Hey huys, i did a GP tab for 1 Ghosts I off the new NIN album, but UG rejected it . Anyways, if anyone is interested in it, I still have the tab. Just PM me and I''ll send it over. It's a very cool song, great piano. Good for background music if yr playing somewhere.
Ooh boy, where to start? Friday, Feb 1, 1:00, and we begin the 4 hour long car trip from Hervey Bay to Brisbane, listening to old Creedance tapes because our CD Player is fucked. Anyway, won't bore you with the car trip. Get to Brissie about 5-ish and begin our long search for food. Get food, back in line about quarter to six. Gates open: 6:00! Very excited. 6:00 - nothing. Nada. 50 minutes later, finally, the gates open. Boy were we all pissed off. Anyway, get in and get good spot. First set, fantastic. Constant Motion, Surrounded, Dark Eternal Night, Forsaken and As I Am. 15 minute interval. Buy shirt and drink. Aching all over. Second set, fantastic again. 1928 Overture, Strange Deja Vu, Through Her Eyes, Fatal Tragedy, I Walk Beside You, Spirit Carries On, (A song I didn't know), Pull Me Under and then a medley for the encore. All in all, a ripper of a show. Pics uploaded on my profile.
Next Friday, i'm going to see...drum roll...Dream Theater on their first ever Australian tour. Their doing an open-air concert at the Riverside stage in Brisbane and I've got Gold Tickets!!!I'm so excited I think I'm going to explode.
I have my new amp! I bought it yesterday and it is absolutely be-a-utiful! The sound is fantastic and I can get almost any sound I want out of it, from deep, rich cleans to thick metal distortion and everything in between.
Recovering from Christmas...Got everything I wanted. Unfortunately, I wanted lots of electronic stuff and unfortunately, nearly all of them didn't work. I happened to get the last Guitar Hero II in Australia, and the remote didn't work. So thankfully I found one online. Phew! I got the computer program that goes with my guitar, but that doesn't work either. I'm waiting to get a hold of the local Line 6 guy and hopefully he can fix it. But apart from that, all is good. I got my first mobile, as well as a new CD player.
I'm going to see Xavier Rudd at the Moncrieff Theater in Bunderberg on the 5th of December and I'm really excited. Xavier is really awesome and his music is really cool. Fortune Teller, Let It Be and No Woman, No Cry are my favs.
Seeing as how I haven't blogged in ages, I figured it was time to update you on the life and times of Kyle Downes. The most exciting thing to happen in my life is that I weighed 78.8kg this morning. Whoo-hoo. On Sept. 22nd when I started my diet, I weighed 83.2kg. I am very happy. I am spedning this week at home becuase the rest of my grade is on camp, but on thursday and tuesday I helped out at the music department with some filling and stocktake. Boring!
Anyway, in other news, I've sold my Squire. He's not buying it for a few weeks but it is finally sold. *Sigh* I'm also working on my novel again. I took about a six month break but I'm ready to take another crack at it. I'm up to the last chapter of the first part. So far, I'm up to page 125! Groovy!
Payed off all of my debts from my guitar on Sunday so now I can save properly. I'm making about $50 a week from busking down at the local cafe. I've also started a new diet to help me lose weight and clean out my liver. It's quite good, actually, but I have to do 30 mins excercise everyday, and boy I am tired.
So I went into the music store yesterday and tried out the Ashton and it's f*cking awesome. I'm constantly suprised by how good Ashton products are. Go Australia! I also picked up Steve Vai: Live in Astoria London. What an amazing DVD. Steve Vai is definitly the greatest guitar player alive and Billy Sheehan could be the greatest bass lpayer alive. I love the duel the do in one of the songs. Anyway, I'll keep posting the amp story. I still need to save about $400 AUD.
so, it turns out I can't afford any of them. Oh well. I called up my music shop on Monday and the bloke there suggested an Ashton Viper 30 Watt amp, which they had for $500 dollars, boo-yah. So, hopefully I'll get in this weekend and have a listen. Fingers crossed.
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. Anyways, if anyone is interested in it, I still have the tab. Just PM me and I''ll send it over. It's a very cool song, great piano. Good for background music if yr playing somewhere. 
on their first ever Australian tour. Their doing an open-air concert at the Riverside stage in Brisbane and I've got Gold Tickets!!!
Boring! 
. Oh well. I called up my music shop on Monday and the bloke there suggested an Ashton Viper 30 Watt amp, which they had for $500 dollars, boo-yah