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- 5 tracks (19:04)Holiday EP released 23/4 - download from: http://theboyiusedtobe.bandcamp.com or buy handmade cd from: http://theboyiusedtobe.bigcartel.com/
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- someone sabotaged the Romanian entry by kicking him in the balls.
- we've got eurovision score cards and a buffet. going for it in the Perry household.
- RT @iamMarkRonson: UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA (@UMO) came to my studio at 9am, recorded two songs & i'll be airing them on AUTHENTIC SHIT ton…
- onto track 3.
- GLASTO TICKETS YEAH!
- RT @johnwgrant: After our show in Brighton tonight, someone who was apparently in the audience stole my computer off the stage,... http://t…
- RT @Pompey_Pages: Here is the complete Pompey home kit for the 2013/14 season - available to pre-order now! http://t.co/uO3UDFatXK
- as a guy who uses his laptop live, the thought of it getting stolen scares me, although shouldn't even be a worry. hope he gets it back.
- RT @alexispetridis: Apparently some king-sized arsehole stole John Grant's laptop OFF THE STAGE after his Brighton gig last night. Ugh.: ht…
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- SWEET
- it's time to book up those shows for the summer. want me to play your shed/party/local venue? literally anywhere. send me mail at theboyiusedtobe@googlemail.com.
- because it's fucking great.
- wow. today/night was awesome. a lot of love, awesome bands and people.
- TODAY TODAY TODAY. i shall be on about 6.
- these New Desert Blues guys are sweet.
- Brighton was awesome! Wedgewood Rooms with The B of the Bang on Sunday.
- i embark on a mammoth tour this week: tomorrow - The Blind Tiger Club, Brighton w/ Johnson and the Believers, Memory Recall Buttons and Sam Brothers music then a rest until sunday - The Wedgewood Rooms w/ The B of the Bang and many many more. it's an alright week, really.
- a lovely poster for a lovely show.
- these crazy cats have put me in their dark times playlist. nice.
- also, a little blog post about upcoming gigs and the football news from today.
- Play Up Pompey. today is not a day for me to air my doubts, but think of the positives. i sure hope it all works out.
- not long till i grace the shores of brighton. pop along.
- so, guys, it gets to that point where a person decides whether to make items and garments or not. would you guys be interested in t-shirts and badges? i promise i have a nice design, but tell me if i am just being ridiculous.
- this is nice.
- i am playing the Wedgewood Rooms! you can buy tickets from Southsea's Pie and Vinyl, Wedgewood Rooms online here: http://tinyurl.com/BangWedge or i shall have a few myself, so let me know, all £4 in advance. it is going to be majorly fun.
- thank you to Mr. Daniel O'Neill for this lovely picture from thursday night. it now dances upon my website: http://theboyiusedtobe.com/
- not only is it a more than good friday as Pie & Vinyl Records announce the new The B of the Bang album, but also that I SHALL BE PLAYING AT THE WEDGEWOOD ROOMS FOR THEIR ALBUM LAUNCH! event below and i cannot wait to see your faces there.
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- a post of two halves
today is a day of perhaps joy as a Portsmouth FC supporter, but to relieve all you who don’t have a care for sport, i’ll leave my sentiments until last.
so, since i put out the track ‘Man’, i have been very busy. i have played my first show back since last year, been recording and recording and announced a big show. I AM PLAYING THE WEDGEWOOD ROOMS. i shall be supporting my friends The B of the Bang on April 21st for their album launch at my local but legendary venue, of which i have played once before (supporting my hero, Lightspeed Champion). it is an honour to be asked and is being put on in conjunction with the wonderful Pie and Vinyl guys. more details can be found at http://www.facebook.com/events/584303971594938/ and for those local, i have a few tickets (so let me know if you’d like one) or you can buy them straight from the wedgewood rooms themselves here: http://tinyurl.com/BangWedge
it is the first release on the newly formed but ever beautiful Pie and Vinyl Records and they are streaming the album here, which i recommend heading to listen to: https://soundcloud.com/thebofthebang/sets/tremors-nosebleeds-the
before this, i also have a show in Brighton for good friends and with good friends and for charity at The Blind Tiger Club on 17th April, with all details to be found here: http://www.facebook.com/events/445761415501382/
all of this helps cure the (home/bedroom) studio cabin fever, so come along and hang out.
finally, football news. the portsmouth supporters trust has been given the green light to go forth and buy the football club. in principle, this is great for the fans, the club, football and the local area. today isn’t a day to air my doubts, but relish the prospect of the football world respecting the club i support and love and i do hope it all works out. hey, it gives me a good push that everything is a possibility, and we all need that, yeah?
Edward
- shows
last night was my first solo show back in almost a year and it was great to be playing in portsmouth in front of friends, family and new friends. i was almost unveiling my new self to everyone, all new songs and new set up, with laptop, electric guitar and general noise which if you’ve heard Man, you should know what i am going for. i am happy that people are still on board with what i am doing and i am super excited.
i have a few shows coming up, including this friday at The Loft in Albert Road, Portsmouth (15/03). I am also playing at The Blind Tiger Club in Brighton on 17/04 with friends Memory Recall Buttons and Sam Brothers, but there is more information to come on that (i also don’t think i am allowed to tell you yet, but yeah). BUT! i am looking to play wherever people want me, so if you put on shows, have a friend who does or know a lovely venue near you that i should play, let me know. let’s get this thing going.
Edward.
- COMEBACK SHOW!
here i am, making backing tracks for my FIRST SHOW BACK! i am very excited to be playing with F.U.R.S at The Registry in my hometown of Portsmouth for the ever wonderful Pie and Vinyl on Saturday 9th March.
the reason for making backing tracks is that it is part of my new live set-up. with my new track Man, i have moved into a more “fuller” sound and whilst i start to play with guys who shall eventually join the band, i have created a little band to emerge from my laptop. i have been rehearsing with the said set-up and i hope you guys shall enjoy. a select few old songs shall make a newly refreshed appearance, but their shall be a solid block of new ones.
so, diaries out, and i hope to see you there.
Edward
- Man
this week i put out a new song and i am pleased that people have liked it. whilst kudos isn’t the aim of the game, i had started to become a victim of cabin fever, losing myself in waveforms and logic files, and it was good for me to let one of the babies escape.
if you haven’t heard it, go forth and have a listen: https://soundcloud.com/theboyiusedtobemusic/man
if you have, and want something else, go check out the new unknown mortal orchestra album. it is Awesome with a capital ‘A’.
i am off back recording in my room now i’ve regained some sanity and going to keep recording all the songs until i am happy and ready to give you guys something else. after that, i can’t wait to get playing shows again. it’s all been too long.
Edward x
- hmv
i know as a start-out musician who self-releases songs, my opinion on a high street chain isn’t really needed, but i thought i would throw my 2p into the hat.
along with the huge loss of jobs, which the effect will be felt locally and nationally, i think the saddest thing about the possible (as remember, this is a situation that may yet be resolved, but i am talking about the hypothetical full closure) closure is that many teens within the next generation will not get the same feeling i received when i first walked into HMV.
as a young teen, i, like so many others, went to HMV as a matter of course on a saturday and in the week with friends as part of my trip around town. i would walk in, wide eyed and spend my pocket money in there. i would occasionally take a punt on the odd release, which i did with several of my favourite albums. i only bought the first Libertines album because my dad liked Can’t Stand Me Now and i fancied something to go with a Green Day album on the 2 for £10 deal. same applies for Neon Bible and countless other albums. teen will not now get the feeling of walking into a big shop to be greeted by thousands of albums that i knew i could love once i gave some of them a chance. there could no longer be anything like that on the high street soon, and to expect young teens to go straight to an independent record shop, further away from the centre of town where their friends want to be, is a big ask. i regularly visit Pie and Vinyl, my local record store (inside a pie shop, no less), as well as visiting second hand record shops, but i certainly wouldn’t have been turned onto those without the big HMV first. a big section of our future community won’t feel that excitable feeling.
of course the HMV i talk about is long gone. the store i walk into these days has ipads and games consoles before i can reach a single CD, and the selection is much smaller, but the point still stands and is very sad.
on a related note, fair play to banquet records with their offer to swap gift cards for a 50% discount and hopefully it works out for them.
there is some things you can’t get in any shop, and they include Four Tet’s new ‘album’, a free download on soundcloud here - https://soundcloud.com/four-tet/0181-1. i hope it gives you the same feeling listening to it as i used to have taking home those cd’s and learning to love them.
- premium
okay, so my life is recent weeks has been enhanced by pure commercialism. i bought the lord of the rings trilogy for £10 (easily worth £100’s in enjoyment, yeah?) and the matrix for 75p (worth at least 85p’s of enjoyment). i also have invested in spotify premium today. i know it’s been getting bad press recently (and rightly so), but i also think the streaming model will start working better when us listeners invest in it (also, SO MANY ALBUMS!) and all that crap.
to push this post closer to music, i was also bought a computer chair for my birthday, which means my home studio is getting closer to actually seeming like a studio that functions rather than me doing recordings whilst sat on my bed (although that it much cooler). for all you guys that have made it this far in the post, i will put up a picture at some point as you obviously care.
ONTO THE MUSIC - more recording has been done and more new songs have been written. before with the previous two i had always set out what songs were to be on my ep and stuck to recording them, but i am to record a number of songs for this and then enjoy the choice of what i would like you guys to hear. hey, if it all goes well, you’ll hear them all. but the time i’ve got to do this is longer and the equipment more useful and better, so hopefully the finished songs will be exactly what i am wanting to put out there.
to end it, here’s some stuff i’ve been listening to. i know you cool guys will have heard most of it already, but hey, some of it i hadn’t:
ted leo and the pharmacists - me and mia
is bliss - i saw you
youth lagoon - the hunt
the neighbourhood - let it go
el nino - still the same
keel her - boner hit
- recording
so, recording has started for the new ep. so far i have written 4 or 5 songs that may be on the final release and guitars have been done for a couple of them and slowly but surely the songs will take their form and be done. exciting.
i won’t be showing any clips yet, but if you fancy getting the sound and ‘vibe’ (it hurt to write that), check out my seasonal East 17 cover of Stay Another Day. it kinda gives you the idea of the mood i am in: http://soundcloud.com/theboyiusedtobemusic/stay-another-day
for now, that’s it! but as soon as things near completion, you’ll know. details of gigs and such like to come in the new year too.
Edward.
- new new new
this blog post is just a stop gap between the one before and the next one. with luck, the next one should have something of an audio nature to join it. new songs have been written, a new set being worked out and i have even been getting friends to lend their talents to push the songs to the best they can be. to come after that, i will play a few shows, but this will still be a while to come yet, but i am still very excited.
if you guys have anywhere you’d like me to play, let me or your local venue/promoter know and i will do my best to come and play.
- a bear a bison
listening to calories (hence the title, super fans). i was to put up a little sample of a demo tonight, but i am so close to finishing a new song that i am going to wait and give you a full song instead. a tease, but (hopefully!) worth it.
this week i had a touch of random studio time, with more to be booked, which ultimately is good, right? i am taking tracks from home to studio to home to studio and excited about working. it’s fun.
a heads up; i am keeping all the songs on soundcloud as a free download for the foreseeable future. i just thought “why the hell not?” and left them as so, so no excuse not to fill your boots. i shall be doing the same with the bandcamp downloads also today (or soon).
when the new songs are done and i have more music to give, i shall be playing some shows. until then, i shall be shredding my heart out.
Edward
- long time, no blog
it’s been a long slog. it was a long summer guys, but we’re here in a seemingly ever darker october.
i’ve been away a while, but at current i am concentrating at the main on my band Golden Hairs. BUT on a solo note, behind the scenes i’ve been readying more songs for a new ep soon and anyone who saw me at southsea fest will have heard a couple of new songs and they may just end up in your ears soon. i am not putting any timeframe upon any release, but work is going on.
the only promise i can make is i want all of you and everyone to hear it. i am totally self-funding this, as i have all my music released so far. whilst i know this is no different to anyone else out there, and i am by no means pleading poor musician, it means that i rely on people and your good selves reading this to tell your friends and anyone you think would like my little songs. if you have enjoyed a song/seen me at a show/something else, tell a friend. it makes me a very happy chappy. DIY MUSICIAN BIT OVER…almost.
with this in mind, all my songs are currently a free download on Soundcloud - http://soundcloud.com/theboyiusedtobemusic - and the you can download the EPs from bandcamp for a price of your choosing (including free). i ask for no money to be parted with (unless you insist). another assurance i can give is that i will not ask for money for the next release either, i just want you guys to hear these snippets and EPs, if even as ipod landfill that rears upon a shuffle.
it’s already been a while since Holiday was released, although it still seems like yesterday i finished it. unlike the first EP, it all still seems fresh in the memory and i feel like there is an unfinished path i started with Holiday that i am working towards completing, as arty and interview as that all sounds. i am just excited with ideas.
a big thank you to all you guys. thank you for listening and thank you for making it this far in quite a sketchy blog post. if you have listened but never seen me play and would like to, hit me up. i am always up for suggestions of shows in towns i have never been to and even if you don’t put on shows, shout out about your favourite venue or promoter. i like to party like the best of you.
wow. that was alot. check back soon guys.
Edward.
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BRAND NEW IN THE STORE special one of a kind tapes with 45 minutes of music. one of a kind! also, half price sale - go! - http://theboyiusedtobe.bigcartel.com/
- busy bee.
i am very happy to announce i am playing southsea fest this year. be quick to go and get your tickets and i can’t wait for clock opera, pale seas and bear cavalry in particular. i will be planning something very special, but we’ll save all that for another time; just be there.
lots of gigs, recently on the back of the ep release. southsea fest announcement party, brighton and allsorts, which has been fun. thank you to all the guys that have come down to support. big thanks to all the people who have bought an ep, shared the links for friends to download and generally spread the word. means alot!
this tuesday i am down at the edge of the wedge in portsmouth, so pop along if you’re around. i won’t say i am taking a break after that, but i shall be working hard behind the scenes for a little while building up for a nice summer, with southsea fest and redfest all in mind.
in other news, there is currently a facebook competition up for the next 24 hours, so be quick to hop on that train. remember you can still buy the new ep (£3!? bargain!) and also download it for any price you choose (including free, cheeky), so go forth and do so, i just want you guys listening.
keep fresh,
Edward x
- NEW SONG! enjoy.
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