Double Tom Setup!

The RockHits are going to play at the Roadhouse this Saturday night, which is going to be freaking awesome. As the Roadhouse website says, ‘arrive early to avoid disappointment‘.

Last Friday nights shenanigans down at the Shakespeare in Coventry went down really well. It’ was certainly hard work arranging and sorting out all of the extra gear, but it was brilliant. The place does have an awesome vibe.

Tonight I’m heading into the studio to do some more work on a new project which will be announced soon, it’s shaping up quite nicely at the moment.

Thursday I’ll be over in Coventry at the Shakespeare to see Ricardo Thompson strut his stuff with his acoustic material.

Really looking forward to this roadhouse gig, it promises to be an awesome night.

Found it quite hard going yesterday night in RockHits practise, pretty much due to myself playing quite a lot over the last few months. It’s been quite a test working 9:00-5:30 each day, then rushing off to a practise which demands quite a lot of energy, then to come home and get some sleep and repeat the process. Let alone fitting in the other things which I have to do in life. It’s all fun though and I wouldn’t exchange it for anything in the world.

This weekend is going to be pretty cool, I’ve got Richard, Andy & Ross all making a visit which is going contain vast amounts of Pro Evo, Guitar Hero, fast food and beer

Roll on the bank holiday!

Me & Ricardo in RockHits practise

A short notice gig up this Friday (number 22). The RockHits are doing a double headline with another covers band called Big Guns down at the Sheldon Marquee.

Not really much else to report on at the moment. Although I seem to have gotten a bug for retro gaming at the moment, so much so, that i’ve ordered the Rollercoaster Tycoon boxset, which includes the second and third versions with all of the expansion packs. :geek:

Not much else to report at the moment, although I’m slowly finding an outlet for all my creativeness with original songs, watch this space on that one. I’m quite excited about it.

The next gig on the cards is the 29th August at the Shakespear in Coventry. It’s going to be a nice little intimate gig I think.

The one cool thing about the RockHits is that I’m playing songs and styles that I’m not all to familar with, which forces me to listen to new stuff. I’ve only recently discovered how good AC/DC actually are.

The gig is on the 25th July at the Sheldon Marquee if anyone is intrested to check it out.

I’ve also gone out and brought a couple of new albums, with one of them really impressing me, which is Antidotes by Foals.

Nothing else is really happening at the moment, although this RockHits preparation is keeping me thoroughly occupied. Mind you, Oklah has found a new place to sleep a night.

Oklah Sleeping?

The last couple of gigs (which were on the same day!) went really well, in particular the second gig supporting Rock Machine at the Sheldon Marquee. 18 gigs so far in 2008. June is set to be a quite month with only one gig booked with the RockHits.

I had a wonderful holiday in Cyprus. I was an amazing experience and going abroad for the first time. I was indeed quite anxious about flying for the first time, despite that I loved every minute of it. Cyprus it self was delightful and extremely warm! A week in the sun has done me a world of good!

The next gig for me is going to be the 20th June at the Sheldon Marquee with the RockHits. I’ve got the hunger for more gigs as I’ve got withdrawal!

The Beholder support gig a couple of weeks back was mega, it was really good. We also managed to sneak in a headline slot on the 20th April down the marquee. 15 gigs so far in 2008.

We’ve got a slot on the 10th May at the Roadhouse, which sounds very promising indeed.

Got my Jollys next month to Cyprus, which I am really looking forward to.

Were into April already this year, it’s going at a rapid rate.

I’ve been thinking a lot the last couple of weeks regarding playing in bands and drumming in general. I’m pretty much deciding what I want to do and whether I can get the right people around me. I suppose stuff always pretty much will work out the way you want it too. Most of the thoughts have been accumulated through frustration more than anything. On thing is for sure, is that I am really enjoying playing as many gigs as possible. Nothing beats playing live to people in a band.

Work has been pretty mad, I’ve been working on a project for around 4/5 months and it will be pretty nice when I finish it, which hopefully isn’t to far off.

I’ve been looking into prospective purchases, I’d love to get my hands on one of those TAMA Hyperdrive drum kits along with a MAC of some sort, preferably a MAC Book or MAC mini. We shall see.