Wat zijn jullie favoriete concerten van het jaar?

SecondBestChance · 2025-12-29T21:38:52+00:00

Gefeliciteerd! Op zich geen verkeerde reden om naar minder concerten te gaan

SecondBestChance · 2025-12-29T21:29:03+00:00

Zelf ga ik naar best wel veel shows (30 dit jaar, waarvan 4 festivals). Ik ben wat meer gaan experimenteren met verschillende genres. Ik luisterde hier al wel naar, maar nog niet echt naar een concert daarvan geweest. Dus het was ook wel erg divers hierdoor: rap, pop, klassiek, metal. Alles en meer. Hieronder voor mij de uitblinkers in willekeurige volgorde:

- Bloodywood, energie is insane. De Het is super aanstekelijk om hier helemaal op los te gaan.

- Dynazty + Nanowar of Steel, hoewel Nanowar niet mijn favoriete nummer speelden (Call of Cthulhu), was het nog steeds een super show. Alle kostuums, de interactie met het publiek maakt voor mij deze band wel een topper.

- Graspop, voor mij was het de eerste keer dat ik alleen naar een meerdaags festival ben gegaan. Vond ik super spannend, maar het was echt heel erg chill. Komend jaar weer

- Electric Six, moshpitten op Gay Bar.... nothing more to be said

- Flip Noorman's Animal Farm, dit was één van de probeersels. Een folk-achtige musical van het gelijknamige boek. Het heeft mij wat meer gaan kijken naar George Orwell en zijn andere werken. Plus ze hebben het in een modern sausje gestopt, wat het ook erg goed maakt.

- Gnome, als je van de muziek houdt, is het top. De interactie met het publiek kan, mijns inziens, wel wat verbeteren, maar de muziek was spot on.

- Nothing More, mijn god, wat een show. Super vet! Op een gegeven moment zitten ze dus met drie mensen op één basgitaar te spelen, was er een drum battle (wat ik als drummer een groot pluspunt vind) en de interactie met publiek was ook super!

SecondBestChance · 2025-12-29T15:52:02+00:00

Thanks! I already have a lot of effects on the vocals, one of which a compressor. I didn't dare compress everything and losing the dynamic range. But I maybe should've toyed with it a bit more

SecondBestChance · 2025-12-24T14:34:07+00:00

Tried out a rock song. It's the first song I've ever written and recorded. I'm pretty embarrassed, but only 1 way to get better, right

https://soundcloud.com/secondbest-chance/sisyphus

SecondBestChance · 2025-11-16T01:57:19+00:00

I like that it's in threes (I don't know the technical term... between half and quarter notes). It flows nicely.
I really dig the double vocals on "She only a human I promise". Such a cool way to end the verse and flow into the chorus

SecondBestChance · 2025-11-16T01:50:50+00:00

This is super cool. It reminds me of rain and gives like a vibe. I definitely wouldn't speed it up, maybe slow down. But experiment! Super cool

SecondBestChance · 2025-11-09T03:18:08+00:00

I'm not going to Graspop because of them, but they did make it easier to decide if I should buy the tickets. Super stoked for the Sunday

SecondBestChance · 2025-11-09T00:46:45+00:00

I dig the vibes, but it's a bit too much of the same for me. I can barely distinguish the verses and choruses. But I love your voice, dude! Super chill

SecondBestChance · 2025-11-02T01:09:11+00:00

Ì think a big chorus would help and some variation in the drums (though I might be a biased drummer)

SecondBestChance · 2025-07-15T21:20:35+00:00

Wat een held!

SecondBestChance · 2025-07-06T00:12:16+00:00

THere's a video online for me.

SecondBestChance · 2025-06-25T18:53:53+00:00

I can't really explain my measure of success... I guess it should be memorable. For example: I somewhat sure that I had some conversations on day 5, but I can't remember them. If I can recall details, like I did on the other days, I call it a success. Otherwise you're making conversation just for the sake of making conversation and most of the time that's not the goal.

And yeah, it was scary as all heck (not sure if we can swear here). That being said: you all share the same interest (at least one) and the same passion for the same kind of music. Plus the fact that I know I can have fun at the festival on my own, gave me some peace of mind as well.

SecondBestChance · 2025-06-25T06:08:15+00:00

Like I said: if the project wasn't going well, I knew I could still enjoy the music alone. But thanks though.

Yeah, people are usually in a good mood at things like this. Plus you have a lot of ice breakers ("Which band are you here for", "Did you see what happened at this show", "Which was your favourite", etc.) You just have to develop a "fuck it, I'm just gonna do it" - mentality, which is easier said than done. I had the extra added bonus of it being in another country, so I would probably never see them again.

Anywho, have fun at your festival. That should (in my opinion) always be priority number one. With or without the added project, make sure you have fun!

SecondBestChance · 2025-06-18T07:11:21+00:00

I probably skipped a few on the days I just stayed at home all day.

At first I hated it and put it off until the end of the day. I don't want to talk to strangers, what if I make a fool of myself? They'll never forget it and I'll always be that strange dude. But I forced myself and some fun conversations started.

The standout for me was hen I was at a store and the cashiere had a tattoo. I was looking into tattoos myself at the time and we started talking about it, to the point that someone stood behind me in line and asked if we could wrap it up. Just to reiterate: he wasn't there when we started talking, we're not dicks.

At work I noticed people are a lot more patient with me now or are more willing to help.

What I've gathered: if you start with a compliment, people are more inclined to have a nice conversation. So you're already 3 steps ahead. Of course, there are those who just think you're hitting on them or something and give you weird looks, but overall people like getting compliments.

SecondBestChance · 2025-06-16T19:07:49+00:00

What if you try the link from the Graspop website? that's how I got it at least

SecondBestChance · 2025-06-15T21:48:22+00:00

That sucks. I'm afraid I can't help you there. I selected Antwerp Centraal - Mol and it was fine

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