Gig! Tonight! Holycrap!

I have a gig tonight at Irish Murphy's!  You should totally be there!

It's one that I'd thought was cancelled due to Powderfinger being on the same night, and me having bought tickets.

Long story short, Powderfinger was moved to last night (The 13th), and Dane Hunnerup called me this morning saying that I could play afterall, as I was one of the names on the poster!

So be there!

9pm tonight at Irish Murphy's!

I'll be on at 10.

See ya there!

-Dave

One Fine Day Festival

Today is the day for the One FIne Day festival at the Republic in Hobart, and even though it's not such a fine day, you should still totally go, as it'll be inside and warm.  Plus, as an added bonus, you'll have a whole heap of awesome acts to keep you entertained, such as: Amy Kendall and the Kitchenhands, George Begbie, HANNAH, Invisible Boy, Adam Cousens, Enola Fall, and MANY MORE!

 

Be there.  It'll be awesome.

 

-Dave

Computer game music

So along with recording my album, I have also been playing around with Computer game music for a game being designed by a friend of mine, who goes by the online moniker "Nightcabbage".
I can't tell you too much about this project, as it has not yet been released, but I can show you some of the tracks that aren't going to be used in the game, as they came out a little bit too dark... I seem to be good at making dark atmospheric music, but not so good a really cheerful stuff.

This one is probably my favourite, it's called "A Long Flight with Nothing to Shoot at..."
A Long Flight.mp3

This one would be my second favourite, I haven't actually named it yet though.
Track 4.mp3

I do like this one, but it feels a bit too midi to me.  This was my first time experimenting with more orchestral style instruments.
General Malevolence.mp3

Hope you enjoy them!
-Dave

PS. Don't forget about the preview from my hopefully soon to be finished album in the sidebar to the right!

Ooops, Blog neglect...

So yeah, like so many projects I start, this blog seemed to fall by the wayside...

So I'm just going to do a really quick update, as I have *way* too much to do right now.

Firstly, the work on my EP has turned into work on my full length Album, Work on that has been fairly steady, and the deadline for recording is later this month, at which point, it will be going off to the publishers.
Once that's been published, my plan is to have a large CD launch party, with a full band (Probably happening in late November). I can't reveal much about the band, except for the Pianist - George Begbie, who has been a massive help throughout the recording of this album.

Wedding plans have been finalised, and I will be happily married to Jessie as of the 13th of February!

Vino have been playing around a fair bit, and we have been getting quite a few private gigs at parties and conferences.  We'll be playing at the Taste of Tasmania later this year, and hopefully returning to the Cygnet Folk Festival again, as well as playing numerous gigs at various venues around Hobart.

Also, a while ago, I officially joined Amy Kendall's band "The Kitchenhands", initially as her guitarist, but after discovering that no one except Amy can master her fingerpicking style, I given the role of Percussionist.  Keep an eye on her website for updates: http://www.amykendall.com.au/

I think that's about it from me, I've been playing intermittent gigs while I work away in the studio, and have been doing a bit of Live Sound mixing for Irish Murphys on occasion.
I'll be playing one of those intermittent gigs at The Lark Distillery on the 11th of September, you should totally come - it'll be awesome.

'Till next time
-Dave

F1rst P0st!!1one!

Hi Everyone!

So I'm gonna start keeping a lil' blog here, letting you know what's going down in my life, musically, and sometimes personally. It'll probably end up being me rambling on about whatever comes into my head, whilst pretending that all you actually want to know...

Firstly, apologies about the title, it just seemed traditional to make a cheesy nerd joke as the title on the first post. I promise it won't happen again...

So lots of exciting stuff happening!
I've been slowly putting together an EP, which will hopefully be released within the next few months (I've got two songs just about finished, and the outlines for several others). I plan to have 5 or six songs on it (I may even get carried away and go an album length EP), but there might be a secret track at the end, penned by me, but being sung by someone who, after he's built up some more confidence, has the potential to be a really good singer!

I've been playing a lot with a good friend of mine George Begbie, and together we form the band "Vino". We've, as of writing this, only had two real gigs, and only one official gig, but that official gig *was* a sellout gig at the Cygnet Folk Festival in Tasmania (Well I say "sell-out", it was more that the festival sold out, and we happened to be playing there, than because of us, but it's nice to dream), which went *Really* well.

The only issue that I had with it, is as part of our image, we wear full dinner suits, and black fedora's, and it was absolutely stinking hot down there... The jacket didn't stay on very long...

Other than that, I've been pretty flat out with things happening at the Conservatorium of Music. Things went quite well last semester, and while I didn't get the marks I was hoping for (I contracted bronchitis part way through the year, and lost several months of study time :( ), I was still happy with the results.

Well I think that's about it from me for this f1rst p0st, I want to leave something for the next one!

Until next time.
-David Out