I've just put up the photos that were taken at my first gig on 12th September on the myspace profile. I've tried putting them into a slideshow but that function doesn't seem to be working at the moment.

You may have noticed that the podcast has been delayed a little this week. I had a bit of an issue with LibSyn who accidentally cancelled my account this weekend just before I was about to put it online. It's all been sorted out now so the show should be out shortly. 

Finally managed to put out the live podcast I've been promising you. Three tracks from each of the bands that played at my first ever promoted gig.

The Madisons managed to show up nearly 2 hours late after breaking down on the way, but it was well worth the wait and they played a fantastic, if slightly shorter, set.

The Haiku managed to bring a lot of fans with them so the atmosphere was greatly improved by their presence.

Slovakia didn't think they were home town heroes, but proved they should be, with a mesmerising set that included a very interesting choice of cover.

Over all it was a great night and I have to say I'm looking forward to the next one on the 10th of October.  

Music recorded live at The Porter Butt, Bath on September 12th 2007 at Ourobouros Podcast Presents...

Three tracks from all the bands that played.

The Madisons performing 'Stab The DJ', 'Please Don't' and 'Satisfied'

The Haiku performing 'Blind Man Takes The Gun', 'Amber' and 'The News Is: The World Sucks'

Slovakia performing 'Emilie', 'Human Behaviour' and 'Termites'

The show was engineered and recorded by The Laughing Gnome and the intro music is an excerpt from 'Angerflow' by Rieser 

The podcast after the gig before. It's finally in the books and and can now officially call myself a music promoter. You will be getting highlights of the show released as a podcast soon, which will have all the gory details.

Thanks are due to Danny, my foster brother, for agreeing to be my door man and photographer (he's also the one who did the e-mail promo for my podcast) and also to The Laughing Gnome for doing all the sound engineering and doing his best to keep me sane through what was a pretty stressful day.

And now normal service has been resumed. On this weeks show we have half male/half female singers, some emo, some quirky acoustic music and one of my favourite singles of the year so far.

Still not much on the video front, but here they are.

The Ghost Frequency - Nightmare

Sick Of Sarah - Mr. Incredible [Acoustic Performance]

Keep an eye out for the live podcast. I've just realised I'll have to do this whole thing again next month...

TRACK LIST

Intro: The Sunshine Underground - Put You In Your Place (Excerpt)

1: The Ghost Frequency - Nightmare

2: The Walkup - My Youth

3: Cynthia Fargus - Cynthia Fargus

4: Unorthodox - Take You Home

5: Sick Of Sarah - Mr. Incredible

6: The Chiara L's - Do You

7: The Sleep Wells - Take Your Mind Off The Cold

8: Invocal - Dear Friend

All songs used with permission or are available under Creative Commons licenses.

After 5 months of planning and many pot holes along the way, the week of my first gig is upon us. This Wednesday the 12th of September 'Ourobouros Podcast Presents...' will have it's first show. You get a sneak preview of the acts on the bill in this weeks podcast. The first three tracks played are by the three acts on the bill. I hope that anyone who's in the area comes down and has some fun with some great live music. You might also get one of the free mix CDs that I will be giving out at the gig.

Anyone who can't make it down will still have an opportunity to listen to highlights of the show. There will be an 'Ourobouros Live' podcast released some time next week.

Apart from the three live acts, on this weeks show we have some American rock, a track that was NME's single of the week and a very funny track from 4 ladies from Northampton.

Not much on the video front again this week:

The Kick Inside - To Be Someone  [Live Performance - Poor Quality]

Nick Black - Sorry

We Start Fires - Play You

Hope to see you on Wednesday!

TRACK LIST

Intro: The Sunshine Underground - Put You In Your Place (Excerpt)

1: The Madisons - Stab The DJ

2: The Haiku - Things Will Get Better

3: Slovakia - Sick Building Syndrome

4: Slaveen - Over Her

5: The Kick Inside - To Be Someone

6: Nick Black - Sorry

7: We Start Fires - Play You

8: Invocal - Cheer Up, Frowny Face

All songs used with permission or are available under Creative Commons licenses.

Well we finally managed it. About 4 months after I first discussed doing a live podcast of the 5 Unsigned shows with their organiser, Rich Maya, the first episode is out.

I decided to keep in a lot of the introductions and audience interaction in the podcast. My philosophy is if you're doing a live podcast you may as well make it as close as possible to the experience of a live gig. It helps that Rich is a very funny MC. It also goes a little way towards expressing what a charmingly chaotic experience a 5 Unsigned show is.

I took two tracks from each artist that appeared on the show, which probably doesn't do them justice, but it makes the podcast a manageable length.

I also decided to do a new intro for the show to distinguish this show from my 'regular' podcast. The only track that made sense to use was one by Scarlatti Tilt, because they are the reason I first met Rich. Just after the band sent me an mp3 to play on my podcast I noticed that they were performing in Bath. It turned out that it was a solo set by Daisy, the bands singer, at a 5 Unsigned gig. By that time I had already decided to promote gigs and thought that Rich would be a good person to get some advice from. To my surprise he was very accomodating and we met up for coffee at Fopp (RIP). The rest is history. It seems appropriate that the circle is completed by Scarlatti Tilt being on the first 5 Unsigned podcast a week before my first promoted gig.

This is getting a little long, so I'll leave it there. Hope you enjoy the new facet of the Ourobouros Podcast experience and you'll get another one next month. 

All tracks recorded live at the 5 Unsigned acoustic showcase on 2nd September 2007 in Bath.

Two tracks each from Ben Waller, Phil King, Jane Taylor, Diana Johnstone and Rich Maya

The intro music is an excerpt from 'The Insect's Party' by Scarlatti Tilt

It's all about the extras this week. This episode is slightly later than usual because on Sunday night when I usually release the podcast I was at the 5 Unsigned gig here in Bath. It's a monthly acoustic showcase with, as you might expect, 5 acts performing. I've been talking to Rich who runs the gigs for months trying to get the shows recorded so I can put them out as a podcast. Well this month we actually managed it so the first 5 Unsigned podcast recorded live at the gig will be online by the end of the week.

Other bonuses coming your way include the gigs I am promoting obviously and an extra track on each show. Since I got my brothers to record some promos for me I'm spending a lot less time yapping on the podcast. The running time has been going down for the two weeks I've been doing it and since I like each show to be around the 35 minute mark as of next week you will be getting 8 tracks per show instead of the traditional 7.

On this weeks show (the quarter century!) we have some electro-indie decadence, a track I've had running in my mind for ages and some truly strange electronica from Brazil.

Very few videos this week, but the (We Are) Performance one is absolutely mental (In a good way)

(We Are) Performance - Live A Little 

SuperSmiler - Guitarsy [Live Performance]

Dead World Leaders - Vultures [Live Performance - Poor Quality]

In order the next stuff up in Ourobouros Podcast land will be as follows:

1. 5 Unsigned Podcast

2. Episode #26 (With an extra track)

3. GIG!!!!!

4. Live Podcast with highlights from the gig

5. Episode #27 (Still with extra track)

I spoil you people, I really do...

TRACK LIST

Intro: The Sunshine Underground - Put You In Your Place (Excerpt)

1: (We Are) Performance - Live A Little

2: Beautiful Balloon - Give Me Some Feather

3: SuperSmiler - Guitarsy

4: Dead World Leaders - Vultures

5: Polar Eyes - Gabrielle

6: The Genevieves - Catch The Pieces

7: Retrigger - Reckless Driving Is Not A Sin

All songs used with permission or are available under Creative Commons licenses.