Nottingham

Im in Nottingham at the moment with work, currently sat in Crox's studio watching his band rehearse. Played a couple of open mics in Nottingham this week which I really enjoyed. Played at the Golden Fleece on Monday night and the Runner on Tuesday night. The first night had some pretty appauling acts on to be honest, but the second night had some pretty talented guys playing so it made up for the night before.
Must get round to playing the Trof open mic in Manchester on Sunday when I get back. Its really got me int he mood for playing open mics again!

Glasto Unsigned Comp

I've just entered into the Glastonbury Unsigned Competition. Go check me out! http://tinyurl.com/8aaktr

Not entirely impressed that it wont let me edit the track names, so unfortunatly im being judged on 'sunny side up 4 track demo' and'back in love (range)'!!!

in other news the years starting off slowly - with lots of guitar hero being played! I should be getting a couple of days in a studio in Nottingham next week so Im either going to spend the time working on a single song, or just demo the album. Think it would be a good idea to do the latter but i could really do with a version of Sunny Side Up that i'm really happy with for demo purposes!

A great end to a pretty good year

Happy New Year!

2008 was a pretty decent year, hooked up with my girlfriend, went to loads of festivals and played some great gigs. The highlights being the open mic on the Leftfield stage at Glasto
9and my friends hearing me from outside the tent not knowing i was on) and last weeks gig at the Night and Day. Thanks all so much for coming along, it turned out to be a really good night, i brought more guests than all the other groups combined and earned myself £40 which isnt bad for a nights getting drunk. Need to ask them if i can play again sometime, hopefully in a better slot next time!



So to 2009! Im gonna enter the glasto unsigned competition again this year. Last time i entered a few crappy demos, so its no wonder i never got anywhere. This time im going to enter my 2 best tracks - probably Sunny Side up and back in Love. Although the competition always seems to me to be geared more towards bands who are already on the verge of being signed anyway.
Then its another case of trying to play as many gigs as possible! Think im going to record a new album this year. Its my intention to buy a Mac, pro tools and some decent microphones so the end product should hopefully end up sounding really good. I've got a crapload of songs demoed for it so im excited about actually getting down to recording them.

Which reminds me - I recorded a new version of Fallen Leaves. You can listen to it on my myspace Let me know what you think!!