WEEK 28
Hello all,
Week 28 is done and so am I. I’ve been out every night this week watching live music, except for Wednesday when I went for a curry. Tonight I’m having a night at home with the wife and tomorrow I shall be fully absorbed in the Walk The Line proceedings, although I’m not feeling too well…
Group recording, panel discussion AND a gig all in one day - I’m rather excited and the pre-fest istf party last night was an awful lot of fun, Bentleys makes for a nice acoustic space.
Well, in the last week you’ll see that I met Justin Box (Mr AfterDark) and we’ve only gone and made a fanzine! It’s a little 8-page introductory one to start off with, where we’ll be improving on content and format over the next couple of months as we push it.
I’ve got a meeting with Cheltenham MP Martin Horwood next week where I’m going to tell him how awesome everyone is at EVERYTHING! Also let him know that his town and county are doing things that are a first for the UK and something we should be shouting about. I’ve had loads of questions submitted to ask him - and I’m happy to pass on anymore if you send them my way:
andrew@glosmusicforum.co.uk
I’ve also been doing some pre-mixes of the Midnight Mile album this week which is turning out rather nicely. I even recorded some voiceover work for the Army as well as some compositions for the council. I had six gigs last week (hence the slyly reduced pictoral post) and have had so much to co-ordinate it’s been difficult to juggle.
Also had a nice long chat with Clara Hambling (welcome back!) about meeting up to discuss the next six months, plenty on the horizon and some great opportunities ahead that I am STILL unable to post here until we have it all confirmed… I will stop teasing you soon though!
Had a good email exchange with both Pat & Jo (Gloucester & Cheltenham Councils respectively) as they are after local musicians to play spots on the streets over Xmas, which I think will make a nice piece to illustrate yet another practical way in which our local councils are directly supporting local music and creating paid opportunities. More please!
There’s loads more I should probably write, but I’m not well today and I have so much to do before I go home and spend my night taking a break with some nice honey-ale I bought at Sainsburys (other supermarkets are available) last night.
Have good weekends!
x
