I created my first page on wikipedia. I feel so important!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland_Wind_and_Brass
I'm not sure if it should be called: Queensland Wind and Brass or Queensland Wind and Brass Orchestra. Ah whatever.
When writing it I realised there's a fine line between advertising/promoting somthing and documenting something. I don't think it reads like an ad for us, but I wanna promote qwab as much as I can. We're really good dammit!
Our next concert is:
Saturday 8 April
From Mahler to the Movies
Gehrmann Theatre, Brisbane Girls Grammar
Gregory Terrace, 7:30pm
Concessions are $10 and adults are $15. Contact me if you wanna go.
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Sunday, March 05, 2006
Redemption Song
I've been listening to Johhny Cash and Joe Strummer's cover of Redemption Song all day. It was written by Bob Marley, but I like the cover better.
So I've been unemployed for 3 months now. Uggh. It's depressing but at the same time it is nice to be free from any stress. I really should be more creative while I've got the time. I've decided I'm going to write something for QWAB. I haven't written any music for 4 years. I think it's about time I give it another shot. I spose I didn't have any band to write for but I've suddenly just realised I play in a big orchestra, and they wouldn't mind playing something I wrote. It's a big thing to undertake though. I've never written music for an orchestra. I might just write it for brass/percussion.
I've recently adopted a synthesiser. QWAB purchased it when the band first started out in the early 90's. They didn't have much of a bass section, so they bought a bass synthesiser. However it didn't get used much and remained hidden away. A few weeks ago someone pulled it out and showed it to me. I asked if I could have it for a while. Here it is:
It's only a small one, but it's so cool. I really wanna buy it off them. It's worth $300 - $400 US according to vintagesynth.com. I have a feeling they're gonna undervalue it a shit load. Jeremy said something like $20. hehe. what a noob.
Oh actually QWAB was meant to play in the Queen Street Mall today. However it was cancelled due to rainy/windy weather. Our next gig is as thus:
Saturday 8 April
From Mahler to the Movies
Gehrmann Theatre, Brisbane Girls Grammar
Gregory Terrace, 7:30pm
It'll cost $10 I reckon. The germann theatre is really good. It's small and they provide percussion for you. Woo.
I also got a newly released Bill Hicks bootleg from 10/5/1993 which was just after he was cancelled from the David Letterman show. He talks about why he was cancelled; trying to get his Dad to do mushrooms and how the Greeks used to say sexually absurd material in order to exercise the shame out of themselves. He also raves about Noam Chomsky. I haven't read a thing by him. I've been meaning to for years.
In one bit Bill's Dad asks what happens when you take mushrooms. Bill says:
Fuck yeah. That's why I like him so much. I love his ideas. That and his dick jokes, which are A-number-1.
So I've been unemployed for 3 months now. Uggh. It's depressing but at the same time it is nice to be free from any stress. I really should be more creative while I've got the time. I've decided I'm going to write something for QWAB. I haven't written any music for 4 years. I think it's about time I give it another shot. I spose I didn't have any band to write for but I've suddenly just realised I play in a big orchestra, and they wouldn't mind playing something I wrote. It's a big thing to undertake though. I've never written music for an orchestra. I might just write it for brass/percussion.
I've recently adopted a synthesiser. QWAB purchased it when the band first started out in the early 90's. They didn't have much of a bass section, so they bought a bass synthesiser. However it didn't get used much and remained hidden away. A few weeks ago someone pulled it out and showed it to me. I asked if I could have it for a while. Here it is:
It's only a small one, but it's so cool. I really wanna buy it off them. It's worth $300 - $400 US according to vintagesynth.com. I have a feeling they're gonna undervalue it a shit load. Jeremy said something like $20. hehe. what a noob.
Oh actually QWAB was meant to play in the Queen Street Mall today. However it was cancelled due to rainy/windy weather. Our next gig is as thus:
Saturday 8 April
From Mahler to the Movies
Gehrmann Theatre, Brisbane Girls Grammar
Gregory Terrace, 7:30pm
It'll cost $10 I reckon. The germann theatre is really good. It's small and they provide percussion for you. Woo.
I also got a newly released Bill Hicks bootleg from 10/5/1993 which was just after he was cancelled from the David Letterman show. He talks about why he was cancelled; trying to get his Dad to do mushrooms and how the Greeks used to say sexually absurd material in order to exercise the shame out of themselves. He also raves about Noam Chomsky. I haven't read a thing by him. I've been meaning to for years.
In one bit Bill's Dad asks what happens when you take mushrooms. Bill says:
Your mind completely opens up to the true nature of our existence which is that we are not bodies, that we are pure loving sprit created by God. God is love and there is nothing but love, and love being all encompassing has no opposite. You are completely forgiven on all things, there is nothing you've ever done that has ever swayed God's pure and unconditional love for you and you realise that eternity and peace and heaven is our inheritance and all of us are gonna make it there.
Fuck yeah. That's why I like him so much. I love his ideas. That and his dick jokes, which are A-number-1.
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