Im currently a little bit obsessed with Frank Turner. Check him out cos hes awesome!
I've plyaed a couple of gigs since I last updated, the first was at Oasisfest, which was in all honesty rubbish, in that the audience consisted mainly of the soundman and my girlfriend. Its really demoralising when no-one turns up to a gig, even if it was raining. It didnt help that 2 acts pulled out so it was left to me to go on first. Oh well.
The next gig I played was at the Lime Bar (see picture!) which was ok, but again it didnt seem like anyone was paying any attention. I think i offended the management by playing Jimym choos as well. Ha! But i think they might ask me to play again which would be nice. I've decided i need to start plugging my gigs a lot more, which leads me to this:
After much bullying my other half has started to book gigs for me, and has done splendidly well by getting me a gig at the Night and Day cafe on 29th December. I'm dead excited about it, but i have to get 15-20 people to attend, which means the promnotion machine is in full force. Ive put up several posters round the northern quarter, and am beginning a spamming campaign online. I'm really looking forward to it, apparently theyre expecting it to be pretty busy, and ive already got several people travelling up to come to the gig :) Im on at 8.20, door open at 7.30 if you want to come along. if you print out the flyer you'll get reduc ed entry, and ill get paid!
So yeah, i think this is the way forward from now on, each gig im going to really try and promote and try and get as many people to attend as i possibly can. id really like to start building up a local fan base!
Lastly, im working on a new demo of fallen leaves, which i hope to use to promnote myself around venues and festivals. I'll upload it to myspace when its done, its sounding really great at the moment though!
Thats all from me now, ill try and update more regularly next time! haha!
