Testing, testing!
This is my first posting from my new iPad (ooh, get me!)
I aim to now be more active with my blog as the iPad will let me do it on the move.
I'll also have my thoughts on the iPad ready in the next few days.
I bet you can't wait :-/
S
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Saturday, 3 July 2010
Monday, 28 June 2010
Lost in France!
Bonjour!
Well its not bonjour now as I'm back from my nearly 3 weeks in South of France. Unfortunately the weather was shocking as we got the tail end of the storms that had hit Nice, further down the coast from where we were. 1800 mile trip in a brand new car and with a 11 month old probably wasn't a great idea, but we survived it.
I will try and keep this thing more regulalrly updated from now on. A. because its a good outlet for my rantings and B. because I've bought this:
(Copyright Engadget)
The mighty iPad! This means I can publish utter rubish, for no one to read, whenever I want (much like my music). Particularly as I have the 3G version so I can get on the internet when away from wifi.
Going back to France, I discovered the following:
- The streets are paved with dog shit. Its like an obstacle course when steering a pushchair. The French must be too stylish to pick it up.
- The toll roads are great. No hold ups, pretty cheap and lovely service to drive on.
- However, the French are the worst drivers I've ever encounted. No signals, up your arse when there is no traffic on motorway, can't drive correctly at round abouts etc etc.
- Going to the South of France doesn't guarentee good weather :-/
- Holiday reps are wankers
- The dutch are very noisey and their children don't go to bed until after 10pm apparently, keeping my little one awake
- It is the worst country in the world for vegeterians! Bread and cheese every day and no vege options at any restaurant. Poor show Frenchies!
And as for my music.... well Russell and I have some more great songs including some ukulele ones which will be interesting. Is anyone bothered? probably about 10 people. But you have to keep going whilst you have songs coming, don't you.........
So I look forward to publishing my ramblings to anyone who will read them. 2 of you then!!
BFN
S
Well its not bonjour now as I'm back from my nearly 3 weeks in South of France. Unfortunately the weather was shocking as we got the tail end of the storms that had hit Nice, further down the coast from where we were. 1800 mile trip in a brand new car and with a 11 month old probably wasn't a great idea, but we survived it.
I will try and keep this thing more regulalrly updated from now on. A. because its a good outlet for my rantings and B. because I've bought this:
(Copyright Engadget)
The mighty iPad! This means I can publish utter rubish, for no one to read, whenever I want (much like my music). Particularly as I have the 3G version so I can get on the internet when away from wifi.
Going back to France, I discovered the following:
- The streets are paved with dog shit. Its like an obstacle course when steering a pushchair. The French must be too stylish to pick it up.
- The toll roads are great. No hold ups, pretty cheap and lovely service to drive on.
- However, the French are the worst drivers I've ever encounted. No signals, up your arse when there is no traffic on motorway, can't drive correctly at round abouts etc etc.
- Going to the South of France doesn't guarentee good weather :-/
- Holiday reps are wankers
- The dutch are very noisey and their children don't go to bed until after 10pm apparently, keeping my little one awake
- It is the worst country in the world for vegeterians! Bread and cheese every day and no vege options at any restaurant. Poor show Frenchies!
And as for my music.... well Russell and I have some more great songs including some ukulele ones which will be interesting. Is anyone bothered? probably about 10 people. But you have to keep going whilst you have songs coming, don't you.........
So I look forward to publishing my ramblings to anyone who will read them. 2 of you then!!
BFN
S
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
UKULELE AGO GO!
I'm rocking out on a new laka ukulele!
http://www.jhs.co.uk/New%20Products/lakaukes.html
Its even got a fishman pickup to use it live and it has a cutaway
Sounds lovely and I already have a few ideas sketched out. Feels very strange to play at first given the narrow neck but it will be nice to play live and add some different sounds.
The holiday park in France won't know whats hit it ;-)
S
http://www.jhs.co.uk/New%20Products/lakaukes.html
Its even got a fishman pickup to use it live and it has a cutaway
Sounds lovely and I already have a few ideas sketched out. Feels very strange to play at first given the narrow neck but it will be nice to play live and add some different sounds.
The holiday park in France won't know whats hit it ;-)
S
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Its been a while....
Hello world
Not updated this for a while, not sure why. Well I am, I'm a. lazy and b. I forgot I'd got this blog!
What have I been doing?
Trying to write some new songs
Not sleeping
Being miserable
Nothing new then.
Russell and I have some shows coming up to play sone new tunes. It does all feel like its going nowhere though. We've been disappointed to not get on at a local festival we played before. Last year, we played to 400 odd people there and got rid of loads of cds. We're an acoustic band who sound great but the festival is obviously putting on bands who lick arse. They will also be acts who play electric normally and who have no idea how to write acoustic songs. They will be shit in other words. Being one of the "best 4 or 5 bands in Derby" obviously doesn't help. Oh well, fuck em. I'd like to say we'll have the last laugh but I'm not sure about that anymore.
Also seeing really poor acts we've played with, getting on at venues we can't get on at, is really starting to grate with me. Nothing I can do about it and worrying about it won't change anything, but it really pisses me off. I wish I was brave enough to name names but I wonder why The Bedford supposedly has high standards in relation bookings and then gives a poor act a gig. Someone who isn't as good as me and R and who has done nothing. Arse and lick.
I must stop moaning. Its just I used to enjoy being under the radar when we were doing well, we didn't need anyones help. Now, I want some recognition as to how good we are. I am not big neaded, I just want more of a chance. Yes I know we will never sign a mega deal with a label, but I just want someone to have a bit of faith in me.
On a positive note, the wife and I went to see the fabulous Tom Mcrae and Brian Wright in Sheffield on Easter Sunday. What a show. Brian was first introduced to us on the Hotel Cafe tour and he was even better than I remember. Tom was fabulous as usual and the new songs came accross really well with the full band. He should definitly have been in the big room though.
I have a new guitar too! A lovely Gibson J45 Standard in sunburst. Its got some thump and sounds great plugged in. It will be interesting to see how it goes at these few gigs we have coming up.
http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Acoustic-Instruments/Round-Shoulder/Gibson-Acoustic/J-45-Standard.aspx
What a beaut!
Can't wait to start recording these new tunes. I think we'll get em down just guitar and vox to start with and then build round them.
Election - ruined ballot paper. None of the above would win every time.
Its good to have this outlet to vent a bit. I'll try and update it more often. Because so many people read it don't they
Cheers
S
Not updated this for a while, not sure why. Well I am, I'm a. lazy and b. I forgot I'd got this blog!
What have I been doing?
Trying to write some new songs
Not sleeping
Being miserable
Nothing new then.
Russell and I have some shows coming up to play sone new tunes. It does all feel like its going nowhere though. We've been disappointed to not get on at a local festival we played before. Last year, we played to 400 odd people there and got rid of loads of cds. We're an acoustic band who sound great but the festival is obviously putting on bands who lick arse. They will also be acts who play electric normally and who have no idea how to write acoustic songs. They will be shit in other words. Being one of the "best 4 or 5 bands in Derby" obviously doesn't help. Oh well, fuck em. I'd like to say we'll have the last laugh but I'm not sure about that anymore.
Also seeing really poor acts we've played with, getting on at venues we can't get on at, is really starting to grate with me. Nothing I can do about it and worrying about it won't change anything, but it really pisses me off. I wish I was brave enough to name names but I wonder why The Bedford supposedly has high standards in relation bookings and then gives a poor act a gig. Someone who isn't as good as me and R and who has done nothing. Arse and lick.
I must stop moaning. Its just I used to enjoy being under the radar when we were doing well, we didn't need anyones help. Now, I want some recognition as to how good we are. I am not big neaded, I just want more of a chance. Yes I know we will never sign a mega deal with a label, but I just want someone to have a bit of faith in me.
On a positive note, the wife and I went to see the fabulous Tom Mcrae and Brian Wright in Sheffield on Easter Sunday. What a show. Brian was first introduced to us on the Hotel Cafe tour and he was even better than I remember. Tom was fabulous as usual and the new songs came accross really well with the full band. He should definitly have been in the big room though.
I have a new guitar too! A lovely Gibson J45 Standard in sunburst. Its got some thump and sounds great plugged in. It will be interesting to see how it goes at these few gigs we have coming up.
http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Acoustic-Instruments/Round-Shoulder/Gibson-Acoustic/J-45-Standard.aspx
What a beaut!
Can't wait to start recording these new tunes. I think we'll get em down just guitar and vox to start with and then build round them.
Election - ruined ballot paper. None of the above would win every time.
Its good to have this outlet to vent a bit. I'll try and update it more often. Because so many people read it don't they
Cheers
S
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Going Nowhere
Hello
Thats what it feels like at the moment. Russell and I are writing new songs but its a slow process. I'm impatient, which I get from my mother. We have a few gigs booked for April onwards but it feels like I'm treading water. We've worked up a couple of electric songs which do sound good but I'm really not sure about that side of things anymore. It feels forced and we've tried it for 8 years and not got anywhere with it. I think the subtlety of the acoustic stuff appeals to me much more now. But I might change my mind again tomorrow!
As for work, lets not even go there......
The bike is lovely though. Light, stiff and comfortable at the same time. The lockout on the Maguras is fantastic going uphill. No more steel springs to move and no lost energy from the forks bobbing. Hopefully I'll have the top cap sorted soon :-/
Hope for another win tonight for the mighty reds and scunthorpe beating West Brom. Can't see the latter happening really but we live in hope.
Got some great CDs on the way, new albums from Josh Rouse, Tom Mcrae and Turin Brakes. I'm not sure about the ne Lostprophets album. It might just be because my head isn't in that "rock" space anymore but it doesn't feel very immediate. I'll have to give it a chance though.
Might see you at a show soon, might not
S
Thats what it feels like at the moment. Russell and I are writing new songs but its a slow process. I'm impatient, which I get from my mother. We have a few gigs booked for April onwards but it feels like I'm treading water. We've worked up a couple of electric songs which do sound good but I'm really not sure about that side of things anymore. It feels forced and we've tried it for 8 years and not got anywhere with it. I think the subtlety of the acoustic stuff appeals to me much more now. But I might change my mind again tomorrow!
As for work, lets not even go there......
The bike is lovely though. Light, stiff and comfortable at the same time. The lockout on the Maguras is fantastic going uphill. No more steel springs to move and no lost energy from the forks bobbing. Hopefully I'll have the top cap sorted soon :-/
Hope for another win tonight for the mighty reds and scunthorpe beating West Brom. Can't see the latter happening really but we live in hope.
Got some great CDs on the way, new albums from Josh Rouse, Tom Mcrae and Turin Brakes. I'm not sure about the ne Lostprophets album. It might just be because my head isn't in that "rock" space anymore but it doesn't feel very immediate. I'll have to give it a chance though.
Might see you at a show soon, might not
S
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Snow bugger off
Its really starting to annoy me now. I'm desperate to get my bike "finished" which means a trip to Hope in the Peaks to have new chainring and fork damper fitted.
I really thought we were starting to thaw and I could go on my day off on Friday. But its bloody snowing and settling again. FUCK OFF!! And whilst the bike is perfectly rideable as it stands, I've promised the wife I wouldn't go out in the bad weather, now we have P. I used to love riding in the snow when I lived with the folks but I had no responsibility then! I'm really missing riding as its the only time I clear my head and think/worry about nothing.
On a brighter note, I've got 14 new ideas recorded for Russell including a folky one I hope he likes. What will happen, who knows? Acoustic seems the only way now for us to get some recognition.
Good for Brian Laws by the way for getting the Burnley job. He was a legend when I used to watch him at Forest and I'm sure he will keep Burnley up.
By the way, I writing this because I really have no motivation to work!
Sx
I really thought we were starting to thaw and I could go on my day off on Friday. But its bloody snowing and settling again. FUCK OFF!! And whilst the bike is perfectly rideable as it stands, I've promised the wife I wouldn't go out in the bad weather, now we have P. I used to love riding in the snow when I lived with the folks but I had no responsibility then! I'm really missing riding as its the only time I clear my head and think/worry about nothing.
On a brighter note, I've got 14 new ideas recorded for Russell including a folky one I hope he likes. What will happen, who knows? Acoustic seems the only way now for us to get some recognition.
Good for Brian Laws by the way for getting the Burnley job. He was a legend when I used to watch him at Forest and I'm sure he will keep Burnley up.
By the way, I writing this because I really have no motivation to work!
Sx
Monday, 4 January 2010
Its bloody cold!
Hello one man and his dog (well the dog)
Its been a lovely first Christmas as a Dad. Lots of presents and toys to bash about. Poseys enjoyed them too ;-)
I've supplied Russell with some new tunes both acoustic and electric and I'm hoping the magic will happen. This next record or EPs will be mega, I'm confident of that. Will they top Clean Getaway, will anyone care? Who knows. But whats the point in stopping, even though I regulalrly feel like its a futile exercise now.
So 3rc will have a couple of new rockers to play this year. Its quite nice to have a break from gigging though as it starts to grind when none is intersted anymore. We are even struggling to get friends to shows now. God knows why as we're as good as ever, if not better now we don't have to deal with Tizard.
Wasn't it fantastic that RATM got to number one. These people who say that Cowell has an interst in Sony, RATM label so it was a hollow victory have missed the point completely. It was all about getting something different to number one to keep that high trousered twats kareoke rubbish off there for at least a week. And RATM showed up all the idiots on the BBC and the mail by giving the profits to the charity Shelter. I really hate it when stuffy middle aged news presenters try to talk about music and bands they now notyhing about. Like when Channel 4 news called Pearl Jam a metal band after the roskilde disaster and michael evis said they would have bands like that on at Glastonbury. What good bands not has beens !?? book tom jone again and keep the real music for real music lovers, not the bankers on a weekend jolly trying to look cool. Rant moi!
Anyway. I love my new bike, so thats keeping my mind off the lack of musical success, when I actually get to ride it!
Keep calm everyone and search for Tom Mcraes new songs on You Tube. An example of a proper songwriter who could write a millon beautiful sings in his sleep, all better than any of the x factor dross.
Till the next time I need to vent
S
Its been a lovely first Christmas as a Dad. Lots of presents and toys to bash about. Poseys enjoyed them too ;-)
I've supplied Russell with some new tunes both acoustic and electric and I'm hoping the magic will happen. This next record or EPs will be mega, I'm confident of that. Will they top Clean Getaway, will anyone care? Who knows. But whats the point in stopping, even though I regulalrly feel like its a futile exercise now.
So 3rc will have a couple of new rockers to play this year. Its quite nice to have a break from gigging though as it starts to grind when none is intersted anymore. We are even struggling to get friends to shows now. God knows why as we're as good as ever, if not better now we don't have to deal with Tizard.
Wasn't it fantastic that RATM got to number one. These people who say that Cowell has an interst in Sony, RATM label so it was a hollow victory have missed the point completely. It was all about getting something different to number one to keep that high trousered twats kareoke rubbish off there for at least a week. And RATM showed up all the idiots on the BBC and the mail by giving the profits to the charity Shelter. I really hate it when stuffy middle aged news presenters try to talk about music and bands they now notyhing about. Like when Channel 4 news called Pearl Jam a metal band after the roskilde disaster and michael evis said they would have bands like that on at Glastonbury. What good bands not has beens !?? book tom jone again and keep the real music for real music lovers, not the bankers on a weekend jolly trying to look cool. Rant moi!
Anyway. I love my new bike, so thats keeping my mind off the lack of musical success, when I actually get to ride it!
Keep calm everyone and search for Tom Mcraes new songs on You Tube. An example of a proper songwriter who could write a millon beautiful sings in his sleep, all better than any of the x factor dross.
Till the next time I need to vent
S
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