Archive for 2009
So…..how are things?
Things are like busses, you spend hours, days sometimes weeks waiting for things to happen then all of a sudden they all start happening at once. I’ve been hustling together some money to buy some kit that will help me do some things. I’ve got myself a new microphone which will help me control some feedback issues I’ve had at some venues. I’ve bought myself a new amp which will help me with rehearsing at home and enable me to get a much better idea of how the levels of all my instruments sit in the mix. I’ve also got myself a HD camcorder which I plan to film and edit my own videos of all the tunes I play in which the amp will also be playing a part. So all of a sudden I have the opportunity to get very creative, all of a sudden I have alot of things to do. I’ve been asked to play at the 15 year anniversary party at The Snowdome in Staffordshire. You might not know it but this place is seriously close to my heart so the prospect of being part of this night means alot. So hopefully you’ll be seeing more of me online and out there, here’s to making things happen.
I’m going to London to seek my fortune!!!!
Well actually I’m going to London to compete in the Boss Loopstation Championships at the Bedford then coming home. But lets not get distracted from the fact that it’s a gig in the big smoke!!! I’m hustling my ass off to get the few people I know in London to come and see me play. I’m looking forward to it immensely, so I’m practising all week. I’m in the process of rebuilding and re-designing my rehearsal space (also known as my bedroom) so I can fit all of the instruments in and actually sleep in it comfortably. Part of the upgrade is my new Mac Book Pro which will serve as a means to edit together youtube clips of stuff that I’m working on and beef up the studio side of things for recording acoustic numbers. It is a birthday treat to myself.So there.
Distractions and Kit Kats?
Well 2009 has been a little bit stop start for me. Don’t think that I’ve been doing nothing far from it, I’ve written new material and started experimenting with new instruments. However I have been busy with another project and it’s that, that has kept me from blogging of late…..Well thats my excuse anyway.
I recently played a show at place called the Kit Kat Club and it turned out to be a great way to start this years assault on the uk. It was full of people, mostly under 18 who somehow had managed to get themselves into a state of inebriation prior to arriving at the venue. I wont lie to you I wasn’t expecting this show to be as busy as it was but more important than that the crowd was so receptive, I felt at home on the stage like I’d played there a hundred times before.
My other recent adventure saw me place in the final of the Boss Loopstation Championship which is to held in London next month. It’s a competition for people who use Boss loopstation pedals to do their looping and the prize is £1000 worth of Boss or Roland equipment. I will never turn down the chance to aquire some new gadgets so off I go to london. It’s on the 9th of March and it’s being held at The Bedford which is at 77 - Bedford Hill, Balham, SW12 9HD.
