Over the last few days I’ve been setting up a MINIONTV page on Pinterest.
Pinterest is a social network based on images. You can create boards of which you ‘pin’ images to. We have set up a board called the MINIONTV Band Journal to pin photos of rehearsal sessions, studio recording, gigs and whatever else we get up to. We will be making a continuous effort to update this journal so have a look from time to time.
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To celebrate our first release having a birthday it’s now set at the low price of £2.99 for the download and £4.99 for the CD. Please take this opportunity to grab it if you haven’t already and share it with other people who may not have heard it.
Our self-titled first release came out nearly two years ago. Through that we’ve connected with so many great people from all over the world. We’ve been fortunate enough to have had music from it used for TV/film work which really helped spread the word.
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It’s always a necessity for me to go on the hunt for record stores when I’m gigging with the band so I’ve decided to start blogging about the ones I’ve really liked.
Piccadilly Records, based on Oldham Street, is usually the first port of call whenever I travel to Manchester. Always fully stocked with a diverse selection of records I could happily browse through the aisles all day. There’s a dedicated avant-garde/post-rock/doom section which always manages to make me come out with at least one record whether it be something I’ve had my eye on or a blind buy.
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Tagged avant-garde, doom, drone, manchester, night and day, oldham street, piccadilly records, post-rock, record stores, Shazam, The Dirty Three, toward the low sun, vinyl
Before festival season hits (for bands applying) I thought I’d give out a bit of advice from my own experience and that of other bands. If you’re in a band and have something to add please leave a comment below.
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Well, I’ve been promising to write a blog for as long as a Neil Peart drum solo, I just couldn’t think what to write it about. After a bit of thought, I decided to just write it about my equipment and how and why I chose it (unlike all you secretive guitarists who don’t want anyone to know how you make all those meeps, whaas and chugga chuggas….you know who you are!). I warn you I am a gear nerd, so I apologise if I go on a bit!!
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Tagged ADC, Colin Lamont, cymbals, drums, Evans, Gavin Harrison, John Stanier, MINIONTV, Neil Peart, Pearl Export, simon monkhouse, the drummer blog, Zildjian
…they started mysteriously pulling me in to their world of sharp electric guitars and minimum vocals.
Read the full article here.
