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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Brixton JAMM, London, 31st August 2008. It's an all-dayer, featuring all sorts of bands. I'm on in the acoustic, afternoon portion, at 5:15pm, except I'm not very acoustic, hehe. :)
  • xtremehardy388
    xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Brixton JAMM, London, 31st August 2008. It's an all-dayer, featuring all sorts of bands. I'm on in the acoustic, afternoon portion, at 5:15pm, except I'm not very acoustic, hehe. :)
    Rock on!!!!
    Grand Rapids '04, Detroit '06
    JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
    "Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Oooh, I got my very first gig write-up, on the Backstage Pass site:


    "Now Richard McGuire from Cambridge is a very talented but quite heavy performer who is influenced by Hendrix and Dylan as well as, but not least by, Kevin Coyne. He does very clever stuff on a 12 String and a pedal and songs like “Horse Running Backwards” and “J’Accuse” are well constructed but dark and deep. He closed with “The Assembly of Birds”, which had a guitar intro that was longer than the live version of Lou Reed’s “Sweet Jane” and went on to cover some intricate guitar work that demanded concentration. If you like very good music give him a try, but forget it if you get bored easily. See what you think on www.myspace.com/finsburytunes."

    If you don't like very good music, and have the attention span of a fidgety gnat, forget it. Er, I think. I can live with a review like that! :D

    Apart from the musicians and a few stragglers, the reviewer was about the only paying customer, but I can live with that, hehehe.

    http://backstagepass.seatwaveblogs.com/2008/08/last_week_in_london_les_pauls.php


    Now, I want to hear about everybody else's gigs, here. :)
  • lucylespian
    lucylespian Posts: 2,403
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Oooh, I got my very first gig write-up, on the Backstage Pass site:


    "Now Richard McGuire from Cambridge is a very talented but quite heavy performer who is influenced by Hendrix and Dylan as well as, but not least by, Kevin Coyne. He does very clever stuff on a 12 String and a pedal and songs like “Horse Running Backwards” and “J’Accuse” are well constructed but dark and deep. He closed with “The Assembly of Birds”, which had a guitar intro that was longer than the live version of Lou Reed’s “Sweet Jane” and went on to cover some intricate guitar work that demanded concentration. If you like very good music give him a try, but forget it if you get bored easily. See what you think on www.myspace.com/finsburytunes."

    If you don't like very good music, and have the attention span of a fidgety gnat, forget it. Er, I think. I can live with a review like that! :D

    Apart from the musicians and a few stragglers, the reviewer was about the only paying customer, but I can live with that, hehehe.

    http://backstagepass.seatwaveblogs.com/2008/08/last_week_in_london_les_pauls.php


    Now, I want to hear about everybody else's gigs, here. :)

    Congrats !! I ended up gettin a 12 string too. I'll start a thread. NIce review. I could stand that sort of criticism.
    I've not had any more gigs, but we are rehersing a bunch of stuff to get our repertoire up. We have about 25 songs now, and are aiming to get to about 60, but that will take a few months. We have a few tentative dates booked, a local Friday night club thing and a 40th birthday party.
    Music is not a competetion.
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Oooh, I got my very first gig write-up, on the Backstage Pass site:


    "Now Richard McGuire from Cambridge is a very talented but quite heavy performer who is influenced by Hendrix and Dylan as well as, but not least by, Kevin Coyne. He does very clever stuff on a 12 String and a pedal and songs like “Horse Running Backwards” and “J’Accuse” are well constructed but dark and deep. He closed with “The Assembly of Birds”, which had a guitar intro that was longer than the live version of Lou Reed’s “Sweet Jane” and went on to cover some intricate guitar work that demanded concentration. If you like very good music give him a try, but forget it if you get bored easily. See what you think on www.myspace.com/finsburytunes."

    If you don't like very good music, and have the attention span of a fidgety gnat, forget it. Er, I think. I can live with a review like that! :D

    Apart from the musicians and a few stragglers, the reviewer was about the only paying customer, but I can live with that, hehehe.

    http://backstagepass.seatwaveblogs.com/2008/08/last_week_in_london_les_pauls.php


    Now, I want to hear about everybody else's gigs, here. :)
    That's an awesome review Fins. congrats!
  • savman
    savman Posts: 230
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Brixton JAMM, London, 31st August 2008. It's an all-dayer, featuring all sorts of bands. I'm on in the acoustic, afternoon portion, at 5:15pm, except I'm not very acoustic, hehe. :)


    Buggar, I'll be away in Europe for that unfortunately! But by the looks of your review I'll definately come down to one!
  • xtremehardy388
    xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    I know it's not a gig BUT...

    Tonight was the first time our band has practiced with our new line up. After being delayed two hours (silly rhythm guitarist and his girlfriend). Anyway, there were some hiccups, of course, since we got a new drummer. However, it was AMAZING!!!!!Our last song was so intense! They're all originals (most written by me). Everything just seemed to gel. I don't mean to gloat, I'm just very excited and still hyped up! I figured I'd share with you all :)

    I thought, after my old band, I'd never enjoy playing music, especially with a group anymore but I'm playing with awesome friends who've been there for me through everything (and know the reasons and emotions in the songs) and they put the same amount of heart into them as I do. I think that's the best part of this-we're not looking to make any money, we're just having fun and messing around. People seem to enjoy us which is a bonus.
    Grand Rapids '04, Detroit '06
    JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
    "Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy

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