22-08-10 – My heart’s desire / in da studio!
woah, where to begin?
well, for a start I’m writing this on my snazzy new phone, an HTC desire if you’re interested in such things, which has replaced my 9 year old Nokia 3510i as my port of communicative call.
i’m currently on my way to a studio in London where i’m about to record an epic new pop song for proxies. it’s pretty cool to say the least. I’ve been working with a producer who has engineered some big acts in the past, so it’s a great learning experience.
What else? oh yeah, playing the festivals. my boyinaband update covers that nicely, so feel free to watch it. Hevy really was cool, since all the bands I spoke to were really friendly, turning it from a festival into a party. as per, I refrained from joining them in their eventual inebriation, instead talking with my homeslice ogre and will of sacred betrayal about psychological… stuff.
Underage fest was also ace, since I got to spend it with rachie, who got herself crushed half to death when watching yawa.
what else has happened… Well, there are a bunch of gigs coming up, we have some label interest and we recently recruited a digeridoo player to explore a new tribal sound. not really.
since I wrote the top half of this blog (I’m currently writing this in the back of the van) , we wrote a new epic tune about a robot that tears itself apart when deciding whether to listen to the person It’s defending or carry on destroying the world in order to defend them. It’s dubstep-tastic. we also played an immense gig in daventry where we appear to have garnered quite a fan base! I never get tired of awning people going mental to our music and singing along.
I’ve also discovered this awesome to do list software online called gqueues that integrates with Google calendar and gmail and it seems absolutely perfect. I’m trying the 2 week free trial now do we will see how it turns out!
next time on Dave’s blog…
well I have my birthday in 2 days so that will be fun! I’m having the traditional Dave computer party with some choice guests.
after that It’s on to gigs, business and fame And fortune! …hopefully.
later, alligators!
06-07-10 – C-E-O later! / I Kills double negatives dead, yo.
I feel like I’m getting further and further behind with these.
However, I have done a bunch of stuff 
I…
- Getting used to working in my new Studioffice
- Making some custom tutorials
- Making some Axe-FX videos
- Making a big ol’ database in google spreadsheet
- Going to leeds for a Loki live practice
- Designing Rachie’s website
- Getting some “equipment” for Rachie’s videos
- Doing a G Funk 7 day song
- Going to Rachie’s Inspire-ing meeting
C.E.OOOOOH yeah!
I’m really getting into the swing of it – going to the office, clocking in when I do work, watching ted.com talks on my lunch break… it’s all very cool. Especially for that Read more
20-06-10 – Well. That was unexpected.
The last few weeks entailed…
- YAWA playing Download Festival
- Setting up the office
- …did I mention YAWA played Download?
YAWA Played Download!
Remember that Red Bull Bedroom Jam competition we entered? Yeah, we won that and are now playing 5 festivals throughout the summer. Well, 4 now, since we already played download.
It was absolutely incredible. We all got Read more
07-06-10 – So *That’s* the secret / The Office
Hola mi compellas! I have no idea what a “compella” is, just thought it sounded like it fitted there. This past few weeks entailed…
- Finishing the 7 day Liquid DnB song
- Starting to make the next 7 day song
- Getting £500 worth of stuff to review for free!
- Acquiring independant funding
- Buying an office (well, the furniture for one from ikea)
- Starting to paint said office
- A cancelled YAWA gig
- Making a new song for Loki (BTW that’s the secret project)
Thirsty?
I made a liquid drum and bass song for the 7 day song in may, which has been recieved really well. There’s one synth in there that divides people, but I like it so I’ve kept it (makes sense, right?). It’s already hit over 2000 views on the first and last in the series, which is really cool. It’s also the first time I’ve Read more
24-05-10 – Keeping Low-Key / Big Bug!
Alrighty-roo! This week just gone involved…
- Writing the 7 day song
- Finishing Axe FX tutorial 4
- Producing a track for the secret project with Mr. Fish
- Going to Kieran’s brothers’ 21st birthday partay
- Getting stuff for free! (kinda)
- Helping Rachie to memorise a bunch of totally interesting biological facts!
Chillax…
So this month’s 7 day song is for Liquid drum and bass! It’s been one of the most tiring weeks ever this week, not only because of it being the hottest week of the year so far, but because writing liquid dnb combined with excessive dubstep (another thing I’ve been working on for YAWA) results in me needing to rest my eyes for far more than is normal.
It’s a cool track though – I’ve collaborated with Read more
17-5-10 – Good times, Bad gigs / Funderiffic!
Alrighty! This was a much busier week than the last one, with…
- A Gig in Birmingham (2/10)
- A Gig in Glasgow (3/10)
- A Gig in Edinburgh (2/10)
- Ogre chillage
- Applying for several bits o’ funding
Paid Practice
There are some times when you’re in a band trying to break a new area that you just have to cut your losses and think of things in a different context. I feel like I did that a lot this week.
Brum had basically no-one there, so we just viewed it as getting paid to practice. I never understood why a promoter would put on a gig and not promote it. Surely they’d get the clue from their occupational name. Hell, I managed Read more
10-05-10 – Pop-up clapperboard / Secrecy Sucks…
So, what were the haps for the b-i-a-b this week?
- The boyinaband update for this april / may
- Putting together some tuneage for a famous guy!
- Working on an interview for another famous guy!
- Starting work on Rachie’s website!
- …yeah I spent a lot of time on that update
That Update
Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwuUS0briFA
One thing I’ve found interesting – Read more
03-05-10 – Powys, Fwance / Listen up, you just might learn somefin’!
Okay! This week was a busy one, with…
- A YAWA gig in Powys, Wales (7/10)
- A YAWA gig in Daventry (6/10)
- Finishing the Darkstep 7 day song
- Posting the 2nd Axe FX tutorial
- Some seriously exciting news on my secret project
- Getting some squash from ASDA
I’m going to Fwance!
Powys was an unexpected treat. After journeying a few hours into the Welsh countryside, we found it. A tiny town with more take-aways than people.
We soundchecked and when we finished, we were applauded by some Welsh people wearing Read more
26-04-10 – The Darkest Step / *Kicks ass at sportz*
Alrighty! So what did I get up to this week?
- Played a YAWA gig in Kettering
- Made the 7 day Darkstep song and posted day 1 today 
- Finished the business plan and sent it to people for review
- Chilled with Rachie + helped her to revise
- Queued up my Primeloops blogs on biab
Sawyers was more packed last time.
Wow! I didn’t think it was possible. Last time we played sawyers in Kettering, it was during a snow storm. There was hardly anyone there, but it was still a fun gig and the promoters liked us. This time we played and it turns out Read more
19-04-09 – Hi, are you Dave from biab? / MexBarrow again!
So much for regular personal blogs, eh?
Better late than never though! A convenient side-effect of not saying anything for a long time is having a lot to say, so let’s get started…
This past few weeks entailed…
- Releasing the 7 day Bassline song!
- Getting my new camera and starting the next Axe-Fx tutorial
- Getting the business plan 99% finished
- A Mini YAWA tour with a gig in Mexborough (6/10) and Barrow (5/10)
- Spending a whole week with Rachie where, amongst other things, we
had a picnic, watched shutter island and went to a skins audition!
- Going down to London for a secret project!
- A bunch of online teaching sessions
- Starting work on the new 7 day song
Boyinaband babay!
Rachie has assisted with some cheesy vocals for this month’s 7 day song tutorial on boyinaband, focusing on the genre “Bassline”.
It’s seriously cheesy and took about 2 weeks to complete thanks to YouTube deciding to change its layout and break its upload forms, but it’s all up there now for you to listen to and learn from!
Check out the finished product here: Read more