Just had the last rehearsal with the band before Wednesday's gig, and I'm over the moon. Final details are as follows:
Monto Water Rats
328 Gray's Inn Rd (2 mins' walk from King's Cross Station)
MAP
Get your name to me, and arrive at the venue before 7.45, and it's £6 entry
£8 for the rest of you
We'll be on at 8.15, all being well!
Other acts:
Anita Maj - feisty rock minx
Decline and Fall - edgy Stooges-type rock
Gecko - they do a song called Pigeon, so they're alright in my book
The Red Suns - epic; a bit like Joy Division with a big reverb unit
and the headline act, The Rock Of Travolta - Radiohead/Muse fans walk this way...
I've also been working on Song Number 9, which should hit the internet tomorrow or Tuesday. Harmonica debut on this one, too.
AS EVER, please spread this site around. Something like this would do:
"Dear BFF - there's this bloke, right, and he's writing a song a week every week for the whole of 2011, and it's for Parkinson's UK and the songs are, like, totally amazing - CHECK IT OUT!"
Showing posts with label Water Rats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Water Rats. Show all posts
Sunday, 6 March 2011
Monday, 28 February 2011
Song Number 8: End Of The World
For those of you about to drill, here's a song about Bruce Willis in Outer Space;
Special thanks to Alex Creese for providing the solo.
You like it? You don't like it? Either way, thanks for listening - but please drop a couple of quid in the Parkinson's UK tin, either by clicking on the widget on the top right, or by visiting Justgiving.com/songaweek.
Local stoner rock band Earthtide are well worth a look. A trio of excellent musicians, playing music somewhere between Deep Purple and Black Sabbath, in amongst the set is a song about Jaws called Bigger Boat. Superb song, and it was suggested by some fool that they do a song about Armageddon next. Despite never having seen the damn film, I volunteered to write it for them. This meant watching it. Hell's teeth. I'm a fan of Bruce Willis, and Steve Buscemi's never played a bad role as far as I know... but this ye-har, gung-ho, slack-jawed, GO AMERICA! nonsense peddled by Jerry Bruckheimer gets right on my tit ends. I really am suffering for my art here, guys. Just hope nobody asks me to write a song about Gigli or Catwoman. Still, it passed a couple of hours.
In writing the song itself, I had to come up with a riff that sounded Earthtide-ish, but at the same time different enough to warrant a place in their set. If it sounded exactly like another one of their songs, why would they bother playing it? I think the verse and solo riffs sound pretty authentic, but the change comes in the chorus, which is much more American and Foo Fightersy than the rest of their set - which kind of fits in with the All American Action Movie premise, I guess. The words are made up almost entirely from lines in the film, though I couldn't quite get the line "I have repeatedly asked you to call me dad" in there. And the line "My daughter can't act" might have been my own...
Anyways, the band themselves seem to be pleased with it - let me know what youse think, and SPREAD THE WORD! The donations have stalled again, and we need to get this site passed around widely as possible if we're going to meet this target.
I'll be shouting it from the rooftops at the gig on Weds 9th March at The Water Rats, King's Cross (get there for 7.45!)
Special thanks to Alex Creese for providing the solo.
You like it? You don't like it? Either way, thanks for listening - but please drop a couple of quid in the Parkinson's UK tin, either by clicking on the widget on the top right, or by visiting Justgiving.com/songaweek.
Local stoner rock band Earthtide are well worth a look. A trio of excellent musicians, playing music somewhere between Deep Purple and Black Sabbath, in amongst the set is a song about Jaws called Bigger Boat. Superb song, and it was suggested by some fool that they do a song about Armageddon next. Despite never having seen the damn film, I volunteered to write it for them. This meant watching it. Hell's teeth. I'm a fan of Bruce Willis, and Steve Buscemi's never played a bad role as far as I know... but this ye-har, gung-ho, slack-jawed, GO AMERICA! nonsense peddled by Jerry Bruckheimer gets right on my tit ends. I really am suffering for my art here, guys. Just hope nobody asks me to write a song about Gigli or Catwoman. Still, it passed a couple of hours.
In writing the song itself, I had to come up with a riff that sounded Earthtide-ish, but at the same time different enough to warrant a place in their set. If it sounded exactly like another one of their songs, why would they bother playing it? I think the verse and solo riffs sound pretty authentic, but the change comes in the chorus, which is much more American and Foo Fightersy than the rest of their set - which kind of fits in with the All American Action Movie premise, I guess. The words are made up almost entirely from lines in the film, though I couldn't quite get the line "I have repeatedly asked you to call me dad" in there. And the line "My daughter can't act" might have been my own...
Anyways, the band themselves seem to be pleased with it - let me know what youse think, and SPREAD THE WORD! The donations have stalled again, and we need to get this site passed around widely as possible if we're going to meet this target.
I'll be shouting it from the rooftops at the gig on Weds 9th March at The Water Rats, King's Cross (get there for 7.45!)
Monday, 7 February 2011
7/2 update: New Gigs!
Hallo one and all!
First of all, thank you for your continued support, kind words and donations - the JustGiving box up there is doing well - so much so I think I might actually up the target amount in a couple of months' time - but we mustn't get complacent! PLEASE keep passing this blog around to people. I'm working on getting some radio interviews, so I'll keep you posted about that.
Thanks go to live music champion and open mic legend Vic Cracknell of www.vicsbuskers.co.uk and also Red Admiral Records for their support, and for helping to publicise the blog - help me pay them back by visiting their websites!
And last but not least, I'm happy to announce Two New Live Shows with the big band for 2011!
First, I'm playing with the band at Monto Water Rats in King's Cross on Wednesday 9th March, supporting a grown-up band with a tremendous name, The Rock Of Travolta. They've previously supported Radiohead, Snow Patrol, Doves and other bands of that nature, and are now striking out to make their own not inconsiderable mark on the world.
Second gig is at The Bedford, Balham on Thursday 12th May.
More details on both of these gigs to follow as they come in, but put them in your diary now and get yourselves along!
First of all, thank you for your continued support, kind words and donations - the JustGiving box up there is doing well - so much so I think I might actually up the target amount in a couple of months' time - but we mustn't get complacent! PLEASE keep passing this blog around to people. I'm working on getting some radio interviews, so I'll keep you posted about that.
Thanks go to live music champion and open mic legend Vic Cracknell of www.vicsbuskers.co.uk and also Red Admiral Records for their support, and for helping to publicise the blog - help me pay them back by visiting their websites!
And last but not least, I'm happy to announce Two New Live Shows with the big band for 2011!
First, I'm playing with the band at Monto Water Rats in King's Cross on Wednesday 9th March, supporting a grown-up band with a tremendous name, The Rock Of Travolta. They've previously supported Radiohead, Snow Patrol, Doves and other bands of that nature, and are now striking out to make their own not inconsiderable mark on the world.
Second gig is at The Bedford, Balham on Thursday 12th May.
More details on both of these gigs to follow as they come in, but put them in your diary now and get yourselves along!
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