Fireproof Match

[iamanidiot]

Hi there, i'm not really an idiot, but I find it helps to lower peoples expectations :D This seems a decent enough place to do my first post and introduce myself, as the fact that i'm a drummer has always been about being in a band.

Anyway, I have a band, we're kind of just starting out, based in Edinburgh and Glasgow and looking for gigs anywhere in Scotland. You can find out more about us from our myspace - www.myspace.com/fireproofmatch , obviously, I drum, but I also do a lot of the vocals and the guitarist and I write the songs. We've recently recorded our EP 'This Broken Sky' at Foundry Music Lab in Motherwell and it's free to download at our website www.fireproofmatch.com

Here's some photos of some things band oriented.

Us:

Alistair (Me-Drums, Vocals) - Kirsty (Guitarist, Vocals) - Euan (Bass, Vocals)

Our EP:



And here's me sitting behind my kit:

It's a Pearl Rhythm Traveller with a ratty selection of cymbals. It's all I can afford at the moment though I am looking to upgrade the cymbals very soon and hopefully a whole new kit this year.

We've made a music video for one of the songs on our EP, it's just us fannying about but it should be fun to watch:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHmnd16havA"]YouTube- Fireproof Match - Decay - Music Video[/ame]
...Not sure how to embed youtube videos, i'm sure i'll find out at some point. <- Edit: Appears it just does it automagically, fair enough.

Anyway, that's us, that's all I can think of at the moment, and if you're in the Glasgow area you can catch us at Ivory Blacks on the 14th of January.

[pastor_bob]

Welcome to Drum Chat iamanidiot!

I enjoyed the video! The song had a nice sense of energy, great drumming, and the vocals were excellent. Hope you hang around here. It would be fun to follow your rise.

Again, welcome!

[2slow]

Welcome ! That is a Very good video ! Yall ROCK ! I'm gonna check out your myspace page....Hope you stay around like Pastor Bob said !

[Larrysperf]

Totally agree. Love the sound. And welcome to Drum Chat also great vocals

[atomcorr2]

very nice.... very good song,i impressed.... welcome to drum chat,hope you stick around ,,and again,,very good song....

[iamanidiot]

Cheers guys, warm welcome, I intend to stick around. Kirsty has also signed up so I expect she'll pop her head in here as soon as her account has been validated. She drums as well, multi talented thing that she is.

[pastor_bob]

Cool iamanidiot! It will be fun to have you guys here. Kristy will find that we have great respect for our drumming sisters as well.

[yohin]

That sounded fantastic, man! Great stuff.

[mayassa]

Great sound, and the video shows how tight you guys are well done!

[kermit]

HEY!! Kirsty here - singer and guitarist in Fireproof Match. just popping my head in to say hi and thanks for the nice comments

See you around :D

[JayW]

Not really my cup of tea as far as "style of music", but I kinda like it and you guys sound pretty good! Very catchy song... keep up the good work!

[pastor_bob]

HEY!! Kirsty here - singer and guitarist in Fireproof Match. just popping my head in to say hi and thanks for the nice comments

See you around :D

Welcome to Drum Chat kermit/Kristy! All the best to you and the band!

[xsabers]

Two thumbs up! Very good stuff. You guys should have lots of opportunities to play. Good song...good singer...good band...good sound.

[iamanidiot]

Got some footage from our latest gig on Friday:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-WDwuoCeHo"]YouTube- Fireproof Match - Soylent Green Is People - at The Ark 26/02/2010[/ame]

[Russ]

it was pretty good.. liked the offspring style guitar riffs

[pastor_bob]

IAAI, it's too bad the audio wasn't better, because I have enjoyed hearing you guys on the other videos. You guys do look good on stage.

[drummer]

I love the band, the concept, the name. Great stuff guys!

[iamanidiot]

IAAI, it's too bad the audio wasn't better, because I have enjoyed hearing you guys on the other videos. You guys do look good on stage.

Yeah, it was just recorded from a digital camera. It looked like someone was taking a recording from the sound desk on the night so I'm going to try and see if they got any of us, then I could possibly whack the audio over the top of that video. Though to be honest, I like that the audio isn't perfect cause it hides my mistakes

[pastor_bob]

IAAI, the cool part of performing is that most "mistakes" can sound like you meant to do that.

[concrete Building]

Just a question: what username does Kristy have?

[Tadman]

Love the first vid you posted. Liked the second, but as you noted, could not make out the audio very well. Look forward to more. Rock on.

[markthechuck]

Very cool, love the vid and the song, Band's like your are doing well on this side of the pond, I'll keep my eye out for you.

[iamanidiot]

Just a question: what username does Kristy have?

It's Kirsty, and she's signed up here as kermit, but she has no internet at the moment. Whether she bothers to keep posting here when she does have internet remains to be seen...

[concrete Building]

ok. Sorry... slightly dislexic here.

[iamanidiot]

Got another gig video, this song's got some interesting stuff rhythm wise:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVcTxdMkdy0"]YouTube- Fireproof Match - Never Odd Or Even - Barrowlands 2[/ame]
The outro is the best though, proper fun to play