Entries Tagged as 'Gig stuff'
Did a little interview with Carl from Sleeveface.com today, in preparation for a bigger chat we’re going to have tomorrow, at 3pm, which will be streamed live at qik.com/solobasssteve
Here’s today’s chat -
There’s loads more video from today over at qik.com/solobasssteve, and we’ll be streaming tonight’s Lawson/Dodds/Wood gig live there at 11pm (that’s in […]
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Tags: Geek · Gig stuff · gig dates
This weekend, the social media marvel that is Christian Payne hosted a lil’ festival out in wilds of Surrey called Geeknbury - I REALLY wanted to go, but it was just dreadful timing for me, work-wise, so I had to make do with checking out the happenings from the fest via the festival channel on […]
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Here’s some fun video from Friday night’s gig at The Perseverence in London - the whole thing was streamed live, and archived, so that you can watch 45 minutes of it now! It starts of with Lobelia playing solo, then I join in, and finish up with a solo tune…
Enjoy!
Oh, and don’t miss Tuesday night’s […]
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About two weeks ago, I got an email from electronic drum-monkey extraordinaire, Andrew Booker, asking me to do a gig with his improv collective Improvizone, at the design museum. This appealed on a few different levels - firstly, Andrew’s a fantastic musician and top bloke. Note that the first time I saw Andrew live, I […]
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Tags: Gig stuff · Music News · Musing on Music · bass ideas · looping · tips for musicians
I’ve FINALLY got round to adding the latest bunch of gigs to Reverb Nation. The first of which is this sunday, at the Brickhouse, on Brick Lane in London (deets below in the gig cal widget).
The gig’s with my new trio with Patrick Wood and Roy Dodds - two of the most amazing musicians I’ve […]
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January 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Wow, I’m exhausted! The last three days have been pretty intense work-wise.
Starting with a gig Friday night at The Red House in Walnut Creek - it’s a fantastic venue: The Red House is a ‘health club for musicians’, the attendees pay a monthly subscription, and then get to use the rehearsal facilities, go to gigs, […]
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Tags: Gig stuff · Music News · the future of music
November 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Last friday, I played with Lo. at the Freedom Of Expression night in Marylebone, London, and once again it was archived for your viewing and listening pleasure. And this time, I actually took my pedals with me - hurrah! It’s a lovely little gig, and well worth a watch…
Enjoy!
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We’ve had two lovely gigs in the last couple of days, and some stupidly early mornings.
Saturday began with me heading into town to pick up a SatNav thingie - I knew better than to try big drives across Europe with maps and google-directions. So I got us a Garmin 250, which was the cheapest one […]
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November 8th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Punk bass Godfather Mike Watt has an expression for low-budget touring - he calls it ‘jamming econo’ (the recent film on the history of his seminal band The Minutemen is called We Jam Econo).
As a solo bassist, I don’t really have much choice but to jam econo - it’s not like I’m at the big […]
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Tags: Gig stuff · Musing on Music · tips for musicians · travel
November 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment
Yesterday was the first rehearsal for the London Jazz Festival gig that I’m doing on Nov 24th with
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Tags: Gig stuff · Musing on Music · tips for musicians