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Gigging for Jessie Hall
She Lives | August 4th 2008
A big party is being thrown for this little girl. She lives in the neighborhood across from mine. This past June, in response to a condition called Rasmussen's encephalitis, she had half her brain removed. Her blog follows the entire... read more
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Take It To The Chorus | July 15th 2008 by Jacky
Ack, haven't scribbled anything blogwise for a while. Not that my brain has had no thoughts on music, but because of real life and so on. Sorry!I zoomed down to London for an interview, and at Euston was greeted by a Mini Lamb Banana:Liverpool city c read more
Beyond Mobile Music Making: Organizational Musical Uses for iPhon…
Create Digital Music | July 14th 2008
Despite my complaints, you will find some useful music apps in the iTunes App Store – you can at least get some fine tuners. (Andy Ihnatko was excited on Twitter that one of them helps him tune his ukulele, thanks to four string support!) We do exp read more
7 Quick Tips to make your live show more memorable
Boy in a Band | July 10th 2008 by boyinaband
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The gig drought
Take It To The Chorus | July 2nd 2008 by Jacky
Ever since Liverpool Sound City there's been a gig drought. Although a lot of bands are concentrating on festival appearances in these summery months, Liverpool's venues have not exactly been bustling.On Saturday, Black Kids play to a sold out crowd read more
"You got an attitude of everything I ever wanted, I got an attitu…
electric spaghetti | June 12th 2008 by saaleha
There's a man that stands in the middle of the road, at the robots at the corner of Jan Smuts avenue and St. Andrews in Johannesburg.While waiting for the red to merge into green, you notice the way he's just there, an island unto himself.He doesn't read more
All the young dudes
Take It To The Chorus | May 30th 2008 by Jacky
Liverpool Sound City is now 75% over. More boo! Last night I went to see Hercules & Love Affair. Doors were advertised as 7.30pm, so I rolled up at half 8. But alas, Late of the Pier and Esser would not be appearing, pushing the doors and stage read more
Santogold
Take It To The Chorus | May 29th 2008 by Jacky
Liverpool Sound City is already 50% over. Boo!There's a lot of exciting gigs happening, but I can't be in four different places at once (presumably watching three changeovers and one band). Last night I saw Santogold at Alma de Cuba, a converted cha read more
Weekending in a Velvet Underground song
Take It To The Chorus | May 26th 2008 by Jacky
Last weekend (so long ago, but I haven't had chance to write about it until now) I went to All Tomorrow's Parties curated by Explosions In The Sky at Minehead Butlins. This is not to be confused with All Tomorrow's Parties at Camber Sands, because th read more
Saturday night in The Barfly
Take It To The Chorus | May 12th 2008 by Jacky
On Saturday night - which already feels so long ago - I bumbled down to Liverpool's Barfly for Los Angeles party-starters The Mae Shi. I'd only heard their name in passing and mainly went to watch Birmingham trio Johnny Foreigner. I can't know about read more
Introduction.
Boy in a Band | May 11th 2008 by boyinaband
Yo! My name is David Paul Brown. I am a boy in a band called “You and What Army“. This is my blog. I started blogging at the beginning of this year as a new years resolution. All my blogs were posted to my personal myspace, in an a read more
Introduction.
Boy in a Band | May 10th 2008 by boyinaband
Yo! My name is David Paul Brown. I am a boy in a band called “You and What Army“. This is my blog. I started blogging at the beginning of this year as a new years resolution. All my blogs were posted to my personal myspace, in an a read more
Bunny suits and rocket rides!!!
electric spaghetti | April 21st 2008 by saaleha
Duritz and the boys will be hitting our atmosphere on June 06 in Jozi!!!Yayness!!!I heart the Counting Crows!!!I'm so there!!!I'm over-doing the exclamation marks.Anyhoo, they're an awesome band and you should go see them if you can. read more
Wonky pop
Take It To The Chorus | April 14th 2008 by Jacky
On Saturday night I had a riotous chuckle when Popjustice's Wonky Pop tour bounced into Korova. I missed out on Frankmusik because I was eating my dinner. Food has to come before bands. Sorry.Leon Jean Marie was splendidly funktastic, while Danish po read more
How To Succeed In Getting Gig/Tour Press Coverage
Musicgoat | March 11th 2008 by Corey L Koehler
I recently received a question from a musician who is having more than her fair share of problems obtaining print media coverage in areas where her band is touring. Hopefully, my advice and ideas that I gave her can benefit you and your band as well read more
I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange journey.
electric spaghetti | February 18th 2008 by saaleha
5g33k did not pick me up on Saturday night wearing fishnet stockings.This meant we would be of the more staid bunch at the theatre that evening.However, the row behind us consisted mostly of Dr Frank-n-Furter tributes, each wielding a water pistol an read more
Insurance Got Your Back? Gear & Liability
The Stereo Bus | February 15th 2008 by Dan Connor
This post focuses on ways to insure your equipment and protect yourself from liability. I know insurance is probably the last thing on most people’s minds when they get into music production. Let’s face it, though… we have a lot o read more
More Gigging Tips
DIY Live Music | September 3rd 2007 by Rick
This article by Chris Officer complements our earlier ‘Gig Check List‘ and ‘Quick Tips for Getting More Gigs‘ articles. * * * * * Right first off this is not going to be a definitive list. I expect to miss things out (it̵ read more
Rockabilly!
DIY Live Music | August 21st 2007 by Rick
Another video for you all. The band in the video below is The Montgomery Music Makers, a very authentic rockabilly combo. The video features the Johnny Cash song “Folsom Prison Blues”, and we think you’ll agree that it is a cracking read more
PA Systems: The Essential Amplification
DIY Live Music | August 20th 2007 by Rick
Much of the content on this site is aimed at getting in front of an audience and playing music with the minimum of fuss and bother, thus we have sung the praises of the acoustic approach, where possible. It saves so much time, effort and trouble if o read more
Help Us Out (and Maybe Yourself)
DIY Live Music | August 16th 2007 by Rick
Our web stats suggest that the posts with video in them are the most popular. Well, that’s fine, we’re happy to include video when we can. Of course, variety is the spice of life, so the more different videos we have the more we have to o read more
A Brief Interlude…
DIY Live Music | August 1st 2007 by Rick
OK, this will either convince you that informal live music is fun, or it will horrify you to the extent that you will never go near another pub jam session so long as you live. Below are a couple of videos from a local pub jam last night. All very re read more
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