Hello and good morning.
Last night was a great night and we got to play at a great venue with 2 other great bands.
Well the first band was actually one guy who got let down by the other half of the band, but a great set from "hello country". The set was really good but finished of with a crowd pleasing version of Umbrella...ella..hey, hey.... It was better than the original and had the crowd singing along as well.
Next up were "Brassneck" and they were great fun, a lovely bunch of guys and gal and some catchy tunes.
We were last on the bill and I had a great time. I thought we
played a really good set and enjoyed seeing Mr Booth let his hair down quite literally and become a headbanging machine.
Our new song "Unsung Hero" got a few nice comments from some of the crowd afterwards and its always nice to know people like the new ones as well.
A huge thanks to everyone that came along for the gig and made the effort for us we really appreciate it and hope you enjoyed the gig as much as we did.
Thanks to all the guys at the Railway for making it a great night.
Hope to see you again soon
Tom
Friday, 28 March 2008
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
2 Studios Sessions
Well, so far we have done 2 sessions with Rob and his student friends in the studio and we are really impressed so far.
It sounds good and we just hope that we can keep up the momentum as we progress through the recording.
As is it stands we have recorded 3 tracks but may well be able to do more later.
The tracks are Moving too Slow, Falling and Girl in the Red Dress 2
We had practice last night and was the first time we had seen Karen in a while as she had been ill. But she seemed perky again last night, and frankly how can you not be if you are with such fine young men,......
It sounds good and we just hope that we can keep up the momentum as we progress through the recording.
As is it stands we have recorded 3 tracks but may well be able to do more later.
The tracks are Moving too Slow, Falling and Girl in the Red Dress 2
We had practice last night and was the first time we had seen Karen in a while as she had been ill. But she seemed perky again last night, and frankly how can you not be if you are with such fine young men,......
Tuesday, 4 March 2008
Recording Tonight!
Well....it's all very exciting, we're starting our recording today with the latest edition of the band line up and I don't know about anyone else but I'm so excited that I may have weed a little bit!
It's very kind of Mr Solent Uni Student (can't for the life of me remember his name but I definitely will by the end...I promise! Chris, his name is Rob....) to record our tracks for us for the grand price of a handful of air! We're very grateful to him (even though I can't remember his name! Its still Rob.). We're going to be recording in a semi-live environment (lay down the drums and bass (whilst playing guitars and singing - more about that in a sec) and then redo some solo parts etc and then finally laying on vocal tracks. The big problem (which means it's a good reason for doing it this way) is that Karen appears to potentially have tonsilitis - Bummer! So she is going to have to whisper the words to make sure we know where we are in the songs but hopefully will recover enough by the next slot we have to be able to do her wonderful voice justice!
We are going to try to record a few songs, in the short amount of time we have, and the list (as it stood last time we discussed it) is:
Ordinary Song
Falling
Girl in the Red Dress 2
Moving Too Slow
with the last one up for grabs. Either way, in a couple of weeks time (tonsilitised [yes I have just made that word up - pretty good eh?!] voice hopefully recovered) we should have some awesome new tracks with the final band line-up for you to be able listen to (and maybe even download for free - which is nice!).
Anyway I'm sure we'll keep you up to date and on the edge of your seat through the whole process, Excited TFT out! ---->>>>
Chris
It's very kind of Mr Solent Uni Student (can't for the life of me remember his name but I definitely will by the end...I promise! Chris, his name is Rob....) to record our tracks for us for the grand price of a handful of air! We're very grateful to him (even though I can't remember his name! Its still Rob.). We're going to be recording in a semi-live environment (lay down the drums and bass (whilst playing guitars and singing - more about that in a sec) and then redo some solo parts etc and then finally laying on vocal tracks. The big problem (which means it's a good reason for doing it this way) is that Karen appears to potentially have tonsilitis - Bummer! So she is going to have to whisper the words to make sure we know where we are in the songs but hopefully will recover enough by the next slot we have to be able to do her wonderful voice justice!
We are going to try to record a few songs, in the short amount of time we have, and the list (as it stood last time we discussed it) is:
Ordinary Song
Falling
Girl in the Red Dress 2
Moving Too Slow
with the last one up for grabs. Either way, in a couple of weeks time (tonsilitised [yes I have just made that word up - pretty good eh?!] voice hopefully recovered) we should have some awesome new tracks with the final band line-up for you to be able listen to (and maybe even download for free - which is nice!).
Anyway I'm sure we'll keep you up to date and on the edge of your seat through the whole process, Excited TFT out! ---->>>>
Chris
Sunday, 10 February 2008
London Later.....
Hello people!
So I just thought I'd log on and say how much I'm enjoying this busy week with the band
Most of all how I can't wait to do our first gig in London tonight. We've got a good crowd coming along and hopefully we'll get some more photos to display on the site so will be selecting my outfit later on today! Not sure exactly but would like it to incorporate a 'Little Miss Bad' T-Shirt.
We'll let you know how it goes. Fingers crossed!
Karen
So I just thought I'd log on and say how much I'm enjoying this busy week with the band
Most of all how I can't wait to do our first gig in London tonight. We've got a good crowd coming along and hopefully we'll get some more photos to display on the site so will be selecting my outfit later on today! Not sure exactly but would like it to incorporate a 'Little Miss Bad' T-Shirt.
We'll let you know how it goes. Fingers crossed!
Karen
Busy
Well haven't we had a busy couple of days.
Last night, ok Tuesday night, we all decended on one of the Student Union Bars in Southampton for a night of live music with Forget The Script and Decora. a great Loud night for us all.
I have just gotten home after we have spent some time recording a Radio spot over in Guildford that will be aired in the near future.
Be sure to listen out for us on 96.4 Eagle if you are able to pick that up.
So now after two very late nights I'm going to get some deserved sleep!
Catch you all soon
Barny
Last night, ok Tuesday night, we all decended on one of the Student Union Bars in Southampton for a night of live music with Forget The Script and Decora. a great Loud night for us all.
I have just gotten home after we have spent some time recording a Radio spot over in Guildford that will be aired in the near future.
Be sure to listen out for us on 96.4 Eagle if you are able to pick that up.
So now after two very late nights I'm going to get some deserved sleep!
Catch you all soon
Barny
London Baby
Well I've just got back and started relaxing after finishing a truely awesome gig in London, even with guitar issues (power cut-outs, bass amps de-earthed [apparently] and therefore buzzing for half a song) the thinking for tuesday machine still rocked people's balls off....even people "sans balls", the music made them grow and then rocked them right off! I have to say my drumming was particularly great, even with such a poor kit that they had ;)
We got there around 6:30pm for a nice leisurely sound-check where there was much gaffa taping of broken skins (very rock 'n roll!) and generally trying to get a decent sound from the PA. Top marks to the sound engineer who really knew his stuff - it always helps that the audience can at least hear the band so it's even better when they can hear everything at the right level! First off Wire Jesus played a really good set with some cracking vocal harmonies (really good work there guys) I particularly enjoyed watching the lead lady singer lean over with her top undone...nipples always aid a performance. Actually I think my favourite part of their set was the lady playing the accordian (or maybe it's a harmonium? It wasn't one of the hand held ones so I think that's a harmonium....whatevs...) I really think their style of music fitted it really well.
Anyway, onto the most important part, we got up on stage to quite a packed audience which always help power up that rock energy centre that everyone has (a little like buffy and her slayer power but for rock....sorry have just watched about 4 in a row.....I'm such a geek...). I think our set list has settled quite nicely into a good flow (even with Tom's guitar losing power right at the beginning of the song - the show must go on!). By the end of Girl in the Red Dress 2 (possibly my favouritest!) we were all feeling pretty exhilirated and so to finish off with a massively powerful song we did Isolation where, even though Will said he fumbled a part of his solo, I thought he sounded f*cking awesome! Thanks so much for everyone who came down and gave their support, we easily had the most number of supporters EVEN THOUGH the venue had changed less than a week before from Hammersmith to Ealing (not the easiest of jumps). Thanks to Erica, Hen, Mark and Kazla's family for helping out and taking pictures etc (Hen took some awesome ones using funky lighting and high ISO/slow shutter speed which should be up on here soon so keep an eye out for them!) Also a massive thanks to Frankie and Kazla's old AcTOR friends who came and gave their support. It really does make a gig worth it! I'm sure I've missed out some people but thanks to you too!
After our set it was time for Hard Fox (or Foxy Hard as the sound engineer caled them) who played a lively set with some real power behind them, nice solos, good range of songs to keep people interested! Thanks goes to them for headlining!
Phew, this blog has turned into a bit of an essay!
Anyway I've probably said enough for tonight....possibly a lifetime so I'll leave you with a pleasant thought, nuzzling into Tom's man-boobs.....mmmmm
Chris Signing Out!
We got there around 6:30pm for a nice leisurely sound-check where there was much gaffa taping of broken skins (very rock 'n roll!) and generally trying to get a decent sound from the PA. Top marks to the sound engineer who really knew his stuff - it always helps that the audience can at least hear the band so it's even better when they can hear everything at the right level! First off Wire Jesus played a really good set with some cracking vocal harmonies (really good work there guys) I particularly enjoyed watching the lead lady singer lean over with her top undone...nipples always aid a performance. Actually I think my favourite part of their set was the lady playing the accordian (or maybe it's a harmonium? It wasn't one of the hand held ones so I think that's a harmonium....whatevs...) I really think their style of music fitted it really well.
Anyway, onto the most important part, we got up on stage to quite a packed audience which always help power up that rock energy centre that everyone has (a little like buffy and her slayer power but for rock....sorry have just watched about 4 in a row.....I'm such a geek...). I think our set list has settled quite nicely into a good flow (even with Tom's guitar losing power right at the beginning of the song - the show must go on!). By the end of Girl in the Red Dress 2 (possibly my favouritest!) we were all feeling pretty exhilirated and so to finish off with a massively powerful song we did Isolation where, even though Will said he fumbled a part of his solo, I thought he sounded f*cking awesome! Thanks so much for everyone who came down and gave their support, we easily had the most number of supporters EVEN THOUGH the venue had changed less than a week before from Hammersmith to Ealing (not the easiest of jumps). Thanks to Erica, Hen, Mark and Kazla's family for helping out and taking pictures etc (Hen took some awesome ones using funky lighting and high ISO/slow shutter speed which should be up on here soon so keep an eye out for them!) Also a massive thanks to Frankie and Kazla's old AcTOR friends who came and gave their support. It really does make a gig worth it! I'm sure I've missed out some people but thanks to you too!
After our set it was time for Hard Fox (or Foxy Hard as the sound engineer caled them) who played a lively set with some real power behind them, nice solos, good range of songs to keep people interested! Thanks goes to them for headlining!
Phew, this blog has turned into a bit of an essay!
Anyway I've probably said enough for tonight....possibly a lifetime so I'll leave you with a pleasant thought, nuzzling into Tom's man-boobs.....mmmmm
Chris Signing Out!
Friday, 25 January 2008
The Hobbit and the Band
WOW!
A great night for music at the Hobbit.
Its 2:18am on what is now Saturday morning and I think the buzz won't wear down for a while.
We loved the opportunity to play the venue and were so happy to support Turning Green who had a fantastic sound, set and energy.
We all enjoyed playing (as we always do) but carried on dancing after we had finished to the funky eclectic sound of TG.
Thanks so much to everyone for coming down and especially to the Davis Brothers who interviewed us and snapped away a few more photos, we do appreciate the support.
Its fantastic to get such a warm and welcoming response from so many people after a gig that was just incredible to play.
Thanks again to every one and a very good night, or should that be Morning.
Tom,
A great night for music at the Hobbit.
Its 2:18am on what is now Saturday morning and I think the buzz won't wear down for a while.
We loved the opportunity to play the venue and were so happy to support Turning Green who had a fantastic sound, set and energy.
We all enjoyed playing (as we always do) but carried on dancing after we had finished to the funky eclectic sound of TG.
Thanks so much to everyone for coming down and especially to the Davis Brothers who interviewed us and snapped away a few more photos, we do appreciate the support.
Its fantastic to get such a warm and welcoming response from so many people after a gig that was just incredible to play.
Thanks again to every one and a very good night, or should that be Morning.
Tom,
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