Jan 8, 2015 | Bands, Joe Carey Quartet (funky jazz), Public Gigs, The Missing Persians
Had a lot of private function work over the last month or so (lots of Christmas parties and works “do”s as you’d expect for the time of year) and not many gigs which are open to the public this month, but there are a couple of public gigs in January...
Dec 6, 2014 | Public Gigs
I did a gig in a “boutique” hotel in Oxford last night. This should have been an easy gig for me as I live in the area – a lot of my gigs have me traveling all over the country so was looking forward to a quick drive home (and maybe even get a rare...
Nov 21, 2014 | Public Gigs
What with working on new original songs with, and trying to organise a tour for The Missing Persians, and fitting that around the various function band commitments that pay for my bread and gruel I’ve been pretty busy recently, which has meant I’ve not...
Nov 2, 2014 | Public Gigs
I think we’ve had a really nice summer this year – not too hot, but regularly warm and dry, which has been great for the festival gigs! Sadly, the lovely weather we’ve been having has finally been replaced with some proper autumnal wind and rain and...
Jul 21, 2014 | Bands, Hints and tips, Recording, Studio, The Missing Persians
After about a year of rehearsing and gigging, The Missing Persians decided to record their first album. It was released (or as our singer/songwriter Chris likes to say “escaped”) on Saturday 19th July 2014 at our Thamesfest performance – you can also...
Jul 21, 2014 | Bands, Hot and Horny, Odd gig experiences, Public Gigs
One of this weeks gigs (with Hot and Horny) involved a very quick change setup. The show was for a corporate award ceremony (I never found out the industry or the name of the awards) and the room was only going to be empty for about an hour. This isn’t long to...
Jul 21, 2014 | Bands, Odd gig experiences
I did a gig recently for a corporate client – they had an award ceremony mid week and wanted our 12 piece party band to supply the evening entertainment. We started with our soul and contemporary set and got a good crowd dancing in front of the stage. This was...
May 7, 2014 | Double Bass, General
After a recent recording session with The Missing Persians, I was carrying my basses upstairs to where they live in my studio when something awful happened. The incident… I’ve long been an advocate of what my dad calls “the lazy man’s...
Mar 2, 2014 | Bands, Recording, The Missing Persians
Over the last few weeks we’ve been recording songs which we hope will become our first album. JJ (our friendly PA man) has proved himself to be one of the most generous men in the world by letting us set up base in his house to record. This has meant drums in...
Dec 13, 2013 | Bands, Hints and tips, Public Gigs, The Missing Persians
One of the joys of working with The Missing Persians is that I get to do a lot more singing in the band than others where I just concentrate on playing the bass guitar. I’ve always been willing to step up to the mic for a bit of backing vocals (I tend to default...
