Hello there people!
This is Nils checking in from shraphouse, trying to keep you updated on what's going on with Shraphead and Project Six these days. Nowadays, the Shraphead is just lurking around in its cavern, composing heavy metal, and things are beginning to sound good! This weekend (april, 17-18) we went to Falun, Sweden to attend a new Project Six workshop. This time around, the theme was live-show. Since this is a big part of the fun, we really looked forward to it.
There were four geared up guys who left Magnor by the crack of noon friday, in a packed Seat Ibiza. Space was a non-excisting thing, but with a cup of coffee and "Rockin' in the free world" on the car stereo, it was all okay.
We arrived Falun just in time to check in to the hotel, go to the venue and check out the stage. We soon found out that there were no soundcheck, and nothing really happend untill a couple of hours later, so we decided to go back to the hotel, and head into the sauna. Later in the evening, we were introduced to Simon Füllemann from Metal Blade records, who talked a little about how Metal Blade works, and how to approach the label if you are a band with ambitions. The local band Thalamus, who is also a part of project six, entered the stage around 8.00 P.M. and they really set the groove for the evening. They were followed by our norwegian brethren in To Cast A Shadow, and later on The Generals. After that, we entered the stage. Even though there was a tough crowd, and the monitoring were bad, we played a good show, and had a great time. After we walked of stage, we wen't to get some beer, and watched Cavalince and Renegade Five do their stuff on stage.
Saturday morning we got up early (me at least), the reason being a lack of space on the hotelroom, since we'd experienced a sudden growth of amount of people during the night. Me, William and Mohamed decided to go get some breakfast, and then we headed down in the jacuzzi for a bath, and a really awkward photoshoot. The rest of the day, we got live coaching, based on the multi-angle videoshots from friday evenings gig. First we got a few advices from Kenneth Lewis from Waterfall Records, then we had a chat with Simon from Metal Blade. Then it was time to head home, six people and a shitload of luggage stuffed in to the same Seat Ibiza. It was a long trip back home, I can tell you. But we came home a littlebit wiser, and we had a lot to talk about on the four hour drive.
Keep on rockin' in the free world, we'll keep you updated.
Nils/Shraphead
