tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34243420702618834582024-03-13T16:43:37.039+04:00...Indie Dunesclose the door, switch off your phone, dim the lights, get comfy and press play. my words are not important – their tunes are #supportindiefishiearchitecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12081899384443244915noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424342070261883458.post-54976714734003120882014-07-04T14:57:00.001+04:002014-07-04T15:04:13.355+04:0013 On A Friday #4<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424342070261883458.post-26148425933559848142013-12-17T08:20:00.000+04:002013-12-17T08:20:19.118+04:00Blessed Are Those Who Believe Without Seeing Me: Here's La San Puta<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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often than not, bands featured on Indie Dunes are fully formed (as in - out of
band puberty), with a debut freshly out or about to be released.</span></div>
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band has a name, members are still gathering, a few tunes await the attention
of your ears - but the idea and the dream are well established and are eager to
burst into life - the band's creator, <b>El Santo</b>, </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">spoke to
us about the process of a band being born.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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caught my attention at first, before I pressed play to listen to your tunes -
was the name - La San Puta - brilliant! What's behind it? :)</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">La San
Puta is an Argentinean colloquialism which refers to a saint who doesn't exist.
The purpose of this project was to make real a thing that, by definition, is
not. And convincing the world we do exist. </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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your first Project?</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In fact,
I play the bass in Joint Ravolta, a post-punk/noise rock band. I needed to
express something else, some strange and dark ideas, horror stories. It's easy
to</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> talk about girls and drugs in your lyrics (I
could do it if I wanted to), but I'm into that kind of topics everybody
avoids. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What is
the music scene like in Argentina? A band recently featured on Indie Dunes from
your part of the Planet was complaining about having to compete with salsa, is
it much the same in Argentina? :)</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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involved in techno music right now, and rock&roll is not what it was in the
90s.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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listen to new sounds, or at least different to the massive ones. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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try to get people involved into our scene, I hope we can achieve that. I trust.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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saying "we", who else is involved in La San Puta, I know you are
looking for more musicians to join you :)</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At first,
La San Puta was just me and a song I composed. But when I showed that song <i>("Dance
with me")</i> to <b>Marvin Velázquez</b>, he decided to join the project
as producer and we began working together.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Later, I
started scouting musicians and I thought about <b>Chico Terror</b>, an old (but
young) friend of mine who will be playing the synth. </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We will
need three more musicians and we are working hard to get them. Meanwhile, we
are recording the tunes you will find in our first album and then we upload
them to the internet. So, all of you can hear us:<a href="https://soundcloud.com/lasanputa" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">https://soundcloud.com/lasanputa</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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target audience is set beyond your borders - is that why you chose to sing in
English?</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">English
is the universal language. That makes easier to get followers from other
countries.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And I
wouldn't lie to you. The main reason is: darkwave style sounds better when it's
sung in English, </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">even though our native language is Spanish. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the languages the genre was conceived in.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Man In The Woods" is very sinister, the other two tunes you have posted on
SoundCloud have a very different, positive vibe. I'm guessing an album is still
early to talk about, have you got an idea of the direction your debut EP/album
will take?</span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The fact
is the three tunes we uploaded are sinister in a different way.<i> "Dance
with me" </i>tells about a man who rapes a woman.<i>"Come on
close"</i> refers to loneliness.<i>"The man in the woods"</i> is
maybe more explicit than the other two tunes, because it tells a story. So far,
our other tunes topics are going that way too, dirty actions or dark feelings.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dark atmospheres and sinister lyrics, but keeping that beat which makes it able
to be danced. I hope our first album could come out soon, if possible,
during next year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424342070261883458.post-85716260964565120682013-11-12T23:15:00.000+04:002013-11-12T23:15:34.657+04:00One Year Later: LUNGS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This time last year, Indie Dunes were testing the waters of the vast
indie blog ocean, trying to find our way through the how's and the whys,
gingerly navigating between the long established (and grumpy) indie dinosaurs
and the fellow indie blog tadpoles with a "the band I found is better than
the band you found" attitude.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first band that contacted us with a request for a <a href="http://indiedunes.blogspot.ae/2012/10/visual-and-auditory-senses-come.html" target="_blank"><b>feature</b></a> were the
LUNGS. We were stunned, speechless and didn't really know whether to run and
hide or scream all girly, but after a few silent ohemgees we experienced the
first rush of one being allowed behind the scenes of an artist's creative process
and for the duration of a brief email exchange, part of their journey. </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This time last year LUNGS were unsigned, a few demos graced their SoundCloud
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released LUNGS's second single 'Not Mine' b/w 'Hold Me' a couple of days ago, following
the release of the first single 'Faraway' b/w 'Loner' last July.</span></span><br />
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fishiearchitecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12081899384443244915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424342070261883458.post-32827782776430341892013-10-24T10:13:00.000+04:002013-10-24T10:21:42.627+04:00Where’s My Hero: Wullae Wright<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">This week Indie Dunes caught up with Wullae Wright, a
solo artist from Scotland, who recently released his 5th album “The Orange
Line”. We crossed paths on Twitter many a time in the last year and finally sat
down for a virtual coffee (ok there was no virtual coffee involved, but there
should have been!) and chatted about his music, artwork and the use of social
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #c0504d; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2;">OK - first
question - and this is more of an observation, too - how on Earth do you manage
to devote any time to your music with all the time you are spending on
promotion. I have never seen anyone work so hard, I tip my non-existent hat and
salute you simultaneously - it seems exhausting - is it paying off?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VD3vvbiRA-Y/Umh0OKuJpoI/AAAAAAAAAOo/tPLROom26ew/s1600/New-6+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VD3vvbiRA-Y/Umh0OKuJpoI/AAAAAAAAAOo/tPLROom26ew/s1600/New-6+-+Copy.jpg" height="320" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Thank you for the complimentary comment, tipping of the
non existent hat and salute regarding the promotion of my music. The promotion
of my music - largely done through Twitter, doesn't eat into any of my
recording or producing time. Promotion of my music is generally done when I am
on the go and out and about, filling in any gaps between my work and personal
life. I actually feel like there is so much more I could be doing on the
promotion front and it frustrates me I do not have more time, money and
resources to dedicate to it. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Promoting my music, for me, never feels exhausting. If
anything, with all the day-to-day goings on and the intermittent, periodic
monotony life can bring, promoting can be very exciting and fulfilling. I
absolutely love sharing a link - for instance for my new album 'The Orange
Line', a review old or new or some future airplay on the radio, and finding
other people have shared this on their Twitter profiles by Retweeting, etc. I
revel in the kind comments of others and am genuinely touched by the sheer
level of support from so many individuals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">I used a similar promotional style with my first album
'AFTER. THE. RUSH. HOUR'S. GONE.' back in 2007-2008 much like I do today. At the
time I used 'Myspace' and I heavily promoted gigs by networking with users
sharing gig flyers, with links to my music, etc. It was so rewarding getting so
many gigs and people listening to my music. Renewing this kind of promotional
practice with my recent music and my new album 'The Orange Line' is constantly
paying off. I have to admit, I do not believe the way I promote is reason why
my music is reaching so many new people. The real reason my music is doing as
well as it is, is because of the fantastic supporters who listen to my music
and share it. Never in my life have I had such honest, kind and selfless
feedback and support from so many people. I do try and thank everyone for this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Since returning to this promotional style again,
coupled with support from others, etc, I have had so many life changing and
fantastic opportunities arise. I signed a record deal with former Independent
Record Label 'Freaky Pug Records', have been played on radio stations around
the world, featured on compilation albums, collaborated with incredibly
talented musicians around the world, topped music charts, and been featured in
numerous music blogs, podcasts, and websites. New opportunities arise all the
time and much of it tends to find me instead of me sourcing it; I tend to find
these opportunities very exciting. As a musician, I am humbled and genuinely
delighted to have even just one person listen to my music, so I have been
absolutely lost for words to find people have actually been purchasing my new
album 'The Orange Line'. I still find it difficult to comprehend that people
are willing to spend their money on my music. This is an indescribable feeling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #c0504d; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2;">From where I am
"standing" I do get the impression that you are working very hard on
twitter - you approach people directly, you engage, you say thank you - I've
been there long enough to know that it is very rare if not unique. You are
passionate about your music, but you also care about the people who listen to
it. You deserve all the support you are receiving in return :)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #c0504d; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2;">Listening to the
Orange Line, it is evident that a myriad of emotions went into every song, the
album rises and falls in intensity, you go from calm to almost screaming for
air - I envy your ability to transfer what you feel into music - I just yell
into a pillow.</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #c0504d; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #c0504d; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2;">You wrote the
lyrics a long time ago, did you write the music at the same time? If not was it
a challenge to call upon the same emotions years later?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Thank you for saying about my approach to others etc on
Twitter. I firmly believe there is no reason to be rude, impolite or
unnecessarily negative towards other people. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">I absolutely absorb every ounce of positivity and
support people give me. People do not have to support my music. They don't have
to give me the time of day. I have found so many wonderfully kind and selfless
people on Twitter. They listen, they comment, they share and they promote my
music. Some have told me how they can relate to my music and the subject
matter. That touches me immensely. For me, that is what writing music is all
about. I will only ever thank people who are kind to me. It costs me nothing to
so. That's how I see it.</span></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BCkLgmU4Mtg/Umh1zi2xrCI/AAAAAAAAAPI/G5Wgzct1N8E/s1600/ol4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BCkLgmU4Mtg/Umh1zi2xrCI/AAAAAAAAAPI/G5Wgzct1N8E/s1600/ol4.jpg" height="320" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Yelling into a pillow is just as effective haha, many a
time I find this to be the better method. I really appreciate the kind words in
relation to transferring what I feel into music. It is funny, I have no exact
process nor artistic template that I consistently follow. I can't read music
and I have never been taught music. In that respect, writing music is purely an
emotive art form for me. I pick up a lifeless lump of wood with some strings
attached and let me mind and fingers experiment with it, creating a world based
on my mood. I do enjoy using music as an outlet for my emotions, my song
'Vixen: Part 1, 2, 3 & 4' (Opus. 1 Version) is probably my greatest
testimony to that. Very honest with my lyrics and emotions in that song.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The lyrics for the new album 'The Orange Line' were all
written between 1999 and 2001, and the guitar riffs were also written during
the same time. As paradoxical as this statement may sound, the album became
quite a challenge for me but it was extremely exciting watching it naturally
work itself out on its own. For instance I had to relearn all the music and
lyrics, had to find time to record, edit and produce the music, make the
artwork, develop a consistent sound, and keep it individual and different from
previous albums. All these things had constrains on them at different times,
but I didn't stress about these and I just naturally waited for the right time
and opportunities to surface before making headway again. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">In terms of calling up the same kinds of emotions years
later, it was almost like an innate switch was flicked inside me. I didn't have
to relive the songs to understand the emotion again; it was just there already
as soon as I began playing the song. It was just a natural motivation. To use
an analogy, it was like when you meet an old acquaintance you haven't seen for
years and it all comes back to you, the emotions and feelings towards them.
Songs like 'Superhero' and 'Roadtrippin'' in particular were songs that I had
never forgotten. When I relearned the music and lyrics to 'All the Time' and
then played it, I felt overwhelmed by it. I actually had the intention to open
'The Orange Line' with 'All the Time' due to the emotive qualities and impact
it had on me. However I opted to have it has the closing track to the album for
the same reasons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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smile while reading your words, your positive energy is infectious :)</span></i><br />
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the artwork for all of your albums? (I love the subtle "Where's My
Hero" on The Orange Line album cover btw -
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Thank you very much. I try to stay as positive about my
music as I can. There have been many times where I have doubted myself and my
music, so I'm in a good place at the moment.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Yes, I have designed all the artwork for all the
albums. I am of the opinion that the artwork should go with the music, and can
be just as important. I largely have this belief from listening to Radiohead. I
have the fondest memories of sitting listening to albums like 'the Bends' and
'OK Computer' and studying the CD artwork. It helps cement the album together
for me, painting an intriguing visual stimulus intertwined with tremendous
audio. It becomes an all round experience for the senses. Takes you away to a
place no one can get to, if that makes sense and doesn't sound too pretentious
or nonsensical. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">With my new album 'The Orange Line', I actually made
the artwork before I even had any music or the idea of where to go next. The
artwork is made up of a series of photographs taken on a journey to Coney
Island, New York. Nothing in particular exciting happened on the journey but I
loved it. The raw sights, sounds, and that feeling of going somewhere new that
you didn't know. All very vivid and nostalgic for me. The scribbles, sketches
and writing in the art is reminiscent of the artwork style at the time of
writing the songs back in 1999-2001. I love art that you have to study, where
everything isn't always immediately apparent. That's what I tried to do with
this. I love that you have noticed the "Where's my hero?" on the
album cover. That is a line from the tenth track on the album 'Superhero'.
Throughout the artwork there are odd moments where the odd lyric is thrown in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HEviofFU7hI/Umh1CwpgXSI/AAAAAAAAAO4/wkdA_EiouJg/s1600/incloudcuckooland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HEviofFU7hI/Umh1CwpgXSI/AAAAAAAAAO4/wkdA_EiouJg/s1600/incloudcuckooland.jpg" height="319" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">My other album covers are of different styles - again
to suit the mood of the theme and music etc. 'AFTER. THE. RUSH. HOUR'S. GONE.'
is a photograph of the motorway in Glasgow City Centre at night which has been
manipulated with vibrant colours. 'In Cloud Cuckooland' is a black and white
self-portrait of my face made up of other images running through it.
'Anonymous' is very basic, intentionally bold to have an immediate impact with
a large electronic blue font and black background. 'Opus. 1' is a simple
collage of drawings and personal photos, which mirror the albums simplicity and
personal subject matter. I also have 'Overzealous Work Ethic' E.P artwork that
is a painting inspired by my favourite artist Rene Magritte, and 'Under the
Pyramids' E.P, which is an ink drawing of Harry Houdini. I have no idea what
the artwork will be like for a possible sixth album, but I will make the art
for that too. I thoroughly enjoy doing it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thread weaves its way through every aspect of your creative process; everything
you create seems to be the cause and the result of the other at the same time
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of the posts you were featured in, where you talked about how each of your
albums differs in genre, to quote:<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>"Wullae: The Orange Line is quite simple, an
uncomplicated album really, with most songs being simply guitar, bass and vocal
orientated. I have added drums, strings and some other sounds to add some depth
to some songs The album is very clean but raw sounding. In terms of my other
albums and EPs, The Orange Line differs quite a bit. My first album
"AFTER. THE. RUSH. HOUR'S. GONE" is a raw indie rock effort, quite
youthful in nature. My second album "In Cloud Cuckooland" is a dark
industrial, alternative dance record. My third album "Anonymous" is a
hard rock, dubstep dance album about the internet. My fourth album "Opus.
1" is simply an acoustic album and is a very simple album. The Orange Line
is quite different and suits me at this time in my life." (<a href="http://www.nataliezworld.com/2013/05/wullae-wright-indie-alternative-up-and.html?m=1" target="_blank">Read the full interview here</a>)</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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denominator being the fact that you take your inspiration from your life
experiences - where to from here? Have you found a genre "niche" or
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artistic thread. Generally I will always have an idea of how I want an album to
sound like, but I naturally let it progress on its own and it can even surprise
me. As you say with cause and result, I suppose I am aware that if I have an
idea I roughly know what I want the end result will be; and if I have a
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">That's a great question, and one I am even struggling
to answer myself haha. My mind is permanently toying with so many themes and
ideas, conceptually developing mental artworks and creating hypothetical sounds
and genres to correlate with it. I believe I have an album title now that I am
happy with. Largely, and without giving too much away, the theme of the album
may centre around subject matter such as paternity, the sights and sounds of
Edinburgh and new life and opportunities. Birth and rebirth, those kinds of
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pursuing a non-genre specific sound for this new album. Some ideas are cut up
sound bites, strings, electronic beats, and a lot of vocal melodies. I aim to make
this quite dark album, even though much of what I hope to write will not be
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">That is a very good question in itself. Generally I
have found the questions asked in interviews to be very thought-provoking and
interesting. They tend to make me think even more about my music, e.g with this
interview. Your questions have been fantastic and I have thoroughly enjoyed
answering them so thank you for asking them. One thing that no one has asked is
what albums and musicians have inspired each of my albums. I suppose maybe no
one cares haha, but I can find it interesting when I think of who has
influenced a particular sound in an album. For instance, with my new album 'The
Orange Line' I had the intention right from the outset of the making of the
album to have it have a similar production style to that of Radiohead's 'the
Bends' and Stereophonics 'Performance and Cocktails'. Whether or not there are
any similarities, that was my frame of mind. That flowing Acoustic/Indie/Rock
combination these albums have throughout.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />There was never any real animosity between me and the rest of the Inspirals, it just wasn’t right for me at the time and I should have just taken a break rather than leave if possible. But, as the band was really on the rise I don’t think this would have been possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know they were disappointed by my decision though and felt that I really let them down. I’m trying to make up for this now though and feel really privileged to have been given a second chance. <br /><br /><b>What's the biggest difference between being in The Rainkings and Inspiral Carpets, if there is any? </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />One thing I loved about The Rainkings though was getting our autonomy back, it was our band and we made all the decisions. We used to have that in the early days with the Inspirals but as you get bigger more things get taken over by agents, managers etc. etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />I suppose the other difference about being in the Rainkings was that I returned to being a ‘nobody’ again, which I quite liked as I’m not a natural for being in the spotlight. Even though it was fairly small time I used to get recognised quite a lot as well as being given free records and clothes etc. Some of this was quite nice but not always. Being in the Rainkings and leaving the Inspirals though, this stopped overnight! <br /><br /><b>Noel Gallagher talks fondly of being a roadie for the Inspiral Carpets - what were you doing before you knew you wanted to be in a band?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b>I think Manchester venues are on the rise again, especially the smaller ones which is great for new, upcoming bands. When we started off with the Inspirals we were quite lucky as there were a number of smaller venues like The Boardwalk, The Venue, Pierots etc. where you could always get a gig. This seemed to stop for a whle and it’s great to see a lot of new/smaller venues popping up again and giving upcoming bands a chance. <br /><br /><b>Last but not least, United or City? (or an entirely different team?)</b></span></div>
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me the other day (blogger’s dream to be found by a band), I had just woken up, having
the daily – do I get up or give up – conversation with myself – pressing play
on their first SoundCloud tune while all that is going on – and was met by a
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of putting the finishing touches to their debut album, The Snow Twins found
time to speak to Indie Dunes: we chatted about what it is like to be a garage
rock band in the land known best for salsa, beaches, coffee and a certain style
of waxing (among other things) - thankfully, we both speak English since we
wouldn’t get very far on my nonexistent Portuguese or their Serbian. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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here, so let’s start with the most important question: How are the preparations
for the World Cup going? ;)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Actually none of us enjoy watching soccer games,
but of course there is a national preparation to receive foreigners from all
around the world going on. As Brazilian citizens, we hope this makes the
government to have some kind of change because, as you may have noticed, there
was a lot going on around here about some weeks ago. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We also expect that the stereotypical view that
people outside Brazil have of our country changes, because our culture is not
made only of carnival, soccer and samba. We are a living proof that it's not
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #c0504d;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">yikes, I was
expecting an answer more on the lines of "all the roads are dug up,
construction cranes are blocking out the sun" (I was in Qatar while they
were preparing for Asian games in 2006, I feel for everyone living in a country
preparing for a major event!). <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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you are not samba influenced is evident lol, I hear a lot of White Stripes
meets My Goodness maybe some She Keeps Bees with a wave at Guadalupe Plata -
tell me more about the music scene in Brazil<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, nowadays
in Brazil samba and funk carioca are the most popular music genres. Recently it
was added to the mainstream scene the "brand new" sertanejo
universitário, which is, basically, a fail copy of American country music with
empty lyrics that are catchy and a dancing rhythm so it fills the also empty
listeners' heads and so on.</span></div>
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underground scene however is very underrated and the authorial bands are not
treated as they should be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you're a pop oriented band/artist produced by a commercial label (or by someone
who has lots of money) and then you get all the space you want, or you're an
independent artist who relies mainly on internet to spread the word about your
hard work trying to make yourself a name but unfortunately you have most of the
doors closed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #c0504d;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sounds pretty much like the state of affairs of underground
/ independent scene everywhere else. In my country the alternative scene has
strong routes around universities/students, is it the same in Brazil? (I always
like to think of us as "enlightened" as opposed to sheep, with all
due respect to the sheep).<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yep, universities people/students are the ones who
still manage to keep it going over here.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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initially classmates during college who got to know each other better after
exchanging information about music. The friendship turned up into a
relationship and the duo itself was born after a random rehearsal made on a
friend's house unintentionally. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before becoming The Snow Twins though, we had a
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ourselves as musicians until we had enough experience and songs to quit playing
cover ones (and also we were getting tired of doing so). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, usually we just describe ourselves as
"a duo in which guitar and drums mix and oppose
themselves, summoning reminiscences that reverb crudely. The Snow Twins doesn’t
restrain to the modern musical archetype: metronimic rhythms, complex harmonies
and charming melodies. Binding the resources in order to drip the creativity
out is what results the band’s sound."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">You can check out our tribute band here: </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/theredstripes" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/theredstripes</a></span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Guadalupe Plata the most!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of your debut album as The Snow Twins. This will be our first album ever
because the other band was just a tribute one with no recordings at all. Well,
since it's our first album ever it has been a very big thing for us and we're
experiencing a lot of new things during the process. The anxiety is building up
since we already know that in a week or two we'll have the album ready on our
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seven songs structured in a listen-to-all-in-a-row order that will be
reproduced on pocket gigs we're gonna perform around local cities with the
exact album tracks. Also, two songs that are part of the debut album, "Over
The Line" and "Amnesia (We Were Getting So Close)" will have an
exclusive digital release through a Greek experimental net label called <a href="http://www.sonicplayground.gr/">SonicPlayground</a>, they have a great catalog and a brilliant idea behind it.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, we have a fairly big repertory but
for those who don't know us personally or have never attended a gig we played
we're still a "two songs band" because there are only two songs
online on our Soundcloud and other band's page. Releasing "The Snow
Twins" will sure give us more opportunities and chances of having new
contacts as well as building up the band's name<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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interview, we always aim on international goals because unfortunately there's
not a scene for a garage ish lo fi band around here. Also about that, the
recordings on this album are not a lo-fi garage mayhem, they're actually all
hi-fi clear and easy to listen and to understand "versions" of what
we usually do onstage. This makes our songs more acceptable between those who
are not used to it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">About the release date, we hope we can
make it until the end of this month (October). We're just gonna set a date
after the CD is 100% ready.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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release an album through a Greek experimental net label interviewed by a Serb
currently in Abu Dhabi - no borders for indie. #spreadtheword<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Snow Twins have officially announced the release date of their debut album - <span style="color: red;"><b><u><i>November 11th!</i></u></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More about the release <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=561485710588985&set=a.360336127370612.78172.355487667855458&type=1&theater" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jet Set Go Tour - more info <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.664429293596606.1073741834.531510056888531" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In our first edition of 'Opinions', we caught up with Canadian singer-songwriter EvanIvan. The talented musician has featured on both compilation albums of The Indie Cassette Player. The caring, charitable man opens up to TICP and gives us his opinions on some random topics.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><b>Calgary Music</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><span style="font-size: small;">Calgary is a great place for music. There’s the obvious Country-Western scene, as well as a somewhat large scene for Hip-Hop and Pop-Punk music. Though there </span>isn't<span style="font-size: small;"> much in the way of Pop, Folk or Electronic music yet, there seems to be a growth in the Calgary music industry that seems hopeful! After playing a few shows at different venues around the city, I really saw how enthusiastic Calgarians are about music. I’d love to go back and play some more shows!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><span style="font-size: small;">EvanIvan is my most recent music project, and it began when I moved from Calgary to Vancouver. </span>I've<span style="font-size: small;"> released two EP’s under that name, and I've started to perform the songs live with the help of some amazing musicians. My hope is that we can collaborate and release some killer tunes in the future!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><b>Europe</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><span style="font-size: small;">The majority of my extended family lives in Dublin, so </span>I've<span style="font-size: small;"> spent some time in Europe, and I love it. It’s very different from North America, particularly Calgary, which might be why I enjoyed being there so much. I would love to do some writing and recording in London at some point. There seems to be a music industry there unlike any other in the world. It’s also a dream of mine to do a tour of Europe.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /><b>Touring vs. Studio Time</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><span style="font-size: small;">I have never had the opportunity to do a tour, though </span>I'm<span style="font-size: small;"> working hard so I can. I would love to take the songs from the EP’s on the road, starting with a tour of Western Canada. As for studio time, recording has been a passion of mine for years. I've studied Audio Engineering at three different schools (one in Dublin), and I feel most at home when I'm working on a track in the studio. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><span style="font-size: small;">My favorite thing about being a musician is being told that someone has related with the lyrics </span>I've<span style="font-size: small;"> written. I've written a lot of songs that are deeply personal, especially on my first EP, and hearing that someone else has had the same experiences as me, or can understand where I'm coming from, is great.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /><b>The EP ‘I Am’</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b>‘I Am’ is the first EP I released under the name EvanIvan. The songs were recorded as I attended the Nimbus School of Recording Arts in Vancouver. Some of the songs were written while I was in a relationship, and others were written as the relationship was ending. It chronicles my journey through that time, which was a hard one. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><b>The Internet & how it's helped your career</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b>Without the Internet, my music would have not reached a fraction of the people it has. It has helped me earn fans from around the world, and got my music to DJ’s who have played it on radio stations in Calgary, Vancouver, London, Dublin and France. Up until now, it’s been the major platform for releasing my music. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">…this is Indie Dunes version of <strong><span style="color: red;">Breaking News.</span></strong> Stop what you
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bandcamp has this handy little setup which, if you are a
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A couple of days ago I was notified that SPC-ECO (pronounced
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">SPC-ECO, if you have not heard of them before, is an
alternative dream-pop electronic indie nu-gaze (these are their tags, I agree
with most, I would add psychedelic – just listen to “Don’t Need Fear” and you
will agree with me – all 8 minutes 48 seconds of it) duo from the UK – Dean
Garcia (former member of <em>Curve</em>) and his daughter – Rose Berlin. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">To quote another SPC-ECO fan: perfect tracks for chilling
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424342070261883458.post-76735807246500337412013-09-13T18:41:00.001+04:002013-10-02T09:53:28.888+04:00Soundtrack To Your Thoughts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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told), working (yes.) or if I am out and about on my own – the sum of the three
basically make up my day. More often than not, my thoughts block out the sound,
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it. You are transported over the rolling soundscapes of lush electro-indie into
a warm fuzz of the last summer days. Your view is unobstructed for miles, there
is hope after all, life is good. Smile.</span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">“The LP is a collection of songs I've worked on for the
past 6 months or so. It will be released on Monkey Records out of Berlin,
Germany.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All songs on the album were
written, performed, recorded, and mixed by me (Tony DeLuca) and they were mastered
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say it would be for fans of Emancipator, Owl City, Miike Snow, Yppah, Lusine
and The Album Leaf.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">I try to write songs that create a mood for the listener,
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">His debut single "Fearless Youth" is out today - September 13<sup>th</sup>. It's available on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fearless-youth-single/id694046326" target="_blank">iTunes</a> and Amazon. The full
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My musical hero releases a new album in a couple days and I've been contemplating this post for a long time. I wasn't going to write it, then i was, on/off again relationship similar to a peaceful middle east solution. Lots of meandering thoughts and inward contemplation of those meanderings "Would anybody actually want to read it." That was until my good friend @Glenmish posted a link to an <a href="http://www.nme.com/news/the-smiths/68704" target="_blank">NME Song story</a> on Twitter. Then it didn't matter, I had to write it for my own good and you must suffer it until you get bored ;o)</div>
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For anyone not aware I am a Smiths fanatic. One may assume that means Morrissey is my almighty music God, however it is the man that split the Smiths up that I hold up so high. </div>
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The Smiths to me were the prefect band. Even through the personality conflicts and politics that engulfed them, the craft of writing a prefect song shone through. Each part magnificently blended into the other, yet told its own story. Andy's bass-lines are a prefect example of this. Morrissey was perfection as the front man, with the emotive lyrics and a cynical personality. But the voice that always connected to my heart was the melody and beautiful tune being created from strings and fingers. </div>
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Three of my most loved Smiths songs were written off by Moz because he felt he neither could write lyrics for them or weren't good enough. These tracks were Oscillate Wildly, the Draize Train and the tune that launched Bryan Ferry Bête Noire album. The Right Stuff was a huge track but it was the Smiths Money Changes Everything originally. </div>
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I first heard about the impending release of THE MESSENGER late last year. But rumours were floating around most of 2012. There was an amazing rush of excitement when I heard the release date. Then that flood of fear happened. What if it tarnishes everything I hold dear. I held off listening to the title track and first single for days. Like a little kid peaking at a scary scene though his fingers spread wide across his eyes. <br />
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Now the album has been released, I still am peaking out from behind my protective screen. Trouble is I wish I didn't have to. I feel exposed, even behind it. It's hard to write about the castle walls crumbling down around your hero. My first listen was memorable for all the wrong listens. Firstly I was hanging out laundry, so rock n roll blogger lifestyle innit'. Having to sit down to take in the my horror. By track 4 I had messaged Fishy claiming "I don't think Ive cringed so much listening to an album for a long time"<br />
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From the opening cords you know you are in for the rockier side of Johnny's playing. From the 'get go' something is missing. Took me a few listens to work it out (yes Ive had to listen a number of times, dedication huh) It might be me wearing my ultra Smiths teeshirt and badges. But the rhythm section is just totally vacant. They add nothing to the tune. Then the singing" starts. My first reaction is REALLY SURELY NOT. The lyrics are quite juvenile and then a "wooooo" slips out from Johnny's lips. That's when I had to sit down (plus I hate pegging and pairing socks) <br />
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I'm sitting there looking at the half full basket of laundry puzzled at Mr Marr singing about pointy nipples "I want the high-beam" Scratching my head thinking "Interesting way of describing a way of turning someone on". This could possibly be the residual effect of my adventures into writing poems in the style known as "misinterpreted everyday events" and it could rival "born to be a lion". But I digress, thankfully it was "I want the heartbeat" such an easy mistake. </div>
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If you are a young new person starting to delve into the world of music, beginning to read music publications, expanding your field of vision in a musical sense. You are going to see Johnny Marr "God" status plastered all over NME and the internet blogs. You might then seek out The Messenger and think "REALLY". This album is not an accurate reflection of Johnny Marrs undoubted standing as a guitar God. In the other reviews I've read about "The Messenger" I hear them lauding Johnnys guitar skills, these are in there, smart cleverly placed riffs and licks. But its all hidden behind what is obviously wrong for much of the album. </div>
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I can't recommend this album but everyone must make their own mind up. Music and what you want and need from a song are all totally subjective.<br />
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I'm a huge Marr fan. I said at the beginning of this post "I didn't want anything to tarnish my hero or my feelings" and I can say in all honesty it hasn't but I'm disappointed. I've listened to lots of "The Smiths", "Electronic" and "The The" today and every riff, chord and finally track brought back that feeling of security and being home with my mates.</div>
Because Johnny has "Godlike" status it seems to me that people are afriad to say its a dodgy album. And it is a dodgy album, in my eyes. This is not JM first attempt at it. It was "Johnny Marr and The Healers" this seems to be forgotten even by JM. Boomslang was a disappointment, after discussions with a good friend he pointed out that Marr has also needed collaboration for his music. The release of both his "Solo" projects show what his subconscious has probably been telling him. You are the main man, not the front man. <br />
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If I can add an insightful comment from my 8 yr old daughter, she was listening to the album while I typed away. "That sounds terrible Dad, but I guess someone might like it" She obviously doesn't have my flare for waffle. From the mouths of children generally comes honesty. </div>
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This has been a hard post for me to write. But what I find myself thinking is a very positive and encouraging thought. Maybe it's just a new perspective I've started observing the musical landscape with. There is so much raw untapped talent out there ATM. It's like a volcano ready to erupt. Do we need an effortless/easy albums for dedicated fans? Or do we want to be excited and re-energised to buy a disc or download from something new and fresh</div>
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Maybe it's time for the legends to start mentoring and producing these fledging bands instead of putting themselves out in the firing line with a lot to lose.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424342070261883458.post-24836869288691288692013-02-15T15:15:00.000+04:002013-02-16T07:41:21.608+04:00Not even Eric thought the birds following the trawler were Crystal Seagulls<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'm a serious music listener. By this I don't mean I'M SERIOUS and everyone else are a</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">bunch of try hard amateurs. I'd never think that. I mean even in the lightest of music, I</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">always try to place a serious connection. Like a lyric or sound that brings back a memory.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's not a deliberate quirk, its just developed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">To be honest sometimes it's a quirk that has stopped my enjoyment of music. Every</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">tune turns on an emotion. Feelings the need to flee and hide. I think one of the most</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">annoying times in mine and Fishys friendship was during one of these times when I just</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">stopped listening to music for many months.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am convinced Indie Dunes was a ploy to kick me out of one of these phases. It certainly</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">worked.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Saying this though. One style of music is always there to make me feel happy. Much to</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">some people's disgust lol. I'm going to delve into a review on this sometime soon.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But in the words of Aragon "but not on this day"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Today is about a band that has me made feel and think FEEEEK IT Lets have some fun.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This post has a interesting history before it starts. Well.......This is how it started</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black;"></span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="background-color: white;">"Hey Fishie, New band just followed on Twitter"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"></span></span></span></span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"Cool, who"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"<i>Oh Glass Budgies, let me check.......ohhh lol close Crystal Seagulls</i>"</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"oh I think I've got them on my phone, cool"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thought in Steves head "FFS one day I might find a band before she does......"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #4c1130;">"Well just because they are in your phone doesn't mean we are blogging, I'm off to listen.... Back soon"</span></i> TBH I was quite feeking grumpy lol.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">About 5 mins later and a couple of tweets to the lads I was back to Fishie saying.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #4c1130;">Ohhhhhhh I have a post brewing lol</span></i>. I could sense a tsunami heading towards me from</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the eye rolling in UEA</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Crystal Seagulls, to sound completely condescending, a bunch of baby faced assassins</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">ready to jump and slaughter the music industry in the very near future. If this doesn't</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">happen I'll be asking serious questions of the music industry.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">With a vibe and maturity securely riveted in the classic sounds and bands of the British</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Isles, infectious guitars, fun addictive bass section that marries perfectly to the lyrics.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's easy to hear the greats of the 90s that have influenced these lads from London. Oasis,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Blur and the Libertines. Blend this with ageless legends like The Jam, Kinks and the</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Stones and you have a mixture that will get the foot tapping and a smile appearing on your</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">dial.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On first hearing the EP Crystal Seagulls I instantly thought these lads are plum for an Indie</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dunes Q&A I was right (I generally am). The lads accepted the invitation in a flash. So</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">lets get into that and let the boys tell us about the music in their own words answering my</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Deep Probing musical industry type questions</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Take a deep breath, lets swoop on the discarded hotdog and chip at the beach with the</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Crystal Seagulls</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1. G'day Lads, lets get started. Most important of all, this post cant go ahead if</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the answer isn't answered correctly. You guys are London based, any Arsenal</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">supporters?</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Ben does...well he claims he does. Im a big West Brom fan, Jimbo supports United but</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">he’s from London so that doesn’t count ever and Els supports his legs because his legs</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">support him..</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So, Ben hasn't got a lot going for him at the moment, a drummer and an</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Arsenal Fan. His parents must be very proud ;) Noting the other teams you are</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">obviously all a bit soft. I like Els. He seems switched on</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2. So that's set the tone, now we just need to clarify that your answers are</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">your true honest answers? Because after hearing your track Ups and Downs,</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">we don't want your answers influenced with you lads trying to keep girlfriends</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">happy with mature responses</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Don’t worry I wont let the ol’ ball and chain anywhere near this I promise.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3. Did you consider lying on your profile and saying you were from Manchester</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for instant success and admiration?</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We did consider that but soon realised its not the early 90’s anymore. I’m currently trying </span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to befriend any member of One Direction, piece it, and then sell a kiss and tell story to the papers coz I’m a crazy slut like that and get proper rich and famous off it and release a fragrance.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Mm hmmmmmm well ok then.</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">4. Tell us about where the name came from, conjures images of Precious</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Scavengers......</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jimbo said it one day when we were thinking of names, he said it and we all said “yep”.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Nice to see you had an in-depth discussion on the whys and wherefores. Why</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">banter when Yep cuts the crap and you can get back to making cool tunes.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">5. If you ever change your name would you consider Fragile Gannets or The Stained</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Glass Albatross</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Gannets are greedy as fuck!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">6. Musical heroes, who inspired you create such a great sound (serious</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">question, got to be at least one)</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jay from 5ive.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">7. If you could draft in an outside expert to help tweak your sound, how</span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">would you choose (and don't say George Feeking Martin or worse still, Andy</span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Townsend)</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jay from 5ive.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">8. Lads you created a rich full honest sound, yet you are still young......weeeee</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">babbies in fact, I'm old enough to be your Dad!!! So I must ask this question.</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You are careful, aren't you? when you play these jigs....ummmm with the</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">groupsters, that's what they are called aren't they, lad.....? (I said this in a</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">broad Yorkshire accent for some reason...)</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We in this band wouldn't know any of that life because we exclusively deal in inter-band </span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">physical relations, it helps smooth the writing process.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">9. Second and last Dad question, When you gonna grow up and get a real job?</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Or in other words what do you get up to away from the band?</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3 of us are still educating ourselves at various institutions and the other is a full time fudge </span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">packer at the local fudge packery.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I want the name of the Fudge Packer!!!!!!!</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Stunned silence from all members for at least 30 seconds.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">10. I notice Ben "the drummer" is the only one not credited with vocals, just cant be arsed, as drumming is hard enough or mics just to expensive? </span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Nah he’s just too busy looking all sexy for the laydeez.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">11. Which track out of the 3 listed would you like to put your own Crystal</span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Seagulls onto and make it something new.</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Elvis- Viva Las Vegas</span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Barry Manilow - Cococabana</span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cliff Richard - Wire for Sound</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I’d probably have to say cococabana so I could serenade my nan, she’d check that. "Wired for sound" is a club banger thou still.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">12. Final Question......You are the Crystal Seagulls, There is a bag of chips. Who is gonna be the first in and hog them, and who is the one with the gammy foot waiting for the dregs. Ohhhhh actually that could also apply to the jigs/groupster Dad question, but lets just keep it at the chips.</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As with every problem this band ever encounters i’d of course encourage some form of </span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">naked mud wrestle. But then obviously unknown to us mid wrestle a greedy little fucking </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">gannet would swoop in on the blind side and eat them all.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">13 Oh I forgot. Deal sealer for Fishy Xbox or Playstation...</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Xbox all day!!!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So there we go.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you learned Sweet FA about the Crystal Seagulls love of music and their will to succeed</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">from that QandA, welcome to the club. ;) What does stand out like the proverbial dog</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">balls is that these lads are into having a laugh and they are going to let you hear how serious they are by letting the tunes speak for themselves.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As an older music blogger living in Australia the QandA stimulated my desire to find out who the hell Jay was and what kind of band 5ive were. After research I can safely say they got bugger all chance of getting him to help out. THANKFULLY</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The EP has three quality tracks all highlighting the lads skills and understanding of what</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">makes people want to listen. Starting off with Play Dead the perfect opening track for a</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">young band. It grabs you from the opening chord and doesn't let you go.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FbgwaYFhKms/UR4BogDGBKI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/Z888QfEWTqI/s1600/crystal+seagulls+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FbgwaYFhKms/UR4BogDGBKI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/Z888QfEWTqI/s1600/crystal+seagulls+1.jpg" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2nd track its slows down with the Oasis styled "Yours for as long as you keep me"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The final track and probably my favourite of the 3 is "Ups and Downs" An upbeat track</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which teleports me back to the excitement I felt when I first heard the bootlegged Arctics</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">album. It's rocky, it's bouncy and its bloody great played loud driving home after a shite</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The lads have been actively gigging in these last few weeks. Coming soon is a show with</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">previously Indie Dunes blogged band The Bedroom Hour (being on here didn't harm then</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">at all, not positive it advance the cause either though lol) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UBHQ77Dtaw4/UR4BogO9fRI/AAAAAAAAAKE/aZqOYFccVSw/s1600/crystal+seagulls2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UBHQ77Dtaw4/UR4BogO9fRI/AAAAAAAAAKE/aZqOYFccVSw/s1600/crystal+seagulls2.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Unfortunately the Indie Dunes bus doesn't stop near the venues so we are hoping to read some positive reviews from all new devotees of this fantastic new talent.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Suppose I better wrap up, I've crapped on a bit today.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Crystal Seagulls might look like a group of baby faced assassins. But they have the</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">brief to blow your head and socks off with quality songs that will be replayed, loudly and </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">frequently on any device you listen to music on!!</span><br />
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/crystal-seagulls-single/id558476975" target="_blank">iTunes</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424342070261883458.post-47314421976622812432013-02-07T07:31:00.000+04:002013-02-09T10:27:41.447+04:00The Online Festival Presents - Indievidual - First of Many<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The shortened darker days of a northern hemisphere
winter, where snow covers the fields (and everything else for that matter). A
brown salted icy slush sits at the side of the road. It doesn't seem plausible,
never mind appealing going away from the comfort of your own warm inviting home
and heading towards the wide open spaces of the countryside. As the night
closes in, the front door pushed and locked closed, it would be easy to feel
a sense of seclusion, maybe isolation if you are home alone.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Yet if you are reading this, music is obviously a
friend of yours, something there to kept the seclusion and loneliness of winter
at bay. Thoughts might even be turning to those most fabulous times that lay
ahead in the summer months (or hrs, if you live in the UK) commonly referred to
as Festival Season WoooooHoooooooooo. A quick search on the internet at some of
the talent parading on the big stages can lead to a racing heart and numbers
rolling in a downward spiral from the electronic banking page.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Here enters<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.theonlinefestival.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">www.theonlinefestival.com</span></a>. Why wait for
summer!! What a great concept and it's an idea that seems to be working,
attracting the bright sparks in the music industry that dance around like a
firework in the dark sky. Too many times talented, good young new bands flash
on the scene and disappear because there are too few places to get maximum
exposure to an excited passionate audience. Working in tandem with Hourglass
Recordings the Online Festival is achieving a place to go.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hourglass are a new independent record label whose
mission it is to discover, develop and ultimately market the amazing new talent
that is out there. Specifically talent that has the special unique qualities
that today’s extremely demanding and challenging music market requires; real
passion, energy, drive, a professional edge and above all, the ability to
create great original music.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It's great to hear the philosophy of the main players
behind this idea, it's refreshing and here it is in their own words:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"We aim to give our artists a first step on the
music ladder and offer them our help and support in releasing their music to a
worldwide audience as well as helping them reach their full potential and
building up the brand that they can be. Our short term contracts are ideal for
new bands, musicians or producers who are looking to sign to a label but are
afraid to commit long term to somebody new for the first time. We will be
looking at offering single or E.P deals to artists to enable them the backing
of a label but without the shackles of a lengthy contract. We hope to become a
stepping stone label for<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://theonlinefestival.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">theonlinefestival.com</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>members and help them on their way to
a successful career in the music industry".<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All interested singers/songwriters, new bands, DJ`s,
producers, rappers and rockers please register to <a href="http://theonlinefestival.com/">theonlinefestival.com</a> to share
your music with the world. Create a profile page and then upload your songs,
mixes and live tracks. Add pictures and videos or live gig footage and share
information about upcoming releases, gigs or events.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Obviously this is great for the bands, but let's look
at this from an Indie Dunes perspective. We are far away from those green
grassy fields. We are from the sandy dunes, it's not just baron of green
things, its devoid of these mass gatherings of talent. Fishie, lives in more of
a talent desert than Toon. He at least gets a few one day events full of
established and emerging bands. I'm sure the Indie Dunes team are not alone in
feeling a little empty and "left out" when all the festivals are
filling the booking sheets.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">So certain parts of the body get a tingle when you also
read that it's all about getting people involved, not just the bands.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.theonlinefestival.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">theonlinefestival.com</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>also want music fans and festival
goers who enjoy their music, to share their thoughts and opinions with other
like-minded people. You can sign up now for free and share your musical
knowledge and tastes with our community. Members can also create a member page
and then upload or share your favorite music and vids with other members.
Review your last gig or discuss future festival line ups. Just like in tent
cities and streets of porta loo's everyone is welcome to mix and mingle.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The first release to come from the Online Festival and
Hourglass Recordings collaboration is "Indievidual" a compilation of donated
tunes showcasing the exciting talent just waiting for a break. Well they got
it!!! A great collection of the of tracks, highlighting perfectly the diversity
within the online festival. Fishie took time out to ask </span><a href="https://twitter.com/daveyhub"><s style="text-decoration: initial;"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">@</span></s><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">daveyhub</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">a few things about the CD and the festivals plans for the
future:<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The tunes have been donated by the bands - from this I
assume that the proceeds from the sales are intended for something else, not
going back to the bands?<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The bands/ musicians have kindly donated their songs to
us and they are all members of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://theonlinefestival.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">theonlinefestival.com</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>anyway. The deal is we sell the album
at a reduced price , around £5 depending on the online store, and the proceeds
will be split 50/50 between the new record label Hourglass recordings and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://theonlinefestival.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">theonlinefestival.com</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>website. This way we get funds towards
the upkeep/ improvement of the festival website as we have no other income
streams at the minute and also we get funds towards the label which will
ultimately go back to helping the new bands & musicians who sign to us.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The name of the compilation is <b>Indie</b>vidual -
will it include urban and dance compilations, too?<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I was going to cover all genres under the name
Indievidual but I got sent in so many decent guitar based songs I've decided to
keep Indievidual as indie/rock/acoustic. I am already putting together Vol 2
which should be released in a couple of weeks. I will also be looking after our
dance / urban community with a new compilation called Ultrasonic . Vol 1 is
nearly ready too. It made sense to try and keep them apart but still cover
different aspects of each type of music if you know what I mean.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Is the online festival going to step out of the virtual
and into some muddy fields, tents n all? :)<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Well we are still in our infancy as website/label but
my dream is to one day have a proper real life festival. Or even just get our
own stage at a more established festival would be good. I know we have enough
members to fill a good size stage over a weekend. I am looking at putting on a
one day event around the end of May ( prob the bank holiday sun ) involving
bands / musicians from the website in a 500 capacity venue. Early days yet but
we will keep people informed through our website.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Leaving the cyber fields (profile pages) of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.theonlinefestival.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">theonlinefestival.com</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and heading back to the great things
about the festival season. Well this is from our limited point of view, you
might not agree and that's good...Leave a comment HINT HINT. It's great to see
the "Headliner Act" but I always get the biggest buzz seeing that "unknown"
act on a back / small stage that blows you away and you need to hear more. That's
the key factor for Iindie Dunes that keep us coming back, it's that cure for
the "I need to hear more" craving.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div>
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but at the bottom of post you will see a couple of songs that made our ears
prick up and take notice, and should wet your ear's appetite to hear the rest
of the compilation. I suppose the biggest compliment we have for "Indievidual"
is that it has introduced us to a number of bands that we are hoping to feature
on Indie Dunes in the near future. So stay tuned!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Mama Roux - Fire</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Alexander Vann - I will be the air</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Lisa Redford - Reminders</span></div>
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For more reviews of the Indievidual, read on here:<br />
<a href="http://fruitbatwalton.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-online-festival-compilation-album.html" target="_blank">Ralph's review</a><br />
<a href="http://rnrinmysoul.com/2013/02/07/album-review-indievidual-vol-1/" target="_blank">Rock'n'Roll In My Soul's</a> review<br />
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fishiearchitecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12081899384443244915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424342070261883458.post-45568337103359415162013-01-25T18:21:00.001+04:002013-01-25T18:21:51.824+04:00Tingle in the Netherlands - Sterilized Please and a bag of spuds<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Music, it is one of those things in life (along with cheesy midday soap operas) that can make you laugh, feel sad and cringe in the space of minutes, this Indie Dunes subject certainly did that to me one afternoon late last year.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />I have Fishy to thank for introducing me into the world of <i>Tingle In The Netherlands</i>, its been quite an interesting journey so far. It has taken me into an intergalactic orbit that brought childhood memories of a bygone time flooding back. That's right 80s synth pop returns to the 00s with a cynical tongue dripping with a sense of humour and faintly disguised social commentary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is not to often mentioning a cleaning product can have me flashing back to my days as a kid. Lets start off on the launch pad of this journey. It has to be the most excited Ive heard Fishie in a txt message EVER. "Steveeeeeeee!! You have to listen to this BAHAHAHAHAHAAHA Cow floppy Udders FFS..HAHAHHAHA" Well how could I not drop everything I was doing and listen straight away. Here enter Housewife's Lament. The rockets had ignighted, there was no turning back from this point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apparently really strong builders type tea, white no sugar. Owen however drinks coffee and wine due to upbringing in Belguim.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Housewives Lament was the track that introduced me to the pleasures of the Tingle. It's commonly called "Shagging the Milkman", you will understand once you listen. On first listen its easy to take it as extracting the urine out of the electronic style of the early 80s and such bands like Kraftwerk and Numan. The sounds are so familiar and easy to place, add this to a humorous, yet acidic depiction of a failing relationship.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What you notice pretty quickly! After you get over being transported back to Numan-land is that this is one tightly produced set of tracks, with clever, precise lyrics used to paint a picture. Granted the lyrics are slightly absurd, and very gritty/adult LOL. But they are the work of a skilled wordsmith. I didnt expect to find myself returning to Tingle on a regular basis, I thought Ahhh Yup, very clever!! Move on. But I return frequently and have a ponder about floppy udders and a heart full of urine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tingle In The Netherlands are due to release a new album soon. Its been a while since the release of Prostitutes Handbag.... Bring it on I say, I feel like getting a buzz through my unmentionables. We will keep you posted</span></div>
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<br />Stalk options<br /><br /><a href="http://tingleinthenetherlands.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tingle in the Netherland Blog</a><br /><br /><a href="http://tingleinthenetherlands.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Tumblr</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/tingleinthenetherlands" target="_blank">Soundcloud</a><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/TingleIn" target="_blank">Twitter</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Purchase from<br /><br /><a href="http://nerveecho.com/fr_nerveechotingleinthenetherlands.cfm" target="_blank">Nerve Echo </a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424342070261883458.post-64397718448568557432013-01-18T18:07:00.000+04:002013-01-20T06:52:16.576+04:00If You Have Five Seconds to Spare<br />
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starting to raise an eyebrow at myself – wtf. Have I met so many people I’ve
reached full circle and I’m starting all over again? They are not even from the
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So in the spirit of
same but different – let’s talk about covers today. I like covers. I like
mixes, remixes and mashups for that matter. I do not have an aversion towards
my fave tune being chewed up and spat out as something else – a concept which
is viewed as a serious insult by many I have discussed this with. I love a
different take on the original – sometimes the result is a cringe-able drunken
karaoke fail, agreed, but in the hands of musicians confident in their own
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When ‘The Smiths is dead’
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the person who introduced me to the Smiths for that matter, refused to listen.
He looked at the CD, read the list of bands covering ten tunes of the Queen is
Dead, and handed it back to me. ‘Blasphemy’ he called it, if I remember
correctly. I wasn't deterred. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3424342070261883458" name="_GoBack"></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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More recently in 2011-
a tribute album was released 'Please, Please, Please: A Tribute to The Smiths'
with today's indie bands bravely subjecting themselves to the wrath of
hard-core Smiths fans. I never heard of most of the bands before listening to
the tribute album (two CDs) - having said that - some big names were there, too
- I was stunned to find Tanya Donnelly and Six Pence Non the Richer on the
list. The Wedding Present blew me away with their fuzz-heavy version of Hand in
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One of my favorite
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till-death-do-us-part in a bleak urban setting love song, sung to someone you
are aching to meet, or to the one you have - take it as you need it. I’ve heard
many a brave attempt at personalizing this masterpiece – and I will share my
favorite two with you here. Relax hard-core Smiths fans, this will not hurt a
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/20659111">Dum Dum Girls - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (The Smiths Cover)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/djroccohorror">DJROCCOHORROR</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">It has been a while since my last post and even I was
starting to doubt if I’d ever get around to writing another post on Indie Dunes.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So many great artists out there who deserve the word to be
spread through places like this and the other great blogs I have been reading lately. I just exchanged tweets with <i><b><a href="https://twitter.com/rudeina1" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Rudeina</span></a> </b></i>from </span><span class="url" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3424342070261883458" target="_blank" title="http://RNRinmysoul.com">RNRinmysoul.com</a></i></b> in regard to the amount of
talent out there in Musicland and how it is a blog writer’s nightmare and dream come true in the same breath. So I thought I better jump
back on the horse and whip my butt into gear and help share the load.</span><br />
<span class="url" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url">Late last year we introduced the
Indie Dunes Music Cafe, we called for bands/artists to submit a track so we could play
it on our online stream. We were flooded with tracks, we played a lot of new tracks that night, ‘twas
a lot of fun. One band stood out to my ears so much I played two tracks.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url">So here they are, introducing <b><i><a href="http://www.theboondockhippy.co.uk/" target="_blank">BoonDock Hippy</a></i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lPvEx2M_hGQ/UPM1fMq45sI/AAAAAAAAAIU/5qGHmNT0qgw/s1600/photo_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="186" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lPvEx2M_hGQ/UPM1fMq45sI/AAAAAAAAAIU/5qGHmNT0qgw/s200/photo_3.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Boondock Hippy started off as a project of
Steve Keenlyside, it quickly became an ensemble of 6 accomplished players, all
playing an integral part in creating a rich melody in the tracks. A definite
blues/rock feel, with a hint of bluegrass in some tracks.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Steve links the style of his influences
really well into his tunes, without being blatantly obvious about it. Dylan and Hendrix
are in there, I also hear a link to recent bands like the Happy Mondays in a
couple of tracks. </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Run</i></b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> is one in particular (I played this in the Music Café) It is the</span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">track that pricked my ears and made me search for more. </span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url"><b><i>Boondock Hippy</i> </b>released two full
albums worth of quality tracks. The 1st<i> <b>Life in
the Slow Lane</b></i> was released in April and has a distinctly different feel to
the November release <b><i>Dylan’s Gold</i></b>. The progression of the
Hippy in this short space of time is really great to hear.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url"><br /></span></span>
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ia8HlJWf1sk/UPM1Rg7HFpI/AAAAAAAAAH8/rfDuC_O0gKQ/s1600/859708189216_cover.170x170-75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ia8HlJWf1sk/UPM1Rg7HFpI/AAAAAAAAAH8/rfDuC_O0gKQ/s1600/859708189216_cover.170x170-75.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url">The opening track on the debut release <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/life-in-the-slow-lane/id525035502" target="_blank"><b><i>Life in the Slow Lane</i></b></a><i> </i>really
caught my attention and since its January and the Martin Luther King holiday is
nearly upon the US, it’s a topical subject. <i>Dr
King</i> starts off with an infectious quiet beat, I’m not sure when I became a
sucker for great soulful harmonica but this track sucked me in head first. Add
influential speech from a highly respected political figure and that’s a
perfect opening to an enjoyable experience. I asked Steve, why <i><b><a href="https://soundcloud.com/theboondockhippy/dr-king" target="_blank">Dr King</a></b></i>?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><i>"There's no doubt that the 60's was an
unbelievable era for music, but it was also a time of considerable
civil unrest. Perhaps that is why so much seminal music was written at the
time, as there was a great desire for change
+ writing songs about such issues was a way of
getting your voice heard. Dr Martin Luther King, stood tall at all
times and never wavered from his goal of equality and peace. His speech on
the Vietnam War spread like wild fire into the consciousness of the
US, at the time. I felt this speech should be celebrated in a song".</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><i><br /></i></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url">Which led me to question in today’s current
climate, who Steve considers worthy of spreading a message in the same manner
as M.L.K. With the civil uprising happening throughout the world today, a leader of such standing is needed, or is the world bereft of
such a person.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url"><br /> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><i>So much was achieved through the efforts and words of such
civil rights activists as Dr King (US) and Mandela (SA) during
the movement that it requires us now, in 2013 to look at it with a
reframed and evolved vision. I think politicians in particular let us down
more often than not as they are too eager to maintain the Status quo
and "get votes". Therefore, these so called representatives
of the people, never come across as being 100% honest.</i><i> Barack Obama is; in my opinion, the closest politician we
have as a compatriot to Dr King. His stance on equality, education, employment
for example, all lean into the civil rights agenda.</i></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><i> </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><i><br /></i></span></span>
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PZde7Nguq4Y/UPM3AD-XzhI/AAAAAAAAAIk/aGz-_bixraU/s1600/MLK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PZde7Nguq4Y/UPM3AD-XzhI/AAAAAAAAAIk/aGz-_bixraU/s200/MLK.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><i>If im being honest though I think we have to an increasing look at
grassroots level to find people who are really making a difference to civil
rights. Volunteers, who are not necessarily in the public
eye, but work tirelessly to make a difference in, i.e. countries
torn apart by civil war. In particular Charity workers, the unsung heroes
who do not expect anything in return, & whom dedicate their
lives to making those unequal, equal.<br /> </i></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">So in the
words of <a href="http://m.soundcloud.com/theboondockhippy/dr-king-ii" target="_blank">Dr King</a> (new version Dr King II) <span style="color: blue;">“<i>A genuine leader is not
a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus<b>”.</b></i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I agree with Steve on this point, this is actually highlighted in the gun reform issue in the US ATM. Even after a momentous win, President Obama is still concerned about upsetting the NRA. Anywayyy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">More points to ponder and reflect
upon. I better get back to the music, after all it’s a music blog, isn't it
amazing how social reform and songs walk hand in hand throughout recent history.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Another track I really enjoy on
this first release is <i><span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://soundcloud.com/rexpearson/04-toots-lamally" target="_blank">Toots Lamally</a></b></span></i>. It’s got a really cool groove going
through it. Sounds like an interesting dude does old Toots. The bass in this track
gets me thinking of this self-assured character walking down the street, oblivious
to what is going on around him. There is a character from my childhood that
comes to mind when I listen to this track. I asked Steve about good old Toots. Was he fictional or a real
dude?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>"<span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: white;">Toots is a real guy, although that was his nickname. I met him
when I first moved down to London. He was the most eccentric person I've ever
met. He used to throw a bucket of ice cold water over himself in the mornings
to mentally prepare himself for the day - this was a great man!</span></span>"</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The 2nd release in a year of
productivity for the Boondock Hippy was <span class="url"><b><i>Dylans Gold</i></b>. This collection of tracks belongs to the soundtrack of a movie Steve has written but not has not made
yet. Apparently a really easy collection of tracks to compose I’ll pass you
over to Mr Keenlyside</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: purple;">I immediately started writing the
accompanying soundtrack after finishing the screenplay. It was actually the easiest bit of writing I've
done, as I could picture each scene. This helped setting a mood and feeling for
each track. The film is set in Ireland about a greyhound called Dylan's Gold. I
am hoping at some point in the near future to make the film, but it’s not top
priority at the minute</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">One question sprung to mind instantly after reading this answer from Steve and it involves the album cover art. A great picture of a man and his Great Dane sitting side by side looking across a vista of mountains. Why a Great Dane </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">when Dylan's Gold is a Greyhound</span><br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1DP7M209au0/UPM1VRQDrWI/AAAAAAAAAIM/uc8LCujElj8/s1600/photo_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="186" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1DP7M209au0/UPM1VRQDrWI/AAAAAAAAAIM/uc8LCujElj8/s200/photo_1.jpg" width="200" /></a><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none;"><span style="color: purple;">"<i>That is a very good question and one that I should have a better answer for. The truth is that, I liked the photo; plain and simple. It was more the unique relationship between man and man's best friend I wanted to try and convey"</i>.</span></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: black;">Its a </span></span></span></i></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: black;">fantastic</span></span></span><i><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: black;">album cover and nothing like an honest answer for the right answer ;)</span></span></span></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: purple;"><i> </i></span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The album is a great listen with each song
obviously telling a story, it doesn’t sound like it was hastily put together. </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Run</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> is one of the songs Steve sent me
originally and its possibly my favourite out of all the Hippy tracks. Very
Happy Mondays.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url"><br /> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url">In fact the last 4 songs <b><a href="https://soundcloud.com/theboondockhippy/the-boondock-hippy-run" target="_blank"><i>Run</i></a>,
<i>Mothership</i>, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/theboondockhippy/karma-calling" target="_blank"><i>Karma Calling</i></a></b> and <b><i>Rocker to Raver</i></b> of<i><b> </b></i><b><i>Dylan’s
Gold</i></b> are a brilliant way to finish this album. Makes me want go back to
the start and listen again. That is a great thing in my book!!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url">So that’s the music of the Boondock Hippy, a
very talented group of players, producing great tracks.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="url">The first tracks I
received were not enough to whet my appetite for this band and I searched iTunes
to find more. I bought the first album “<b><i>Life in the Slow Lane</i></b>” I still
remember the conversation that followed the purchase and it’s the deciding
factor and inspiration of why Boondock Hippy is my first post for 2013.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="url"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url">Life is about passion and inspiration,
feeling happy to be breathing yet another day. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What comes through from talking to Steve about his music, he shows such passion but is a humble and appreciative of any exposure I have given through the @IndieDunes or @CrustyToon twitter accounts</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url">That inspiration might lead to great moments
of success or creativity, or it might also just make the day easier to get
through if times are tough. A simple pleasure such as music can take your mind
to a happier place, hopefully problems can be forgotten for a brief moment.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url">That’s what music does for me. It helps me forget or recall in the space of a few notes or words. It doesn’t matter the
genre or the style. It is about connection and feeling. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url">This collection of songs
is a connection from the past and hopefully the future. When I am listening I feel myself
being slowly taken back to my own childhood and early adulthood. It’s a heart-warming
feeling and it gives you a point of reflection and I feel a smile hit my lips.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I admire the honesty in Boondock Hippy tunes. Add to this a really nice guy that is writing the tunes and what is not to like about them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="url">I hope you like Boondock Hippy as much as
have enjoyed sharing them with you.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url">Steve aka <a href="https://twitter.com/CrustyToon" target="_blank">CrustyToon</a> (gets confusing when
you are blogging someone of the same name)</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HdOU-cNuxqI/UPM411KbLzI/AAAAAAAAAI0/9SCLxDXj0bI/s1600/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="187" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HdOU-cNuxqI/UPM411KbLzI/AAAAAAAAAI0/9SCLxDXj0bI/s200/photo.jpg" width="200" /></a><span class="url" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">P.S. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Steve recently wrote and released Chasing the Winter EP(released 4th of January 13) The </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">EP comprises of only 3 songs. he wrote after seeing a film called the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Endless Winter-A very British Surf movie last year. It documents the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> history of the UK surf scene quite beautifully. Steve was so inspired by it he wrote some songs about it. "<i><span style="color: purple;">pretty simple really</span></i>" apparently!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Check it out</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url">Stalk options</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url"><a href="https://twitter.com/boondockhippy" target="_blank">@boondockhippy</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/theboondockhippy" target="_blank">Soundcloud</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url"><a href="http://www.theboondockhippy.co.uk/">http://www.theboondockhippy.co.uk</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url">I encourage you to get onto iTunes and purchase the first album if you like these tunes and support the indie bands we get so much pleasure from. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="url">Other blog posts on Boondock Hippy</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://lesaddictionsdemilie.musicblog.fr/" target="_blank">http://lesaddictionsdemilie.<wbr></wbr>musicblog.fr/</a></span></span></h4>
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</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424342070261883458.post-22572914850256033242012-12-30T14:12:00.001+04:002012-12-30T14:12:04.410+04:00Welcome To Where Nothing Exists And Everything Is Real<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Another band has been
brave enough to allow themselves to be exposed to the Indie Dunes question and
answer session (aka interview), and we liked their response so much we were
tempted to make this post only that – the questions and answers - the P L a N E
T S speaking for themselves without our meddling.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The band was formed
many moons ago by Adam S the Filmmaker and Adam C the Guitarist, their love for
music and theater evolved into a ‘one-of-a-kind-creative-collective’ and where
once there were two now there are twenty – friends joined them adding their
talents of dance, puppetry, visual arts and additional instruments to the mix.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The P L a N E T S draw
their inspiration from a specific place – their debut album – Dark Woods, will
transport you into the world of coyotes, wolves and all things mystical one
would expect to find in the dark woods – scary story n all.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I was watching one of
their shows on Youtube – the audience walking into the venue blissfully unaware
that the performance had already begun before the band took to the stage – that
they were surrounded by dancers posing as statues, who would come to life with
the music, moving among them.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This is where
geography works against me – I wish I was close enough to attend one of their
shows and be part of the audience playing a part in the experience, but sadly, deserts,
oceans, lonely roads, time zones, high voltage lines, war zones, savannas and
all things geological keep me half a planet (no pun intended) away. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And, without further
ado – the P L a N E T S speak:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ID: Planets.
it’s a great name for conjuring up austral images....the stories you are
telling though are very grounded on earth in the dirt and nature. Why Planets??<br />
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Adam Stilwell: Right now, we're 'of' this earth. It's the PLaNET we know best. This
album, our first, is based on dreams and memories experienced in the forests of
this earth. But, the times they are a changin', so on the next one we'll cover
all of our space travel and alien abductions.<br />
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Adam Cotton: You know, we thought this through and coming out of the gates with
spacey music with a band name like P L a N E T S is kinda like wearing a denim
jacket with blue jeans, not that there's anything wrong with that (if you're
Brad Pitt).<br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ID: You have quite a large pool of talent
in Planets, enough to form a reasonable sized Solar System. Who would be Uranus
in your band so to speak? Supplementary question....Why do they wear a lot of
rings?<br />
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Stilwell: If this is an ass joke than it's definitely Father Time. Yes, he is a
man, he is in our band and he is the ass of our band. The ass, the
mouth...pretty much the same. We just let him spew. Check him out on Facebook.
He's under "Phather Time", he says some schmuck stole his real name
in order to sell more Pepsi products.<br />
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Cotton: Rings? Simple, even PLaNETS need to accessorize, you gotta do SOMETHING
if all you're doing is just sitting there spinning in circles for billions of
years right??<br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ID: Planets have had an interesting
evolution, after the Big Bang between your parents, its just got bigger and
seems like its continuing to expand. Who / what is your target audience?<br />
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Stilwell: Humans, primarily. We're not sure who else listens to music on this
PLaNET, but we are sure that The Skulls enjoy it. We also have TheRobot in the
band, so we run everything by him just to make sure that it all translates.
There are a lot more robots out there than you think, ya know...and Aliens.<br />
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Cotton: Needless to say zombies too, they get fired up with all this blood and
brains business.<br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ID: Do you have lots of Klingons
(groupies) or Who has the most Klingons (Groupies), is that because they have a
hairy butt<br />
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Stilwell: Definitely TheRobot. When we do the album with TheSasquatch, he'll
definitely have competition...considering the hairy butt factor.<br />
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Cotton: Key word in that being "competition", you'd be amazed at
what's really possible in the swiftly developing field of robot body hair over
here.<br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ID: The Dark Woods in a marvellous
concept. Are you evolving a new concept for the next release, or will this
theme continue to grow?<br />
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Stilwell: We're taking you to space on the next one. It's called 'The Last
Starfighter' and it will involve similar characters and themes. Our entire body
of work, when you look at it as a whole will look like one big television
series, like 'Lost' or 'Twin Peaks'. There will be one giant narrative and arc
that makes up the P L a N E T S world, but each individual album will be its
own show/story/arc. Look at it this way, each song is a puzzle piece, each
album is a puzzle and each puzzle fits together to create the picture. I hate
puzzles...so we write songs.<br />
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Cotton: Wow well we're not all anti-puzzle around here for the record, I like
puzzles, those M.C. Escher ones are kinda tricky though. Actually the P L a N E
T S world kinda works like an M.C. Escher puzzle, it's mysterious, intriguing
and even when you have all the pieces and narrowly avoid having a psychotic
breakdown from trying to put it together, you're still confused and wondering
how the dang thing works, and why there's a robot. Wait are there any Escher
pictures with robots?<br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ID: You say Disney and the dark side of
the fairy-tales were an influence. There’s a pretty dark story behind the doors
of The Brady Bunch, if you dig a little. Do you think that could be your next
project? If so, I (Steve) won’t ask for royalties<br />
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Stilwell: I won't say 'yes' and i won't say 'no', but i will tell you that we
are far more apt to get involved in a Dawson's Creek concept record.<br />
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Cotton: Yeah, because a Vampire Diaries concept record would be WAY too obvious.<br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ID: Lots of members of Planets, obviously
money is not a motivating factor. I know you are in it for the artistic
integrity. BUT if money was a driving force who would you jettison to increase
your take, be your Pluto so to speak? Obviously they would still be able to
hang around and be associated with you. But it’s not a fully-fledged Planet.<br />
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Cotton: Actually we're big fans of Pluto, we named our band the week it got
demoted in protest.<br />
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Stilwell: If we make any money, we're immediately buying Pluto so it will again
officially be called a "P L a N E T" like we all learned in
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fishiearchitecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12081899384443244915noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424342070261883458.post-20766033795411465462012-11-20T10:08:00.000+04:002012-11-20T15:29:48.687+04:00Calm of Zero - Gentle sounds bring a storm of thought<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">But firstly, I would like to thank everyone for reading and sending feedback to both myself and Fishy. Not many people leave comments on the actual blog pages but the amount of positive feedback in Twitter, both as public tweets and direct messages<span style="font-size: small;">, </span>for me is quite humbling.<span style="font-size: small;"> E</span>ven more so when we hear people are coming back to the blog, over and over. <span style="font-size: small;">B</span>est part is knowing the bands we have featured are having their music listened to from people that might not have stumbled across it. An old school friend messaged me saying she had read Indie Dunes and the post made her want to listen to the music. It wasnt her cup of tea, but thats the thing (in my eyes) At least she had an opportunity and listened. What more could you ask for!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">Open up twitter to find someone has accidently followed me (thats how I feel).I always try to send a tweet to say thanks and follow back. Im not going to embelish what happened when I saw the profile picture. OMG factor, made my jaw drop, followed by feverishly pressing my phone to open the link on the screen. Within the first paragraph on Calm of Zero's website my first OMG instinct was confirmed YEP its them.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/calmofzero?fref=ts" target="_blank">Calm of Zero</a> <span style="font-size: small;">are</span> a duo playing some of the most captivating acoustic songs Ive heard in a long time. Springing up from the ashes (palagrised from CoZ website) <span style="font-size: small;">from</span> one of my favouite bands of the mid 90s Echobelly. You know I love my connections. Echobelly also played a part in Fishy and I becoming the friends we are today, in particular the track Dark Therapy. So as you will see later on, the coincidence continues to weave its way into this post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">This isnt an Echobelly post BUT it is important to acknowledge why <a href="http://au.myspace.com/echobellymusic" target="_blank">Echobelly</a> <span style="font-size: small;">were more than</span> just an exciting band with songs that made me want to bounce up and down. Loud guitars, with the most distinctive quiet voice which had to "get loud" for the message to push across the well crafted noise coming from behind. Thats why I held/hold Echobelly so close, there was ALWAYS a message. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">So happens<span style="font-size: small;">, o</span></span>ne that I connected with. Disassociation with my surrounding no matter how hard I tried to fit in. With feelings like this, a strong sense of social justice comes out in your belief system. Well it did with me. You bond, doesnt matter how flimsy the connection might seem to the outside world, its yours and you give it everything. "Everyone's Got One" is still one of my favourite albums </span></span><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1PgJMm3tzog/UKsSbK7NWpI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/xs-iQeBpDIU/s1600/tumblr_m79hdkBctv1r7bx6f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1PgJMm3tzog/UKsSbK7NWpI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/xs-iQeBpDIU/s320/tumblr_m79hdkBctv1r7bx6f.jpg" width="280" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">I believe it took no longer than a nanosecond to click the play button on the Soundcloud page, they say first impressions are lasting. I hope so, because within the opening bars of "Long Way Round" I was quickly enveloped in a calmness. I was lucky enough to stumble across a project called "<a href="http://soundcloud.com/ryanaudrye" target="_blank">Low Roar</a>" late last year. The opening of CoZ musically reminds me of that. Sonya enters and her voice takes you down a gentle path to that special place where the world stops. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">C<span style="font-size: small;">oZ</span></span> released the first Acoustic Sessions in 2011 a six song collection, and I cant find one song that doesn't send a tinlge down my spine. Recorded on a 6 and 12 string guitar with minor embelishments (website palagrism again LOL) Im not quite sure how Sonya's voice can be classed as a minor embelishment...(whispers quietly...i think they mean production and other instruments but Im being cheeky).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">Fortunately, Ive found CoZ when they have released the second Acoustics Session, I say fortunately because I can hear the progression and growth between both releases instantly. There was a beacon shining on the final track of Session 1. Im pleased to see the style of the second Session has followed that beam of light. To my ear there seems to be more Asian sounds and influences moulded or flowing through the fabric of the tracks on the second release, its soothing to hear the different cultures effortlessly blending together. Neither outshines or swamps the other. Song crafting at its pinnacle.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">What stands out more than ever, is the maturity and experience in Sonya's <span style="font-size: small;">voc<span style="font-size: small;">als</span></span>. Nothing could highlight that more, just listening to the original version of "Dark Therapy" and the recent acoustic session. Its haunting, and it sends shivers down my temples. This is where you can clearly hear, CoZ didnt just rise from the ashes of Echobelly, they evolved to something amazing that is hard to put into words. I'm thankful Ive found them or they found me...bizarrely LOL.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">There is something so simple and yet peaceful about acoustic songs. You can place them simply in any situation in life and feel connected to the human race. I've shared these tracks at the dinner table with my wife and kids, while we discussed our day. Or even sitting around a campsite with friends, or sadly like so many people in the world at this moment, huddled in a shelter with your loved ones being calmed by the gentle sounds, while their world outside is falling apart. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">I hope you read this post, listen to the tracks and then search out the full releases on iTunes or Bandcamp. Because music like this makes me thankful I<span style="font-size: small;"> a</span>m alive.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424342070261883458.post-78015805863749763982012-11-06T14:04:00.001+04:002012-11-08T05:41:22.376+04:00Suzerain look into A Mirror now and I see a musical storm approaching.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">My last three posts have been really interesting for me to write<span style="font-size: small;">, and I hope you found them easy to read. </span>Reading back, the music has been in the background of each post. @TEHI, about <a href="http://indiedunes.blogspot.com.au/2012_09_01_archive.html" target="_blank">how music can cross all manner of obstacles</a> and draw people of like minds together and produce something they never thought possible. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://indiedunes.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/the-xx-factor-and-emotional-connection.html" target="_blank">The XX</a>, how taking that emotion that music bubbles to the surface, transforming them into a tool to teleport you to a space or time in your life where you came from, or sometimes even where you want to go. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">Finally the @L_U_N_G_S piece, tying multiple fields of the arts together, then <a href="http://indiedunes.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/visual-and-auditory-senses-come.html" target="_blank">creating something e<span style="font-size: small;">e</span>rily beautiful</a> which can only be fully<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>understood when the whole picture comes together, but each facet holds its own vital<span style="font-size: small;"> pu<span style="font-size: small;">rpose </span></span>and energy,leading your perceptions and ideas together, drawing you to the towards the other pieces, introducing you to a new friend.....</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">Today its back to why Indie Dunes was first brought to life by @fishiearchitect. Somewhere to exchange new music discoveries and share the excitement and enthusiam that comes with it. I dont think in our wildiest dreams could we have ever begun to imagine so many other people would be reading our words....</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">So lets rip into this post because from the opening few seconds of Suzerains "A Mirror Now", you will want to be thrashing yourself into a frenzied romp around the dance floor. Or do a bizarre head dance in the empty office you are listening to it in. Suzerain another band that has been introduced into my <span style="font-size: small;">listening </span>library by Twitter. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">If I remember correctly, I received a DM, thanking "Indie Dunes" for supporting in indie artists and bands, with the promise of a little present if I provided our email. What did I have to lose.... A couple of weeks later, a link for Soundcloud appeared in the inbox, leading eventually to this post. Long story / short, I couldnt get the link to work (because im what is commonly refered to as a "technotard") but that was a good thing in hindsight.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">Suzerain recently released the EP "A Mirror Now" Produced / Engineered by Grammy Award winning Steve Lyon. Which has WOW factor, but it means more when you hear the calibre of the artists he has worked with, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Nitzer Ebb, The Wedding Present and ummmm Sir Paul (everyone has a skeleton in the closet). Just hearing those names alone should make you feel excited about being introduced to Suzerain! I was!! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well where to start. My posts generally start off by saying "Bands tend to fall into your lap on Twitter" Never did I expect to get an opportunity like this. It's already been an interesting journey getting to the point of writing this post. Many questions have come and etched a groove in my thoughts. Not just about the music but about OUR role in helping Spread The Word about Independent music and the artists producing it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The subject of this post is a "Project" rather than a band. <a href="http://lungslungslungs.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">LUNGS</a>. Even before I decided to write this post, the name struck me as intriguing and after talking about this post to Fishie, and emailing the members. It becomes evident that they have chosen the name to conjure up an image, an all encompassing image of life springing up from the intake of oxygen that feeds our minds and soul. Its the most organic process our body completes without us thinking about it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">LUNGS sprung from a meeting of two artists preforming in different fields at the same venue. Suzie a photographer, Magrão preforming on stage. Common interests in cinema helped them spend hours cementing a bond. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Magrão (A member of the highly acclaimed Guillemots) had been dipping in and out of a side project for the last 6 years. This bond with Suzie has helped LUNGS evolve into something "whole" allowing it to see some light, so we can share. The music brings to me a very trip hop feel, taking me back to Tricky, Portishead and early Massive Attack. The voice reminiscent of Belinda Butcher (My Bloody Valentine) mixed with Micky (Lush) and Toni Halliday of Curve. I wont pull any wool, I found it hard to connect to the music at first. It's not light and breezy, it feels weighed down and to draw an analogy, when listening I struggled for breath. To the point where I thought I could not write a post. Something inside wouldn't let me move on.... I kept being drawn back to the tracks on Soundcloud. With every listen the air, the oxygen flowed easier. <span style="font-size: small;">It w</span>as time to say we would like to do a post and tell LUNGS our style and would they be happy to let us do our thing. They agreed, reluctantly. I felt my throat constrict, what now...... Its difficult, we have our Indie Dunes way. Would we / could <span style="font-size: small;">we </span>let go of our vision? To help spread the word for another. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was only then I actually noticed that LUNGS twitter account tweeted image after image, things started to weave together. The images are striking and technically fantastic. Now I'm not going to pretend to know the first thing about photography, so I will pass onto you the wisdom of LUNGS to help describe the technical intricacies.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Suzie says "<i>all of the artwork is produced by either Magrão or myself. We both prefer working with analogue and both use a lot of double exposure in our image making. Playing around with expired film and doing parts digitally is also fun!</i>"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This was more than just a band, this was art attempting to connect on multiple levels. They want the strands of their creation to work their way into your consciousness. Not play on past triumphs from a previous incarnation. <span style="font-size: small;">The creation is the focus not the creat<span style="font-size: small;">or<span style="font-size: small;">s. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's not easy, but nothing worthwhile is. With the sound and imagery playing like a memory or movie in your head, its dark, complex and strangely beautiful. Take the time to let the concept <span style="font-size: small;">wrap around you and hopefully you will see<span style="font-size: small;"> what <span style="font-size: small;">I have and conti<span style="font-size: small;">nue to see</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">LUNGS recently received airplay on Australia's eminent alternative music station Triple J, and my personal opinion is that this isn't going to be a one off event. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I posed a question earlier "</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Would we / could <span style="font-size: small;">we </span>let go of our vision?</span></span>" The answer is obvious and with good fortune, growth will be achieved on all fronts.</span></span><br />
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should. You will be humbled by the great works of Gaudi, drink champagne while
the butcher slices off ham which hangs above your head (yes, butcher by day,
champagne tasting by night), if you are there to celebrate the New Year, you
will have a mouth full of grapes (the tradition is - as the clock starts to
count down to midnight - for every second - you have to stuff a grape in your
mouth. key to survival? small grapes, just sayin...), or just chill out sipping
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planted the seeds of their current songs, but they wanted to give their songs
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Cure, The Flaming Lips, David Bowie and Spanish bands like Los Plantas, Lori
Meyers and Vetusta Morla. Their non musical influence - which has woven its way
into the ambiance of their tunes is the location they chose to play in - an
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rooms of the old abandoned heavy weapons factory, you can hear the faint
strumming of a guitar that accompanies the incessant noise of thousands of
pigeons that populate the highest corners of walls as old as the war itself.</span></i><i><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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space is very important to us, the old abandoned factory undoubtedly influences
the sound. Sometimes it seems that we will be crushed under the failing roof,
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you will find a tune in English called 'She' which first caught my attention on
soundcloud. I, like most of our readers, gravitate towards bands whose lyrics I
understand - English and Serbian in my case, but that always makes me feel that
I am missing out on thousands of bands out there who should not be passed up
just because I cannot sing along. Lyrics are important, that goes without
saying, but when you do not understand them - the singer's voice transforms
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is a two-way name: Playing as "play music" and Playing as "play
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playing to make some music. And Kurt can be whoever you want. Kurt can be Kurt
Vonnegut, or Kurt can be Kurt Russell, or maybe Kurt Cobain, or whoever you are
comfortable playing with.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Kurt is an alter-ego of our happiness, Kurt is our
religion, Kurt is our family and friends, Kurt is the Fate, Kurt is the Luck,
Kurt is the Random, Kurt is God, Kurt is The Evil, Kurt is you, and me and
everyone we know.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="background: white;">November Update:</span></span><br />
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official website! <span style="background: whitesmoke;"></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><a href="http://jugandoconkurt.es/">http://jugandoconkurt.es/</a></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Band website: <a href="http://jugandoconkurt.es/">http://jugandoconkurt.es/</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Its an interesting concept and its one Ive thought about on and off for years. It's the old chestnut. Does the mind rule the body or does the body rule the mind? Ohhhh I don't know!!!! But I'm going to phrase it differently.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Does the song make you miserable, or could it be your life experience which we attach to it, is music just the lubricant? I know what I think, what are your thoughts? In the words of the enigmatic wordsmiths The Flight Of The Conchords....Think....think about it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ive been a long time Smiths listener, and I adore everything about the Smiths, the guitars, the rhythm section, the voice and of course the lyrics. The Smiths encapsulate all that music can and should be. That band helped me through some very hard emotional times, I never felt alone when I had them with me. Its not just me with The Smiths though, many people think of their favourite bands as good friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The XX the "to cool for school" band....Nothing seems forced, they aren't even phased by the dreaded 2nd Album syndrome. I didn't read or hear any whining about, its so hard!! its was difficult to make something better than XX, they just coolly got on with it. There is something so pure about this band. I think its in making the music sound so effortless. They know what they are good at and there is no variant to the journey, Steve from @SGSN Blog (Great blog go read it) pondered if the music would blend into the abyss, I quickly jumped in with "I didnt think so". My opinion hasn't faltered in the slightest. I think its going to be a regular on my play list for a very long time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The first track Angels, took me back, did it take me back to me meeting my wife? My first lover? No it bloody took me all the way back to Junior Primary school days 10 yrs old <rolls eyes> Crazy isn't it. I'm imagining this 10 yr old bucked tooth kid, and all the things I wished I had the courage to say and felt. As an adult, I wear my emotions on my sleeve, be them lovey dovey happy as Larry or grumpy as hell, there's no hiding behind a facade of feakness. As a child though....that wasn't the case. As I type this, I can picture him now. I don't think my world would be a different place if I had spoken of how I felt. But I wonder, why does a song in 2012 take me back all those years?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Unexpectedly, I then had a brief conversation on Twitter about sad songs and nobody seems to like happy songs anymore. Do we like the sadder songs because we know there is someone out there who felt or feels exactly how we have felt? There is a schism in this place, there are more humans on the face of planet and yet lots of us feel lonely at some stage. In the words of another great sage(ess) Mrs Agnes Brown, You can be lonely in a room full of people if the person you are missing isn't there...Music puts that person in thoughts reach....almost close enough to touch. A memory can be a stronger way of connecting, more than a momentary tactile touch. With touch, you feel a warm and a sensation. With thoughts you feel those same sensations but the whole environment leaps to your mind. The air, the temperature, a picture of everything around becomes vivid and clarity wrenches at the heart for what you miss and search for once more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">One song speaks to me on this album like no other, Sunset...track 6. Such an emotive track for me. Recently preformed on Jules Holland show also, go check it out. Its a break up song, but it goes beyond the initial hurt. For anyone who hasn't been lucky enough to lose the person they love unconditionally, this song could be even related to by the ending of a heart held friendship. If you notice I said "lucky to lose" I have always learnt more about myself from the loss in my life. Possibly the reason I still have some of the most treasured friendships/relationships is because of the ones I lost previously. You always learn more from your losses, but can a lost love be categorised as a failure? I think not. The words in this song, pull at my heart. I listen to this and emotion swells to the surface, generally a tear wells in my eye. Does this mean I'm sad or "depressed" NO, it means I'm a big sookie la la, a human, that has been touched by a connection found in music. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What The XX do perfectly.....They "play" the spaces, the silence between notes, giving you a moment to connect, time to think and bring yourself into the experience of listening. That's an invitation I never want to pass up.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">If we have said it once we have said it at least three times. Bands fall into your lap with Twitter and Soundcloud. Once again this post is about one such band. This band makes you question all your juvenile ideas of what it is to be part of a band, how connections between muso's are not about knocking on someone's door with a guitar, saying....."I hear you can sing". (Moz and Marr) The world is becoming a smaller place with each and every advancement in communication. Strong friendships are being formed from the slightest strand of interest.<br /><br />Minds connect in very different ways. Just like the two virgin bloggers from Indie Dunes first met, so did TEHI. A great distance separates them but distance is irrelevant. Two bloggers, one band.. meet without meeting when these crossed paths in the petri dish of Twitter an intriguing friendship is starting to blossom. At its core MUSIC and respect.<br /><br />Let me introduce you to Bill (USA) and Emrys (UK) they form The Eleventh Hour Initiative. They create a soul searching musical landscape which makes you ask just as many questions about yourself, in tandem with numerous queries about TEHI's thoughts and experiences. Escapism their first release as TEHI is an interesting attempt to try and strip down the meaning of the daily grind. The music is just one piece of TEHI story, their website features a blog where they have a story for each tune - all 14 of them - inspiration or afterthought, even the artwork - its all done by them - a lot of work for two people divided by an ocean. There is a lot of good music around, but I think what makes finding a band like TEHI so rewarding is that you can feel, pain, a darkness and a light at the end of the journey (Well that's my take on it). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Please welcome the Guys from the TOP 1 band on a radio station in Plymouth The Eleventh Hour Initiative (thunderous applause from two bloggers). Here on known as TEHI. We catch up on a foggy night somewhere in the world, at some point on the international time line and share an imaginary coffee and fat free low GI donut....<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Emrys - They just had to mess with the formula. The introduction of the 'comedy side-kick'. I thought Scooby and Shaggy between them were already the gang's comedy side-kicks? I must have been missing something! Ha ha! So... I have to disagree with me esteemed colleague - Scrappy was a slippery slope for Scooby Doo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Emrys - I always loved that Beatles/Monkees vibe of a band living in one big house with separate frontages. I used to watch 'Help' and buy into the idea that this was real! - that this was what being in a band was all about! But in reality I now realise that was a con. That myth got me into this whole band thing but I notice the Beatles are now conspicuous by their absence. I have to go it alone. I'm currently trying to tunnel under the Atlantic to connect Bill's house to my house to give at least a semblance of a 'shared band living area'. Although to be honest... most of it will be damp, constricted and underground. Perhaps we should change our name to the Wombles?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3424342070261883458.post-17372983645522703822012-09-12T05:07:00.000+04:002012-09-12T05:07:57.368+04:00On the Radar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Today, for the first and may be the only time - Toons and Fishy attempt to write together. Why? Because we discovered the band almost on the same day, and have been silently tug-of-warring on who will write this one. Both will. Peace reigns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">OMG everything is so dramatic. Can't people have a vigorous debate over writing a blog without one party turning it into part of the blog hmmmm. Btw I do see the irony of me actually commenting on this little tug of "my blog would be different to your blog" war </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Anyway.....<br /><br />In upside/down world (Australia) Spring has hit, and in my little world that takes me to different places in my music library. As the gentle warmth of the sun starts awakes the dormant garden, so springs to life my desire to share new delights with my IDDs </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You had to bring beautiful weather into this, didn't you? This past week has been one of great musical discoveries – and cringes. What made me cringe? ‘how to dress well’s cover of Janet Jackson’s “Again”. I was listening hoping it was going to turn into an obvious piss-take – but low behold – no one giggled. As usual, one digresses</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I must admit. I'm not sure what the hell I was doing to have missed the introduction of The XX into the world but Ive fallen head over heals with the beautifully simplistic mesmerising sounds and lyrics. Like I mentioned in a tweet to a fellow blogger. They act like they are the coolest of cool. But if I could create atmosphere like they have, I'd probably think I was pretty cool too. The tracks I've heard so far bring a sense of excitement I've long since felt on a big/much anticipated release. With that though comes hole that needs filling </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">I wasnt a big fan of joining Twitter, but Toon seemed to be getting all the limelight. So he dragged me in. I was wrong about twitter. In the few days I noobed around, I discovered numerous up and coming indie bands with loads to share and constant flow of recommendations which overwhelmed me with new discoveries by the hour. The long hard hunt for bands has become so much easier - they fall into your twitter lap - all you have to do is pay attention.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br style="color: #0b5394;" /><br style="color: #0b5394;" /><span style="color: #0b5394;">First impression on listening to these guys is that they know their craft, a nice blend of guitars and synth with a vocalist that knows just how to add to the music without to stamping a overbearing pressence. The bands says big influences are The Doves, Elbow and Death Cab For Cutie. Interestingly both Fishy and I, are strongly reminded of one of our favourite bands James.</span><br style="color: #0b5394;" /><br style="color: #0b5394;" /><span style="color: #0b5394;">These muso's have been around a while. The Bedroom Hour came about when other bands the members were part of came to a natural end. From the death of one musical journey there starts a new musical direction (OHHH back to the beginning of spring again). Anyway.....</span><br style="color: #0b5394;" /><br style="color: #0b5394;" /><span style="color: #0b5394;">We managed to catch up with the band for an interesting little session with the guys, where we asked the hard deep probing questions, and also some about their music</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Hey Guys, thanks for taking the time to answer a few questions. And lets start off with a nice serious one.</i><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">The Bedroom Hour, Its a great name for a band. Are you hoping to make all your albums under 60mins so its like a name and a way of life?</span></i></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">In your bio, you state you want to make credible music. What does this actually mean to you?</span><br /></i>To us credible means honest, we don't set out to make music a specific way it just comes we have influences that inspire us and we would love to inspire others I would say that would be the ultimate accolade not money, not fame, but to look at new bands in 10,20 years from now and see our name under their influences. To leave a legacy like the bands we love have done.<br /><br /><i style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="http://soundcloud.com/thebedroomhour" target="_blank">Soundcloud</a> and <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/thebedroomhour" target="_blank">Reverbnation</a> are great for getting your tunes out there. But do they make it hard for you to sell Cds or downloads. Is it a double edge sword? Your thoughts</i></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I think it could be a double edged sword you do have to be careful, but at the same time it depends why you do it. We would love to be doing something we absolutely Love and and making a living from it, we have a lot of belief and faith in what we are doing, so lets just hope people that are as passionate about music as we are share the same belief in us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">We mentioned just a moment ago, The Bedroom Hour came about from the death of a couple of other bands. Is this band a gentle refining of a sound you were creating before, or a totally different entity?<br /></span></i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It has grown up a lot but that is not a dig at our old bands, we had a great time in those bands. Its just we as people have all grown up a lot so therefore its only natural the music we make now and the statements behind the songs are maturer. </span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><i style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />You guys are in based around London, and its been pretty tough time for everyone in Europe. The Bedroom Hour are a 5 piece. </i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you had to cut one because of downsizing, who would be the first to go LOL....?</i></span> <span style="background-color: #6666cc; color: #3333ff; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">(A long silence ensues) Fishy whispering to me....told you not to ask that question....shakes head. Apparently a short straw pulling competition was taking place.</span><br style="color: #0b5394;" /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Stu has done the honourable thing and taken the laws of chance in his stride... Everyone brings something to this band its a level playing field, we are all a spoke in a big wheel </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;">Really!!!</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;">(</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">Toon crosses The Bedroom Hour of his list of favourite twitter bands)</span>....<span style="color: #0b5394;">Anyway</span></i> <i><span style="color: #0b5394;">What do you think made them unattractive to 5 likeable interesting blokes in this band....not a fan of four piece bands?</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">We think, as a band fame went to their heads, if they had kept a lid on their rock and roll lifestyle I am sure they could have been bigger than the beatles, but their wild ways cost them dearly....there is a lesson to be learned their kids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We could never make such a decision, so we tossed a coin but a low flying crow gathered it in his beak and flew off with said coin....we will never know.....paper,scissors and stone normally solves it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Bugger that didnt solve anything. So one last question.....long standing arguement settler. Xbox or PS3? </i></span></div>
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