Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane????

forge · Post by **forge** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:34 pm

We're moving to Oz and trying to decide where we want to go - we have reasons to go to all 3 - I've lived in Sydney before, have family in Brisbane, have no-one in Melbourne but both of us like the sound of it and my girlfriend has already got replies from booking agents in Melbourne saying they'd get her gigs for a decent rate.

Just wondering if anyone out there in Abletown have any comments on which they prefer?

good/bad experiences of either?

Where would you most like to live?

Komplex · Post by **Komplex** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:40 pm

Melbourne ofcourse.

Sydney is fine if you like rude people and really bad traffic/layout and a cheesy music scene.

Brisbane is great, very nice weather but it will get boring. It would be good if you want to write music, chill out and enjoy the sunshine. Also your girlfriend might find all the scantily dressed sexy looking hoes too much competition.

Melbourne is a nicer version of Sydney. Its cleaner, better music scene and theres a few Abletoners here too but the weather is unstable

forge · Post by **forge** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:43 pm

Komplex wrote:Melbourne ofcourse.

Sydney is fine if you like rude people and really bad traffic/layout and a cheesy music scene.

Brisbane is great, very nice weather but it will get boring. It would be good if you want to write music, chill out and enjoy the sunshine. Also your girlfriend might find all the scantily dressed sexy looking hoes too much competition.

Melbourne is a nicer version of Sydney. Its cleaner, better music scene and theres a few Abletoners here too but the weather is unstable

Thanks

After Hobart and England, I'm sure we can deal with Melbournes weather!

I do hear alot about it being more of a muso city

FaX-01 · Post by **FaX-01** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:48 pm

Komplex wrote:Melbourne ofcourse.

Sydney is fine if you like rude people and really bad traffic/layout and a cheesy music scene.

Brisbane is great, very nice weather but it will get boring. It would be good if you want to write music, chill out and enjoy the sunshine. Also your girlfriend might find all the scantily dressed sexy looking hoes too much competition.

Melbourne is a nicer version of Sydney. Its cleaner, better music scene and theres a few Abletoners here too but the weather is unstable

Hey the weather is A LOT more stable than in the UK though trust me.
Yes definately Melbourne - it's by far the most "European" feeling of all the Major cities (and yes I've lived in Brisbane/Adelaide/Sydney for quite a few years also (nearly 10 in NSW)).........
Great food , fashion , wine , music scene , very friendly ,rather multicultural and we'd be more happy to have you in Melbourne

...........

forge · Post by **forge** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:08 am

FaX-01 wrote:
Komplex wrote:Melbourne ofcourse.

Sydney is fine if you like rude people and really bad traffic/layout and a cheesy music scene.

Brisbane is great, very nice weather but it will get boring. It would be good if you want to write music, chill out and enjoy the sunshine. Also your girlfriend might find all the scantily dressed sexy looking hoes too much competition.

Melbourne is a nicer version of Sydney. Its cleaner, better music scene and theres a few Abletoners here too but the weather is unstable

Hey the weather is A LOT more stable than in the UK though trust me.
Yes definately Melbourne - it's by far the most "European" feeling of all the Major cities (and yes I've lived in Brisbane/Adelaide/Sydney for quite a few years also (nearly 10 in NSW)).........
Great food , fashion , wine , music scene , very friendly ,rather multicultural and we'd be more happy to have you in Melbourne ...........

aw shucks!

It is really appealing to us so I think we'll try and get a few days in at least - or if missus can get some gigs or me some work see what happens!

Brisbane is the most likely first stop because of the family there, but it does worry me the weather in summer (I've nearly melted there before...) and I do wonder if it will be a bit quiet.....

but then you've got Byron not too far south - people here have been telling me it's starting to get a buzz like Ibiza had in the beginning - like the southern hemisphere version for the northern winter

I have some fond memories of northern NSW -which is closer to Bris than Syd.

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:14 am

Yes, Definately Melbourne

Winterpark · Post by **Winterpark** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:16 am

the question is forge... why wouldn't you move to Melbourne?

no offense to any northerners out there, but Melbourne really has everything you could want in an Aussie city...

(except maybe good beaches within a short drive!)

and i love the crazy weather here.... perfect one minute, crap the next!

-am

AdamJay · Post by **AdamJay** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:37 am

ADELAIDE!!!!

:::dodges tomatoes:::

but in all seriousness.. the Misses and i are considering Melbourne after she's completed her degree and when we're ready to start a family.

Hypomixolydian · Post by **Hypomixolydian** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:39 am

Being from Melbourne myself, I know what a great place it is. So in my rather biased opinion:

MELBOURNE of course!!!!!!!!

FaX-01 · Post by **FaX-01** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:41 am

AdamJay wrote:ADELAIDE!!!!

:::dodges tomatoes:::

but in all seriousness.. the Misses and i are considering Melbourne after she's completed her degree and when we're ready to start a family.

Man if Forge can't cope with the Northern States heat he would freak out and go into meltdown during an Adelaide summer - they're damn scorchers .

forge · Post by **forge** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:48 am

One of my best ever friends from school lives in Adelaide actually! We're hoping to get there to, but I never once thought it would be somewhere we'd want to stop...

judging by the overwhelming number of Abletonians in Melbourne so far it's sounding like a pretty good contender!

definitely gonna talk to her about having a proper look I reckon

Hypomixolydian · Post by **Hypomixolydian** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 1:11 am

If you don't mind me asking Forge, what kind of music does your girlfriend do?

Moonburnt · Post by **Moonburnt** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 1:27 am

Melb is a strong possibility for me at some stage this year too. Much as I like NZ, i'm in need of a change of scenery. Just a matter of taking the plunge and being prepared to pay more for living costs in return for more work availability.

forge · Post by **forge** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 1:28 am

At the moment she's doing the covers thing to pay the bills and it's been doing her well - that's what the agents in Melb have got back to her about - and they've been really positive and friendly

but she's quite keen to move on from all that really though - we've done some deep house tracks together and have alot of stuff in the pipeline but having a 3year old maniac mini-forge runnning amok in our lives has been a bit of a distraction so we havent finished anything in a long time.

she started as one of these english early 90s raver teens (even sang on the first prodigy album and even PAed for them right at the start!!) so I think she'll never quite be satisfied singing disco to pissed idiots at their office dos, but she does it cause it pays well and it's usually a larf as long as I dont go along drink 20 pints and embarrass her...

actually her website could have told you all of that alot easier

http://www.alexisforge.co.uk/simonne

Winterpark · Post by **Winterpark** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 2:00 am

ok... now that the forge family have decided to move to Melbourne...

the more important question is... which side of the river?

sorry if i'm being to regionalist... or for that matter too 'innercity'

-am