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Sorry for my absence here. There’s reasons I won’t go into, but thought the collective here might like to hear what I’m up to. New vocal lineup in the band - still finding their feet, but lots of potential. Here’s two videos from a recent show for 1,500 at the Westpoint Arena Exeter (UK). I...

A few of you may remember the band I’ve been in since 2010. Our first singer regrettably suffered a mild case of death. Our last singer was with us for 8 years. A real talent, but things move on. This time, we decided to move to a twin lead vocal format. We auditioned a load of singers...

This is great on so many levels. BTW, wishing you all a contented & fulfilling 2025. Andy.

We’ve partly switched from events & festivals to theatres this year, primarily to keep us going outside of the festival season. Almost all of these are dry hire + self promotion. For sure, there’s financial risk, especially for a largely unknown act, but except for one gig, we’ve made a decent...

Love playing this, & I really enjoy our arrangement towards the end. Went for an old film filter to try to disguise camera issues. I think the vibe works with the song. Note bassist cymbal abuse at 1:11

So many ways to approach this song, & so many opinions on how the original studio recording was assembled. Even different drummers playing live for the band have approached this differently. Here’s my take: In this act, the song delivery is much more rock orientated, so I opt for straight...

It works for me in my current situation, & the band seem happy with it. To play the original left hand hats part convincingly would require some woodshedding using my limited toolbox, & my practice facility hasn’t been available for family reasons for some time. I know purists will flame me...

After a few seasons of performing at medium scale festivals + some larger events, this year, we decided to dip our toes into self promotion (i.e. we’re hiring the venue + staff & selling tickets) theatre & event space gigs. We’ve started small (circa 200 - 300 seat), & this one last weekend was...

This captured at our performance last weekend in a very cool old Corn Exchange building - now a brewery & event space - mostly seated audience. A small PA setup without subs (less is better in a high & long hard surface space like this), & I was especially happy with the sound. Anyhow, it’s a...

Some new stuff from our appearance at the historic Drill Hall in Chepstow UK. An under sold gig due to promoter scheduling faux pas clashing with two large local music events on the same day. Despite the diminutive audience size, a great time was had by all, we got paid, & snagged a prestige...

It’s rare for me to use a backline kit. Tech spec is always agreed / signed off well in advance of a gig. I turned up at this festival to be told arrangements had changed, & I had to use the kit provided. Organisers recognised our spec was agreed, but claimed they had to change things due to...

Trying out new songs - “Translation” is always fun. Of course, I come in on the 3, but I never bother arguing the point;)

This is pretty damn cool,+ a lot of work too. Skip the “how I did it” section if you just want to get into the orchestration. Get’s more interesting / better as the piece progresses.

In addition to some age related degradation, I sustained an injury late last year. After multiple scans & stuff, this turned out to be worse than hoped, but better than it could have been. Here’s an extract from the consultant write up; I had a long discussion with him about treatment options...

After settling on a different arrangement through communication ahead of rehearsal, directly after setting up, this was the very 1st run through of our take on this song. As with all first runs, it’s full of errors & stuff that doesn’t work so well, but I’m still very happy with how quickly...

Way back in the day, such trials were undertaken in the back of a panel van. We had a through the floor funnel / tube for relief on the move, & we’d sleep in the van with the gear. We’ve just booked two gigs (Newcastle & London) across 2 days with a circa 750 mile drive round trip. It’s how...

This is a first for me, taking audio from different gigs, then syncing to videos from other gigs. Quite the task to get everything lined up, but I’m happy with both the visual & audio continuity. One big surprise, when stitching 3 video captures of the Purple rain solo section, they all alined...

A full cheese song video ;)

Super proud of this short video. I love it when we get a good desk feed to clear up the camera audio (our videos are still at least 50% camera audio in the mix). Anyhow, if you want to see how lack of open handed talent works out in an awkwardly timed fill, go to 2:15 :ROFLMAO: