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solitudeDoes the noise in my head bother you? 07 July To Battle we go! So... The fashion show was awesome! We had an amazing response and was told by the owner of the place that he thought we were the best act of the evening. he then proceeded to ask us if we would be interested in playing there more often, as in opening for the big bands that play there - the guys who have multiple radio hits here and get huge crowds! How awesome is that? Further to that we have been entered into 2 different battle of the bands competitions. On Sunday we did our first battle, and I am happy to report that we have made it through to round two. Tonight we have the second competition... round 1 - wish us luck, this is the beeeeeg one! Huge prizes, great exposure, and... if we get to the finals, then the chance to share the stage with Seether! Man I m so excited. So - if anyone here is on facebook, lok up my bands Fan Page - The Ragoo, we have loaded up 3 tracks there from the weekend away when we did the recording. Let me know what you think! Much love me xx 28 June Fashion RocksThis coming Thursday, the band and I have what looks to
be, an incredibly exciting gig! We will be sharing the stage with Evolver once
again (remember the band that I was so pissed with for cutting our set short
not too long ago?) they have since that incident redeemed themselves in my eyes
as at the last gig we did with them (2nd time we played with them) they seemed
to have settled down and even complimented us and our music. So let’s hope it
all stays on a happy path.
24 June been hit Now normally when I say I have been hit, I mean by a person, I also mean that it was at training while I was sparring, so that's perfectly acceptable! This time I don't mean that. Nope...I have been hit by something MUCH worse - the winter flu. Don't think I'm being dramatic here - normally if I have a cold, I will happily state it and move on, but this bloody flu has seen me cancel 2 gigs with the band this week - 2 BIG gigs, one of which is a battle of the bands, and if we get to the finals then we would have a chance to share the stage with Seether. **sigh** I had the choice to go and do it, I just think that trying to sing at the moment would do the band more harm than good. I was off work on Monday half day and yesterday - doctors orders... today I gracefully waltzed in (by gracefully, I mean I staggered in like the hunchback of notre dam reeling from far too much happy juice) sat down at my desk and then let off a volley of sneezes that left my office mates wide eyed and jumping to open the windows in the hope that my germs would evade them and run amuck in the outside world. Eventually at 3pm I left to come home and sneeze my head off here... it's not pretty and the sneezes see me bending in half - but I still giggle at the look on their faces! You know how it is, if you can't see the bright side to everything... where is the fun in living? Love ya Julz 19 June ow ow owAt training last night, after the streching, our instructor decided that we should go road running. That would be great, apart from the fact that we had to do it barefoot. My feet hurt. It wasn't hugely far or anything of the sorts, it was however tar, and the missing skin on my feet will be the reminder that in future, when the instructor mans says "no shoes! Shoes are for wussies!" I will proudly wear that wussie badge and run in shoes! dammit.
Happy friday! 12 June Weekend awayThis weekend the band is heading to gorgeous Magaliesburg to record a few songs! OK, so its winter, might not be so gorgeous, and it is bound to be FREEZING (as an understatement) but it should be hell of a fun. We are staying on a farm where the recording studio is, and will be forced to do some heavy bonding. Which means we will either come back all Brady bunch like, or we will kill each other. hehehe - who knows! We are doing 3 or 4 songs this weekend (well that’s the plan) and its costing us a bit, or it seems like a bit because we aren't really making that much at the moment. New band, hard industry to crack... but were hoping that it will get easier once we have something to send to radio stations. So - wish us luck. Will post our songs up here when they are back and mastered! So - last night we had a gig. It was so cold last night that there was hardly anyone there, only the hardcores. Something that I have to get over is people bailing out of gigs. It's a pet peeve; don't tell me you WILL be there! hell you're even going to book a table... it's going to be awesome! And then not pitch. That is just not cool. Despite the lack of people, we rocked our asses off on stage. It was one of the best gigs we have had, purely because it was so much fun! We laughed, joked, the people in the crowd that we knew gave us horns, we gave em back - and we played our hearts out! The response was wonderful, the other bands were very cool and they seemed to enjoy it a huge amount, what can I say... I am loving all things band. At one point last night, the very last song in fact - our bass guitarist was going mad, and he managed to pull the chord out of his guitar, but kept playing, despite the lack of sound, which had our drummer laughing so hard that he had to stop playing - man, I giggled my ass off - in between singing of course, I am a professional after all. hehehe! Life is good. I hope you can all say the same! xx 09 June **bounce** Somtimes I feel like a Jack Russel (yes, I just called myself a dog - heh). An excitable one... probably on speed considering my energy levels. Think about it, my general attitude is like this: It's Monday - YAY!! Band practice tonight!! It's Tuesday - YAY!! MMA training tonight!! It's Wednesday - YAY!! Band practice tonight!! It's Thursday - YAY!! MMA training tonight!! (or a gig, it depends) It's Friday - YAY!! It's Friday!! <insert the evening's events here> and well - the rest of the weekend continues in that vein, be it gigs, climbing, my saturday MMA lessons with Ozzy, seeing mates, seeing family, going running with my mom or even veging out and doing nothing all day but couch bonding. Serriously - is anyone allowed to be this enthusiastic this often?? If I was an outsider I would have me put down. I would ya know. **mental note to self, try being more moody when it comes to the evening events - just to balance everything out** 08 June The weekend! Friday was drinks with Suz and then Gareths birthday - 30th... how old are we getting man? ;) Sat was a morning of battering my eyelashes at mechanics and getting my breaks done and the hand break adjusted for free, hehehe, being a chick rocks, and then I had a private MMA lesson with Ozzy doing jits, which was brilliant, he thinks I'm a fab jits student, and it could be because he was grappling with a girl, and that in itself is always different for a bloke, or that he really thinks it! im at a new MMA school now, the old one didn't work for me training wise, I mean really - I want to know that my training will lead me somewhere, gradings, official fights, the ability to leap into the crowd from the stage and not get hurt... heheh that sort of thing. On Sat the band and I went to the black dahlia for a gig... that was fun - a whole bunch of very long greasy haired emo kids with skinny jeans and superficial cuts from blunt grapefruit spoons trying to act cool and hold their booze. Always entertaining. Ah well, we had a decent reception considering were not heavy metal. Sunday I cooked up a moussaka that was so good there was nothing left by the time my family went home. Dad had the rest of it in a tupperware for lunch today. hehe and then I went and did nooooothing!! I couch bonded. yeah baby. That is what sundays are all about!
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