We have gigs!...

We have gigs!...

...We had our band meeting and discussed what shows we had coming up.

I couldn't wait for the meeting to be honest. I know it was only 2 weeks we hadn't all been together because of xmas but to me it seemed like an eternity. I need to be rehearsing and gigging. It's what I do! I get bored when I'm not doing band stuff. Don't get me wrong, I can relax and I like holidays but I need that buzz and excitement.

We all met in the Grey Horse in Kingston Upon Thames and chatted about our holidays, what we got up to etc and then got down to business.

So first things first, Here are the gigs that we have coming up:

Saturday 11th Feb - University of Bath.

Thursday 16th Feb - Fruit Fly @ Woody's, Notting Hill.

Thursday 23rd Feb - Roehampton University, London

Tuesday 7th March - The Fez Club, Putney, London

Friday 17th March - Hope & Anchor, Islington, London

As I've said before, University gigs are my favorite ones because there's about a 90% chance it'll be busy. Students are a good crowd to play to as well. They get pissed and have a laugh and don't listen too critically!

We've got something interesting coming up on Monday 23rd January. Firetrap, a clothing brand, have approached us to model their new denim line at a launch party. What we're meant to do is just rehearse whilst wearing their denim and people, buyers etc can walk around us and inspect the clothes. Should be fun. It's a free rehearsal! In fact, we'll be getting paid and getting free clothes. I don't buy new clothes anymore. I get most of my clothes 2nd hand off eBay or from vintage 2nd hand stores in East London or Covent Garden. But if clothes are free, I'm not going to turn them down. I hope the denim looks good and they don't sew unnecessary patches on or make fake rips etc.

We're releasing "New Way" on iTunes at the end of February! I'll download it 50 times (79p a download) to get it up the charts. We've got a PR company working with us now as well. It's all getting exciting! There's even talk of us going out and doing some gigs in Japan. There's a Japanese label interested in us. Of course we'll be coming over to the States as soon as we can as well!

I've got a few new songs in the pipeline. I few ideas I've got running through my head that need to be pulled out and put in to lyrics and music. We need to write more songs as a band because we're due to release an album at the end of 2006. I thought that I may make a myspace page for songs that don't fit The Vibrants remit. A lot of the time I write songs that just don't suit what the band are trying to do but they still aren't bad songs. Just as pictures and paintings need a gallery, maybe these songs need to be listened to. I don't know...

It's going to be a good year. Fingers crossed. I'll enjoy it whatever happens.