Firstly was Llama Lounge on Friday night which of course was up to a high Dubstep standard as always. It was strangely enough held in the railway where I usually am on a friday for LHC, however as stated before it wasn't and this was somewhat perfect as there might of been a chance of a certain someone being there in that case, but due to the circumstances they weren't so it made my evening better.
Dubstep is a genre I admittedly am new to enjoying. My Housemates Sam and Robin were into it a year before I was, this had a lot to do with the fact that they lived together and until I moved into my house I do now, I didn't like it for the pettiest of reasons............because I love Dub Reggae and it felt to me that it stole the phrase "Dub" from the reggae and placed it onto this genre of music. What I have come to realise this year is how diverse and alive this music is. I've come to love it in more ways than I choose to explain, lets just say that this music is new, exciting and its also the first genre of modern music that I'm alive to experience as its unfolding before my ears. Friday night was a delve into that side of my musical personality and it lived up to expectations and I expect to hear much more live dubstep before I die.
and so onto Saturday. now the original plan was to go to Obese Beats which again was being held at the railway. Now while I enjoy my drum'n'bass/filthy electro it was the dubstep that I would of wanted to go for. About halfway through last week. I discovered that upstairs at the railway on the same night was the debut night of Second Hand Funk: a Funk/Soul/Rnb/Motown event, I decided that as the previous night I had indulged myself in four hours of dubstep that paying the three pound entry fee to enjoy twenty minutes of dubstep wasn't worth it compared with the one pound entry fee to SHF.
I put on my Parliament Funkadelic T-Shirt and prepared myself for Funk. I was not dissapointed, the bassist of my band had also had the same idea and was out to get down to the funk. I knew almost every song, I danced myself silly and impressed the organisers so much that I have become an honory member of the event, which is always good for where better to promote your Psychedelic Funk Rock band then at a specially designated funk night.
Now funk is my entirely favourite genre, I have loved it since I was fifteen years old and my step-mum showed me a load on one rainy saturday evening. The grooves just get me in a way that makes me happy, its mostly upbeat, when its not upbeat its chilled and can move emotions and at times very political without yelling in your face. I was pleased to find others who enjoy it as much as I do.
and finally Sunday, after many months of wrangling with the useless drummer Eugene, my dilapidated attempt at a band: Westwood Fools, finally had a practice, with a new drummer: my good friend John Hearfield.
This band has been going for well over a year now and its made little to no progress, and time is running out. I've come to accept that this band however much our material might be genuine and exciting is never going to make it BIG for me. I'm not being cliche and wanting all the fame, drugs and money. I don't want to be the next razorlight or any other crap thats around now. I want to wake up every day and make music, all day and if I make money doing it then it'll be kosher. For now though I've set two main goals, by the end of the academic year I want to have a demo recorded and one gig or two. The main problem is that we have now singer, this has been a continual problem, we're not sure what kind of singer we want and finding someone who is brave enough to say they will sing and write lyrics in winchester is genuinely hard.
However today was not about what we didn't have, it was about what we do have and I can confirm that we do have is an energy, a click and I'm not just writing this because I'm in this band. I'm genuinely proud of what is coming out of these practices, everytime we rehearse I can get it and it makes me want to do more of it and perform it to people. John is a talented drummer and helped us rework songs that we already had to a much improved state. I look forward to playing with him again and my aim now is to get a singer asap even if it takes knocking on every single student house in winchester to find someone who would suit the part perfectly.
The weekend has concluded and like many a weekend previous to now, I can genuinely smile and know full well that even when I'm down, I have Winchester, Dubstep, Funk, My Friends and My Band and no one is going to take them away from me without a fight.
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