ATP:LIVE #005 - Sunday 5 Dec 2010

Hi Folks,

Just wanted to update you about my next gig (and most likely last of 2010). It's at Jam (again) in Brighton on Sunday 5th December. Doors are at 8pm and I am on early at 8.15pm sharp. So please get down early doors.

Headlining is Small Black and additional support comes from PicturePlane and Nullifier.

Tickets are £6.50 and if you want to come please let me know as I'll have a few 'cheap list' places to fill. Thanks,

Facebook event link

ATPLP2 - demos

This week I started work on the 2nd ATP album.

I am going to be spending the next 6 months or so making demos and then trying to play them live before eventually re-recording them for the album.

As such there are going to be a fair few demos appearing/disappearing online over the next few months - all which will be free to download.

The first of these demos is available to download from my SoundCloud account. It's called 'The Man Who Smiles When Things Go Wrong' and will be available to download for a week from today.

For updates on these demos check out twitter @atpmusic, facebook and my blog.

The Man Who Smiles When Things Go Wrong (demo) by Amongst The Pigeons

The Award Winning ....

Last night I attended the 1st ever Brighton Music Awards at the East Wing of the Brighton Center. There were a number of categories such as band of the year, live act of the year, solo artist of the year etc etc etc.

Anyway I was nominated for the Artwork of the year for the 'Repeat to fade EP' cover and am ever so please to say - I WON!

I must also give a MASSIVE thanks to Maria who did the artwork for the EP - My brief was dark and twisted and her artwork captures it perfectly.

I really urge you to go and look at her website and if you need any work doing give her a shout as she is one of Brighton's best up and coming artists. http://www.mjoart.co.uk/mjoart.htm

ATP:LIVE #004 - Tonight

Hi Folks,

Bit last minute this one, I am playing LIVE in Brighton tonight @ The Prince Albert supporting MEN.

It's £7 to get in but I have some £fiver guest passes so if you are coming let me know.

You can read all about it here on Beakbook.

ATP Sweat Shop

Some people have been asking me where they can get ATP Tshirts from, to which the answer was - you can't!

But I am pleased to say that I have set up an online sweatshop and if you want a limited edition ATP t shirt you can get one via the link below. There is a man and woman style - both with the same design: "I'mAmongstThePigeons". Both are £12.99 which is not too bad.

I will eventually delete this design and replace it with a new one once they are all sold out.

Happy Shopping >>> ATP Sweat Shop

Please help me by voting

Hi All,

Please can you go to http://www.dittomusic.com/featured-artist and vote for Amongst The Pigeons. It's for a Ditto Music promotion which can help me win £15k worth of digital help.

Thanks

Nominations

Some of you may remember a while ago I was asking for people to vote for my 'repeat to fade' artwork as part of the Brighton Music Awards. Well I am pleased to say that my ep cover has been selected and made the final three.

I believe the organizers of the awards now decide on who they want to win, which seems a bit bizarre to me, but there you go. The idea of a public vote which is then decided by committee just defies logic. What will the winner be based on? Is there a set criteria? Or will it just be who they like the most based on popularity? Who knows? Not me.

But its nice to get this far.

The awards are in November and have apparently already 'sold out' so I am not even sure if the people who are nominated will be going along?

I will update you all when I hear more.

Observations of Etiquette

Last night I played my 3rd gig as Amongst The Pigeons. Now that the initial fear has passed I am really starting to get into playing ATP live. I feel more confident to play around with the songs and experiment with effects and noises. It has also promoted me to make some new material as I am already bored with parts of the show and want a few new 'dance' hits to carry the weight.

I was on first last night and was followed by a band called 'Over The Wall' who were brilliant. Its very rare that I see bands I like anymore, but these two guys had some great songs and you could tell they loved playing. Go check them out!

The headline band were called Teeth, and my views on them are probably less positive. The band turned up about 9.15pm, having missed any sound check earlier on in the night. They then preceded to take 30 minutes to set up on stage. All they actually did was build a 4 piece drum kit and plugged a phono-out lead into a MacBook. It was all rather bizarre.

In my opinion bands should respect gigs and everything that comes with them, the traveling, the set up, the sound check, the timings. If you can't be bothered to respect the promoter and the people who come to see you play - why the hell should the respect you?

Anyway ...

I have a brief gap now before the next ATP:LIVE which will be on Saturday 13th November in Brighton @ 4.30pm!. For all the lovely details >>> Click here!

Brighton Live - the video proof

Last Friday I played the annual Brighton Live Festival on The Great Escape Stage in Hectors House. It would be fair to say it was an excellent gig and I had a great time. Selected highlights from the gig can be viewed in the following video:

I want to thank all of you that came along and if you are up for it, the next gig is on Wed 20 October. @ Jam in Brighton.

Last minute reminder ... Gig this Friday

Hello,

Just a quick reminder that I am playing this Friday as part of the Brighton Live Festival.

8PM @ Hectors House - Live Set
Midnight @ Latest Music Bar - DJ Set

Hope to see you there!