iPhone randomness

This week as been super, super busy with work so there is not an amazing amount to report i'm afraid. We have new projects starting up so there is a lot to get up and running from the design side. There is however a few random photos on the phone, so enjoy these until something exiting happens.

 The sky had an amazing colour this morning... this pic doesn't really do it justice.

 Been jamming a little since Fee has been away.... it always turns into a bit of a fire hazard what with all the wires & cables.

 Snapped this at the local recycling center, I always forget to bring my Flamingos for re-cycling.

The local shopping center was doing a 'History of Fashion'..... pretty good looking right?

Food, Music and Hair cuts....

We finally got around to doing some shopping the other day which was much needed, and while there we spotted some King Crab. We have never really done anything with crab before, so we brought it and waited for inspiration. In the end Fee remembered a great Chinese dish she used to have and recreated it!

Ginger and Spring Onion king crab with fried noodles. YUM!

That wasn't the end of our shell fish for the week as we had dinner with our friend Christine who picked up some marinated Prawns and Butter fish from the harbor. She even fired up the BBQ as it was a nice sunny day.

These were soooo good both me and Fee ate far too much.

As Fee was having a few of the Girls over for dinner I decided to hang out with Adrian and play some Bass.

"Three blind mice; three blind mice.."

He supplied the Belgium beer (which was crazy strong) and I brought over some food which we cooked up at his place after writhing some killer tracks. He even opened up some REAL Belgium Mayonnaise he picked up on his recent trip there.

Adrian is a true bachelor and has no need for plates when eating.

So today (saturday) i'm sitting at home with what feels like a touch of Flu. Hoping to shake it off as there is some boxing on tonight at a friends place. Was also meant to be at an (early) 4th July BBQ with our resident Americans but that was rained out.... so lets see what the day holds.

On the up side I did get a new hair cut!

"We've got the funk..."

Somehow I have become a teacher...... OF ROCK!

My buddy Adrian (or The Romanian Hipster as I call him) has been interested in learning Bass guitar for a while now and has managed to borrow one from a friend. So I have agreed to pass on my years of knowledge on the subject of Bass Guitar. We started off easy with some scales and simple rhythms, and he seems to be picking it up fast. So we are going to try and keep this up with a weekly session. :)

He may look about 12 but he is in fact in his 20's.

As a treat for all of his hard work I made some Pizza, his fingers were a little sore from all the playing but he still managed to pick up a slice or two.

Rectangle Pizza?! What the hell!?

Been a good Easter so far....

Where to begin?

Ok, so I have been messing around with some home recording (fills the void of not being in a band) but i've not been getting great guitar results. The Bass Guitar sounds good but my 'normal' Guitar sounds like mud when it runs though a Bass rig.

So I got myself the Line6 POD 2.0

It's a little gizmo that hooks to your computer and can emulated the sounds of popular Guitar Amps and Cabs (like Marshall and Peavy). I'm hoping this will make things sound a little more 'rocking' on the recordings.

The Red bean of doom!

Also took the opportunity to get some new strings for the Bass. This is my Custom gauge incase you want to by me some strings in the future.

Also got my eye on this little baby, my current FX unit is about 15 years old now is and due for an upgrade..... maybe next payday.

The reason I say "next payday" is because I have just ordered my iPad 2. It won't be shipping for a few weeks but i'm already counting the days. I'm looking forward to just using the laptop for my music recording and other photo editing related stuff.... the more 'hard core' jobs. Then the iPad can be for surfing, presentations and other fun stuff.

Oh, and I got the white one.

....and the good news just keeps on coming this week because tonight I am going to see the mighty Cancer Bats!!! If you don't know them, then you should.

The two hottest tickets in town.

Bass.Down.Low

Mrs Groves it up in Arhus visiting some friends and having a girly night out, so i'm making some noise, listening to music and maybe hitting the PS3.

Lately I have been missing playing in a group or just creating some music. Sadly there is nobody around who is into the the stuff i'm into and wants to 'jam', so i've been playing around with recording music.

Been using 'Garage Band' on my Mac and its rather good and simple to use. The only down side is the guitars..... they suck. I am getting a nice sound from my Bass and equipment but the guitars aren't really up to the job.

This is my little up and coming home studio.

As a 5 string Bass player I like to play in a lower tuning (B) and mine and Fee's old guitars just can't get to the same tuning without sounding like crap. My guitar was given to me by an old friend many years ago and it has seen better days (it cant even stay in tune for more than 10mins) and Fee's little Telecaster just can't tune down to a 'B' because the strings get too floppy.

No floppy string here, just smooth and heavy tones.

Plus it's all going though a Bass rig with makes the guitars sound really odd, been recommended a 'Pod XT' by a buddy that I can run the guitars through. This should help but if the guitars are not up to the job it wont help that much. :/

If only I had one of these.....

7 strings would help.... a lot.

I will, I will, rock you!... once I learn the song.

See, I told you I was going to do some Bass practice.

Just me...

Fee is off seeing Lady GaGa tonight with her friends, so I'm on my own. don't feel too sorry for me, coming from a large family and a constantly busy house I'm very comfortable in my own company.

There is a fine line between genius and bat-shit crazy.... I'm happy with either.

I put on a little concert of my own. Had this a little

while but never got round to watching it.

YEEEAAAAA!!!

Made myself a simple little Pesto Pasta dish.

'Dinner for one sir?..... how sad'

Now after watching Metallica I think I'm going to play some Bass and blow the cobwebs off. Been a while since I played and I really want to get back into it.