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« Reply #100 on: December 17, 2015, 01:20:14 PM » |
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"It's four star! You're four star! All the Judges are four star!" Well, how kind of him to say!  Sadly, it was marks out of 10. Jules |
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« Reply #101 on: January 20, 2016, 10:36:53 AM » |
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« Reply #102 on: January 20, 2016, 11:20:31 AM » |
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« Reply #103 on: March 30, 2016, 09:53:40 AM » |
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« Reply #104 on: April 14, 2016, 10:54:59 AM » |
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Not really a blog update, but at the close of this week's songwritig session we found we had five minutes spare, so we propped up an iPad on a kitchen stool, channelled our best Chevy Chase vibes and mucked about for 4:02 of Tony Winn's song "What's a Rainbow". We really must do some proper recording. So, here we are - Helen and The Neighbourhood Dogs - also available for house concerts... https://www.facebook.com/helenandthedogs/videos/223441494688666/Please note - it's on Facebook, but then so are we.  |
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JeremyRS
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« Reply #105 on: April 15, 2016, 11:59:12 AM » |
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That was fun, a band I'd go to see if only I didn't live 120 miles away from their haunts.
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« Reply #106 on: April 15, 2016, 12:03:23 PM » |
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That was fun, a band I'd go to see if only I didn't live 120 miles away from their haunts.
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« Reply #107 on: April 15, 2016, 05:44:28 PM » |
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« Reply #108 on: April 15, 2016, 08:56:58 PM » |
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That would be good, but would anybody else Ah, there's the rub. New band seeks employment. "Where have you played?" "Nowhere" "Next!"  |
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« Reply #109 on: April 15, 2016, 09:51:52 PM » |
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Indeed. Harder as a band than a solo act too, not to mention schlepping up the motorway on a school night for 30 minutes and £50 followed by a two hour drive back.
On the other hand, some bands natural milieu is a an area no more than 50 miles from home. They're not professional, they're not semi-professional, they play for fun and love of the music. They might get the odd low key festival but other than that they play pubs and clubs, enjoy themselves and entertain the people who hear them. Which is fine. More power to their elbows.
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« Reply #110 on: April 15, 2016, 10:53:08 PM » |
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There's a thing - are you 'professional' when you can make a living out of playing music, or when you decide that you're a musician and that's what you do? I know several 'musicians' for whom (say) bar work is beneath them, and some others who write/create/perform, but have a stand-by occupation which actually pays the bills.
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« Reply #111 on: April 16, 2016, 09:02:27 AM » |
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Not perhaps the best choice of words by me. I was thinking of "full-time" and "part-time". I think the answer to your question is both but "making a living" as you say often actually means "making a living in conjunction with my other jobs/when combined with my partner who has a "proper" job"
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« Reply #112 on: April 25, 2016, 12:05:21 PM » |
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« Reply #114 on: July 12, 2016, 12:29:12 PM » |
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« Reply #117 on: September 21, 2016, 08:40:19 PM » |
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« Reply #118 on: September 21, 2016, 08:54:08 PM » |
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WTFDTMFTLM? "Two more from them later". Just a litle in-joke regarding anything that sounds like it might have been the name of a band featured in session on the John Peel show. See also 'HJH' - referring to the 'Hey Jude Hitmakers'. |
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