All off to good start, media coverage in the press on the 1st January and then we heard on the 7th that I've been selected to play at Celtic Connections in Scotland next week. Had a band meeting with Lidia this evening and we are all set for the month long spring tour. We are tired just thinking about it, this'll be my first time on the road for more than 2 days without Dom doing road management and we have packed the gigs in. Dom kindly informed me that we need to be on the 7.20am ferry out of the isle of mull on the 26th of May. 7.20AM?? Surely this is not true, I thought touring was all about lazing around in swanky hotels rooms whilst calling for room service. Hmmm...all is not how it seems. Still we have a handful of lovely pre-tour warm up shows that I am really looking forward to.
We are incredibly busy getting ready for the album launch on the 28th April. The design team are busy scribbling and doodling for the album sleeve and generally making lovely creative goodness whilst I irritate them by continuously changing the actual packaging template. I really have to make a decision.
Clive Gregson lands back in the UK next week to start mixing the album and then he'll take it over to Nashville to get mastered in Feb. I'm so lucky to be in a position where I have absolutely confidence in his abilities to make it sound fantastic. Eek is all too exciting.
On the 28th Jan I'm doing a show called part:three at Mr Kyps in Poole. I'm actually quite nervous about this one, we are doing a songwriters revue with three songwriters sharing one stage and I'm pushing myself out of my comfort zone by doing harmony vocals, playing the ebow and turning my guitar into a drum kit. Still, we can but try..
That's pretty much it this end, here's a few links and some pictures of rehearsals for part:three.
Happy New Year.
xx
part:three: www.mrkyps.net/gigdetails.asp?eventID=1865
Album launch: www.mrkyps.net/gigdetails.asp?eventID=1896
Spring tour and pre-tour warm-up dates: http://www.loubrownmusic.com/
Clive Gregson: http://www.clivegregson.com/
(All pictures © Fiona Anderson)
Alex Roberts: http://www.alexrobertsmusic.com/
Pete Christie: http://www.petechristie.co.uk/
