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Rob Badman

About Me

I finished year 12 last year, did my HSC, it was kinda hectic, but it paid off. Im so glad I dont have do any more school work but I really miss seeing everyone everyday... Now Im doing a Bachelor of Music (Audio Engineering) at the Australian Institute of Music in Sydney.I love music, I love Jesus, I play guitar, bass and piano...and did I mention that I love playing guitar?I'm in an alt/rock band called Olivine...check us out at www.myspace.com/olivineband or www.olivineband.com Also I have curly hair...My family are amazing...my parents, my three little bros, my cousins, grandparents...all of them. They don't care what I look like or how much (or little) money i have, or whether I succeed or not, they treat me just the same. People say "you can choose your friends but you cant choose your family"...im so glad I had my family chosen for me, cos they're awesome. Completely bonkers, and more like a large greek family, but awesome.I go for runs late at night so nobody can watch me...its a good time to kinda chill and recap, altho i dont exactly end up finding it relaxing!


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My Interests

Playing guitar, playing bass, playing music, playing cricket, football (soccer), and pretty much anything with mates or family...

LIVE BANDS I'VE SEEN:
The Butterfly Effect (2 times),
Cog (4 times),
Dave Matthews Band,
Dead Letter Circus (3 times),
Eskimo Joe,
Evermore,
Grinspoon (2 times),
Incubus (3 times),
Jim Ward,
John Butler Trio (2 times),
John Mayer,
Josh Pyke (2 times),
Karnivool (3 times),
Mammal,
Muse (4 times),
Shihad (2 times),
Sick Puppies,
The Dear Hunter,
The Killers,
The Mars Volta,
Thirsty Merc (2 times),
Tool,
Xavier Rudd,
The best of all of these concerts was definately Dave Matthews Band @ The Hordern Pavillion, 5-5-07.

I'd like to meet:

well definately God, any of my favourite musicians, a genie who could give me three wishes...that would be awesome...although more than three would be even better...
and I've already met Carter Beauford!
Check out Cog too, they are awesome....

Music:

Here we go... Well I'm in a band (Olivine - www.myspace.com/olivineband) but I listen to:
Incubus,
Muse,
John Mayer,
Cog,
Karnivool,
Dave Matthews Band,
Silverchair,
The Mars Volta,
Jeff Buckley,
John Butler Trio
RHCP,
A Perfect Circle,
The Butterfly Effect,
P.O.D.,
Tool,
Foo Fighters,
The Dissociatives,
Jack Johnson,
Rage Against The Machine,
The Dear Hunter,
Alter Bridge...
plus some great local bands are:
Playjerise
Periah
.
I got bored today, so i decided to list all my favourite muso's:
Drummers: Carter Beauford (DMB), Lucius Borich (Cog), Josh Freese (A Perfect Circle and others), Michael Barker (JBT).
Bassists: Chris Wolstenholme (Muse), Luke Gower (Cog), David LaBruyere (John Mayer), Ben Kenney (Incubus).
Guitarists: Mike Einziger (Incubus), Mark Tremonti (Alter Bridge & Creed), Tom Morello (RATM), John Mayer.
Singers: Brandon Boyd (Incubus), Ian Kenny (Karnivool), Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters).
Matt Bellamy (Muse) and Drew Goddard (Karnivool) are good at everything.

Movies:

Um well I like a strange variety: Anchorman,
Ray,
Snatch,
Thankyou for Smoking,
Lord of War,
Happy Gilmour,
The Butterfly Effect,
Identity,
Hostage,
I Am Sam,
The Green Mile,
Grumpy Old Men (I and II),
The Phonebooth,
Kung Pow!,
Spaceballs,
Crackerjack,
Ace Ventura...and so many more...

Television:

Chaser's War on Everything,
Frasier,
Spicks and Specks,
Fawlty Towers,
Scrubs,
Thank God You're Here,
Futurama,
Soccer and Cricket

Books:

Christian Books: Philip Yancy - 'What's So Amazing About Grace?', 'The Jesus I Never Knew' and 'Prayer'. Reinhard Bonnke's books. The Bible.

Fiction: Harry Potter especially the last two ('Half-Blood Prince' and 'Deathly Hallows'), 'Harlequin' by Bernard Cornwell. 'Contest', 'Hover Car Racer' and other books by Matthew Reilly. 'Cat o' Nine Tales' and 'To Cut a long story short' by Jeffrey Archer. 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead' by Tom Stoppard.

Magazines: Guitar magazines (Australian Guitar, Guitar One etc), Rock magazines (Blunt, Kerrang, NME etc).

Heroes:

JESUS! ...and all the bands I have mentioned...also, Martin Luther must have been a pretty amazing guy to start the reformation that he did under the rule of corrupt clergy...so once i find out more about him, he's a potential hero...
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My Blog

John Mayer Concert Review 12-4-07

I went to see John Mayer last night at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.Here is the setlist, and my review, which will soon be posted under the live reviews section of site www.thedwarf.com.auCheers,Ro...
Posted by Rob on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:12:00 PST

Music ATM - 31/3/07

Hey people... If you are looking for some new music to check out, have a listen to Karnivool. They play kinda heavy but really melodic stuff. All the songs on www.myspace.com/karnivool are great, and ...
Posted by Rob on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:52:00 PST

Music this week

I am completely addicted to "Bold as Love" on John Mayer's album 'Continuum'...it was written by Hendrix originally, and you can still tell, but it shows how flippin good John Mayer is at bluesy guita...
Posted by Rob on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:51:00 PST

Last Day...

So school has finished...no more school. No more bus trips, no more lessons, no more roll calls, no more lunchtimes, no more meetings, no more free periods, no more chatting with people when you shou...
Posted by Rob on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:18:00 PST

Robs Bottom Ten Things

Following the trend that Andyf and Glenn have been creating, here is my bottom 10, as in the 10 things that I dislike/get annoyed by most. 1. Emo hair cuts - Trends such as dressing like an emo start ...
Posted by Rob on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 01:52:00 PST