Catching Up - Take A Worm For A Walk Week, Beerjacket and Y'All Is Fantasy Island

Take A Worm For A Walk Week's Album Launch, CCA, 07042011. Supported by OV and Remember Remember. Brilliant Night.

Y'All Is Fantasy Island's Last Ever Gig at Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh 11th March 2011 supported by Loch Awe and Two Wings. Travesty that this was the first and last time I experienced YIFI.

Michael Cassidy supporting Beerjacket. Lovely choice.

Beerjacket - 1st drawing of him at Peenko's Tea Party at the Hidden Lane Tearoom 10th March 2011

Beerjacket - 2nd Drawing of the Night - Tonight was my first live experience of Peter Kelly aka Beerjacket. Talented chap, lovely singing and lyrics, great in the intimate space of the Hidden Lane Tearoom. I would thoroughly recommend these rare nights in. Remember to BYOB. Corkage fee, but worth it.

WIDE DAYS - BTBW (FANTASTIC) SEMINARS ON THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

The drawings from Born To Be Wide's 'Wide Days'. The other drawings will make their way on here one way or another, in their own good time, like all good things.

Wide Days - Making Touring Pay

with Robert Hicks(Rockness co-founder and tour promoter), Jason Edwards (booking agent, 13 Artists), Michael Lambert (Moderator/Manager/Musician), Keren McKean (Music Manager), Caroline Winn (General Manager, Hebrides Ensemble)

You can tell this is my first iPad sketch of the day where the time limit has escaped me - I was also writing screeds down on a seperate sketch book. Hopefully you can see that my method improves throughout the day :)

Wide Days - Write a Killer Bio - with Neil Cooper

Wide Days - Not Just SXSW

with David Balfour (Fine Tunes/Records of the Day), Shaun Arnold (goNorth), Olaf Furniss (BTBW/Moderator), Richard Caesar (Un-Convention), Allan McGowan (Conference Consultant)

Wide Days - Making Money with PPL - with Dan Millington

Wide Days - Digital DIY vs Record Labels

with Stewart Henderson (Chemikal Underground), Matthew Young (Song By Toad), Olaf Furniss (BTBW/Moderator), Scott Cohen (Manager/The Orchard), David Balfour (Fine Tunes/Records of the Day).

Wide Days - Online Promotion with Inner Ear's Dougal Perman and Andy McGolgan

Wide Days - Music in Films

with Caroline Gorman (Rage Music), Eleanor Yule (Film Director), Vic Galloway (BBC Radio Presenter/Moderator), Malcolm Lindsay (Composer), Huw Williams (Soundtrack Film Festival)

Wide Days - Music Making Money with Scott Cohen

Keynote - Olaf Furniss (BTBW) in conversation with Barry Wright (Co-Founder Regular Music)

Excellent reviews of the day, which are much more informative, can be found at Peenko, Popcop and IsThisMusic?

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'Thoughts'

Well it's been quite a day.

I feel washed out. 5 hours sleep and up at 6.30am feeling quite chirpy, sun shining. Nipped off to Edinburgh with my packed lunch, portfolio and drawing materials, and proceeded to draw the fantastic BTBW Wide Days music industry event on my iPad between 10am-6.30pm, train ride back to Glasgow, then drawing the album launch of Take A Worm For A Walk Week from 9pm-11.40pm.

Have just got back into my room, it's 1.27am, and I think I'm going to hit the hay.

But not before I mentioned my iPad learning curve documenting BTBW, my upcoming commission to draw a wedding, the backlog of 30 or so drawings I need to scan and upload to the blog (because I certainly haven't been idle since you last heard from me, simply that I've been a bit overwhelmed with work), the 2nd Children's book that I'm working on, and the fact that I'm decanting my room/workspace to move to Stockholm - an adventure I've finally accepted the challenge of. :)

With that, I leave you. Goodnight.

Remember Remember people. Remember Remember.

North American War

iPod Drawing

Remember Remember

Paper Drawing

Tonight was the EP Launch of renowned multi-instrumentalist and all out music geenyus Graeme Ronald who's birthday it was today, of all days. Cue 'Non-fiery-but-almost-as-equally-fun-firework-stage-set-design by Robbie, Jack and Judd (was also Jack's birthday too). Apologies if I've got one of the artist's name wrong. Judd did the owl on the tree, and the other two did the amazing gadgetry/rest of the wizardry stuff.

Supported by North American War fronted by the sinister yet sultry Anna.

The music by Graeme and his highly skilled troup were on fire themselves. Bloody brilliant. That's all I'm going to say. Oh, and 'Epic'. Okay, that will do now. You'll just have to see RR live yourself if you haven't managed already. Also check out their great video 'Imagining Things' by Gregor Barclay.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VQbFP5fqfM

Commercial Alternative: All day alternative music fest at Mono

Great day, poorly attended (I'm assuming) due to crappy weather, but to be honest, c'mon Glasgow! It was an indoor festival!

My personal highlights were Remember Remember and The 1990's, as they were so bloody tight - Remember Remember had the most amount of folk I've seen in it yet, was bordering on epic, and was great to meet Graeme's Mum who was the most vibrant one in the crowd - go Margaret! I can definitely see RR headlining a main stage somewhere. Top class.

Was the second time I've seen The 1990s live, and I really want to see them again. They just blast energy off the stage and they just meld together so well. Great songs, music, musicianship, presence and engagement with the audience. Bloody brilliant. When oh when will they play the UK again?

Great to discover Astral Planes, and finally hear/see Girls Names, Golden Grrrls, and Peter Parker. (Numpty that I am I completely didn't recognise Roz from Peter Parker who also plays in Miss The Occupier. Different hair, though I had my sneaking suspicions it was the same girl from photos of PP I'd previously looked up! Twat-head strikes again.) Peter Parker snarl out a sexy fifties rock/punk flavour, delivered in tattoos, scratches and pouts. Like it, a lot.

Astral Planes was also sexy and snarly reminding me a bit of Chrissy Hind, Patty Smith and The Kills. Girls Names produced really creative and mesmerising sounds and songs - Beautiful!

Golden Grrrls I've been meaning to see for a while now, with their drummer Eilidh who is great and has been with other bands I've meant to see but never managed. Looking forward to where they head with this.

In all, it was a quality line-up and I would definitely see them all again. If I hadn't been experiencing the mother of all stomach cramps and wanting to vomit for the latter half of the night, it probably would have been one of my best days in the year, especially if I hadn't retired at the end of the night and gone home. I mean seriously, what a lame-ass.

Mono is most definitely one of the top three magnetic poles for experiencing GREAT music in Glasgow if not the UK. The building doesn't provide the best accoustics, but for the consistently great gigs that play there, the fantastic music shop, expos, food, top class beer as well as their own home-made ginger beer, best drinking sun-trap courtyard and the relaxed atmosphere, you really can't beat it.

(Drawings will come)