Posts by Simon Grigg
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I guess Auckland is ok if you grew up there and have a network, probably mostly within your suburb. Coz Auckland isn't really a city, it's a collection of suburbs - including one in the middle with offices and clubs - I don't think people interact much outside their 'burb - at least not without making arrangements way in advance.
I guess its my turn to be defensive but I've always found myself ranging wide across my city of birth, but I stand by Ben's post above...Auckland, by definition is both region and a city, each quite distinct. And within the Auckland region, any native born indistinctly knows the difference. So I've ranged across Auckland City and on occasion I spend time in neighbouring cities in Auckland region, but an Aucklander always knows when he/she moves from one to another. And each city in Ak region rotates around it's own axis with a unique centre.
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But maybe it's something you don't talk about on the net under a real name when you live in Indonesia.
Not at all Ben, I simply missed the question. Bali, and Indo in general have substantial issues relating to illicit drug use, in particular shabu-shabu (=speed). I'd advance the thought that the ongoing use of such across South East Asia is a fairly strong argument that the draconian laws in the region don't work. Myself I've not encountered any real drug use in the non-Indonesian community beyond finding myself at party two years back with several hundred Italians, French and Spanish, all of whom were clearly on another planet. Not being in a similar state we had a drink or three (there are no drink driving laws here..any no real problem with that beyond the odd drunken ocker tourist) and left.
This place can be surreal enough without the need for stimulants, so I'll happily pass.
Then, of course there are idiots like Ms. Corby and the so named Bali 9, all of whom took a calculated punt and the house won; and the odd tourist caught in a police sting buying pot on the beach, but most of those get a slap on the wrist and an exit visa.
However my point was not that Auckland is more or less messed up but a comment based on personal experience and a note of personal concern. I do admit being bemused by the rush to defence...here and elsewhere. The "I don't know anyone like this" thing in particular is perhaps best answered by "you don't think you know anyone".
There is an insecurity in NZ that has always frustrated me.
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clarification, give away of a reworking collection of 8 songs which was done without consultation with the band featuring the original songs chopped up with embellishments.
main legal issues here are no songwriting royalties to the band, sampling clearance issues.
the band originally responded with a cease and desist order, then allowed the artist rainydayz to distribute his 'remixes' so long as they were no charge for, ie free.so everyone is happy again...it worked
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actually there have been some pretty big developments
Including Radiohead letting someone give away their album all over again.
Danielle...My Love...in the words of the the great anonymous pop punter..its a choon....esp the DFA mix which was extended pop heaven -
why oh why when she asked you "do you think my songs are any good I was in true bliss etc"
actually the second TrueBliss album was gonna be Carly songs, and produced by Tony Moran, big NYC dance producer for the US market but she decided she wanted to be, um, Carly Binding..so it never happened. Good or bad thing, I'll leave that up to you......
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yeah sure she did.......
all by herself. no help from anyone, burnt them all off individually on her laptop too,No, she was adamant, almost fanatical that her first solo album was to be her work. It was recorded by her with Chris Van de Geer and she had control.
We did some early stuff with her and had her signed. The early, unreleased, wall of sound "This Is it", produced by Alan Jansson, was magnificent but it wasn't what she wanted to do so we sold her contract to Festival who had the bucks to let her do what she wanted to do, which wasn't where we wanted to go.
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Oh, come on! They played all instuments (though mostly not very well) on pretty much all of their first five albums ('62-'64). It was only about late '64 through mid-'67 that the Wrecking Crew handled almost all of the studio playing.
Yes, overstating though I'm thinking of the crucial period, the Summer Days and Summer Nights / BB Today era onwards, the stuff when Brian was getting ambitious, after he stopped touring when he made the records whilst the others were away.
And the playing on those early, 2 hit singles and a bunch of filler albums, ain't too hot, I agree.
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One of things I really liked about early House was the idea of a generic band name recorded onto white label vinyl. It was totally punk, remove the poncey 'look at me' artist personality from the recording and just have the sound.
ain't that the truth..the house revolution encapsulated the spirit of punk absolutely and to a degree the bedroom electronic thing still does, especially in the way its driven by Mp3 blogs and the likes which have have been embraced as a part of the culture by fans and producers alike.
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I was going to say carly binding but you did say they were credible so that rules her out
Carly made here own records of course but Truebliss was mostly Anthony Ioasa (with added vox).
Nathan was and is ever the perfectionist (and one of the most inspiring people I've seen in a studio).
As we know, A Taste of Honey ('Boogie Oogie Oogie') beat Elvis Costello for best new artist, 1978!
And then there was Jethro Tull vs. Metallica in best hard rock album in 1989.
Then we have The Beatles.....you may have heard of them..the Grammys had a problem with that
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3 The Hard Way?
OMC?
Others Requiem?nope, and that's all you get. Others Requiem did it pretty much all in their own studio and just added vocals and mixed the mighty fine result elsewhere