Go to gigs alone!

This is my new resolution that i'm going to implement wherever possible.

Being the lovely person that I am, I offered to do some promo for Twin Atlantic for their support slot with Gaslight Anthem at Birmingham Academy last week. To my surprise Sharks were first support. When I worked at In The City in Manchester last October I was repping for both these guy's gigs so I was pretty chuffed for them both to be playing.

I had a massive bag of free Twin Atlantic downloads and was trotting around the venue giving them out, chatting to people etc... So I get talking to a group of friends from Oxford that were up for a few days and I latched onto them for the evening. Being the local I showed them about a bit and just had a top evening. Had a little chat with Gaslight's sound engineer in The Victoria too and she was telling me loads of interesting things about Frank Turner.

My general point is that people you have known for a long time don't ask questions of you. They are used to your behaviour, know where you grew up, what school was like for you. I am in no way saying ditch your friends and just keep making new ones, just simply, once in a while, endeavour to meet some new people or your life will stagnate...

First London Show

So I'm playing at The Constitution in Camden on the 27th of August. It's an acoustic show. I don't particularly mind this at all as recently the acoustic shows I've played have gone really well. Usually there is some dude singing some classic song and thanking the audience a million times and saying he has a sore throat and then belting a song out and hitting high notes to rapturous applause despite his supposed hoarseness. At which point I stroll on, say 'Hullo', and play what by the look on peoples faces MUST be disheveled noise...Rant over...

I wholly appreciate the need to play and meet people in London which is why I am venturing South. Most of my shows have been Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool so it will be a new one. If it is supposed to be "The next level" though then I know precisely 5 people in and around Greater London so it will more likely be more of the same. For now at least...

New Track - While It Lasts

While It Lasts - Neil Ward by neilwardmusic

Here is my sparkly new offering to you all. Wrap your gills around it...wrap them hard!