Paperjam reports that Taylor John’s House has won the best live venue Godiva Award. Taylor John’s is in Coventry, so outside the remit of this blog, but from what I hear they’re doing good work worthy of support in difficult circumstances. So if you find yourself there do check them out.
Digital Central’s Music Box is complete. A three booklet series of resources and advice for the music industry it’ll be distributed to delegates at the Gigbeth conference or you can get a copy direct from DC. There are also PDFs available to download from these links: Box 1: Making Money out of Music. Box 2: … [Read more…]
The lineup for Project X has been confirmed.
Improvise and Socialise is a “participatory Improvisation Skills workshop” being run as part of Gigbeth on Thursday, November 1st from 9:00pm at the Old Library in the Custard Factory. The only details I can find online are on Facebook (that link should work if you’re registered) but here’s the blurb and contact details. The ideal … [Read more…]
Reality Estate took place last night at Five Ways. It was, well, I found it rather indescribable. I think the highlight for me was standing in the middle of the estate while the singers moved around me. But I’m at a loss to put the experience into words. They don’t seem worthy enough. Well done … [Read more…]
Dunc of Autumn Store on how to promote gigs. It turned out that bands I liked weren’t playing in Birmingham because I hadn’t booked them yet. I’m hoping to demystify the booking-and-promoting process a little bit, in the hope that more people will put bands that they like on in Birmingham too, because – as … [Read more…]
Just in time for the weekend, here’s Brumcast 73. [audio:http://ipodnetworks.com/podcast/363/1975_hifi.mp3]
Autumnstore Dunc waxes lyrical about his recent find, acoustic singer-songwriter Jesmond Villas. It also appears that one R Howard is a nodal point of activity in this regard and should probably be paid attention to.