TELAFONICA

i've been toying with the idea of running everything we do live through the mixing desk - a little like we did for that gig up in newcastle, blake. so i've bought a pickup for the autoharp and installed it, and will look into contact mic-ing other things like the typewriter, toy piano etc in the next few weeks. the obvious instrument that might not enjoy that so much is the guitar, though. however, i've noticed that logic pro has this - http://www.apple.com/logicstudio/plug-ins/ - a bunch of amp modellers etc. does your version include something like that? if so, we could run your guitar without an amp while still getting a great (perhaps even better than now) sound.

justin zeltzer, who hosts the bridge on fbi on monday nights, has asked us if we'd like to go in next monday night. the bridge is an all sydney music show from 8-9. we'd be guest programming, so filling up the hour with our favourite sydney music, and we can play some live things if we'd like. i've already said yes. who's coming in with me?

i thought i'd set up a bandcamp site for our music - it's a nice looking site that i've come across that a few different artists i like have used. it basically means you can put the music up and people can download it. you can set whatever price you like, or make it free or, the option i've chosen, where the downloader can choose their own price, including for free. it also makes the music available in pretty much any format, including lossless formats. so i started at the beginning with dos (though i forgot about our first demo disc - should we put that up online?) so head over here to see what all the fuss is about, or just stream the whole thing below. you can also click on the dos cover over in the telafonica releases thing on the left, and i've added those details to the entry for it. Everything Is Green (Except The Way I Feel) by telafonica

hey blake - have you seen this? http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/homeandhosed/playlist/s2816354.htm

i got this from mel today (mel being our friend who regularly comes to our gigs, djs at bandwidth etc)... >Hey Adrian > >When could I get you and maybe a couple of other of you lot into the radio show? It's >on 2RRR in Ryde and airs Saturdays 8pm to 11pm. It'd be good to do it close to some >major Telafonica event or Bandwidth or something. > >Cheers! > >Mel should we maybe see if we can go in on the saturday before the gig on the 21st? or some other time?

blake and i have been discussing the idea of putting out another free download single. we were thinking maybe of an edit of 'i can't make you love me' (the intro edited down a bit, basically). fbi have been playing it a bit and it makes reasonable sense as a single. for the extra tracks, i was thinking perhaps of using up some of the songs we have backlogged, but which probably wouldn't otherwise get developed. things like 'monday. wednesday, sunday' and 'scarecrow in the melon patch'. they're songs that would have a similar feel to 'i can't make you love me'. they need polishing, though, especially in the vocal department. blake also suggested some live things - i thought maybe the live version of belafonte from the last fbi radio appearance. any other suggestions? it's a single, so it doesn't necessarily have to be a cohesive whole - but we thought maybe this time use some of our own things rather than remixes. i would also real...

no room for telafonica on the australian music prize shortlist.

Well, from the band's perspective, I would rate this one just a notch above playing next door at Candy's Urine Soaked Apartment and being asked to stop after 3 songs because they were running out of time. After we took all our gear to the very top floor, we were not made to feel welcome at all. One of the other bands were set up, playing around and parading and the sound guy, Scott, was fawning all over them. Our worksheet had been specific about the times we were to set up and that we would do a sound check but we were not given one. Scott was unhelpful, uninterested and, I'm so sorry to be so frank, unintelligent in the sound department. He text-messaged for half of our new song "I Can Hear There's a Peace in the Dark" while the vocals were turned completely off. In the end Adrian had to shout over some friend that Scott was greeting with a hug to get his attention to turn the vocals on. We were made to start forty minutes late because the room "wasn...

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if everyone remembers, we were going to do a gig on january 16 at the excelsior for the wreckovery series, but then the excelsior cancelled it because they decided they wanted to devote their summer sundays to 'acoustic sessions'. well, the acoustic sessions are a flop and they've asked ant if he would consider doing wreckovery again. so, the gig from jan 16 will now take place on feb 28. it's an early sunday arvo deal. i've already said yes and figure whoever can join me we'll work around that - the more, the better.

we're playing in the new upstairs room from 9:30. we can start loading in from 8 and soundcheck is from 8:45. i'm thinking that if we try to get there at about 8:30, that should cover it. should we aim to leave a bit after 7:30? maybe 7:45? also, as with last time, there's a $5 door list - anyone who puts their name on it gets in for $5 instead of $15 and we get that $5. so tell anyone who might want to come and let me know and i'll put their name down.