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So, what's happening then? Well the tour is underway and going rather smashingly well! We somehow managed to get our first national radio airplay on Tony Fentons show on Today FM last Friday and celebrated until the wee hours of 7.30am, rock 'n' roll, so will be in touch very soon asking you lovely lot to help us blag another play or two, although 'im not sure my liver or head could handle the celebrations afterwards!! Favourite gig so far has been at Sarsfields (Bagfull of Songs) in Drogheda and not just because we won a raffle prize of a collection of Cds (including a Metal Hammer Cd) which will keep us awake on our travels in 'The Flash' (pet name for the Renault clio) but mainly for the great crowd, great atmosphere and great music which was all organised by Tom, so a big thanks goes out to him and everyone else that joined in, including Mr Gary Stewart for jumping on the drums for an impromptu accompaniment!
On the 'Superman' side of things we are bringing the digital release date in Ireland forward a week to the 08.08.08! Oooh-er! Just because we seem to enjoy making life more difficult for ourselves on a regular basis these days and also because of it's apparent lucky and magical powers, well if it's lucky in China then that's good enough for me! So, all you Superhero wannabees out there (myself included) you'll have the chance to download the Ep a week earlier than previously planned. But even better than that, gig goers can get their supermitts on a CD at the following gigs...
23 Jul 2008 Roundys Bar , Tralee
27 Jul 2008 Ballyknockan Music Festival , Nr. Blessington
29 Jul 2008 The Sky & The Ground (Wexford Song Club)
30 Jul 2008 de Barras (Sitting Room Sessions) , Clonakilty, Co. Cork
31 Jul 2008 Deburgos (Underground acoustic) , Galway
1 Aug 2008 Whelans (supporting Chaplin) , Dublin
5 Aug 2008 Kenny’s Village Inn (The White Horse Sessions) , Lahinch
7 Aug 2008 The Bailey (The Black Light Sessions) , Enniscorthy
9 Aug 2008 Passion Fruit Theatre , Athlone
10 Aug 2008 An Uair Draiochta (106.4FM)
15 Aug 2008 The Clarence , Sligo
20 Aug 2008 Whelans (supporting Niall Colfer)
22 Aug 2008 McGinnitys Bar, Cavan
Lastly but not leastly, a few podcasts worth a mention. The first being on East Leeds FM which features a recording of the new song 'Real To Me', see here www.elfm.co.uk/2008/05/odi/ and a new podcast called Road Crew Radio (www.roadcrewcomic.com) hosted by the designer of the villainess picture on myspace (www.myspace.com.odimusic). Also worth a mention is a recent article in the Arran Voice which can be read here...
Right that's enough of that for now,I’ll be asking ye to use your supermagical powers of persuasion to help us get some more radio play in the next few weeks so if you’ve got any hints or tips on who to pester then let us know!
Slan go foil!
Odi xxx
Hi
Just wanted to share a photo of my last gig with you, I think it looks great, it was taken by Stefan Duerr.
There are other which I'll post soon.
Cheers
Nige
So last thursday I supported one of Ireland's most popular singer/songwriters Declan O'Rourke in The Academy Dublin and it was great, loved every second of it and couldn't believe 30 minutes could go so quickly. Time flies when your having fun I suppose?!
The day itself was brutal, it rained all day and i'd been up since 7:30 that morning and was on the go all day, so there was no one more pleased than I was when I eventually got to the venue to sound check and settle into the night ahead. I was joined by some friends, Labhaoise my backing singer and Len who produced my EP, he was gonna take some pics and provide some moral support. Also in the venue was another friend Shane Brennan who was filming the night for both myself and Declan. Shane having a production company called Moondance Productions had 3 cameras set up and so when the results are ready I'll put something up here.
But I loved it, it went really well and the crowd gave me a very good welcome and alot of their attention. The venue itself holds 650 people and when I came on it looked quite full from where I was standing, so I said it on the night and I meant it........................ its really nice to actually play to somebody! My previous gig involved playing to 2 people, I kid you not, so if that night was swings I'll take the roundabouts.
Anyways I'll keep you posted anyways on the footage from it.
All the best
Nige
hey!
not sure if that means alot to anyone but when Paul Weller was asked recently which song in the last 20 years (from another artist) he wished he'd written he said 'Galileo' by Declan O'Rourke.
anyways I get to support Declan next week in Dublin at The Academy on thursday the 26th June, so looking forward to it.
nige
(it'll be a brown trousers night)
Hello again,
I went to Tooting last week for my competition prize - a jammin' session with Sandi Thom. We had a fantastic afternoon and got plenty of video footage and photos of the session. This is a new one called 'Partners in Crime'.
cheers, Downi x
We have a few interesting gigs coming up in the next few weeks. On Saturday, June 21st, my band, which is now going by the name Scott Wilson and the Complications, will be playing on KUSI News Channel 9 at 9:50 a.m. There's a chance that we may play two songs and some bumpers to commercial, so it should be fun and perhaps funny, so please tune in.
We'll be appearing on the show to promote our shows at The San Diego County Fair in Del Mar. The first show is on Thursday, June 26th at 9:30-11:00 p.m., and the second in on Thursday, July 3rd, from 9:00-11:00 p.m. The show on the 26th is at the O'Brien Stage which is right at the front gate, so it will be interesting to see how many people stick around to watch. It's coming soon, so we'll soon see. Hope you can make it.
Here are the details:
Scott Wilson Live
Thursday, June 26th at 9:30 p.m.
Acoustic Set
San Diego County Fair O'Brien Stage
2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd.
Del Mar , CA 92014
http://www.sdfair.com
$12 Admission/All Ages
Thursday, July 3rd at 9:00 p.m.
Acoustic Set
San Diego County Fair Plaza Stage
2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd.
Del Mar , CA 92014
http://www.sdfair.com
$12 Admission/All Ages
Scott Wilson - guitar, lead vocals
Don DeOliveira - guitar, vocals
Scott Kesner - bass, vocals
Dan Ochipinti - percussion, vocals
http://www.myspace.com/metapunk
any one wishing to join should contact me .
cheers
I just recorded this song a few days ago, it's called "The Poison". Lyrics are below:
The Poison
I looked into your only eyes
The echo’s growing in my brain
Every line we never say
The poison hides inside of you
Inside of me
Inside of us
One more way to defy
One more chance for innocence
Another question to erase
The poison hides inside of (me, you)
Every word we never speak
Is another world we never share
Every time we hide our dreams
The poison hides inside of you
Inside of me
Inside us all
Every moment we’ve endured
Every sign we can’t ignore
We’re too damn far to hide this dream
So don’t give up your inner soul
It’s killing me to pace away and take it all
I cannot fight my inner mind
Hold me, touch me, hug me, I won’t erase
Won’t breathe, won’t sleep, don’t think you should erase
Our short days are not enough
The echo’s flowing ‘round my veins
The will to us will not subside
That poison hides inside of you
Inside of me
Inside of one
Inside of every word we never speak
It’s so defined, yet so unclear
