds very much like your spoken voice, I imagine. 
Anyways, sounds like a Top 5 smash hit single for sure, at least in some other universe. This record ‘slaps’, it is ‘a bop’, and all the other pimply hyperboles. A great job as usual, turn it up! (Wrong thread)
Now onto new offerings from ewe2 and qman…
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11 June 2015
Offline Wow, thanks everybody for all the new music on this page. I can’t tell you how much I enjoy your performances. I’ll be listening to each song and know for sure my spirits will be lifted up. If you haven’t already, don’t miss Beatlebug’s new stuff in her thread (she recently dropped a whole set).
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1 December 2009
Offline sigh butterfly said
Wow, thanks everybody for all the new music on this page. I can’t tell you how much I enjoy your performances. I’ll be listening to each song and know for sure my spirits will be lifted up. If you haven’t already, don’t miss Beatlebug’s new stuff in her thread (she recently dropped a whole set).
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haha actually I think my butter-knife guitar-and electronics monstrosity from page 4 actually ‘improves’ if played at double speed on youtube…shorter, anyways
I tried it a few nights ago at 420 am
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