January 2004
Happy New Year everyone, as you can see Drumclub have been hard at work recording our new CD 'Tabla Dub' and having photos taken with face paint in UV light.
The whole session was great fun and the new CD is selling well (see below for more details on that). The piece 'Gladiator' from our first CD was used at The National Youth dance championships heats last week...and won!! And will now be played at the finals at The Swan, High Wycombe. More details about that as and when it arrives.
Drumclub rehearsals started in earnest this week with both snare teams from Icknield and Langtree Schools trying to out-do each other for comical comeback to Tony's barked orders...glad to see things are getting back to normal after the heady days of the recording studio.
New Year 7 and 8 signings in the winter transfer window has swelled DC's ranks full of first rate girl drummers again (Meg White could learn a thing or two from them for sure) and it's good to see the Year 5 and 6 gents from Shiplake getting in on the recording, I look forward to them joining us for some summer festival shows.
Enjoy the site and see you at one of our shows soon.
Tony.
December
2003
Hi, it's nearly Christmas and Drumclub
have, just in the nick of time, come up with the perfect christmas
stocking gift.... THE NEW DRUMCLUB CD SINGLE.
With this, our second single, we have delved into the world
of textural, subtle percussion. Tabla, steel pans, brushes and
djembas have all been used as well as incorporating the trademark "earsplitting" volume normally associated with a Drumclub
performance.
If you were at one of our performances during
the summer you may recognise the pieces 'Kick, Hat, Snare'
and 'Tabla Dub' (the latter being easily the
most complicated and intricate piece attempted by Drumclub
to date) and a brand new piece called 'Rumble in the Jungle'
The single is available NOW for the very reasonable price
of £4. Contact Tony
for more details.
Since my last post Drumclub have also been
involved in a production with T.A.P.S. (Trad. Arts Project)
playing African grooves and steel pans for folk dancers and
we have played at a number of traditional Drumclub gigs
around Oxfordshire.
Have a great Christmas
See
you in the New Year. Tony.
September 2003
So it’s September 2003, time to dig the woollies out,
dust down the back-to-school drumstick bag and keep those
vague, but well meaning, promises about up-dating the Drum
club web-site more often.
Since we spoke in, ..er.. , January DC have done 11 gigs.
Among the best being the 3 shows we played in one day at The
Woodcote Steam Rally and The Watlington Fate performing to
around 300 people.
We played gigs in as unlikely
venues as churches, primary schools and rock festivals, debuted
our two new pieces ‘Kick, Hat, Snare’ and ‘Tabla
Dub’, plus shot a video for ‘Blue Peter’.
Drum Club also performed for and were interviewed on commercial
radio.
The single is still selling well and we have
plans to finally take over the world with a new single out
in time for the Christmas number 1 slot.
Those of you familiar with the site will notice
some minor changes (including a rather cheesy photo of me).
However, if it’s your first time, welcome to the site
and please leave a message on the new message
board.
See you soon, Tony
January 2003
Our new CD single is hot off the presses
and we're all very pleased with it! I hope you will download
and listen to sections of it via our brand new MP3 link installed
this month, or purchase the real thing via the contacts page.
Plans to get drumclub
onto the telly and play lots more festivals this
year are being put into action as we speak.
If you have visited us here before
I hope you'll like the new look to the site and pay a visit
to the new members profiles section.
I hope you enjoy the site and
I look forward to seeing you at one of our shows soon.
Happy New Year! |
