Friday, June 10, 2005
Pure intention juxtaposed will set two lovers souls in motion
Wow - Berkslive has thrown up another chance to do something worthwhile for the local scene, there are rumblings and rumours of a new project to get involved with that should basically serve as a perfect excuse to organise some wicked nights for the good people of the Shires to come out and enjoy - hopefully I can at least be an extra bod to help lug stuff around, promote and I'm hoping even play at! There are so many good bands in the area now, all being given the chance to gig at nights and venues in the area by some seriously on-the-ball promoters - it's almost a shame to have to find a real reason to bring them all together under any sort of umbrella event. I look forward to future developments!
Wow. Seems crazy that things have grown and developed as far as they have since I started gigging again in Reading a few years back. BukandSkit are now putting on a festival at Abbey rugby club that has a better line up than most of the stages at the Carling weekender at the bottom of the hill, bands are going off and grabbing national exposure (hell, I even did some TV a couple of weeks back!), landing plush support slots and hopefully it won’t be long before they themselves are doing major tours. It's a strange old area to get going in, the music industry; It's not particularly "cool" to get a community of bands and artists all working together, helping each other out - exacerbated by how image-conscious bands and fans are - but people seem to be doing it anyway. I think the general mis-conception is that bands should all be rebelling against everything and each other, but that's come cos most artists who have "made it" have had rampant egos that clash, and it's better publicity to be fighting and hurling abuse at each other than it is to be seen to be lending each other bass amps, etc. when required.
People also seem to break off into different groups (sic) at times, and accusations of clique-ness get hurled around every now and again but all in all people seem to be making it work. Anyway, screw "cool" for the time being, I'm excited to play whatever part I can in a "scene". Every good band should be part of a scene, a movement, a philosophy or even an epoch. I dunno what's happening in Reading at the mo, but there's some great music being made by some crazy people, and a lot of other people seem to be paying attention right now. Talent always seems to find a way, and in this town there are plenty of people working hard to try and bring this through to a wider audience. How long has Reading suffered from having too many chain bars and pubs without any sort of entertainment beyond DJ's playing euro-shite dance remixes or Abba? And there's frontline talent being hidden away under everyone's noses? It'll always be there (I think it always has), but now it's primed and ready to become something else. Should be a good laugh getting there, and it seems like as good a way to expend my energies as any other.
Wow. Seems crazy that things have grown and developed as far as they have since I started gigging again in Reading a few years back. BukandSkit are now putting on a festival at Abbey rugby club that has a better line up than most of the stages at the Carling weekender at the bottom of the hill, bands are going off and grabbing national exposure (hell, I even did some TV a couple of weeks back!), landing plush support slots and hopefully it won’t be long before they themselves are doing major tours. It's a strange old area to get going in, the music industry; It's not particularly "cool" to get a community of bands and artists all working together, helping each other out - exacerbated by how image-conscious bands and fans are - but people seem to be doing it anyway. I think the general mis-conception is that bands should all be rebelling against everything and each other, but that's come cos most artists who have "made it" have had rampant egos that clash, and it's better publicity to be fighting and hurling abuse at each other than it is to be seen to be lending each other bass amps, etc. when required.
People also seem to break off into different groups (sic) at times, and accusations of clique-ness get hurled around every now and again but all in all people seem to be making it work. Anyway, screw "cool" for the time being, I'm excited to play whatever part I can in a "scene". Every good band should be part of a scene, a movement, a philosophy or even an epoch. I dunno what's happening in Reading at the mo, but there's some great music being made by some crazy people, and a lot of other people seem to be paying attention right now. Talent always seems to find a way, and in this town there are plenty of people working hard to try and bring this through to a wider audience. How long has Reading suffered from having too many chain bars and pubs without any sort of entertainment beyond DJ's playing euro-shite dance remixes or Abba? And there's frontline talent being hidden away under everyone's noses? It'll always be there (I think it always has), but now it's primed and ready to become something else. Should be a good laugh getting there, and it seems like as good a way to expend my energies as any other.
# posted by AK @ 11:31 
