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Busy Bank Holiday

June 2010

Sat in the Raglan Arms Saturday and enjoyed the quirky sounds of Flipron who were performing in the next room.  Sunday I had a day time gig at the Claremont Vaults, now I know I might bang on a bit about how nice that part of the Weston-super-Mare sea front is but it really was very nice overlooking the seas with the new Grand pier in the back ground. Got to say it was hot and sticky but a good time all told.

Next week I am at the Weston street fest on the beach lawns I’m due to go on around 11am  it’s a half hour slot so I will be playing mainly originals lets hope for another good weekend weather wise. It is a two day event with some great music If you are able to get along as early as 11am then do come up and say hallo, obviously after the set.

May 2010

Saturday was a strange night. I’ve noticed before that when most If not all the people in the venue are stood up they find it difficult to show their appreciation, after all it’s hard to clap when your holding a pint glass in one hand. It occasionally happens that you finish the first set not sure, apart from the smiles, whether the crowd are enjoying it or not. I needn’t of worried the Royal Oak Stoke Saint Gregory certainly warmed up I didn’t get out of the placed till twelve. 

I’m not trying to break any records If you can excuse the pun but are there any acoustic guitarists out there unlucky enough to break five strings in one night? I must say the audience in the Royal Oak were very understanding.

Sunday tea time I joined several other local musicians at the Imperial in Weston-super-Mare for a day night music bash. The crowd were revelling in the bank holiday spirit and I enjoyed  my 45 minutes which flew by. Doing one short spot gave me the chance to do a couple of my own songs Mundane Minds and Safety in Numbers but also a couple of up beat quirky numbers my version of Oasis Wonderwall and Suzie Quatro’s Ballroom Blitz, which does take people by surprise it went down really well with some of the audience reliving past days up and dancing.

Bank Holiday Monday and apart from writing this Blog I’m watching England beat Bangladesh in the test match.

The Album is Finished

April 2010

What a great feeling to be able to say, I’ve finished. The album that is, it’s written and recorded. It did take longer than I thought it would and I expect I’m not the only singer song writer who would be just as happy to re-record the whole lot again.  Or at least change a bit here and there. The whole process gives you so many choices that the truth is it’s never really finished, but you have to stop at some point and say, enough. I have lots more songs to write and I have learned so much from writing and recording this first album I can’t wait to get started on the next album in about a years time. I am also looking forward to making another video. Moving Forward, filmed by Leigh Jackson is a tongue in cheek go at a pop video. We had a great time filming around the sea front in Weston-super-Mare.

Some times actually performing can be the easiest part of a gig. Friday we set out for the Street Inn, Street, at the usual time only to find the motorway full of bank holiday traffic, which did cause us a bit of a panic. We were set up with just a few minutes to spare. So forewarned, Saturday we set off a bit earlier only to take a wrong turn on the way to the Stalbridge Arms, which is nothing new, we never seem to drive straight there. Any way the result of it being bank holiday has it’s positive side, two full houses and lots of punters out for a good time. Street is always great a real live music pub. The guys at Stalbridge don’t clap at the end of a song, and it seemed a bit strange at first until I worked it out, they are all stood up, and it’s not easy to clap when you have a pint in one hand. They do show their appreciation vocally as the evening goes on. 

Saturday 13th March 2010

Great Song Writing Period

I seem to be going through a great song writing period at the moment. I wrote and recorded Laugh out Loud, last week and started on another as yet untitled this week. So I’ve gone from “will I have enough tracks” to “which ones do I choose.” A bit like Sir Alex Ferguson with his entire squad, fit and wanting to play. Yesterday I recorded a song that I wrote ages ago it’s called Butterfly and I wanted to keep it simple just guitar and vocals. We started about ten and we had finished by lunch time. Ken the sound engineer listened to it and got all enthusiastic seems in his head he could now hear a full orchestra and was keen to get started adding stuff but eventually we decided to wait until we could hire the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, don’t hold your breath on that one.

I am off to Bristol on Sunday for a gig at the Thalie Restaurant in Easton its part of a chain of Thalie venues I get food, drink and get paid as well. Yea I know nice one.

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