Hello loyal fans of Kurodust (you know who you are, even if I don’t), 

 The first hour of band practise this week was setting up the new PA system Ben bought during the week.  After reorganising where my bass amp and cab and Rob’s amp would go, we were able to set the speakers up for the PA.  Once again we decided that we were going to try and deafen Jay, by pointing all the speakers right at him.  During the first run through of “Who’s to Blame”, Ben was singing so powerfully that he made the PA amp shut down.  After Rob did a bit more tweaking with the amp, Ben was able to be heard much louder than originally thought.

 During lunch, the order of the setlist was finalised.  However when we arrived back at Jays, playing was placed on hold while Jay’s wife was talking to a client who was interested in some invitations.  The second that the client left, we were back to rocking.  We played through the whole set 2 times with ben improvising what he will say during the short breaks in the set.  The Initialise tracks are about as tight as tight can be, so the main focus has been on the other 3 songs.  These were practised an extra time or 2 at the end of the practise session.  After band practise we all went to a mates bucks party,  had an awesome time drinking and, of course, rocking out to the Silverpath and Kurodust tracks.

 Til next we meet.

Trev

One month until our first gig. It may just be a birthday party gig but for us it’s our first time unleashing our music live onto the world. And we only have 4 more rehearsal sessions before then, so now is the time for us to be practising, practising, practising, to make sure we can get these songs as tight as possible.

I’m confident in the band, though. We finished all our writing on Saturday, the birthday song is completed, as is People Are Strange, so our remaining sessions are free to hammer away at the set and get it working.

We’ve even got the hardware sorted out. Thanks to my parents, we were able to purchase one of these:

It’s a Yamaha Stage PAS 500, which should provide us with enough power so the audience can hear me sing over the drums and guitars. What a novelty!

We’re planning to video tape the gig as well as get some photos taken, so you’ll be able to see whether we rock the house or fall on our asses; either way, it should be entertaining!

We had an awesome time Saturday, both at band practise and Jay’s party afterwards. Happy Birthday buddy! We’ll all be joining you in the land of 27 year olds before long.

Jay Drums Furiously

Rob Ponders His Frets

Trevor Has A Bass

Hanging Out In The Hallway

The Band Celebrates Jay’s 27th Birthday

RAPE!!!

The Awesome Drum Kit Birthday Cake (Made By Janine)

Blow Man, Blow!

Howdy y’all.

Another week and another slamming session, followed by a mad after party.

Anyway it’s my birthday tomorrow so today our rehearsal was undertaken with an extra sense of fun and celebration, everyone staying on afterwards to celebrate. In fact everyone is still here, sitting around me as I write this weeks blog entry.

Again, this week we spent much of the time working on People Are Strange, before and after lunch. We got a lot more work done on our version of the song, pretty much deciding on how and what we are going to play, and playing it through a couple of times. It still needs a lot of practice but we’re getting there.

After People Are Strange we went on to play our four songs a few times before beginning the festivities. All in all it was a very satisfying and productive session.

I’m going to head back to the party now, keep rocking people.

Cya next time.

Jay

Another week, another drama. Just kidding really.

Over the life of this band, in particular, the time since we started playing together again, our vocalist, Ben, has taken it upon himself to post a weekly blog on the website. Last week he was a little behind the ball, not posting until Friday, the night before this weeks rehearsal. Anyway, it seems he’s had enough of doing it all on his own and he suggested that we all have a go. At this suggestion we all refused and said that he should do it, because he’s been doing such a good job of it. He was having none of this, at which point the other three members of the band, Rob, Trev, and myself started to discuss who should do it this week.

All of us still not keen, we never actually came to a decision during rehearsal yesterday. As the drummer and the hardest working member of the band (if I do say so myself), I decided to give the other guys a break just this once. Their time will come.

Week six started well. We played once through the three songs from Initialise and our new one, Who’s To Blame, before going to lunch. All four songs are sounding good and our playing is getting much tighter, but we still have a bit of work to do before we have a gig worthy set.

Once we got back from lunch we decided to take on the daunting task of reinterpreting the Doors song, People Are Strange. Most of the session this week was spent listening to the guitar tracks; trying to decide the best way to play the song and the best tuning to use. Once we’d sort of decided on some of the basics of how to do it, we went into our rehearsal room and started to nut it out.

We did fairly well, deciding to play the beginning of the song close to the original before going balls out for the second verse. We decided we’d back off for the 1st solo before playing the rest of the song in our nutter metal head style. We got half way through the song before we had to pack up, because our bassist, Trev, and our guitarist, Rob, both had to be somewhere else.

We got a fair bit done on People Are Strange, but didn’t play many of our other songs, or get any more work done on what we’re writing for Kynan’s b’day gig. That’s the way the cookie crumbles and there is always next week.

Peace y’all, Jay signing out until next time.

The answer would probably shock and offend you. It was hilarious though.

Late post this week! We started on a couple new things last week, so I’m excited to get back into it tomorrow. Our original setlist for the gig in August was going to be the three tracks from Initialise and Who’s To Blame, but they only clocked in at around 15 minutes so we decided we had time to expand the set a bit.

So, we might go back and try to finish one of the songs Trevor, Jay and I started writing last year, but we’re also going to do a cover of a song by The Doors (most likely), plus a special song that we’re writing especially for this gig. We started that one last week and we’re already half way there, we’ve got the guitar parts down and most of the drums, plus the main structure for the lyrics. I get that crazy feeling that it’s going to rock hard once it’s done.