Daniel Sassoon leaves Electrico!
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demeter-music
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I haven't been to SOFT for ages and the first thread I see is this! 
On the point where Dan left off - everyone starts somewhere. I remember a time circa '97 when I played in a crap band where nobody could keep time, none of us had proper guitars and none of us even played in tune. Notwithstanding the dismal state we were in, a kind soul offered us a slot to play in a gig which he was organizing at the Youth Park and we gingerly accepted the offer. We played alongside other indie greats of that time including (you guessed it) Livonia.
Memories are subjective. I wonder if kids nowadays would attend that same show and be impressed by the bands the way I was. Ah, youth! Needless to say, we were hooked after that gig and have been (and still continue) to play live shows ever since.
If there is a Livonia gig I would go. Heck if there is a 90s revival/reunion (however you put it) show I would go, if, for no other purpose, then simply just to relive the feeling of being young again.
BTW who was that kind soul who offered us our very first live show? Mr Dan Sassoon!
On the point where Dan left off - everyone starts somewhere. I remember a time circa '97 when I played in a crap band where nobody could keep time, none of us had proper guitars and none of us even played in tune. Notwithstanding the dismal state we were in, a kind soul offered us a slot to play in a gig which he was organizing at the Youth Park and we gingerly accepted the offer. We played alongside other indie greats of that time including (you guessed it) Livonia.
Memories are subjective. I wonder if kids nowadays would attend that same show and be impressed by the bands the way I was. Ah, youth! Needless to say, we were hooked after that gig and have been (and still continue) to play live shows ever since.
If there is a Livonia gig I would go. Heck if there is a 90s revival/reunion (however you put it) show I would go, if, for no other purpose, then simply just to relive the feeling of being young again.
BTW who was that kind soul who offered us our very first live show? Mr Dan Sassoon!
plainsman
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woah i just saw this
dan, hows it going. i know ur just a forum away (i'm always only at the drums) and yes we've been talking over the years, we have yet to even have coffee after that rock on singapore 05 gig which i helped u put up electrico cds for sale, after wayne passed and we met briefly that night at church, after jo called a few months back and said lets have coffee and i said yes but its still yet to happen
i dont really feel anyhting except hope it all works out for all. maybe it does, maybe it doesnt.
but anyhow it doesn't matter. just go bro. u a force of nature. just have a good time. nothing else matters. maybe we can go have free dinner together or something at compass.
dan, hows it going. i know ur just a forum away (i'm always only at the drums) and yes we've been talking over the years, we have yet to even have coffee after that rock on singapore 05 gig which i helped u put up electrico cds for sale, after wayne passed and we met briefly that night at church, after jo called a few months back and said lets have coffee and i said yes but its still yet to happen
i dont really feel anyhting except hope it all works out for all. maybe it does, maybe it doesnt.
but anyhow it doesn't matter. just go bro. u a force of nature. just have a good time. nothing else matters. maybe we can go have free dinner together or something at compass.
AgingYouth
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If we can convince The Pagans to reunite... we have a show!!!
as a side note...at the Rock For Wayne gig while i was being reduced to fanboy status watching Humpback Oak in awe i couldn't help but notice the majority of the crowd being kinda subdued and dare i say it, uninterested. it got me thinking, maybe music has really changed alot and everyone's moved on...everyone's just focused on the now, *my* band, *my* peers, *my* generation etc. music naturally appeals to the young and young at heart and if i were 18 i doubt watching thirtysomethings play songs from another era would interest me too much.
never thought i'd say this and i am stating the obvious, but the age group i'm in, we're kinda over the hill and far away. maybe all we're cut out for is offering sagely if slightly cynical rocking-chair advice (eg "in my time sonny..."). so make the most of it and enjoy the ride...all you young 'uns reading this and laughing...remember, it'll happen to you too one day!
That's ridiculous, the thirties are the new twenties. The younger folk still haven't got enough musical depth and maturity to be focussed on music without the other bits of fashion stylings.
edder
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If there's a 90s revival gig... there will be homebrew on tap! :mrgreen:
edder
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you're a beast! you're a hooligan! :mrgreen:
soulalt
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AgingYouth
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INFIDEL!!! INSANE!!! How many kegs of homebrew can you brew, bitch?!
I is thinking I needs to rip my Livonia CDs into mp3s...
When I finish all your homebrew, "Vengence Will (Fucken) Be Mine!!!" *pumps fist into sky*
PatheinRaindropMoe
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up for livonia, bring back the sweet as hell, wonderful songs and geetar solo with that mojo jazzmaster!
AgingYouth
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It's okay, dude. Most people (esp. Singaporeans) know our music history. As much as the older peeps here know about the indie/ metal/ hardcore scene of our generation, we have very little knowledge of the acts in the 60's and 70's like the Quests and Straydogs as well. The main problem is there are very attention paid to our music forebearers (someone Spellcheck this for me. Thanks!).
BigO tried to showcase it once. Very interesting. Back in the 60's, there was a scene and you can actually just make money off playing music. Of cuz, back then, there weren't so many genres and no Internet (very dark times, indeed!).
However, I heard lah that the National Heritage Board has shitloads of demos from the 90's and archival recordings of the old stuff. The National Museum has an exhibition regarding this aspect when I was there early last year. Interesting stuff.
soulalt
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demos?
u mean like cassettes - the kind that used to be sold at Dada & Roxy etc
mmm dating myself severely here
someone should get them and release them on box sets
;-)
Ized
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Mr Sassoon, just wanna say that you'r one of my inspirations when i first started learning guitar. that was back then in 2005. I was a complete noob then and one of my classmates in sec sch passed me an mp3 of "studman", the single off electrico's first album then, and boy, was i hooked! The infectious pop hooks and melodies and the killer solo really inspired me to pick up the guitar, especially upon learning that Electrico was a local band. Its sad to see one of my inspirations leave the band, but hey, i wish you all the best in everything you do! To Mr Daniel Sassoon, i salute you 
rottenramone
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believe or not, roxy still has some cassettes available.
i have some mp3s which i ripped from cassettes. force vomit's conspiracy agogo, fuzzbox's zero tondo and wide expanse of sound compilation amongst others.
Aki S. Ian
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I looked up to bands like electrico, the fire fight and Plain sunset when i started playing the guitar. its a pity but to each his own. Godspeed with your career Mr. Daniel Sassoon!
Danelectrico
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a library of ripped mp3s for posterity...now that's an idea. all my local tapes and CDs are still at the arts house when i loaned them for that exhibition...gotta get them back!
i've been thinking that if bands are serious about archival and want to hear their music in a new light, and they can find the DATs / reference masters, it's an interesting option to find a decent mastering studio and get them remastered. that would be killer!
i've been thinking that if bands are serious about archival and want to hear their music in a new light, and they can find the DATs / reference masters, it's an interesting option to find a decent mastering studio and get them remastered. that would be killer!
Danelectrico
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you mean this jazzmaster?
YouTube - Livonia - Days (Live at the Heeren)yes yes i know all about the ravages of time thank you very much. check out the rest of the videos from noel (ex-suchness / silverspy) - he found some real chestnuts. i can barely remember this gig save for some fuzzy memory of it...
