Superstar
Glovebox - the track that made it onto the Top 10 of Logo TV this year.
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Thursday, December 14, 2006
LILY ALLEN and free tickets
Well its good to see that the Heavenlies are back in the swing of things. After their enormous ssecret show in Seattle last weekend the secret is out.
The sites has been pummelled with loads of new hits and people seeking after truth so if you are keen on knowing what's going on stay tuned.
Just to prove what a global and excellent bunch we are as well you can get free tickets to the Greg Johnson show in London on Dec 20th 2006 if you email us with your name. That offer is open until we run out of seats so get a big gang togther and put yourselves on the list.
It is an early show so you can get hammered in the pub afterwards as well.
ROCK ON CHRISTMAS I SAY!
The sites has been pummelled with loads of new hits and people seeking after truth so if you are keen on knowing what's going on stay tuned.
Just to prove what a global and excellent bunch we are as well you can get free tickets to the Greg Johnson show in London on Dec 20th 2006 if you email us with your name. That offer is open until we run out of seats so get a big gang togther and put yourselves on the list.
It is an early show so you can get hammered in the pub afterwards as well.
ROCK ON CHRISTMAS I SAY!
Friday, November 10, 2006
JOIE CALIO SIGNS WITH BARIA
We are delighted to announce that JOIE CALIO (he of DADA) has just signed a deal with us for his new album!
Joie is set to release a new album on the label in early 2007 and we just can't wait!
Watch out for the killer track Habit forming at radio in the New Year.
It just keeps getting better and better.
GO INDIE!
Joie is set to release a new album on the label in early 2007 and we just can't wait!
Watch out for the killer track Habit forming at radio in the New Year.
It just keeps getting better and better.
GO INDIE!
NEWS FROM THE UK
Baria Records, home to artists such as The Lovemakers, Cloud Cult, Greg Johnson, Bedroom Walls, The Heavenly States, Glovebox, Women in Docs etc have relocated their main headquarters to England. To celebrate the move a one off sold out concert by New Zealands No1 act - GREG JOHNSON- has been announced at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London for DEC 20th.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
INGERLAND
to the tune of "look good on the dance floor" Arctic Monkeys
Back in the arms of my homeland and the weather is holding up.
Got away from Australia but am I missing the place?
Not much
Ready to work with whoever
from where ever they may come
I'm already fatter
can you see the size of my bum?
I bet that you look good on the dance floor
STOP THE MUSIC NOW!
I don't.
And I can't write songs either
Thats why I work behind the scenes.
I can add up though so thats a bonus.
Anyone in England want to get a record deal or can you all do it on your own?
:)
Back in the arms of my homeland and the weather is holding up.
Got away from Australia but am I missing the place?
Not much
Ready to work with whoever
from where ever they may come
I'm already fatter
can you see the size of my bum?
I bet that you look good on the dance floor
STOP THE MUSIC NOW!
I don't.
And I can't write songs either
Thats why I work behind the scenes.
I can add up though so thats a bonus.
Anyone in England want to get a record deal or can you all do it on your own?
:)
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
FREE VINYL
Hey there
for all you Dj's and groovers we have a very very limited number of free 12' vinyl singles of superstar and In the end to give away.
Email us a street address and you get one.
This offer lasts until we run out so be quick
GUESS WHAT WE HAVE RUN OUT OF VINYL BUT THANKS ANYWAY SEPT 20th 06
for all you Dj's and groovers we have a very very limited number of free 12' vinyl singles of superstar and In the end to give away.
Email us a street address and you get one.
This offer lasts until we run out so be quick
GUESS WHAT WE HAVE RUN OUT OF VINYL BUT THANKS ANYWAY SEPT 20th 06
Thursday, June 15, 2006
RINGTONES FOR YOU
HEY THERE
There are tons of ringtones for you to download at this site:
http://baria.mstore.xingtone.com
Not only the baria bands but Top 40 hits like Gnarles barkley and loads of others check it out
There are tons of ringtones for you to download at this site:
http://baria.mstore.xingtone.com
Not only the baria bands but Top 40 hits like Gnarles barkley and loads of others check it out
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
TRIP WIRE LOVES WALLS SO DOES ALL MUSIC GUIDE
May 2006
Bedroom Walls
All Good Dreamers Pass This Way
by Bret Love
If Elliott Smith were still alive and decided to get together and jam with Neutral Milk Hotel, the results might sound a lot like this self-described "romanticore" quintet. Based in Los Angeles, Bedroom Walls crafts dreamy, bittersweet songs that balance a knack for catchy indie pop melodies with a deeply rooted fondness for melancholy moods that recall experimental bands ranging from early Pink Floyd and Talk Talk to Sigur Rós. "You say you've laughed enough/Your closet's stuffed with last year's blues/But you know by summertime/Your suicide's just last year's news," frontman Adam Goldman sings in his airy, high-pitched tenor on the opening "In Anticipation of Your Suicide," and it's difficult not to hear Smith's ghost in lyrics about "records always spinning clues you know you want all to know." It's a haunting beginning to an impressively ambitious album that draws you in immediately and completely captivates from start to finish. Horns, retro organs, vibraphones, glockenspiels, strings, and barely ambient noises all find their place in the band's lushly arranged patchwork of sound. They make fabulous use of dynamics to maximize the emotional impact of a song like "Six Weeks in the Imperial Garden," which veers from passages of aching minimalist beauty to monolithic riffs that lumber and roar, while "Mandy" is a sweet ballad with folk roots and the string-laden "Hello, Mrs. Jones" is a beautifully bizarre rumination on young love. Every track here is positively delightful, but it doesn't get any better than the closing "If the Storm Breaks and You're at Home," a stripped-down acoustic number that sounds like Bright Eyes covering a Damien Rice tune, with Goldman and Melissa Thorne's gorgeously sad harmonies sounding like the wistful angels that must come to visit you as you drift off into a narcotic-fueled endless slumber. All in all, All Good Dreamers Pass This Way is a strange, sensational record that will captivate you from the first listen.
Bedroom WallsAll Good Dreamers Pass This Way(Baria Records) I remember driving down the 405 on my first trip to Los Angeles two years ago. I thought I'd get off theplane, get in a convertible, drive down the highway to a mansion in Malibu, eat a great meal by the pool, and then take a walk down to the beach where I'd be greeted by gorgeous women playing Frisbee or surfing.Well, it was somewhat true. It involved a lot of traffic, smog, and a magical place that the kids on the West Coast called "In 'N Out Burger." The best part of the first two hours of my first visit to Los Angeles was notthe coffee I spilled on my friend Heidi's white dress. It was hearing Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse's voice for the first time. He was creepy and beautiful and sounded like he was whispering in my ear. The musicsounded like it was playing in my head and not on the car speakers. I loved Sparklehorse, but because it scared me. Since then, I have always wanted to hear a Sparklehorse-sounding band that had that samewhisper effect on me, but didn't put me in the psychological funk that Linkous had to power to do. Enter the LA band Bedroom Walls. Adam Goldman, the band's lead singer, sounds similar to Linkous. Theband describes their sound as "Romanticore" and their sophomore album, All Good Dreamers Pass This Way, is a grand orchestral whisper that will live in your head, not in your speakers. There are many bands that overuse such non-imperative instruments like xylophones, hand-claps, and cellos.This is not one of those bands. The horn stabs, the twinkling of the xylophones, and the crispness of the cello all seem as natural as if the songs were written around the small details instead of vice versa. The albumchanges from the Big Star of "Who's Been Driving Round For Days" to the Bach/"Street Hassle" intro of "Somewhere In Newhall" to the Simon and Garfunkel intimacy of "If The Storm Breaks And You're AtHome." The songwriting lags a little bit in the middle of this album, but it stays strong enough as to not lose theattention of the listener. There is enough classically infused string parts and twists and turns throughout All Good Dreamers Pass This Way to make you almost more interested in where the song is going and not whereit's been. This album instantly reminded me of my fear and obsession with Sparklehorse and for that I admire it. Although now that I've heard it, I know that the essence of having that kind of voice only works underevil. The pop-infused "plays in your head, not in your speakers" aesthetic that I longed for might not be what I was looking for after all. By Jeffrey Thrope May 10, 2006
Bedroom Walls
All Good Dreamers Pass This Way
by Bret Love
If Elliott Smith were still alive and decided to get together and jam with Neutral Milk Hotel, the results might sound a lot like this self-described "romanticore" quintet. Based in Los Angeles, Bedroom Walls crafts dreamy, bittersweet songs that balance a knack for catchy indie pop melodies with a deeply rooted fondness for melancholy moods that recall experimental bands ranging from early Pink Floyd and Talk Talk to Sigur Rós. "You say you've laughed enough/Your closet's stuffed with last year's blues/But you know by summertime/Your suicide's just last year's news," frontman Adam Goldman sings in his airy, high-pitched tenor on the opening "In Anticipation of Your Suicide," and it's difficult not to hear Smith's ghost in lyrics about "records always spinning clues you know you want all to know." It's a haunting beginning to an impressively ambitious album that draws you in immediately and completely captivates from start to finish. Horns, retro organs, vibraphones, glockenspiels, strings, and barely ambient noises all find their place in the band's lushly arranged patchwork of sound. They make fabulous use of dynamics to maximize the emotional impact of a song like "Six Weeks in the Imperial Garden," which veers from passages of aching minimalist beauty to monolithic riffs that lumber and roar, while "Mandy" is a sweet ballad with folk roots and the string-laden "Hello, Mrs. Jones" is a beautifully bizarre rumination on young love. Every track here is positively delightful, but it doesn't get any better than the closing "If the Storm Breaks and You're at Home," a stripped-down acoustic number that sounds like Bright Eyes covering a Damien Rice tune, with Goldman and Melissa Thorne's gorgeously sad harmonies sounding like the wistful angels that must come to visit you as you drift off into a narcotic-fueled endless slumber. All in all, All Good Dreamers Pass This Way is a strange, sensational record that will captivate you from the first listen.
Bedroom WallsAll Good Dreamers Pass This Way(Baria Records) I remember driving down the 405 on my first trip to Los Angeles two years ago. I thought I'd get off theplane, get in a convertible, drive down the highway to a mansion in Malibu, eat a great meal by the pool, and then take a walk down to the beach where I'd be greeted by gorgeous women playing Frisbee or surfing.Well, it was somewhat true. It involved a lot of traffic, smog, and a magical place that the kids on the West Coast called "In 'N Out Burger." The best part of the first two hours of my first visit to Los Angeles was notthe coffee I spilled on my friend Heidi's white dress. It was hearing Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse's voice for the first time. He was creepy and beautiful and sounded like he was whispering in my ear. The musicsounded like it was playing in my head and not on the car speakers. I loved Sparklehorse, but because it scared me. Since then, I have always wanted to hear a Sparklehorse-sounding band that had that samewhisper effect on me, but didn't put me in the psychological funk that Linkous had to power to do. Enter the LA band Bedroom Walls. Adam Goldman, the band's lead singer, sounds similar to Linkous. Theband describes their sound as "Romanticore" and their sophomore album, All Good Dreamers Pass This Way, is a grand orchestral whisper that will live in your head, not in your speakers. There are many bands that overuse such non-imperative instruments like xylophones, hand-claps, and cellos.This is not one of those bands. The horn stabs, the twinkling of the xylophones, and the crispness of the cello all seem as natural as if the songs were written around the small details instead of vice versa. The albumchanges from the Big Star of "Who's Been Driving Round For Days" to the Bach/"Street Hassle" intro of "Somewhere In Newhall" to the Simon and Garfunkel intimacy of "If The Storm Breaks And You're AtHome." The songwriting lags a little bit in the middle of this album, but it stays strong enough as to not lose theattention of the listener. There is enough classically infused string parts and twists and turns throughout All Good Dreamers Pass This Way to make you almost more interested in where the song is going and not whereit's been. This album instantly reminded me of my fear and obsession with Sparklehorse and for that I admire it. Although now that I've heard it, I know that the essence of having that kind of voice only works underevil. The pop-infused "plays in your head, not in your speakers" aesthetic that I longed for might not be what I was looking for after all. By Jeffrey Thrope May 10, 2006
TRIP WIRE LOVES WALLS SO DOES ALL MUSIC GUIDE
May 2006
Bedroom Walls
All Good Dreamers Pass This Way
by Bret Love
If Elliott Smith were still alive and decided to get together and jam with Neutral Milk Hotel, the results might sound a lot like this self-described "romanticore" quintet. Based in Los Angeles, Bedroom Walls crafts dreamy, bittersweet songs that balance a knack for catchy indie pop melodies with a deeply rooted fondness for melancholy moods that recall experimental bands ranging from early Pink Floyd and Talk Talk to Sigur Rós. "You say you've laughed enough/Your closet's stuffed with last year's blues/But you know by summertime/Your suicide's just last year's news," frontman Adam Goldman sings in his airy, high-pitched tenor on the opening "In Anticipation of Your Suicide," and it's difficult not to hear Smith's ghost in lyrics about "records always spinning clues you know you want all to know." It's a haunting beginning to an impressively ambitious album that draws you in immediately and completely captivates from start to finish. Horns, retro organs, vibraphones, glockenspiels, strings, and barely ambient noises all find their place in the band's lushly arranged patchwork of sound. They make fabulous use of dynamics to maximize the emotional impact of a song like "Six Weeks in the Imperial Garden," which veers from passages of aching minimalist beauty to monolithic riffs that lumber and roar, while "Mandy" is a sweet ballad with folk roots and the string-laden "Hello, Mrs. Jones" is a beautifully bizarre rumination on young love. Every track here is positively delightful, but it doesn't get any better than the closing "If the Storm Breaks and You're at Home," a stripped-down acoustic number that sounds like Bright Eyes covering a Damien Rice tune, with Goldman and Melissa Thorne's gorgeously sad harmonies sounding like the wistful angels that must come to visit you as you drift off into a narcotic-fueled endless slumber. All in all, All Good Dreamers Pass This Way is a strange, sensational record that will captivate you from the first listen.
Bedroom WallsAll Good Dreamers Pass This Way(Baria Records) I remember driving down the 405 on my first trip to Los Angeles two years ago. I thought I'd get off theplane, get in a convertible, drive down the highway to a mansion in Malibu, eat a great meal by the pool, and then take a walk down to the beach where I'd be greeted by gorgeous women playing Frisbee or surfing.Well, it was somewhat true. It involved a lot of traffic, smog, and a magical place that the kids on the West Coast called "In 'N Out Burger." The best part of the first two hours of my first visit to Los Angeles was notthe coffee I spilled on my friend Heidi's white dress. It was hearing Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse's voice for the first time. He was creepy and beautiful and sounded like he was whispering in my ear. The musicsounded like it was playing in my head and not on the car speakers. I loved Sparklehorse, but because it scared me. Since then, I have always wanted to hear a Sparklehorse-sounding band that had that samewhisper effect on me, but didn't put me in the psychological funk that Linkous had to power to do. Enter the LA band Bedroom Walls. Adam Goldman, the band's lead singer, sounds similar to Linkous. Theband describes their sound as "Romanticore" and their sophomore album, All Good Dreamers Pass This Way, is a grand orchestral whisper that will live in your head, not in your speakers. There are many bands that overuse such non-imperative instruments like xylophones, hand-claps, and cellos.This is not one of those bands. The horn stabs, the twinkling of the xylophones, and the crispness of the cello all seem as natural as if the songs were written around the small details instead of vice versa. The albumchanges from the Big Star of "Who's Been Driving Round For Days" to the Bach/"Street Hassle" intro of "Somewhere In Newhall" to the Simon and Garfunkel intimacy of "If The Storm Breaks And You're AtHome." The songwriting lags a little bit in the middle of this album, but it stays strong enough as to not lose theattention of the listener. There is enough classically infused string parts and twists and turns throughout All Good Dreamers Pass This Way to make you almost more interested in where the song is going and not whereit's been. This album instantly reminded me of my fear and obsession with Sparklehorse and for that I admire it. Although now that I've heard it, I know that the essence of having that kind of voice only works underevil. The pop-infused "plays in your head, not in your speakers" aesthetic that I longed for might not be what I was looking for after all. By Jeffrey Thrope May 10, 2006
Bedroom Walls
All Good Dreamers Pass This Way
by Bret Love
If Elliott Smith were still alive and decided to get together and jam with Neutral Milk Hotel, the results might sound a lot like this self-described "romanticore" quintet. Based in Los Angeles, Bedroom Walls crafts dreamy, bittersweet songs that balance a knack for catchy indie pop melodies with a deeply rooted fondness for melancholy moods that recall experimental bands ranging from early Pink Floyd and Talk Talk to Sigur Rós. "You say you've laughed enough/Your closet's stuffed with last year's blues/But you know by summertime/Your suicide's just last year's news," frontman Adam Goldman sings in his airy, high-pitched tenor on the opening "In Anticipation of Your Suicide," and it's difficult not to hear Smith's ghost in lyrics about "records always spinning clues you know you want all to know." It's a haunting beginning to an impressively ambitious album that draws you in immediately and completely captivates from start to finish. Horns, retro organs, vibraphones, glockenspiels, strings, and barely ambient noises all find their place in the band's lushly arranged patchwork of sound. They make fabulous use of dynamics to maximize the emotional impact of a song like "Six Weeks in the Imperial Garden," which veers from passages of aching minimalist beauty to monolithic riffs that lumber and roar, while "Mandy" is a sweet ballad with folk roots and the string-laden "Hello, Mrs. Jones" is a beautifully bizarre rumination on young love. Every track here is positively delightful, but it doesn't get any better than the closing "If the Storm Breaks and You're at Home," a stripped-down acoustic number that sounds like Bright Eyes covering a Damien Rice tune, with Goldman and Melissa Thorne's gorgeously sad harmonies sounding like the wistful angels that must come to visit you as you drift off into a narcotic-fueled endless slumber. All in all, All Good Dreamers Pass This Way is a strange, sensational record that will captivate you from the first listen.
Bedroom WallsAll Good Dreamers Pass This Way(Baria Records) I remember driving down the 405 on my first trip to Los Angeles two years ago. I thought I'd get off theplane, get in a convertible, drive down the highway to a mansion in Malibu, eat a great meal by the pool, and then take a walk down to the beach where I'd be greeted by gorgeous women playing Frisbee or surfing.Well, it was somewhat true. It involved a lot of traffic, smog, and a magical place that the kids on the West Coast called "In 'N Out Burger." The best part of the first two hours of my first visit to Los Angeles was notthe coffee I spilled on my friend Heidi's white dress. It was hearing Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse's voice for the first time. He was creepy and beautiful and sounded like he was whispering in my ear. The musicsounded like it was playing in my head and not on the car speakers. I loved Sparklehorse, but because it scared me. Since then, I have always wanted to hear a Sparklehorse-sounding band that had that samewhisper effect on me, but didn't put me in the psychological funk that Linkous had to power to do. Enter the LA band Bedroom Walls. Adam Goldman, the band's lead singer, sounds similar to Linkous. Theband describes their sound as "Romanticore" and their sophomore album, All Good Dreamers Pass This Way, is a grand orchestral whisper that will live in your head, not in your speakers. There are many bands that overuse such non-imperative instruments like xylophones, hand-claps, and cellos.This is not one of those bands. The horn stabs, the twinkling of the xylophones, and the crispness of the cello all seem as natural as if the songs were written around the small details instead of vice versa. The albumchanges from the Big Star of "Who's Been Driving Round For Days" to the Bach/"Street Hassle" intro of "Somewhere In Newhall" to the Simon and Garfunkel intimacy of "If The Storm Breaks And You're AtHome." The songwriting lags a little bit in the middle of this album, but it stays strong enough as to not lose theattention of the listener. There is enough classically infused string parts and twists and turns throughout All Good Dreamers Pass This Way to make you almost more interested in where the song is going and not whereit's been. This album instantly reminded me of my fear and obsession with Sparklehorse and for that I admire it. Although now that I've heard it, I know that the essence of having that kind of voice only works underevil. The pop-infused "plays in your head, not in your speakers" aesthetic that I longed for might not be what I was looking for after all. By Jeffrey Thrope May 10, 2006
Sunday, June 04, 2006
GETTING OUR RECORDS EASILY
I have been bombarded this week by people asking for the new records.
WHERE CAN WE BUY GREG OR WALLS OR DOCS?
Well I have no idea why it is so hard to get it from shops so if they don't help try this link
cdbaby.com/all/euge
or failing that just email us and we will get you the paypal accounts to buy any record you want.
They will all go live on itunes and all the other sites over the next week so be sure to log on and try. We are having a fight to get them posted in time.
WHERE CAN WE BUY GREG OR WALLS OR DOCS?
Well I have no idea why it is so hard to get it from shops so if they don't help try this link
cdbaby.com/all/euge
or failing that just email us and we will get you the paypal accounts to buy any record you want.
They will all go live on itunes and all the other sites over the next week so be sure to log on and try. We are having a fight to get them posted in time.
Sunday, May 21, 2006
WOMEN IN DOCS LIVE
STH EAST QLD ALBUM LAUNCH CONCERTS
Friday 26 May, Nambour Civic Theatre, Centenary Place,
Currie St, Nambour, QLD. Tickets “Dial N Charge” 5475
7777, with Rebecca Wright, $20 / $18, 8 pm.
Sat 17 June, The Round House Theatre, 6 – 8 Musk Ave, Kelvin
Grove. 2 BIG shows. 3 pm and 7 pm.
Tickets: Family Tickets: $50 (2 adults, 2 kids up to 15,
kids under 8 free) Adult: $25 Conc: $18 (Health Care Card,
Students), Senior: $15
+ booking fee. www.qtix.com.au or 136 246

12/06/06 V The Cantab Lounge
738 Mass Ave, Massachussetts
13/06/06 M Sonicbids (Electronic Press Kit provider)
International Music Network, Booking Agency
14/06/06 V The Iron Horse, Northampton Massachussets
15/06/06 V The Java Hut
1073A Main St
Worcestor MA 01603
16/06/06 V Club Passim
47 Palmer ST
Cambridge MA
17/06/06 V Acoustic Café
Connecticut
18/06/06 V Sono Caffiene Café
133 Washington St
Sth Norwalk
19/06/06 V The Space
295 Treadwell St
Hamden CT
22/06/06 F Forksville Folk Festival
Sullivan Country PA
27/06/06 V NXNW
30/06/06 –4/07/06 V Shows in New York City
7/07/06 – 9/7/06 V Shows in Portland Oregan;
10/07/06 Travel day to San Fran.
11/07/06 V Weinweist Gallery, San Francisco
12/07/06 M *Meeting with American office – Baria Records
*Drive to California World Music Fest
13/07/06 –17/7/06 F California World Music Fest Grass Valley, CA
18/07/06 V Coffee Gallery, LA
21/07/06 –23/7/06 F Vancouver Islands Folk Fest, Canada
26/07/06 V Momo’s
27/07/06 V Georgetown House Concert
28/7/06 V Show with Col Brooks (local texan)
29/07/06 V Bonedoc House Concert
Richardson, TX
30/07/06 –1/08/06 M Meetings set up at 2005’s Folk Alliance in TX
2/08/06 V Momo’s
3/08/06 Travel day to Canada
4 – 6/08/06 F Canmore Folk Festival, Canmore Canada
7-9/8/06 V Bookings by Speak Music
10-13/08/6 F Edmonton Folk Festival
Edmonton Canada
14/08/06 Travel home to Australia
Friday 26 May, Nambour Civic Theatre, Centenary Place,
Currie St, Nambour, QLD. Tickets “Dial N Charge” 5475
7777, with Rebecca Wright, $20 / $18, 8 pm.
Sat 17 June, The Round House Theatre, 6 – 8 Musk Ave, Kelvin
Grove. 2 BIG shows. 3 pm and 7 pm.
Tickets: Family Tickets: $50 (2 adults, 2 kids up to 15,
kids under 8 free) Adult: $25 Conc: $18 (Health Care Card,
Students), Senior: $15
+ booking fee. www.qtix.com.au or 136 246

12/06/06 V The Cantab Lounge
738 Mass Ave, Massachussetts
13/06/06 M Sonicbids (Electronic Press Kit provider)
International Music Network, Booking Agency
14/06/06 V The Iron Horse, Northampton Massachussets
15/06/06 V The Java Hut
1073A Main St
Worcestor MA 01603
16/06/06 V Club Passim
47 Palmer ST
Cambridge MA
17/06/06 V Acoustic Café
Connecticut
18/06/06 V Sono Caffiene Café
133 Washington St
Sth Norwalk
19/06/06 V The Space
295 Treadwell St
Hamden CT
22/06/06 F Forksville Folk Festival
Sullivan Country PA
27/06/06 V NXNW
30/06/06 –4/07/06 V Shows in New York City
7/07/06 – 9/7/06 V Shows in Portland Oregan;
10/07/06 Travel day to San Fran.
11/07/06 V Weinweist Gallery, San Francisco
12/07/06 M *Meeting with American office – Baria Records
*Drive to California World Music Fest
13/07/06 –17/7/06 F California World Music Fest Grass Valley, CA
18/07/06 V Coffee Gallery, LA
21/07/06 –23/7/06 F Vancouver Islands Folk Fest, Canada
26/07/06 V Momo’s
27/07/06 V Georgetown House Concert
28/7/06 V Show with Col Brooks (local texan)
29/07/06 V Bonedoc House Concert
Richardson, TX
30/07/06 –1/08/06 M Meetings set up at 2005’s Folk Alliance in TX
2/08/06 V Momo’s
3/08/06 Travel day to Canada
4 – 6/08/06 F Canmore Folk Festival, Canmore Canada
7-9/8/06 V Bookings by Speak Music
10-13/08/6 F Edmonton Folk Festival
Edmonton Canada
14/08/06 Travel home to Australia
Monday, May 15, 2006
INDONESIA and farewell Jason
Greetings all
someone out there is reading for certain.
It is the truth dude!
Why - well because we got abooking for 5 shows in Indonesia for Glovebox. How we don't know but there they are. Libya one year and Indonesia the next.
Happy with that.
Bummer news is that Jason has decided to quit the LOVEMAKERS. Shame. We go back - way back and its not going to be the same without him.
Too many groupies have worn him out
adios buddy.
someone out there is reading for certain.
It is the truth dude!
Why - well because we got abooking for 5 shows in Indonesia for Glovebox. How we don't know but there they are. Libya one year and Indonesia the next.
Happy with that.
Bummer news is that Jason has decided to quit the LOVEMAKERS. Shame. We go back - way back and its not going to be the same without him.
Too many groupies have worn him out
adios buddy.
Sunday, May 14, 2006
MTV SUPERSTAR GLOVEBOX
We have some very exciting news to report!
“Superstar” has received airplay on MTV Latin America!
This is an absolute huge addition to the campaign (MTV Latin America reaches 35 million potential viewers in the US and 17 South American countries!) and really helps to continue to bring this band to the next level. Xavier Campos, head programmer at MTV Latin America, is always a very big supporter of pushing new and deserving artists to the forefront and we are very excited that he has embraced “Superstar”.
We have some other terrific regional outlets that have included “Superstar” in their recent programming. Video Vision, which is based out of San Francisco, CA, and reaches 1.7 million potential viewers on cable, has included the video on their most recent playlist. Catherine Lee features the best videos on her weekly show in one of the biggest markets in the country. This is another strong add for the campaign and all the young, CD buying kids in San Francisco tune in to this show religiously on a weekly basis. We have also secured airplay for “Superstar” on M Squared, which is based in Long Branch, NJ. Transmitting from Monmouth University, M Squared is seen every day on campus, and weekly in the surrounding towns, reaching 175,000 potential viewers. Also, Cutting Edge, in Dayton, OH, has included the video on their show. Cutting Edge is a very popular indie rock show in the area, thanks to the large college population, and has an audience of 50,000 potential viewers.
The popular internet television network, Music Plus TV, has added the video to their online rotation. Music Plus TV is an all inclusive music network that features videos, reviews, interviews, and much more covering all things music. They currently have a registered database of 250,000 with that number growing daily. This is another terrific internet outlet to embrace Glovebox!
“Superstar” has received airplay on MTV Latin America!
This is an absolute huge addition to the campaign (MTV Latin America reaches 35 million potential viewers in the US and 17 South American countries!) and really helps to continue to bring this band to the next level. Xavier Campos, head programmer at MTV Latin America, is always a very big supporter of pushing new and deserving artists to the forefront and we are very excited that he has embraced “Superstar”.
We have some other terrific regional outlets that have included “Superstar” in their recent programming. Video Vision, which is based out of San Francisco, CA, and reaches 1.7 million potential viewers on cable, has included the video on their most recent playlist. Catherine Lee features the best videos on her weekly show in one of the biggest markets in the country. This is another strong add for the campaign and all the young, CD buying kids in San Francisco tune in to this show religiously on a weekly basis. We have also secured airplay for “Superstar” on M Squared, which is based in Long Branch, NJ. Transmitting from Monmouth University, M Squared is seen every day on campus, and weekly in the surrounding towns, reaching 175,000 potential viewers. Also, Cutting Edge, in Dayton, OH, has included the video on their show. Cutting Edge is a very popular indie rock show in the area, thanks to the large college population, and has an audience of 50,000 potential viewers.
The popular internet television network, Music Plus TV, has added the video to their online rotation. Music Plus TV is an all inclusive music network that features videos, reviews, interviews, and much more covering all things music. They currently have a registered database of 250,000 with that number growing daily. This is another terrific internet outlet to embrace Glovebox!
HEAVENLY STATES LIVE DATES
Wed 5/24/06 Sacramento, CA The Library
Thu 5/25/06 Portland, OR Towne Lounge
Fri 5/26/06 Bellingham, WA The Nightlight Sun 5/28/06 George, WA Sasquatch Music Festival
Wed 5/31/06 San Francisco, CA Café Du Nord
Thu 6/8/06 Bozeman, MT Zebra Coctail Lounge
Fri 6/9/06 Fargo, ND Aquarium
Sat 6/10/06 St Paul, MN Turf Club
Mon 6/12/06 Dubuque, IA Busted Lift
Thu 6/15/06 Madison, WI Slipper Club
Fri 6/16/06 Chicago, IL The Hideout
Sun 6/18/06 Cleveland, OH CMJ Rock Hall Music Festival
Mon 6/19/06 Columbus, OH Little Brothers
Fri 6/23/06 Denver, CO Blender's Tavern
Thu 5/25/06 Portland, OR Towne Lounge
Fri 5/26/06 Bellingham, WA The Nightlight Sun 5/28/06 George, WA Sasquatch Music Festival
Wed 5/31/06 San Francisco, CA Café Du Nord
Thu 6/8/06 Bozeman, MT Zebra Coctail Lounge
Fri 6/9/06 Fargo, ND Aquarium
Sat 6/10/06 St Paul, MN Turf Club
Mon 6/12/06 Dubuque, IA Busted Lift
Thu 6/15/06 Madison, WI Slipper Club
Fri 6/16/06 Chicago, IL The Hideout
Sun 6/18/06 Cleveland, OH CMJ Rock Hall Music Festival
Mon 6/19/06 Columbus, OH Little Brothers
Fri 6/23/06 Denver, CO Blender's Tavern
CLOUD CULT live shows
FRIDAY MAY 12
The Crocodile Café
VENUE INFORMATION 2200 2nd Avenue Seattle, WA 98121
Local Support Monqui
SATURDAY MAY 13
Doug Fir Lounge
VENUE INFORMATION 830 E. Burnside St. Doors Open: 8:00 PM
Sunday May 14
Sam Bond's Garage
VENUE INFORMATION 407 Blair BlvdEugene, OR
Tuesday MAy 16
Makeout Room
VENUE INFORMATION 3225 22nd Street San Francisco, CA 94110
Wednesday May 17
Kilby Court Gallery
VENUE INFORMATION 741 S. Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Thursday May 18
Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
VENUE INFORMATION 2637 Welton Street Denver, CO 80205
Friday May 19th
O' Leaver's 1322 Saddle Creek Road Omaha, NE 68106
Saturday May 20th
Varsity Theater 1308 4th Street SE Minneapolis, MN 55414
Tuesday July 4th
Taste of Minnesota Harriet Island St. Paul, MN
Saturday July 15th
Green Man Music Festival
VENUE INFORMATION Monteulac Ski Area Duluth, MN Ph: (218) 393-6383
Friday July 28th
Hedgpeth Festival Festival Grounds
2305 W. Lance Drive Twin Lakes, WI 53181
Advance TICKET INFORMATION Brentwood, TN 37027Ph: (615) 370-6015
The Crocodile Café
VENUE INFORMATION 2200 2nd Avenue Seattle, WA 98121
Local Support Monqui
SATURDAY MAY 13
Doug Fir Lounge
VENUE INFORMATION 830 E. Burnside St. Doors Open: 8:00 PM
Sunday May 14
Sam Bond's Garage
VENUE INFORMATION 407 Blair BlvdEugene, OR
Tuesday MAy 16
Makeout Room
VENUE INFORMATION 3225 22nd Street San Francisco, CA 94110
Wednesday May 17
Kilby Court Gallery
VENUE INFORMATION 741 S. Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Thursday May 18
Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
VENUE INFORMATION 2637 Welton Street Denver, CO 80205
Friday May 19th
O' Leaver's 1322 Saddle Creek Road Omaha, NE 68106
Saturday May 20th
Varsity Theater 1308 4th Street SE Minneapolis, MN 55414
Tuesday July 4th
Taste of Minnesota Harriet Island St. Paul, MN
Saturday July 15th
Green Man Music Festival
VENUE INFORMATION Monteulac Ski Area Duluth, MN Ph: (218) 393-6383
Friday July 28th
Hedgpeth Festival Festival Grounds
2305 W. Lance Drive Twin Lakes, WI 53181
Advance TICKET INFORMATION Brentwood, TN 37027Ph: (615) 370-6015
GREG JOHNSON LIVE
Greg is getting a new US tour together to follow on from his forthcoming sell out of New Zealand
Check hime out that these venues and dates:
6/6 6/8 Boston: appearing on Roots Rock Live TV, WXRV morning show and live show at The Paradise on 6/8
6/9 Portland and Ogunquit, ME Radio appearance and live concert
6/10 Chicago
6/12 Columbus, OH WCBE Radio appearance and performance
6/12 Cincinnati, OH WNKU Radio show (evening)
6/13 Lexington, KY WUKY radio appearance and performance
6/14 Nashville, TN
6/15 Nashville, TN
Save Yourself has over 500 spins to date on WBOS, WXRV and WRNX.
New single Its Been So Long going for radio week of 5/22
Check hime out that these venues and dates:
6/6 6/8 Boston: appearing on Roots Rock Live TV, WXRV morning show and live show at The Paradise on 6/8
6/9 Portland and Ogunquit, ME Radio appearance and live concert
6/10 Chicago
6/12 Columbus, OH WCBE Radio appearance and performance
6/12 Cincinnati, OH WNKU Radio show (evening)
6/13 Lexington, KY WUKY radio appearance and performance
6/14 Nashville, TN
6/15 Nashville, TN
Save Yourself has over 500 spins to date on WBOS, WXRV and WRNX.
New single Its Been So Long going for radio week of 5/22
BEDROOM WALLS LIVE
With the upcoming release of the BEDROOM WALLS ALBUM I thought you might like to see the guys live and direct.
BEDROOM WALLS have a month long residency at THE FOLD every Tuesdays
except July 4th until the First of August in Los Angeles.
Other dates are:
Bedroom Walls:
5/23/06 - Boston, MA @ TT The Bears
5/24/06 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
5/30/06 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
6/29/06 - Los Angeles, CA @ Amoeba *in-store performance
More are coming all the time.
BEDROOM WALLS have a month long residency at THE FOLD every Tuesdays
except July 4th until the First of August in Los Angeles.
Other dates are:
Bedroom Walls:
5/23/06 - Boston, MA @ TT The Bears
5/24/06 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
5/30/06 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
6/29/06 - Los Angeles, CA @ Amoeba *in-store performance
More are coming all the time.
Thursday, May 11, 2006
We are writing a book!
It is true.
I am writing a book about the music business.
So far the title is : Ego versus Emo
Or
I hate the radio. Why don’t they play decent music anymore
I thought I would throw an unedited snippet on the blog this week as I haven't been able to add to the rest of the rubbish I usually write.
Advance order being taken - free if you want one for now. Loads of $ when its a real tome.
"When you do go to a convention - having parted with a few hundred dollars and probably a few thousand more on air fares and hotel rooms and meet the great and powerful I think you might be surprised at how many of them wear Hawaiian shirts.
An amazing amount of really key guys in the music business (and it is almost always guys) are getting on in years and have obviously had a few too many power breakfasts. I genuinely think that most of them are committed and really believe in what they are saying but the reality on the ground is very different from the reality in the boardroom.
The biggest problem facing anyone from Gen X or younger these days is that the boomers will not just fuck off and die. They hang in there with their Woodstock jargon and big pensions and desperately try to defend themselves from the future. I don’t blame them but if they had any sense at all they would all have retired years ago and left music to their kids. Instead we are force fed the same snoring songs.
Bob Dylan has been given his own show on XM satellite radio.
Why?
Because he is a known name that the boomers identify with. If you are younger than 40 you might never have heard of him and why would you.
It is time to retire fossils!
I should know. I am rapidly catching up and I am so cranky it’s hard to relate to some new music. If I was in charge of the radio I would play Stone Roses back to back man. (Not really but you get the idea)."
I am writing a book about the music business.
So far the title is : Ego versus Emo
Or
I hate the radio. Why don’t they play decent music anymore
I thought I would throw an unedited snippet on the blog this week as I haven't been able to add to the rest of the rubbish I usually write.
Advance order being taken - free if you want one for now. Loads of $ when its a real tome.
"When you do go to a convention - having parted with a few hundred dollars and probably a few thousand more on air fares and hotel rooms and meet the great and powerful I think you might be surprised at how many of them wear Hawaiian shirts.
An amazing amount of really key guys in the music business (and it is almost always guys) are getting on in years and have obviously had a few too many power breakfasts. I genuinely think that most of them are committed and really believe in what they are saying but the reality on the ground is very different from the reality in the boardroom.
The biggest problem facing anyone from Gen X or younger these days is that the boomers will not just fuck off and die. They hang in there with their Woodstock jargon and big pensions and desperately try to defend themselves from the future. I don’t blame them but if they had any sense at all they would all have retired years ago and left music to their kids. Instead we are force fed the same snoring songs.
Bob Dylan has been given his own show on XM satellite radio.
Why?
Because he is a known name that the boomers identify with. If you are younger than 40 you might never have heard of him and why would you.
It is time to retire fossils!
I should know. I am rapidly catching up and I am so cranky it’s hard to relate to some new music. If I was in charge of the radio I would play Stone Roses back to back man. (Not really but you get the idea)."
Monday, May 08, 2006
This is why you get hassled travelling
A true story and its source was the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service in Adelaide.
A bloke and his family were on holidays in the United States and went to Mexico for a week. An avid cactus fan, the man bought one-metre high, rare and expensive cactus there. On arrival back home Australian Customs said it must be quarantined for 3 months.
He finally got his cactus home. Planted it in his backyard, and over time it grew to about 2 metres. One evening while watering his garden after a warm spring day, he gave the cactus a light spray. He was amazed to see the plant shiver all over, he gave it another spray and it shivered again.
He was puzzled so he rang the council who put him on to the state gardens people. After a few transfers he got the state's foremost cactus expert who asked him many questions. How tall is it? Has it flowered? Etc.
Finally he asked the most disturbing question. "Is your family in the house?" The bloke answered yes. The cactus expert said get out of the house NOW, get on to the front nature strip and wait for me; I will be there in 20 minutes.
Fifteen minutes later, 2 fire trucks, 2 police cars and an ambulance came screaming around the corner. A fireman got out and asked "Are you the bloke with the cactus?" I am, he said. A guy jumped out of the fire truck wearing what looked like a space suit, a breathing cylinder and mask attached to what looked like a scuba backpack with a large hose attached. He headed for the backyard and turned a flame-thrower on the cactus spraying it up and down.
After a few minutes the flame-thrower man stopped, the cactus stood smoking and spitting, half the fence was burnt and parts of the gardens were well and truly scorched. Just then the cactus expert appeared and laid a calming hand on the bloke's shoulder. "What the hell's going on?" he says. "Let me show you" says the cactus man. He went over to the cactus and picked away a crusty bit, the cactus was almost entirely hollow and filled with tiger striped bird-eating tarantula spiders, each about the size of two hand spans.
The story was that this type of spider lays eggs in this type of cactus and they hatch and live in it as they grow to full size. When full size they release themselves. The cactus just explodes and about 150 dinner plate sized hairy spiders are flung from it, dispersing everywhere. They had been ready to pop. The aftermath was that the house and the adjoining houses had to be vacated and fumigated: police tape was put up outside the whole area and no one was allowed in for two weeks.
A bloke and his family were on holidays in the United States and went to Mexico for a week. An avid cactus fan, the man bought one-metre high, rare and expensive cactus there. On arrival back home Australian Customs said it must be quarantined for 3 months.
He finally got his cactus home. Planted it in his backyard, and over time it grew to about 2 metres. One evening while watering his garden after a warm spring day, he gave the cactus a light spray. He was amazed to see the plant shiver all over, he gave it another spray and it shivered again.
He was puzzled so he rang the council who put him on to the state gardens people. After a few transfers he got the state's foremost cactus expert who asked him many questions. How tall is it? Has it flowered? Etc.
Finally he asked the most disturbing question. "Is your family in the house?" The bloke answered yes. The cactus expert said get out of the house NOW, get on to the front nature strip and wait for me; I will be there in 20 minutes.
Fifteen minutes later, 2 fire trucks, 2 police cars and an ambulance came screaming around the corner. A fireman got out and asked "Are you the bloke with the cactus?" I am, he said. A guy jumped out of the fire truck wearing what looked like a space suit, a breathing cylinder and mask attached to what looked like a scuba backpack with a large hose attached. He headed for the backyard and turned a flame-thrower on the cactus spraying it up and down.
After a few minutes the flame-thrower man stopped, the cactus stood smoking and spitting, half the fence was burnt and parts of the gardens were well and truly scorched. Just then the cactus expert appeared and laid a calming hand on the bloke's shoulder. "What the hell's going on?" he says. "Let me show you" says the cactus man. He went over to the cactus and picked away a crusty bit, the cactus was almost entirely hollow and filled with tiger striped bird-eating tarantula spiders, each about the size of two hand spans.
The story was that this type of spider lays eggs in this type of cactus and they hatch and live in it as they grow to full size. When full size they release themselves. The cactus just explodes and about 150 dinner plate sized hairy spiders are flung from it, dispersing everywhere. They had been ready to pop. The aftermath was that the house and the adjoining houses had to be vacated and fumigated: police tape was put up outside the whole area and no one was allowed in for two weeks.
Sunday, May 07, 2006
beer and buddies
Drinking partners
An Australian, a Kiwi and South African are in a bar one night having
a beer.
All of a sudden the South African drinks his beer, throws his glass in
the air, pulls out a gun and shoots the glass to pieces. "In Seth
Efrika our glasses are so cheap that we don't need to drink from the
same one twice," he says.
The Kiwi, obviously impressed by this, drinks his beer, throws his
glass into the air, pulls out his gun and shoots the glass to pieces. "Wull
mate, in Noo Zulland we have so much sand to make the glasses that we
don't need to drink out the same glass either," he says
The Australian, cool as a Koala, picks up his beer and drinks it,
throws his glass in the air, pulls out his gun and shoots the South African
and the Kiwi.
He turns to the astonished barman and says,"In Strailya mate, we Have
so many bloody South Africans and Kiwis that we don't need to drink with
the same ones twice."
An Australian, a Kiwi and South African are in a bar one night having
a beer.
All of a sudden the South African drinks his beer, throws his glass in
the air, pulls out a gun and shoots the glass to pieces. "In Seth
Efrika our glasses are so cheap that we don't need to drink from the
same one twice," he says.
The Kiwi, obviously impressed by this, drinks his beer, throws his
glass into the air, pulls out his gun and shoots the glass to pieces. "Wull
mate, in Noo Zulland we have so much sand to make the glasses that we
don't need to drink out the same glass either," he says
The Australian, cool as a Koala, picks up his beer and drinks it,
throws his glass in the air, pulls out his gun and shoots the South African
and the Kiwi.
He turns to the astonished barman and says,"In Strailya mate, we Have
so many bloody South Africans and Kiwis that we don't need to drink with
the same ones twice."
Moving Home
Thanks for tuning in to the latest blog.
It has been and wll be a mad time for us here as we are moving our entire world around. Literally.
The thing is that we are moving to London in August.
Phew - we can't go any further without coming back!
Everyone who knows keeps saying why and the truth is that we can't survive another day in paradise.
The sunny days and endless parties in Australia are just too much.
We need to get back to the gritty urban reality that is England. Home of the Streets and Lady Sovereign.
If its good enough for Mike Skinner its good enough for us.
That and the fact that James Bond lives there will do us.
So if you want to send any demo's make it quick because we won't be here for long!
Actually whilkst we are talking about this the San Landro office is open now so there is a real American love god in charge of stuff on the West Coast. ask joe@bariarecords.com what is happening and he will tell you he has no idea but at lest you can find out what the weather is like in lovely California.
laters
It has been and wll be a mad time for us here as we are moving our entire world around. Literally.
The thing is that we are moving to London in August.
Phew - we can't go any further without coming back!
Everyone who knows keeps saying why and the truth is that we can't survive another day in paradise.
The sunny days and endless parties in Australia are just too much.
We need to get back to the gritty urban reality that is England. Home of the Streets and Lady Sovereign.
If its good enough for Mike Skinner its good enough for us.
That and the fact that James Bond lives there will do us.
So if you want to send any demo's make it quick because we won't be here for long!
Actually whilkst we are talking about this the San Landro office is open now so there is a real American love god in charge of stuff on the West Coast. ask joe@bariarecords.com what is happening and he will tell you he has no idea but at lest you can find out what the weather is like in lovely California.
laters
LOGO TV
Hey there
want to make a hit happen?
go here and vote for the superstar vieo to be played please
http://www.logoonline.com/shows/dyn/the_click_list/video_voting.jhtml
copy us in on your vote for a freebie!
want to make a hit happen?
go here and vote for the superstar vieo to be played please
http://www.logoonline.com/shows/dyn/the_click_list/video_voting.jhtml
copy us in on your vote for a freebie!
freee music in your home - free stuff
G'day and thank you for joining us in our quest for fun
If you are in the US and would like to see any of our bands please just have a little dig through the site and find the Glovebox door hanger.
Then email or fax it to us for a free pass to the gig of your choice.
If you are in a city where our bands are about to play and can arrange a few friends to come over we will try to get the guys to play a private show at your house.
If the guys aren't coming to your home town this time that's no reason to feel sad.
If you want a private showcase at a venue of your choice - ASK US! - Don't be shy. You never know.
If you can't make it to a show no problems you won't be left out.
We have some stickers and even some Cd's to give away to lucky winners who gets in touch with us and sends us a postal address.
All you have to do is let us know where you want the goodies and we will pop them in the post.
If you don't want to divulge the address to your secret HQ we can't send you the stuff but we totally get where you are coming from. Who needs more spam!
Now get out there and party
If you are in the US and would like to see any of our bands please just have a little dig through the site and find the Glovebox door hanger.
Then email or fax it to us for a free pass to the gig of your choice.
If you are in a city where our bands are about to play and can arrange a few friends to come over we will try to get the guys to play a private show at your house.
If the guys aren't coming to your home town this time that's no reason to feel sad.
If you want a private showcase at a venue of your choice - ASK US! - Don't be shy. You never know.
If you can't make it to a show no problems you won't be left out.
We have some stickers and even some Cd's to give away to lucky winners who gets in touch with us and sends us a postal address.
All you have to do is let us know where you want the goodies and we will pop them in the post.
If you don't want to divulge the address to your secret HQ we can't send you the stuff but we totally get where you are coming from. Who needs more spam!
Now get out there and party
glovebox tour diary
Hello to all around the World!
Hope this mail finds you all well & am now in Boulder Colorado USA. It's
a sunny morning here in Boulder & enjoying a couple of days rest before
our next trip across & to the east coast of the USA.
The past week has proved to be an adventure! We travelled from San
Francisco to Portland and we couldn't wait to get out of the car after a
12 hour trip & 600 miles. "Music Millennium"
http://www.musicmillennium.com/ in Portland were the first to experience
the grooves of Glovebox followed by a night time performance at the
Holocene Bar - http://www.holocene.org/ Both gigs were sensational & the
people of Portland certainly were intrigued by the sounds of Glovebox. We
were fortunate to perform with Portland's infamous band "Climber".
Moving up to cold rainy Seattle we made our way to "Silver Platters"
http://www.silverplatters.com/ record store & performed an afternoon gig
followed by a night time performance at the "High Dive Bar".
http://highdiveseattle.com/ Again the night was a blast!
Into middle America we headed & Boise Idaho was the first to experience
Glovebox, the Big Easy Concert Hall http://www.bigeasyconcerts.com/
accomodated in excess of 500 people who grooved to the new sound in town.
Onto Salt Lake City Utah the Ego bar http://www.clubegos.com/ was this
groovy little bar down-town packed out with groovy people. We headed to
beautiful Aspen Colorado and the Belly Up Bar
http://www.bellyupaspen.com/home.html welcomed us into there great cool
bar normally filled with infamous people - during the winter season!
Finished the week by playing at the Trilogy Bar in Boulder - the coolest
bar in town owned by triplets! We supported infamous band "Fragga"
http://trilogywinebar.com/
Till next time,
Hope this mail finds you all well & am now in Boulder Colorado USA. It's
a sunny morning here in Boulder & enjoying a couple of days rest before
our next trip across & to the east coast of the USA.
The past week has proved to be an adventure! We travelled from San
Francisco to Portland and we couldn't wait to get out of the car after a
12 hour trip & 600 miles. "Music Millennium"
http://www.musicmillennium.com/ in Portland were the first to experience
the grooves of Glovebox followed by a night time performance at the
Holocene Bar - http://www.holocene.org/ Both gigs were sensational & the
people of Portland certainly were intrigued by the sounds of Glovebox. We
were fortunate to perform with Portland's infamous band "Climber".
Moving up to cold rainy Seattle we made our way to "Silver Platters"
http://www.silverplatters.com/ record store & performed an afternoon gig
followed by a night time performance at the "High Dive Bar".
http://highdiveseattle.com/ Again the night was a blast!
Into middle America we headed & Boise Idaho was the first to experience
Glovebox, the Big Easy Concert Hall http://www.bigeasyconcerts.com/
accomodated in excess of 500 people who grooved to the new sound in town.
Onto Salt Lake City Utah the Ego bar http://www.clubegos.com/ was this
groovy little bar down-town packed out with groovy people. We headed to
beautiful Aspen Colorado and the Belly Up Bar
http://www.bellyupaspen.com/home.html welcomed us into there great cool
bar normally filled with infamous people - during the winter season!
Finished the week by playing at the Trilogy Bar in Boulder - the coolest
bar in town owned by triplets! We supported infamous band "Fragga"
http://trilogywinebar.com/
Till next time,
Friday, May 05, 2006
BEDROOM WALLS KCRW
http://www.kcrw.com/cgi-bin/db/kcrw.pl?show_code=mb&air_date=12/15/03&tmplt_type=Show
click onthe link to see the last time the Bedroom Walls played at KCRW
Now those nice people are sponsoring a show at Amoeba in LA in June to tie in with the album launch
You should be there dudes!
Tour Dates
Bedroom Walls:
5/23/06 - Boston, MA @ TT The Bears
5/24/06 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
5/30/06 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
6/29/06 - Los Angeles, CA @ Amoeba *in-store performance
click onthe link to see the last time the Bedroom Walls played at KCRW
Now those nice people are sponsoring a show at Amoeba in LA in June to tie in with the album launch
You should be there dudes!
Tour Dates
Bedroom Walls:
5/23/06 - Boston, MA @ TT The Bears
5/24/06 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
5/30/06 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
6/29/06 - Los Angeles, CA @ Amoeba *in-store performance
EVIL IN DIAPERS
Jesus!
have you heard about those two psycotic nut jobs called Prussian Blue?
We just heard about them and their insane campaign to make music white. What the hell is going on there?
In case you have never heard of these two they are members of some whacked out conspiracy group that likes to think that they belong to a distinct genus of humans known as the "master race". Correct me if I am wrong but didn't the master race come last in 1945? They opened a big can of whoop ass called the REST OF THE FUCKING WORLD! and were sent to meet their makers at Nuremberg. Get over it.
Do me a favour dearies - go back to school and learn something useful like genetics. That way you will discover that there is about a 1% difference between us and monkeys and a zero percent difference between you and a nice man called Jesus. Thats is what's so endearing about them. They think Jesus was white. How sweet. Lets think shall we?
Jesus never met a Christian - there were none then. Ergo Jesus was not a Christian.
Jesus came from Nazareth which is now in the Occupied Territories and is populated by Arabs.
Arabs are not white. Therefore you worship a "black guy."- ergo a "rag head" OOOPS.
Jesus said you cannot serve both God and Money. HE DID - NO MATTER WHAT PAT ROBERTSON TELLS YOU! So stop fund raising and spending it on braces to make you teeth perfect. You are supposed to be perfect already. Weird how some of us have naturally perfect teeth and you don't. Flunked out there as well.
I bet you that by the time these two are 20 they will either be junkies or pregnant with Michael Jacksons twins. Relax kids. Your mum will look after them.
How bored must they be to have all this rubbish in their heads. I recommend hard drugs. That way i could have some sympathy for you lunacy. Meanwhile here is a message to all racists.
FUCK OFF! WE WON!
have you heard about those two psycotic nut jobs called Prussian Blue?
We just heard about them and their insane campaign to make music white. What the hell is going on there?
In case you have never heard of these two they are members of some whacked out conspiracy group that likes to think that they belong to a distinct genus of humans known as the "master race". Correct me if I am wrong but didn't the master race come last in 1945? They opened a big can of whoop ass called the REST OF THE FUCKING WORLD! and were sent to meet their makers at Nuremberg. Get over it.
Do me a favour dearies - go back to school and learn something useful like genetics. That way you will discover that there is about a 1% difference between us and monkeys and a zero percent difference between you and a nice man called Jesus. Thats is what's so endearing about them. They think Jesus was white. How sweet. Lets think shall we?
Jesus never met a Christian - there were none then. Ergo Jesus was not a Christian.
Jesus came from Nazareth which is now in the Occupied Territories and is populated by Arabs.
Arabs are not white. Therefore you worship a "black guy."- ergo a "rag head" OOOPS.
Jesus said you cannot serve both God and Money. HE DID - NO MATTER WHAT PAT ROBERTSON TELLS YOU! So stop fund raising and spending it on braces to make you teeth perfect. You are supposed to be perfect already. Weird how some of us have naturally perfect teeth and you don't. Flunked out there as well.
I bet you that by the time these two are 20 they will either be junkies or pregnant with Michael Jacksons twins. Relax kids. Your mum will look after them.
How bored must they be to have all this rubbish in their heads. I recommend hard drugs. That way i could have some sympathy for you lunacy. Meanwhile here is a message to all racists.
FUCK OFF! WE WON!
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
WALLS IN SF
Friday beckons and you should get over to Cafe du Nord to check out Bedroom Walls with Quasi.
It is a real experience.
Album out MAY 23rd
Don't miss the saucy video's
It is a real experience.
Album out MAY 23rd
Don't miss the saucy video's
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
GREG JOHNSON
BRACE YOURSELF
SAVE YOURSELF
Greg's debut US album - Here comes the Caviar is on its way
Out June 6th!
Available at all good stores and online
Greg will be playing the Rivers Festival in Boston and will appear live on WBOS
SAVE YOURSELF
Greg's debut US album - Here comes the Caviar is on its way
Out June 6th!
Available at all good stores and online
Greg will be playing the Rivers Festival in Boston and will appear live on WBOS
Glovebox tour USA
It is all kicking off in the USA.
check out the gigs if you can.
They guys are spinning on TV and radio all over the place and are even getting a reaction from cinema audiences. Did you hear the Pirate one hour show in San Fran?
The guys had a nightmare in Vegas when the sound man was stoned and destroyed the Pa before the show - sorry Vegas they will be back!
In San Diego the Beauty Bar went off like a shot and the guys were spotted the next day and asked for autographs even when they were incognito.
Santa Monica we love you - especially the temple bar crowd. major win. Cheers!
Spaceland - what can we say? Youth Grip and Jet in the crowd. Not bad for the first LA gig.
Now it is off to SF and pastures north - instore at Sf next
if you have cable check out logo TV for the ads
see you on the road
Well pleased!
Thanks to everyone.
check out the gigs if you can.
They guys are spinning on TV and radio all over the place and are even getting a reaction from cinema audiences. Did you hear the Pirate one hour show in San Fran?
The guys had a nightmare in Vegas when the sound man was stoned and destroyed the Pa before the show - sorry Vegas they will be back!
In San Diego the Beauty Bar went off like a shot and the guys were spotted the next day and asked for autographs even when they were incognito.
Santa Monica we love you - especially the temple bar crowd. major win. Cheers!
Spaceland - what can we say? Youth Grip and Jet in the crowd. Not bad for the first LA gig.
Now it is off to SF and pastures north - instore at Sf next
if you have cable check out logo TV for the ads
see you on the road
Well pleased!
Thanks to everyone.
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
new deal
I am delighted to say that we are now ready to launch two new records into America.
We have Women in Dosc and BEdroom Walls ready and willing to go!
Excellent!
Better tell you about them I guess.
Women in Docs are very funny and talented ladies from outer Queensland - Australia. In case you didn't know that is further than Mongolia if youlive on the East Coast.
Their stuff is always entertaining and they sing about stuff like suprmarkets and going to Nashville to be stars. In our eyes they are already there.
Then there are the romanticore dreamers in Bedroom Walls. This is music to shag your lover by and then have an illicit afterwards smoke.
What do they have in common - well ostensibly not much but in reality there is something other than great music that joins them together.
It's not friendship, hatred or idiology, superglue or roots.
The thing that keep us togther is Doctor Martins Boots!
(with apologies to Alexei sayle)
We have Women in Dosc and BEdroom Walls ready and willing to go!
Excellent!
Better tell you about them I guess.
Women in Docs are very funny and talented ladies from outer Queensland - Australia. In case you didn't know that is further than Mongolia if youlive on the East Coast.
Their stuff is always entertaining and they sing about stuff like suprmarkets and going to Nashville to be stars. In our eyes they are already there.
Then there are the romanticore dreamers in Bedroom Walls. This is music to shag your lover by and then have an illicit afterwards smoke.
What do they have in common - well ostensibly not much but in reality there is something other than great music that joins them together.
It's not friendship, hatred or idiology, superglue or roots.
The thing that keep us togther is Doctor Martins Boots!
(with apologies to Alexei sayle)
manipulation
Right now we are engaged in a big think- tank effort to try and break through the walls of inertia that surround us.
What the hell am I talking about?
Well, you guessed it - viral marketing.
The way things are at the moment we have reached our saturation point in terms of advertisng and all that sort of thing.
The hardest way to get people to listen is to shout and although we have been really nice to everyone they have pretty much given us the run around. So we decided to shout it out from the rooftops.
The trouble was that we can't afford to tip the bellboy that guards the elevator. So no matter how hard we try he won't open the doors for us.
It is all about making friends and that is no easy thing when you live a million miles away and no one ever gets in touch. They call it the tyrany of distance is Australia and they are right. When we get in to work Europe is in bed and East coast cities are all done with the day. California is still awake but that is sometime not a good thing. (IF one more person calls me dude! I haven't even got a ranch.)
Anyhow, here is the state of play. We are trying to figure out how to involve people in the bands we have and get them to give them a chance.
We have asked everyone we can think of and they all say the same damn thing - marketing - but what the #### is that?
What we need to do is to get the message out there that these guys are really different. Idiosyncratic, quirkky, great.
But how do we get past the fact that the entire world is permanetly worn out from adverts and other companies extoling the same thing?
We have a few ideas but to get them we nearly ruptured a blood vessel.
It isn't about trying to manipulate the minds of the public. It is about manipulating the minds of the gate keepers. If they don't let you get in that elevator and make it to the top of the towere you have no chance of ever being heard. What a pin in the proverbial. Somehow we have allowed ourselves to become sheep who only listen to the shepherd.
Trouble is the shepherd is really a voracious wolf who is in business with the abbatoir!
(sorry about the mixed metaphors there!)
Oh bugger it!
Look will you please just go out and buy one or two of our records please.
What the hell am I talking about?
Well, you guessed it - viral marketing.
The way things are at the moment we have reached our saturation point in terms of advertisng and all that sort of thing.
The hardest way to get people to listen is to shout and although we have been really nice to everyone they have pretty much given us the run around. So we decided to shout it out from the rooftops.
The trouble was that we can't afford to tip the bellboy that guards the elevator. So no matter how hard we try he won't open the doors for us.
It is all about making friends and that is no easy thing when you live a million miles away and no one ever gets in touch. They call it the tyrany of distance is Australia and they are right. When we get in to work Europe is in bed and East coast cities are all done with the day. California is still awake but that is sometime not a good thing. (IF one more person calls me dude! I haven't even got a ranch.)
Anyhow, here is the state of play. We are trying to figure out how to involve people in the bands we have and get them to give them a chance.
We have asked everyone we can think of and they all say the same damn thing - marketing - but what the #### is that?
What we need to do is to get the message out there that these guys are really different. Idiosyncratic, quirkky, great.
But how do we get past the fact that the entire world is permanetly worn out from adverts and other companies extoling the same thing?
We have a few ideas but to get them we nearly ruptured a blood vessel.
It isn't about trying to manipulate the minds of the public. It is about manipulating the minds of the gate keepers. If they don't let you get in that elevator and make it to the top of the towere you have no chance of ever being heard. What a pin in the proverbial. Somehow we have allowed ourselves to become sheep who only listen to the shepherd.
Trouble is the shepherd is really a voracious wolf who is in business with the abbatoir!
(sorry about the mixed metaphors there!)
Oh bugger it!
Look will you please just go out and buy one or two of our records please.
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Talking
Part of being in this business. In fact 99% of being in this business is talking.
The rest is just the gasps between saying something else.
I sometimes wonder if anyone who works in this business ever actually listens to anything at all.
Not just music, but what other people actually say.
We are all supposed to be lover of great music or eclectic music or any music for that matter but recently there seems to have been a lot of gas expended about digital this and that and very little about music itself.
The message has been eaten by the messenger and now we await the explosion that will come when it finally gets expelled.
Take for example SONY, who have just annouced that their main focus is the pod buster.
Now I know I don't run a billion dollar business but I can tell you that Microsoft are making money and GM aren't. Why? Content thats why . Not hardware but software.
Radio is the same. No songs = no listeners - no advertisers -no money -no radio.
When will they ever learn?
Down here in Aus ther aren't even any music shows on TV worth the name - unless you include Idol - which is what most of the people on it were before and since it screened - idle.
And they wonder why kids are bored.
You can't aspire to being a movie star if you are ugly, or a house doctor if you are clueless or even a crime fighter if you get caught stealing cars. But you can be a pop star. Thats why it will never die. It is truly a meritocrasy and no matter what Clear Channel. little Jimmy packer or Rupe "the dupe" Murdoch does about it talent will win out in the end.
Ask Nostradamus if you don't believe me.
The rest is just the gasps between saying something else.
I sometimes wonder if anyone who works in this business ever actually listens to anything at all.
Not just music, but what other people actually say.
We are all supposed to be lover of great music or eclectic music or any music for that matter but recently there seems to have been a lot of gas expended about digital this and that and very little about music itself.
The message has been eaten by the messenger and now we await the explosion that will come when it finally gets expelled.
Take for example SONY, who have just annouced that their main focus is the pod buster.
Now I know I don't run a billion dollar business but I can tell you that Microsoft are making money and GM aren't. Why? Content thats why . Not hardware but software.
Radio is the same. No songs = no listeners - no advertisers -no money -no radio.
When will they ever learn?
Down here in Aus ther aren't even any music shows on TV worth the name - unless you include Idol - which is what most of the people on it were before and since it screened - idle.
And they wonder why kids are bored.
You can't aspire to being a movie star if you are ugly, or a house doctor if you are clueless or even a crime fighter if you get caught stealing cars. But you can be a pop star. Thats why it will never die. It is truly a meritocrasy and no matter what Clear Channel. little Jimmy packer or Rupe "the dupe" Murdoch does about it talent will win out in the end.
Ask Nostradamus if you don't believe me.
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
super happy funland
Have any of you ever heard of super happy fun land?
Check it out if you haven't - some weird place in Texas that our guys visit occassionally.
As we are booking tours right now I thought it might be anice thing to do to give a few of you some hints on where to look if you are trying to book a tour in the US.
try these:
Venues
Eagle Tavern - San Francisco
Spaceland - LA
Super Happy Funland - TX
Antoines - Austin
Blue Bar - Las Vegas
The Independent - San Francisco
Berts Tiki Lounge - Arizona
Key Club - Los Angeles
That should get you started.
Tell us if you get a show anywhere. Who knows someone might show up.
Check it out if you haven't - some weird place in Texas that our guys visit occassionally.
As we are booking tours right now I thought it might be anice thing to do to give a few of you some hints on where to look if you are trying to book a tour in the US.
try these:
Venues
Eagle Tavern - San Francisco
Spaceland - LA
Super Happy Funland - TX
Antoines - Austin
Blue Bar - Las Vegas
The Independent - San Francisco
Berts Tiki Lounge - Arizona
Key Club - Los Angeles
That should get you started.
Tell us if you get a show anywhere. Who knows someone might show up.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
weird and wonderful
Here are a few questions or two for you.
I was in a store the other day and saw a couple who were deaf. Weird that they were in a record shop but who am I to judge?
Anyway there they were chatting away in sign language when suddenly the lady started waving her arms about. The guy replied and suddenly it was like being under a line of propellors. They were arguing in sign language! WOW now that was a sight to see.
So the first question is this: Do you get deaf people with Terrets syndrome?
Next
We have had all sorts of problems working the states since the patriot act came in. Photo's and scans and all sorts of extra security but my question is this
Do Astronauts need to carry a passport and make a declaration to customs? If not why not? They used to make us answer stupid stuff like were you ever a nazi - like anyone would say yes!
Last
If you have only one arm and your belt snaps when you are out on the town how do you flag down a cab?
I will leave you with that.
I was in a store the other day and saw a couple who were deaf. Weird that they were in a record shop but who am I to judge?
Anyway there they were chatting away in sign language when suddenly the lady started waving her arms about. The guy replied and suddenly it was like being under a line of propellors. They were arguing in sign language! WOW now that was a sight to see.
So the first question is this: Do you get deaf people with Terrets syndrome?
Next
We have had all sorts of problems working the states since the patriot act came in. Photo's and scans and all sorts of extra security but my question is this
Do Astronauts need to carry a passport and make a declaration to customs? If not why not? They used to make us answer stupid stuff like were you ever a nazi - like anyone would say yes!
Last
If you have only one arm and your belt snaps when you are out on the town how do you flag down a cab?
I will leave you with that.
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Movie stardom
Last week was a whirlwind.
We have been pressing up thousands of records in the states. Vinyl remixes on 12" and three differnt albums. Phone calls to pluggers, PR agents, retail managers, bookers, insiders and new people that we hope to do business with. All exciting stuff.
But the real thrill this week was shooting a video of superstar for Glovebox.
We got a gang of local film makers to go out on a limb for us to make the video and they started shooting on Australia day. Or at least we thought they would! In fact the whole day was spent in rehersals, which is really professional but really boring if you aren't doing any acting. Our A&R guy (famous Ian) was there from sparrow fart in the morning (THAT EARLY!) to late late late and did not much but make coffee and move props. Not a nice day for him really. It was certainly not all glamour.
So day 2 dawns and the band have flown up from Melbourne complete with new drummer Sarah and Morris sporting a new "tash. They arrived at 8pm on Thursday and shooting started at 5.30 am Friday! Holy Cow!!!! The day was then spent in a small apartment in Brisbane with a crew of hundreds and a cast of 5. Weird how that is always the case.
As for we label types - we went off to a location in the city to set up the gear for the "live" sections of the shoot. Amps, keys, drums, mikes etc all ready to go on time. We then sat in the blistering sun for another 4 hours before anyone else arrived.
I decided to go back to the office and got on with some work whilst they guys shot the last scenes so I never actually saw a single second of footage being recorded! Trust is all in these situations.
After a highly stressed few hours we all got back togther at a restaurant in town and the few of us who were not exhausted hit the town with a vengenance. Lets just say that the 4am cab ride home was a bit blurry.
The day after and all is well. Shoot was good. Rushes are done and so is my liver. Recovering now as we await the first cut.
I am very happy to recount the fact that although the shoot itself was about as exciting as constipation the end results are by all accounts fantastic. It is all glamourous eh?
God knows how Shaun Connery does it after 300 years as a movie star. I guess he gets to kiss the girls everytime. Thats how. As for us we just kissed the pavement when the beer beat us up. Rock n Roll baby.
We have been pressing up thousands of records in the states. Vinyl remixes on 12" and three differnt albums. Phone calls to pluggers, PR agents, retail managers, bookers, insiders and new people that we hope to do business with. All exciting stuff.
But the real thrill this week was shooting a video of superstar for Glovebox.
We got a gang of local film makers to go out on a limb for us to make the video and they started shooting on Australia day. Or at least we thought they would! In fact the whole day was spent in rehersals, which is really professional but really boring if you aren't doing any acting. Our A&R guy (famous Ian) was there from sparrow fart in the morning (THAT EARLY!) to late late late and did not much but make coffee and move props. Not a nice day for him really. It was certainly not all glamour.
So day 2 dawns and the band have flown up from Melbourne complete with new drummer Sarah and Morris sporting a new "tash. They arrived at 8pm on Thursday and shooting started at 5.30 am Friday! Holy Cow!!!! The day was then spent in a small apartment in Brisbane with a crew of hundreds and a cast of 5. Weird how that is always the case.
As for we label types - we went off to a location in the city to set up the gear for the "live" sections of the shoot. Amps, keys, drums, mikes etc all ready to go on time. We then sat in the blistering sun for another 4 hours before anyone else arrived.
I decided to go back to the office and got on with some work whilst they guys shot the last scenes so I never actually saw a single second of footage being recorded! Trust is all in these situations.
After a highly stressed few hours we all got back togther at a restaurant in town and the few of us who were not exhausted hit the town with a vengenance. Lets just say that the 4am cab ride home was a bit blurry.
The day after and all is well. Shoot was good. Rushes are done and so is my liver. Recovering now as we await the first cut.
I am very happy to recount the fact that although the shoot itself was about as exciting as constipation the end results are by all accounts fantastic. It is all glamourous eh?
God knows how Shaun Connery does it after 300 years as a movie star. I guess he gets to kiss the girls everytime. Thats how. As for us we just kissed the pavement when the beer beat us up. Rock n Roll baby.
Thursday, January 12, 2006
how not to get a record deal
Everyday we get emails and submission from acts around the world who want a deal.
Most of the time we try to reply with something positive but becasue of limited finances we can't sign anything like the number of acts we would like.
Every so often though someone shines out like a beacon of light.
I know it is cruel and not the best way to make friends but this email came in today and it really takes the cake.
I have posted it herer just to show you all how not to do it.
First up we have never had a TV show and then we have nothing to do with Germany at all. The rest I will leave to you. Pick the glaring mistakes.
Teachers report says - could do better!
Hi,
My name's are XXXXXXX a.k.a outshine from delta state in Nigeria but lived in Lagos right from birth. I am a large fan of your show which i see very often and i cant help myself stay glued to the screen when you're on. Aside from the quality of your pictures, interiguing events, captivating stories, well balanced scripting and brilliant editing what takes my breath away is how beauteful and peaceful Germany and its citizens are. As for me, life has not been because we got torture by the circumstances of life leaving 6 children to the the fate of an indigent single parent with no skill or job struggle extra had to cater for us all.
With issues as these, i lost my childhood having no memorable account of my past. But as God would have it i discovered my immerce talent i have in music a couple of years back.
I did quite a lot in terms of recording and promoting my songs on urban radio, go for shows to secure record deals but to me avail because of the shenanigans and nepotism that paraded our local music industry which had many record executives say my music is too advance for what they can bargain for. All of these led me to write to you so you can connect me to people and record labels over there in germany with your influence, positivism and kind heartedness.
I have an article titled "outshine shining true" with 5 of my songs (full) on Africa hip hop.com. I will like you to go through the songs and refer people you know will be interested in my stuff. Germany has no doubt contributed in the world of music by producing people like
Max Herre and his wife Joy Dehalane,Rammstein, Lon Berger, sweet sexy Sarah connors among other talented superstars and i want to join in the train of success. I want to storm the world by taking Hip Hop from Germany to the next level.
Please help me in any way you can, I am sure some of you will like my stuff. I humbly await your reply.
Most of the time we try to reply with something positive but becasue of limited finances we can't sign anything like the number of acts we would like.
Every so often though someone shines out like a beacon of light.
I know it is cruel and not the best way to make friends but this email came in today and it really takes the cake.
I have posted it herer just to show you all how not to do it.
First up we have never had a TV show and then we have nothing to do with Germany at all. The rest I will leave to you. Pick the glaring mistakes.
Teachers report says - could do better!
Hi,
My name's are XXXXXXX a.k.a outshine from delta state in Nigeria but lived in Lagos right from birth. I am a large fan of your show which i see very often and i cant help myself stay glued to the screen when you're on. Aside from the quality of your pictures, interiguing events, captivating stories, well balanced scripting and brilliant editing what takes my breath away is how beauteful and peaceful Germany and its citizens are. As for me, life has not been because we got torture by the circumstances of life leaving 6 children to the the fate of an indigent single parent with no skill or job struggle extra had to cater for us all.
With issues as these, i lost my childhood having no memorable account of my past. But as God would have it i discovered my immerce talent i have in music a couple of years back.
I did quite a lot in terms of recording and promoting my songs on urban radio, go for shows to secure record deals but to me avail because of the shenanigans and nepotism that paraded our local music industry which had many record executives say my music is too advance for what they can bargain for. All of these led me to write to you so you can connect me to people and record labels over there in germany with your influence, positivism and kind heartedness.
I have an article titled "outshine shining true" with 5 of my songs (full) on Africa hip hop.com. I will like you to go through the songs and refer people you know will be interested in my stuff. Germany has no doubt contributed in the world of music by producing people like
Max Herre and his wife Joy Dehalane,Rammstein, Lon Berger, sweet sexy Sarah connors among other talented superstars and i want to join in the train of success. I want to storm the world by taking Hip Hop from Germany to the next level.
Please help me in any way you can, I am sure some of you will like my stuff. I humbly await your reply.
Monday, January 09, 2006
turning japanese
Welcome to the dawn of a new year.
In the wonderful worl do backroom entertainment we are busy again.
The next few months looks like a series of releases and tours and follow ups and god knows what.
It is interesting to see how things have changed for us though since we decided to go against the flow and expand the operations here.
We have hired in acouple of big consultancies and they are taking masses of pressure off us. It is great! Now we can see what we are doing without being buried under tons of paperwork and we are getting back to the music again.
I guess it is always like that - you go hell for leather until it all gets too much and then get someone in to do it better and start the whole thing all over again. I do believe it is more cost effective that way but by learning teh ropes you also burn up a lot of cash and candles. If anyone has any better ideas I want to hear them!
So now that we are working with retail and radio specialists from Spokane to Florida we are having a much better time of it. In fact the plans now are to expand our operations by licences with japanese contacts. If that comes off it willbe a huge boost and we will be truly global. Right now we work in the USA, UK and Australia so apart from the time differences it is really easy. We shall see how it is with our oriental aquaintances!
Incidentally here is a tip - if you can write a good song with japan - japanese in the lyric that TV can use you are going to make zillions - they still use department s songs from about 1979 for all those slots on japan. Time to move on!
So there you are - 2006 beckons and optimism brews. Hope it is the same for you.
In the wonderful worl do backroom entertainment we are busy again.
The next few months looks like a series of releases and tours and follow ups and god knows what.
It is interesting to see how things have changed for us though since we decided to go against the flow and expand the operations here.
We have hired in acouple of big consultancies and they are taking masses of pressure off us. It is great! Now we can see what we are doing without being buried under tons of paperwork and we are getting back to the music again.
I guess it is always like that - you go hell for leather until it all gets too much and then get someone in to do it better and start the whole thing all over again. I do believe it is more cost effective that way but by learning teh ropes you also burn up a lot of cash and candles. If anyone has any better ideas I want to hear them!
So now that we are working with retail and radio specialists from Spokane to Florida we are having a much better time of it. In fact the plans now are to expand our operations by licences with japanese contacts. If that comes off it willbe a huge boost and we will be truly global. Right now we work in the USA, UK and Australia so apart from the time differences it is really easy. We shall see how it is with our oriental aquaintances!
Incidentally here is a tip - if you can write a good song with japan - japanese in the lyric that TV can use you are going to make zillions - they still use department s songs from about 1979 for all those slots on japan. Time to move on!
So there you are - 2006 beckons and optimism brews. Hope it is the same for you.
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