Well that was huge fun. Jools and drove down to Colac (160 kms)and it was a good run, although it rained off and on all the way. So why the hell were we driving all that way in the cold and the rain? Simple. Shane Hpward was doing a gig premiering the songs from his […]
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A tale of two (Music) websites and why using Bandcamp wins
I started writing this on Facebook while waiting for the servers to reboot/verify (overnight power outage) and then thought I would pop it here instead. Let’s start with some background (get comfy this is a bumpy ride) Every month FolkCast, put out a podcast that arrives in my MP3 player and provides 1 hour and […]
Tales of a Zoom H4n – Ian Bland and The Lamington Drive Orchestra
Long-suffering readers will be well aware of Ian Bland (You can read all the previous entries about later MFI – My Friend Ian ) So to bring you up to date Ian has a new album out it’s called Angel in Reverse and Saturday was it’s CD launch. The venue was one that I hadn’t been to […]
Tales Of A Zoom H4n – Danny Spooner – Albert Park
It’s been ages since Jools and I have been down to Harmony Row @ Albert Park and frankly I have to wonder why we have left it so long. Cliff sent out (just subscribe to his email list – trust me) that Danny Spooner was playing and that was enough for Jools. We were going. In […]
Tales of A Zoom H4n – Madison Violet – Portarlington
It’s been 4 years since their last trip to Australia and Madison Violet have finally returned. AND to top it off they are playing at Harvester Moon, quite a no-brainer really, a quick phone call to Dominic and we had a table booked. We were off….
Tales of A Zoom H4n – Shane Howard – Portarlington
Back in September last year Jools and I went off to see Shane Howard play at Harvester Moon in Portarlington. (If you aren’t on their mailing list you should be). We decided to make a bit of day of it so we found a B&B (with a bay view) and a totally unexpected “pick you up […]