Last night Jonas forgot his bass at home and had to borrow one from our sister band Ampel (sister band=bands you share a rehearsal room with). After playing for about an hour we grew restless and tired and bored... not really a good sign when rehearsing ones own music. But anyway, Rasmus started messing about with a cheap toy microphone also found in Ampels equipment box.... and then suggested that we record a song using only other peoples equipment.
This is what we improvised with Ableton Live. SongWithAmpelsEquipment

If you want to hear the equipment played in a live setting you can go here on the 6th of sept. Though it will be the actual owners of the equipment that are playing on that occasion. If you do go, don't tell Ampel we borrowed their equipment.... we have yet to ask them =)

Whenever you read music magazine article where a famous producer says something like "it's terrible, because now a days bands just _____". This is an opportunity to create something unique, by going out and doing whatever it was, to an extreme.

It's like Like Miles Davies said-

• Do it once it's a mistake
• Twice it's clever
• Thrice becomes a style
• Fourth time it's a cliche
• Fifth is retro
• Sixth is the pastiche
• Seventh kicks off the reunion tour
• 8&9 are 'post' something or rather, and gets you to double digits, which is where it's been taken it too far and it's just not funny anymore.

I've spent too much time reading about music instead of making it. (and writing for that matter too)