Birth of a Band

Glad to have you back, Brian! :smiley:

The LEGO Lads have a great vibe going on and by listening and looking at the videos shared, I would NEVER had guessed it’s the first time you all played live together. It sound great and it looks like so much fun and joy. Thanks for sharing these special moments here. :slight_smile:

Are there any plans to do this again?

Also it was great to read you all had a blast and were enjoying the good things in life as well as making music. Great stuff!

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Hi Brian,
So. :smiling_face_with_sunglasses: :clap: :partying_face:… that was a nice long read, watch and listen experience on an early Sunday morning, well before 9 o’clock :grinning_face_with_big_eyes:… (just have some tea, process it and tap it now)… lovely most beautiful solo in the 2nd post production btw… :dizzy:
great all those video points of recording it gives a really nice impression… great to see and read the fun through everything… great during my breakfast to see and read…

We hope that you enjoy it for a very long time this enormous super experience with your family and Chris… :grinning_face_with_big_eyes: :people_hugging:

Greetings :sun:

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Wow, love it Brian what a great experience mate, wish I had been along with you lot cheers HEC

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@Jenndye429
Aw, thanks, Jen :grinning_face:
One thing messing around in a basement amongst ourselves. The two Larsen brothers would prefer a root canal without anaesthetic to playing live :rofl:

Cheers @LievenDV :grinning_face:
Yeah, I thought six was going to be a lot, and then Lars’ nephew, Ebbe, decided to join us at the last minute. He’s a bit crazy. Arrived into the basement, took off his shirt, strapped on his Les Paul Special and jumped up on the sofa bed ripping off a solo on the first song :rofl:
On most of the songs, we would just keep on playing whatever the outro was, until everyone who had wanted to have a go at a solo had finished.
Great fun! :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

Vielen Dank, Lisa :grinning_face:

We may have created a bit of a monster here, but it’s early days.
I’m not sure I’d go to the trouble of doing an 8-Track recording again. There’s a fair bit of mixing to do, and not really any use for it, as it’s only really of interest to the participants.
A mobile phone recording acts almost as well as a ā€˜souvenir’ :grinning_face:
I could see us doing something similar at our house, but maybe on a ā€˜lower level’. The logistics would be easier, with less travelling, and instead of recording, we could just have a musical houseparty at the end, inviting friends over.
I haven’t mentioned this to the others yet though :laughing:

@roger_holland
Ah, Rogier, I’ve missed you (or your posts :thinking:)
And it was indeed a special time, so even more kudos for not ā€˜raining on my parade’ with any smart Alec remarks :rofl:
Much appreciated, although the honeymoon period is now over, and I’ll be posting much ā€˜more of the same’, so feel free to take the gloves off and tease me again :wink:

@DeltaTyne Cheers, Hec, but you wouldn’t have had room! :rofl:

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Another two wrapped up :grinning_face:

Even though we agreed to choose two songs each, Chris pushed the boat out and wanted a third. I think he just wanted a reason to bring his mandolin.
Unfortunately, I had brought an ā€˜old’ chord sheet with me with the wrong progression for the outro, which caused confusion, so apologies to anyone expecting the original ending :wink:

I was clear before we went and during the playing that I’d be taking a back seat on this iconic song. I love it, but it’s out of my range and almost impossible to recreate. That’s why this video is the only one which actually moves around, as I wasn’t participating.
However, during mixing, Hans was giving me grief saying I should at least put some vocals on it, and I don’t really have a lot of time for folk who are afraid to give something a go, because they’ll be embarrassed, so I decided to give it a go.
The best I can say about it is that it’s at a low enough level to ignore, and it doesn’t take away from the others’ performances, which I am still in awe over :open_mouth:
I didn’t have the intro on video, so spliced on an earlier practice run, from the day before Tor and Ebbe arrived.

Edit: Now that all the songs have been mixed and the playlist ā€˜finalised’, I decided to go back and edit out the added ā€˜wailing’ in the middle section :laughing: It was fun and educational but does detract from the song overall. :wink:

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Wooow, that must have been lots of fun and great memories created. :grinning_face: I loved your addition to The great gig, that is a proper cheeky Brian Larsen there. :grin: The solo was just brilliant.

I thought you sounded very well together, a proper band!

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Hi Brian ,
your voice was made for the intro of the great gig :smiling_face_with_sunglasses: :clap:…very warm and not inferior to the original…well the first second talking then :grin: after that they are recordings from the past from the ā€˜Tower of London’ I assume??? :laughing:

You must have had a lot of fun shouting that out like that…I had a good laugh and of course you too I see at some people …I continued to enjoy the music and the videos are a big part of that… :grinning_face_with_big_eyes: :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

Greetings

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Cheers @Boris1565 I’ll happily take ā€˜cheeky’ :laughing:
My brother was ā€˜speechless’.
I asked ā€œgood or bad?ā€
He just repeated ā€˜speechless’… :rofl:

Alas, Rogier… You know me well! :wink:

Worth it so :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

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It’s all a little bit wonderful really isn’t it.
:slight_smile:

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… and would never have happened without Justin’s website and especially this Community you run :face_blowing_a_kiss:

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They say Karma bites you in the derriere :wink:
One good thing about having four guitarists playing is that you can carry on when one of them needs to do some technical troubleshooting :laughing:

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Great! Thanks for letting us take part in your family concerts, Brian! :slight_smile:
One day, I’ll take part in something like that too, hopefully!

I’ve just had a chance to listen to all your recordings Brian and I have to say I’m blown away by the whole thing. What a project, what a great time you’ve all had but most especially what terrific music you’ve all created. Whether it’s the ā€˜more representative’ stuff or the ’post production’ content, you’ve created something quite special here.
I also thought your vocals were perfect.

As you know, I’ve just spent a couple of nights in Liverpool. You guys would knock the socks off any of the street performers I’ve seen around here!
Well done the LEGO lads!!

Vielen Dank! :grinning_face:

The opportunities for engaging with others musically is quite amazing. You just have to keep your eyes (and ears) open and be proactive :grinning_face:

Aw, thanks Gordon :grinning_face:
It was quite special in so many aspects. Not a single ego was to be found and everyone trying to make everyone else sound/feel good. There was a lot of laughter! :laughing:

A couple! :open_mouth:
You’re a bad man, not letting me know :face_with_raised_eyebrow:
You’re forgiven this time, but don’t do it again :laughing:

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Just passed the halfway mark… :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:
Are you ā€˜numb’ yet? :rofl:

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Really enjoy this, well done, looks and sounds like you had great fun. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers Adrian :grinning_face:
I’m still grinning from ear to ear :wink:

Apologies for the length of this next song, but that’s what you get when three grown men try to ā€˜out-Claptonesque’ each other after the singers have finished with the song… :wink:
It’s actually fun to watch Lars try to herd all the cool cats, with everyone ignoring his conducting and bullying him into a solo at the end :laughing:

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Brian, those hours of practice paid off :rofl:
Richard

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I discovered the magic formula:
If you want to sound good, play with musicians that are better than you :laughing:
(Why do you think I invite you over? :wink:)

No Brian, you have mentored me to play and sing louder!
And my bar chords are better than they were
All good fun!!
Richard

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