I'm a realist.
If you were hanging on my every word I’d have been mobbed in the street by
now. I guess that means I’m not a perfect blogger. But hey – practice makes
bearable eh?
So, on the insistence of a certain drummer, here are some snippets of
information mixed with comments and observations from the past few months.
A while back, we were the studioviets, working with John & Andrew at Loft
Music.
We did our job and they did theirs. I should tell you I think they played a
blinder (but if I did that, it would only feed their egos!)
You can hear the end result on the...
Information, Comments and Observations
It Did Bloody Rain That Day...
Kensington Gardens, all dressed up, I say hello to the Darling children Wendy, John and Michael and leave for a Christmas party leaving Nana the dog in charge.
Hold on a sec, that's the wrong set I'm on about. I'll come back to that.
Right. Sunday 22nd of November. It's 5am. It's freezing and the Soviets are starting their day. We performed at Hyem bar just a few hours earlier in what was a great gig and I'm knackered but at the same time I'm buzzing. This is our first video and we've chosen The Waitress to be our first single release. 2010 could be a big year and even though...
...And The World Goes Round
Although it may seem that The Soviets have been lying dormant for the last few weeks, this is far from the truth.
We played some great gigs during Carnival week at Cromer (following the penultimate gig in our 'Summer at The Cluny' franchise), and had a little bit of a party while we were at it, then returned home for some respite and to prepare for September.
Since then we've all been doing fairly monotonous tasks behind the scenes for the Reckless General Records project; setting a definite date for the release of debut EP "Who We Are", which you can stream for free on MySpace or here...
The Battle For The Cluny (or how I learnt to stop worrying and love the Barn)
Gigs are good.
We like them a lot. In fact we like them enough to bother telling you internet peoples about the one's we've just been doing. Firstly let me say a very big thank you to everyone who turned up to our lovely RGR at The Cluny event last month, we love you long time. And what a night it was!
The Soviets, on a real post-studio high, closed the night with one of the tightest performances we've ever played. We, like, rocked and that. Support came in the form of the ever-entertaining...
Producers and Publishers we salute you!
If you're a musician and haven't got a Producer... get one! Those of you who have been following The Soviets blog will know that we have been working with John Elliott and Andrew Archer of Loft production LLP on a three track EP and they've done a brilliant job. We've worked hard as a band to arrange the songs and achieve a sound that we felt gave the songs maximum impact but working with John and Andrew has really opened our eyes as to how many layers and magical sprinkles go into making even the simplest of songs. They used ideas and techniques that we wouldn't have even...
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