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playing with Sleepoverz 3 songs were played for the first time: Outnumbered, Quarter and Respect. The setlist is available on the shows page.
I started rehearsing the first two while in Finland. Outnumbered is rather technical, and it's in drop A#. Quarter on the other hand is super easy to play, as it's "just power chords".
Friday the 13ths are considered unlucky.. Well.
I barely had time to soundcheck, so I ended up using Sleepoverz's in-ear monitors instead of a stage monitor.
I honestly don't know what the sound engineer did. There's a whole story about how {...}. The backing track was too loud, there was way too much bass and I could barely hear the guitar. The in-ears kept falling off.. It was a struggle for more than half of the set. Before starting to play When You Die (11th song..) I removed them entirely and turned one of the speakers towards me. Instantly way better..
I was genuinely pissed at that point. The second to last song was Respect. I gave Clem from Sleepoverz the guitar, and I let everything out. Maybe the only time it felt truly cathartic. This was the first time I played a song with someone else!
finishing Luckies I started mixing around mid-February, and uploaded the final mixes on March 17th. The EP released on the 21st at midnight.
I really wanted the Zøne show to be a release party, so as to advertise Luckies as a first "real" release and not a demo.
Even thought I had been working on the 4 songs from Waste, I ended up deciding to only release one EP instead of rushing.
Previously, I had been using Routenote to upload songs because it was free. I think it's worth it to pay for Distrokid and have control, royalties and faster (and more trustable) upload delays.
henry rollins says in this interview that he never listens again, same i did for luckies, just move on after you put it outConfliktArts offered relatively cheap but good quality CDs, however they had 3 weeks of production time. So I decided to go with DIY burned CDs. I'm super satisfied with the result, and I think it fits the vibe.
la Zøne Greg from la Zøne helped me mix the backing tracks on real stage speakers. They're very different from headphones or even studio monitors, so it was honestly such a great opportunity to test it in real conditions.
Luckies release party! I played with Cafard Moisi, Penser Saboter and Gagner de l'Argent.
I had borrowed one GoPro from the lab (pros of studying computer science) to record the set. The result was a bit underexposed, but still usable.
He made people go on stage as he was playing. Strong shoutout to him for being so sick and cool.
Pretty cool that I used to want to open with Could It Be, and now I'm doing it. It used to be too high for an opener, so transposing it definitely helped.
We played Respect together with Clem again. Tons of fun, but honestly really intense. I felt a weird nausea feeling around my waist/stomach.
modified the fata morgana riff a bit -> why it's good to let songs mature Geneva gig First time playing in Switzerland!!
I arrived around 1 PM, so I still had 3-4 hours to explore the city. While the backpack + guitar case setup works wonders for traveling, it really is a pain when it comes to walking long distances. I had to take multiple breaks, and even still I feel like it's really bad for my back.
I arrived a little early to the place. Some fire situation blablabla {...}. He showed me the big stage, then we went to a smaller one
I didn't have much time to warm up. I went a little too far from the pedals, and the guitar cable disconnected during Deadlock.. Whoops.
I slept over at a local's who volunteered to host me. They had a big old black dog, whom we walked through Geneva on the next day. I'm super grateful for everything they did for me
Great people, warm welcome, super nice city
ON REHEARSING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUuCiMpof5k vidéo urgence disk avis merch et fugazi psychological block: avoiding is fear of becoming true got knuckles amp, thought it would be better and all original was to release in may for soggy bottom, better spacing.. but didn't make it good for having concerts, they can stream it (explain if someone goes on spotify but doesn't have song, can't stream it...) in the end, i used new IRs that simulate RB and SM57 mics on whatever cab (find them) MAKING REELS AND MERCH PART? idk talk about it opinion and all LYON GIGS PART recording vocals with guitar and strap? forces to have the same position as live, saw hetfield from metallica do that PART: more on songwriting ig hardest things when making a song: 1. starting 2. actually making one or two songs out of ideas. usually there's too many and it's hard to find coherence fuck standards, oh i cant put a metal riff next to this because i would prefer if the whole song sounded JUST LIKE THAT. well fuck it some people are into that first show in Lyon First show in Lyon! Invited by Rebel Girl
First time using the weird ethereal intro for Could It Be.
I got hit in the teeth by the mic, then during When You Die someone kicked it away by mistake. I sang Wannabe's chorus in spanish because the other band, Umbra, came from Barcelona. I always thought the chord progression had a spanish vibe.
Clem couldn't make it for Respect this time. However, I thought about someone else.. I sent him the tabs the day before. And.. He learned it. He told me he went to sleep at 3, then couldn't fall asleep, so he just practiced the song again at 5 AM. He's a real king.
This time, singing it was really tough. I almost puked and I felt a weird sensation in my head, as if I was about to lose consciousness.. The venue was tight and hot, and I hadn't eaten much before.
Playing in Lyon was fun, having to come back for classes at 9 the next day with 4 hours of sleep.. A bit less. EAT BEFORE THE SHOW thoughts The Geneva gig proved that I can effectively tour with this setup. Here's the whole inventory if anyone's interested:
· Backpack: · laptop + laptop charger · audio interface (UAD Volt 2) + 2 XLR-jack cables · 3-4 pedals (Knuckles, Metalzone, Noisegate, Klon) + small cables · merch box (CDs, patches, stickers..) · a few clothes · Guitar case: · guitar (duh) + 2 cables · picks + capo · backdrop · Guitar case number 2 for an extra guitar (just in case)
The only cons lie in the total weight of the setup. I should invest in a hiking backpack.
My lower back was getting hurt by the edges of the sound card or pedals. I found putting clothes at the bottom helped in preventing that from happening.
backing track ct84, des voix ok mais.. -> pourquoi j'utilise pas d'autres couches, y ait réfléchi 6th may at night et pochoirs, making new shirts (compared to design before), made a few wdesigns, made them on may 6th. used to buy them cheap, but ordered Gildans this time. i like the orange color happy because reached a point where i can NOT rehearse and it's ok rehearsing war dog (coordinate partie) fermer yeux coordination mixing myself, jeffro, wanting to do it on my own so i can learn and also have CONTROL inclure les gig recaps marceau krasz suggère partie super lourde fin cool parce qu'avoir appris Sweden au piano ça me montre comment changer la partie de piano de When You Die la review https://www.pavillon666.fr/chroniques-concerts-fiche?slug=2026-06-10-GATES-OF-BETHULIA-3265 répèt au filI recorded a few more vocals for When You Die and Chamber EARLY MAY
practice songs while doing squats for cardio and breathing way better breath and all, could sing the songs way better getting better at doing the sets, don't have to push so much, use diaphragm (may) fest'u sidequest (i don't care, that was a show), i wasn't selected