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Xarshi
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yeah,so,my band is playing at the Underground in cincinatti ohio! If anyone lives near there,its on september 9th,8:00 pm doors open. 7$ with valid ID 9th grade and up (or years 15 and up,depends,if your like 13 and in 9th grade you'll still get in). So come watch us if you live near there! Our bands called Adiaphora,so if you go,say your there to see us

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Hawkeye
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Congrats.

What genre? Which songs? Give us some details about the band


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Lukas W
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ooo, i remember our first concert, hehe but i was drunk. infact i only remember going up there play something then leave.. uh, it's pretty much been like that on all the concerts we've played..

good luck on your show.

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indi
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Posted: 31st Aug 2006 16:05
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cngrats man.
A friend of mine is an old rock pig who lets me ride on his coat tails for some gigs.
man the chicks dig anyone who's on stage.

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Dark Eternity
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Posted: 31st Aug 2006 16:34
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i got as near to playing drums on stage as possible before fainting

Scorched Skies is waiting,can you help

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 31st Aug 2006 16:45
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Where as my band still needs a singer, and our drummer needs more than 2 days off a week from work.

But good luck on your shos mate, try not to be too distracted by groupies.

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Saikoro
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Posted: 31st Aug 2006 17:12
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congrats =D

in a month or so my band will be playing at the world famous Whisky in LA, so that will be cool =)

Hope your show goes down well!


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Agent Dink
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Hey, I'm in Cleveland, but I won't be able to see the show. However good luck.

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Xarshi
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Posted: 31st Aug 2006 21:19
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heh,thanks all. Yeah,we,I know,this may shock people,but we are hardcore. Most people here seam to not like it But its gonna be a great show. I just find it funny I'm playing the show with a 50$ yamaha guitar but I'm using a beranger amp. That things small but packs a humongous punch. But the good thing is,we are opening for a band(out-kri) that we've seen in concert alot,and my bassist lets them stay at his house while they have shows here in ohio. Plus I'm easily getting over 25 people to come,so we can either record our set,or get 2$ per person. Yeah,but this is a huge step for my band. We haven't been together too long,but apparently we are good enough for the owner of the underground to like us

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Posted: 31st Aug 2006 21:55
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Hard core is great, sort of like ours. As long as its not that new 'Hard Core' that is really dance, but the morons called it that although Hard Core is completely differant.

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Xarshi
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Posted: 31st Aug 2006 22:36
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by dance you mean???? If you mean like pop or something then no,if you mean like heavy stuff,then yeah.

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Way to go Benny, good luck.

Quote: "in a month or so my band will be playing at the world famous Whisky in LA, so that will be cool =)"


Wow congrats on that, I always wanted to play there but was not up to a 4k mile road trip . Most famous club I ever played was The Living Room in Providence, RI. We opened for some decent acts there since Randy, the owner, always liked to book a local act on the bill. Opened for DRI, Fates Warning, Raven, Dangerous Toys, and Ritchie Blackmoor (not all the same show ) AH I miss those days (Who am I kidding carrying a halfstack down two flights of beer soaked stairs at 3 am is no fun.)

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Xarshi
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heh,yeah,just went to a show at the vinue we are preforming at. Man,if those people can play,we can. Our drummer just got another bass drumb,and it is awsome. We have made our songs so much more intense now. Plus,I got strap locks!!!!!!!

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Posted: 2nd Sep 2006 09:37 Edited at: 2nd Sep 2006 15:16
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Way to go! I'm more of a death metal guy, but i do enjoy hardcore aswell.

Quote: "heh,thanks all. Yeah,we,I know,this may shock people,but we are hardcore. Most people here seam to not like it"


I'm shocked alright! Most people here doesn't like hardcore? That makes me a sad panda.

Btw Lukas, tell me more about your band. If your metal/hard rock or a close genre than i've propbably heard about your band as i've listened to alot of Norwegian music in those genres.

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Xarshi
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We just found out the third band we are playing with. Its Aridai. So its three local hardcore bands,and pretty much everyone I know,and some I don't,are going Its probably gonna be a packed show for a local band!

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Xarshi
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Ok,now there are 5 bands playing. Us(Adiaphora),Aradai,Out-Kri,Mutant Allies,and Thousands Will Fall. Its gonna be a massive show actually. We could actually get quite a fan base from this. This is definately a great opertunity for my band

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Posted: 5th Sep 2006 01:50
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Hope you do good!


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Xarshi
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thanks man. Yeah,we had our final practice today. Tomorrow at 2 I head out. We have our songs down perfectly. Its gonna be great! and we have 2 more shows we might book

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Xarshi
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And now the almighty stage fright is occuring. This is going to be a scary time before the show. Its going to be a wonderful experience,but its also going to be a scary one. Any tips on getting rid of stage fright? I mean,on stage,I know I won't be scared.

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Matt Rock
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Posted: 9th Sep 2006 03:50
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Hardcore... never would have guess that, not with your avatar of the powerpuff girls being de-eyed

Some VERY important things to keep in mind while doing your first show:

* Don't jump at/ on the first groupie you get... be patient, the better ones always come later!
* If you get nervous, remember what Bob Dylan and the lead singer from Tool did/ do, and just play with your back to the audience
* Charge for any autograph you sign that isn't written on a body part
* If opening for Whitesnake, don't let them use pyrotechnics

okay, seriously though...
* Video tape the show on a camcorder. When your band is done with the gig, you can watch the show and figure out any areas where you need to tighten stuff up, and also, stage presence can be worked out

* Never trust the house engineer! In my experience anyway, the house's (venue's) sound engineer always sucks. If you can find a sound engineer whose willing to work with you for free (or beer, next best thing), it'll help


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Xarshi
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Well,the show went over great. My band got the most people there,we got paid 64$ and all that. We will probably be asked to play there again too. But unfortunately my parents are making me feel depressed about it,cuz they said it wasn't even music. But then,everyone else says it was great. I personally was very happy,we even got a dude from another band to do guest vocals with us for our first song. Most people we talked to thought it was are like 5th show,cuz we did it so naturally. Plus,the fact that we opened and people started pits,but then didn't for any other bands(except for the head-lining band),was cool too. But the show went over great,but I am starting to completely hate my parents

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Saikoro
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Quote: "but I am starting to completely hate my parents"

But they're right
Jk, but get a recording so we all may be able to hear your hardcoreness.


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Xarshi
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Posted: 11th Sep 2006 01:15
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we have a recording on our myspace,but we recorded with a digital camera when our drummer had no second bass drumb and our singer barely had a mic.... so we will hopefully get a semi-good recording eventually

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Glad to hear it went so well! I trust you forgot about your nerves when you went onstage? Nerves are weird like that...

How about a link to your myspace?

IceBound Melodic rock/metal band with loads of lead guitar, clean female vocals, and more guitars! What more could you want?
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Saikoro
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where is this "myspace"


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Xarshi
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Posted: 11th Sep 2006 01:26 Edited at: 11th Sep 2006 01:27
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just warning you again,the recording deserves to die

http://www.myspace.com/adiaphoraworship

yeah,and you can also find my myspace. get this,my myspace title is...ben! wow!

And yes,my stage fright left right when my feet touched the stage(well,when I touched the stage after sound check...)

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I like to see these kinds of bands live, where everyone starts jumping and rushing into each other in the mosh pit.


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Saikoro
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I added you on my MySpace, cool music, not my thing, but i'm sure it'll sound much better once you get it decently recorded


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Xarshi
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ahhh,so that was you! I was wondering who added me

@Jeku - Yeah,people moshed for us. We had a giant pit going. It was so awsome. We were an opening band and it was our first show,yet we had a bigger mosh pit than most national bands do there

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