Career Highlight-Yours?

[Pablo333]

Getting voted "Best unsigned band" by readers of Terrorizer Magazine back in the day.

 

[Jevil]

VALHALLA:

- Touring in many spanish cities and support some bands like Metal Church, Axxis, Riot, Baron Rojo...
- Winning the Villa De Bilbao International bands contest.
- Recording 4 albums.
- Some of the album mastered at Finnvox and cover painting by Derek Riggs
- Selling more than 2.000 albums in Japan (those were good times)

SOULITUDE:

- Doing a song related with my football team (Athletic de Bilbao) that appeared in a compilation of many copies released and gave me money some hundreds euros.
- TV and radiostations appearence and copyright benefit for the same song.

EL RENO RENARDO:

- My freak metal project. Furcking huge success in Spain.
- More than 200.000 downloads
- 1.000.000 visits of a video in Youtube
- More than 1.500 € in donations.
- Songs appeared in most important TV and radiostations of Spain.
- Tons of live proposals. Of course, well paid.
- Fuck yeah!

 

[dan weapon]

Getting to have played and hung out with some of my favourite bands like Misery Signals and Textures, as well as playing with other cool bands including Bleeding Through, Caliban, Alexisonfire, The Bled, As I Lay Dying.

Playing Taste Of Chaos two years running and getting to play with KSE, Underoath etc.

Getting our two videos on rotation on MTV2.

Getting band of the month/year on extreme sports channel.

Getting an album out in all major record stores across the UK, and available internationally through major webstores like amazon.com etc.

Mixing our album and becoming good friends with Dan and Justin of SikTh, a band I'd long admired.

Getting a great UK record deal through Basick records, which also have some really good bands on the label.

Getting a european record deal through Drakkar/Sony BMG.


Oh... and two of my all time heroes; Andy Sneap sending me a message to say I'd brightened Dave Mustaine's day with my artwork

 

[JMarz]

- Mixing over 1000 gigs, ~600 FOH and 400 monitors
- Mixing at the main stage of Finnish Metal Expo
- Inhouse Engineer job in 5 different venues
- Recording vocals at Finnvox for Major Label
- Four tours in Finland with six different bands
- Oncoming European tour with Ancara
- Getting inside university to study music production and marketing without longterm musicianship background (theres only two of us in the class) with fourth best score in our group after failing miserably three times to get in


I think thats about it

Livin' the dream

 

[Seizure.]

Being booked a couple months ahead, having 2 tours ahead (1 with aborted and one as a soundguy through south america with goddethroned/elexorien), having mixed a shitload of good venue's and festivals and having seen a large part of the world (and being only 21) is one big highlight allready!

But looking at it now, everything i do still has to improve in every frikkin way haha

 

[coneyis]

My career highlight thus far has been jamming with Joey (Life of Agony) and Dan (Anthrax) and playing both LOA and Anthrax songs with them!

My upcoming highlight will be performing with my band The Judas Syndrome at Blender Theater (NYC) on 6/23/09 and opening for Sworn Enemy and Pro-Pain!

More to come!!!!!!!!

m/ m/

Reading through the other posts made me realize I missed a very important one:
Receiving a Pantera "Far Beyond Driven" Gold Plaque with my name on it for helping out with the promotion back when I worked for Atlantic Records and then hanging out with all of Pantera!

 

[colonel kurtz]

have none

 

[colonel kurtz]

-Being in a band and being the guy who gets to record/mix/master our stuff and have complements made towards your work by both press and fans alike.

-being in a no name band from a no name town in the middle of no name Indiana and being able to share the stage and meet bands I dig and look up to in terms of success/accomplishments, and my band maintaining relationships with some of the dudes in said bands.

Arch Enemy
Chimaira
DevilDriver
Hate Eternal
God Forbid
Unearth
All that Remains
Lamb of God
Hatebreed
Anthrax

I know I'll never be able to do what they do, or at that level, but it's been cool to experience a tiny tiny bit of what they go through (big, appreciative crowds, etc.) as well as meet some really, really down to earth dudes.

do you guys have any local-ish dates coming up?

i live in richmond, so it wouldn't be too much of a stretch for me to come check you guys out...

 

[wyllie]

Supporting Steven Segal's band in Glasgow. Hahaha Cock Puncher

Hanging out with Dino Cazares in Glasgow was totally sureal as well , he may or may not be asshole (personally i thought he was a great dude) but he totally influenced my guitar playing

 

[nwright]

do you guys have any local-ish dates coming up?

i live in richmond, so it wouldn't be too much of a stretch for me to come check you guys out...

You live in Richmond?!?!?!?!

I think I knew that, now that I think about it. I worked at Reid Hospital there for 3 1/2 miserable years.

We are playing a church ran venue/building this Saturday in New Castle with Ghost of Maine and some other bands...Don't know a thing about the venue, though, and I live in New Castle, lol...Work in Indy, though, and never get out much in town. Not sure how the show will go as far as turnout goes, but the promoter said it should be "big"...Also, the idea of playing in a church ran venue is daunting, but meh, it's a show!

 

[Gustavo_Loureiro]

Oh... and two of my all time heroes; Andy Sneap sending me a message to say I'd brightened Dave Mustaine's day with my artwork

awesome! lol

 

[Via Noctis]

Someday, when I quit my job, that will be a highlight. Even if it's for another shit job. I hate my company.

 

[EerieVon]

As far as recording I have none, but have played support for Deicide, Cannibal Corpse, Gwar, Pro-Pain, and MOD

 

[xchrisloungex]

I'd say easily the biggest moment in my musical life was getting to support Slayer/Trivium/Mastodon/Amon Amarth for my bands 5th gig. Something I will never forget.

 

[colonel kurtz]

You live in Richmond?!?!?!?!

I think I knew that, now that I think about it. I worked at Reid Hospital there for 3 1/2 miserable years.

We are playing a church ran venue/building this Saturday in New Castle with Ghost of Maine and some other bands...Don't know a thing about the venue, though, and I live in New Castle, lol...Work in Indy, though, and never get out much in town. Not sure how the show will go as far as turnout goes, but the promoter said it should be "big"...Also, the idea of playing in a church ran venue is daunting, but meh, it's a show!

shit, i won't be making that one...i have to work 10-10 on sat, then be back to work @ 7:30 on sun for another 12 hour shift!

 

[nwright]

shit, i won't be making that one...i have to work 10-10 on sat, then be back to work @ 7:30 on sun for another 12 hour shift!

ouch!

 

[colonel kurtz]

yea no shit

my boss is on vacation starting friday...so i get to work 90 hours over 7 days in her absence

FML