When I stood under the shower this morning, naked save for my golden delegate wristband, mildly hungover and wrung-out from a full day of conferences and gigs, I wondered how I could have so easily developed a completely irrational adoration for a band whom I had only heard a few hours previously, the formidable Warpaint. To say that I love them somehow understates it. I want to learn how to sculpt, so I that can build statues to them. This stupendous band overwhelmed my unsuspecting consciousness with a sudden potency, like a spiked drink.

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Its been two months since my last update. Thankfully, this time, its because I've been too busy on music and technology projects to post.... which is a step forward for me.

Since my last post, I have pushed the button on my own music promotions project, entitled 'most rated', which aims to bring the most popular new music acts to the local scene. The idea, previously swimming aimlessly in my head, took form quite violently on a Thursday, 24th March, when the concept took shape in the form of Bristol creative genius S.J. Esau, my electo-rock project Hercules Rockafella, the synth-rockers ...

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After several months of pacing, I've decided to pull the trigger on my own promotions venture: a monthly new music showcase entitled 'Most Rated'. Four hot-tipped acts, booked from a local scene, paid and promoted at top venues, chosen by you, the listening audience.

The idea stemmed from my own experience gigging on the London circuit, widely regarded as being up there with Graceland and Nashville as the places to be if you are a musician, and seeing how many poorly promoted gigs there were; either with terrible acts playing to their gimmacing friends, or brilliant acts playing to an ...

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Calling all musicians and music lovers!

I want to draw your attention to a new, weekly acoustic music session starting tomorrow night in wonderful Walthamstow. The nights, run by the marvellous Alison Jones, seeks to bring together the diverse music talents in the area, held in Celcius bar on Hoe Street.

Its a doddle to get to, a hop, skip and jump from town on the Victoria Line, so grab your guitar/harpsicord/fiddle/shaker/wash-board and get down there!!

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Now that Xmas and New Year are finally behind us and our reason to stay in bed until lunchtime has dissipated, I feel the inertia of facing the prospect of a new year and what it will bring. Owing to a chesty cough, which kept me indoors all last week, I greet the prospect of a new year without a hangover for the first time in years. As with every day that we awake, the days of 2011 will be what me make them in our minds, and so we must as ever be on our guard against everything and everyone that seeks ...

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