tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055360004588681725.post3858284745150479058..comments2023-07-13T20:02:20.170+10:00Comments on a slow rip: Gig a L'abercrombiePhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04754612571258515636noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055360004588681725.post-23087516797989506582010-01-28T11:25:31.260+11:002010-01-28T11:25:31.260+11:00Hey Rob. That's a beautiful description of wh...Hey Rob. That's a beautiful description of what it's like inside a Slow Rip performance! Enjoyed that, laughing a bit...<br />Was sad I had to miss this, stuck in Canberra. People said everyone that night played really well, espescially you guys. <br />Ah well, RIP the Abercrombie, it's gone the way of most of Sydney now - becoming residential flats I think?<br />Didn't you play in the outside area (the nicer bit)?<br />Anyway. nice to hear from you, it's been awhile.<br />cheers x TTegueshttp://www.endgame.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055360004588681725.post-24174584696459082532009-12-02T16:41:59.496+11:002009-12-02T16:41:59.496+11:00Hi Blurk, thanks for your comment and for coming t...Hi Blurk, thanks for your comment and for coming to see the gig...<br /><br />The answer to your question, from my point of view at least is, it's all improvised.<br />I do however know what kind of things I'm likely to do, what gizmos and found items I'll use, but everything I play and vocalise is in response or ignorance to what Phil and Ian play. And much is left to chance, FX settings, guitar tuning, Amp settings. I couldn't preordain all that even if I wanted to.<br />I guess I'm developing a repertoire of techniques to apply to the poor old guitar and sundry other noise making items.<br />It may help to know that I'm a drummer not a guitarist.<br /><br />Phil has little thematic moments he uses and there are some rhythmic drum machine patterns he adds in but there's absolutely nothing set sequentially.<br /><br />"Rehearsals" are just us doing what we do live but in Ian's living room.<br />If there's a difference it's the addition of red wine, cups of tea and the luxury of stretching out, sailing blithely up blind alleys into dead ends, ie trying things out that often don't work.<br /><br />What we play live isn't always going to work or sound good or right but it is the sound of a process and a journey we're making at that moment as much as it is for the audience.<br /><br />I do know I'm always mentally exhausted afterwards.<br />Hope to see you next time..<br />Rob o' the RIPRobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16163233793209143681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055360004588681725.post-75098217613011935082009-12-02T11:40:22.715+11:002009-12-02T11:40:22.715+11:00Thanks for the performance and the description of ...Thanks for the performance and the description of the performance. It was the second time I saw A Slow RIP live and I really enjoyed it again.<br /><br />I was wondering (and was kinda going to ask Phil since I've spoken to him once before, but I didn't quite manage it) how much of the performance is improvised. Because I know your recordings are improvised, but wasn't sure about the live shows given some previous descriptions of rehearsals. But it does all sound improvised.<br /><br />Anyway, I was particularly taken by the bit where you were tapping away on the guitar neck produced a sound that for all the world sounded like a step-sequenced synth. Dunno if that was the sound you were after but it was nicely incongruous coming from the guitar.<br /><br />Funny thing about the Abercrombie, though: even I have performed there (as part of the Disorientation series in 2005). It certainly wasn't polished then, but has become much dingier in the last 4 years. But maybe we just had the lights up more inside in 2005.blurkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09818104215741769649noreply@blogger.com