14/06/2017
This column has covered club gigs several times in the past, but here I want to focus on three important points that fit ...
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My last article left us orbiting Planet Party, and away missions visited a few lucrative locations; playing at private events, ...
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The last stop in our quest was the unpredictable but often quite fun planet of All-Ages & School Gigs. Now let’s journey ...
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Starting this ‘Stage Trek’ series last issue, I gave a few general pointers on how to hunt down places for your band ...
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Mid-July 1982. For a 20th birthday gig, it had been a disheartening night. My band had just finished playing the classy, ...
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It all started very casually for Band X. They got well-established in the local scene, and before long got to play other ...
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Incredibly the story of Ill Semantics runs over more than two decades – albeit with an eight year break ahead of their ...
READ MORE >In my last Building Blocks article I charted the path that it took for a breakout band to establish itself in a local scene. ...
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Every town where live music is regularly performed has some kind of scene: an ongoing series of performances by local and ...
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