Charitable Lads

This past weekend has to be the band's most successful one yet, having played both Newhampton arts centre in Wolverhampton and the Wharf bar in Walsall, we certainly left a strong impression on the audience we played to. Both gigs went down very well , the Wharf was great as it was such a local venue to us and literally everyone we knew was there . To keep the band momentum up we have hit practice hard this week as the gigs are coming thick and fast! We have plenty of exciting news to share with you over these next few weeks as the band continue to progress. However for the meantime we will be preparing for another gig this Sunday at "Compton in the park" charity festival at Wolverhampton West Park in aid of Compton hospice.

Gigs!!

After a considerable amount of time away from social media we've been focusing on live performance in order to be fully prepared for a busy upcoming schedule , weeks of practice have payed off as we now have managed to complete our 45 minute set which will be played at numerous venues around the midlands in the next few months or so.
Gigs kick start this Friday at Newhampton arts centre in Wolverhampton where we will be performing with four other live bands, the following night we are then straight back at it with a gig supporting great local band Two 'N' Eights both night are set to be full of great live music and a lively audience. Later dates have also been arranged such as the 5th of July we are at the O2 academy 3 in Birmingham and to finalise our latest gig line up we finish on the 19th headlining the sunflower lounge before we then begin work for summer festivals. If there is anyone who would like to come to any of the gigs be in touch!! Below is a picture to just give you a bit of an insight into the dramas that occur in practice... Hence the broken guitar!!

Recording

Today we had our 1st ever recording session, we desperately needed a demo so we can show everyone our music. The recording process began slowly as it was a multi-track recording; we had no experience of playing to a click track or playing on our own without the rest of the band supporting us. We spent 4 hours their today and managed to complete one song. We had planned to complete more than just the one song, however we was a little too ambitious with our aims and didnt truly appreciate how long it takes to master a song to perfection. If we were to give any advice to anyone wanting to record it would be to certainly get the right producer. Our producer Carl Windsor has amazing experience touring the world in a tribute band The Complete Beatles, he knew exactly the sound we were after and he directed our song brilliantly. A big thanks to Carl and the work he did with us today , we look forward to continuing our work with him over the next few weeks to get more songs recorded. The current track we are working on is 'Be Yourself' and we hope to be sharing it with you by the end of this week!!!

Line-up complete

Last Friday night we played our set in full for the first time, we got some great feedback but also some constructive criticism.An often occurring subject was the lack of depth in our music without a bass player. This week we decided to put an end to this controversy and finally insert bass into our music, our lead singer Mikey has challenged himself to learn bass. This week we also hit over a 1000 page views on our blog and continue to gain more followers on our Twitter https://twitter.com/TheAssistBand