22 September 2008

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Val in the studio
Birthdays, busking, parties, performing, recording, running, radio, watching... and a holiday too (more of a 'Busman's Holiday' as we spent most of the evenings at music venues).

Two more busy months behind us and more to come. We:

  • Spent the last week of August at Brian Bedford's Parkhead Studio recording and doing initial mixes for jiva's first 'professionally recorded' CD. We now need to somehow find time to listen to the tracks and plan the next steps.
     
  • Played for the Cancer Research UK Relay For Life event in Gateshead International Stadium.
     
  • Raised over £200 for Cancer Research UK in Busking Cancer events at South Shields Folk Club, Newcastle's Bridge Folk Club and Cramlington Folk Club.
     
  • Played 2 consecutive days at Fleetwood ARC concerts raising money for Arthritis Research.
     
  • Attended 2 parties on Jimmy's birthday.
     
  • Did 2 recording sessions for a friend's CD (one at home in the Blue Room and one live at Cramlington Folk Club).
     
  • Ran 2 other nights at Cramlington Folk Club (playing support for Anthony John Clarke on one of them).
     
  • Did 2 Bishop FM radio shows:

    1. studio guest on Terry Ferdinand's excellent Folk Show where we surprised him on air by playing the full length Bishop FM song and presenting him with a professional studio recording of the song and the cut down jingle version.

    2. the opening show of 'Folk Up Front With Ferdinand' - a series of programmes where Terry chats to his guests about their lives, loves, music and maybe uncovers a few secrets! The show also features the guest playing live in the studio and Terry plays some of their favourite/influential music tracks.

    NB - we also wrote and recorded some jingles for the Folk Up Front series too!
     
  • 'Holidayed' in Scotland - played at Dunblane Folk Club, Acoustic Brew in Dunfermline and the 19th Acoustic Music Club in Largoward.
     
  • Started work on a new website commission - look out for www.songtales.co.uk in the coming weeks!

In addition we've been out and about doing floor spots around the region and catching up with Allan Taylor at Glenfarg Folk Club, the Davy Lamp Folk Club and the John Wright tribute concert in Newcastle. We also saw EmmyLou Harris in concert at Newcastle's City Hall.

More busy times coming up... we need another holiday...

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