Andre
Hi There,
Hope You are staying safe..
After Elvis and Eddie Cochranm but before Beach Boys and bEatles – there came surf instrumentals..
It was one man and one club that started the scene off – even Leo Fender came down when this local act started getting thousands of people at the rendezvous club – giving him the first ever100 watt amp – fender showman..
talking about the tunes, and playing some examples, live in lockdown..
Hi There – just heard from Rob who played at an early live event in 2010 at Sphinx Club.
He’s now playing Piano getting ready for his grade 5 this December – and he’s planning to come to the Coundon Social Club, Shorncliffe Rd, Coventry for the 10th Anniversary RockTober Live Student Event.
Rob won’t be playing, though he will be watching – and you can too : £5 a ticket in advance from Paul at the Coundon Club, or it is £8 on the door.
Doors open main concert room at 4pm, finishes for 8pm – so can have an early start for Monday if You need to.
Til RockTober!
Andre
Hi There – Counting down to Rocktober 10th anniversary live student show this sunday –
but this Friday, doing a little haloween gig – here’s a sneak peek of one of the tunes – a well known TV Theme.
Til Sunday RockTober Day!
Andre
Hi There,
Finally uploaded part of my guest appearance on Dave Marshall Barratt’s Friday night Later show on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire radio, from nearly two weeks ago.
Talk about 10th anniversary student show, the recent Woodstock 50th anniversary – including who made Woodstock go viral – and even touch a little bit on technology and anxiety as well..
Andre
PS Tickets for this Sunday’s show are still available from the venue : The Coundon Social Club, Shorncliffe rd, Coventry – from Paul – £5 in advance, £8 on the door.
Hi There – Pleased to announce that with just less than a week away – advance tickets are now available directly from our venue. You can get these from Paul at The Coundon Club – its £5 in advance or £8 on the door.
It will be a show of 3 halves – starting with the road to Woodstock, because it is the 50th anniversary of that iconic festival
followed by our guest former students who will play a set and finally a mixed set of acoustic and electric – rooted in rock, indie and blues – from the 1950s right through to the Noughties..
Doors open 4pm, show start at 4.30pm with an early finish around 8pm, perfect if you have an early start on monday morning
Hi There – Counting Down To The RockTober Show – 10th anniversary of live student events – and I’m very excited that we’ve tracked down former student Nick who will be playing next sunday.
Now Nick was already an advanced student – he’d started playing back when he was 18 – but here are some of his highlights – how he got back into live playing – and some of his thoughts and ideas on playing, on lessons, on performing, progress and yes we even talk a little about practice as well..
Hi There,
His first show was in 2013 – our first time at The Coundon Club for a student event. Jake did start out as a near beginner – and by 2017 he was playing at Coventry’s First Classic Rock Show in 2017 – before going to University in Manchester. Here’s all about Jake..
Til Next Time
Andre
Counting Down To The RockTober 10th Anniversary Show later this month
Chatting with Dave and fellow guest Julie – also talking a little about The RockTober Show
Hi There – Counting Down To RockTober Show – 10th Anniversary LIve Student Events.
This time all about our Monsters Of Rock Finale from our 2016 show – classics from the 1960s to the 1990s – and even one Coventry ska classic right at the end.
Til Next Time
Andre
What does Mechanic Chris, Engineer Graham, School Student Luke, Engineering SubContractor Kiran and 69 year old BluesMan Jim all have in common ?
Well back in 2012, just after the London Olympics – they all took part in a guitar world record attempt at the Coventry Ricoh Arena – and yes we did get the record for the most electric guitars.
Til Next Time
Andre
Counting Down to The RockTober Show – 10th Anniversary of Live Student Performing Events
Ps In case You’re wondering What happened after this – well..
Graham went on to join the band Temple Black who released an album back in 2018, Chris also played at his own wedding with the Dr Teeth Band, Chris also played the 50th anniversary Woodstock Years show earlier this year, Kiran went back to India – he said he was inspired to form a band, Jim is still playing the Blues, Jake went to Manchester University straight after our Classic Rock Show Performance at Arches Music Venue, , and just recently Luke has gone to LIPA – Liverpool Performing Arts to study Music.
Hi There,
- The 2 kinds of impossible. Getting caught in the wrong one.
- The Growth Mindset. And
- Teen electric students beginner to stage play Indie : Abi, Jake and Sam
Til Rocktober!
Andre
Hi There,
It’s Andre and we’re counting down to the 10th year of student shows – and this time it’s all about Ben, how he made his debut wayback in 2009, what happened straight after, and how he developed the confidence to even start a show as a Cydonian Knight..
n 2018, he released a debut album as part of Temple Black at The Arches and Scruffy Murphys – back at show number 1 in 2009 – Dan made his debut. Counting down to 10th Anniversary show – this episode is all about Dan..
Andre
Ps Dan did not quit his day job, and practice all the time to go through this process (though it was that much fun he was probably tempted) – he did stay Forensic Scientist by day – and kept Music for night time. though Dan now lectures at Warwick University, and still plays Lead guitar for Temple Black who do play shows across the Midlands.