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Relisten is another cool platform for live recordings. Even comes in app form, so you can stream.
My stats:
Concerts visited: 31 since 2006
Locations: 23 x Oslo (Rockefeller, Sentrum Scene, Domkirken, Operaen, Teknisk Museum, Øyafestivalen, Røverstaden, Blitz), various other norwegian cities including a few times in Trondheim.
Different songs played: 173 unique, 431 total
Song played most often: KDH, Walking on the Water, No Evil, Sail On and STG
Song anticipated most: Tough call, but probably K9. These days though, anything pre 2012 would be very welcome..
Specials:
– The first times seeing the band in 2006. Four times that year. The Øya gig I have fond memories of.
– The time an icelandic volcano stopped me from seeing the band in Bergen. Received news of the cancellation on the train halfway between Oslo and Bergen. So I went to Bergen anyway.
– Timothys Monster at Øya 2010.
– Blitz, standing in front of Bents rack. That sound..
– Proto-‘Here Be Monsters’ at Teknisk Museum.
– Sentrum Scene 2019. Absolutely incredible, crystal clear sound in the venue. Especially after seeing them in Hamar the day before where the sound was a woolly wall of noise.
Being norwegian, I have seen my fair share of one-off gigs and rarities, but I am envious of you guys living in Europe proper. Following the band around for a few weeks is a long standing dream of mine, but it cannot be done in Norway. Too few gigs. Every year I half assedly plan doing it next year, but life always finds a way to rockblock me.
So Reine is now doing Motorpsycho reaction videos? :lol:
The reaction video forest is a dark and depressing place full of attention/view seeking fakers, but there are also some genuine music lovers out there.
Like this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uGUHukgaRo
Interesting release. Been a few years since the first tribute record, and the featured artists are bigger ones this time around.
I am very happy the Blitz gigs happened in the vacuum between Delta and Omikron.. Timing was on point.
@suntripper: Yea, he gets pretty close. No idea about the cymbals.
@supernaut: I might have gotten my hands on the wrong Ricks then.
Had a Thunderbird myself years ago. My first bass. Never knew back then, but what a terrible fit for me and my tiny fingers that bass was. Neck like a tree trunk, with a dive of course. Huge chunky body. I stick to short scales these days.
Would love to try those Stavem basses. A least one of them is a medium scale if I remember correctly, so probably easier to handle. And those bisonics are amazing sounding pickups.
Surprising to see covers! Some of those guys are nailing it too. Lakland guy wailing those chords on Starmelt/Lovelight (fingerstyle even!) and Neverland guy is spot on. Cool.
This guy does a good rundown of how to get there (with modelling though): How I get my Chris Squire bass sound
Indeed he proudly proclaimed to be the 'inventor' of the thumb-mute with a hard attack.
Add in a proper dual amp setup with overdrive, chorus and tremolo on the treble channel into a guitar amp, and you get fairly close really.
Have experimented with a non-dual amp setup using different signal splitters to separate into two channels. It gets messy, costly, requires a euro pallet sized pedalboard and several kilometers of patch cable.
Fun though!
No, that was a jazz bass. Should bring that avatar back, feels naked without it.
Tried a couple of ricks through the years and could never get used to the neck to be honest. Unfortunately, because they sound great
