Saddestnightout

Today's episode has the largest number of guests yet, from two gigs in one day. They are, in this particular order: Peggy: -- https://www.instagram.com/peggyfromearth/ -- Izzie Walsh: -- https://www.instagram.com/izziewalshmusic -- Members of Izzie's band: Lewis, Daniel, Ben, and Simon -- James: -- https://www.instagram.com/66james99 -- Zkeletonz: -- https://www.instagram.com/zkeletonz -- Helena Deans: -- https://www.instagram.com/helenadeans -- Kyan: -- https://www.instagram.com/kyanmusic -- Rosa Rose: -- https://www.instagram.com/ohrosarose -- Patrick: -- https://www.instagram.com/twotribes_band -- & -- https://www.instagram.com/beabodypromotions -- Lewis: -- https://www.instagram.com/lewismmurray -- Luis: -- https://www.instagram.com/saxon_zine -- & -- https://www.instagram.com/kramerdoingbits -- Free Money: -- https://www.instagram.com/freemoneylovers -- Slice: -- https://www.instagram.com/slice_band -- Isaac: -- https://www.instagram.com/slaves -- & -- https://www.instagram.com/girlfightrecor

Today's episode features a quick chat with Dan Tredget, and performances from Mikey, Joffré, Dread Fury, Ravi, and Bua. I'm in a rush as I type this so I'll fill in links and details later. Otherwise, enjoy. Thanks for listening. You can find me in the usual places: Twitter: -- https://www.twitter.com/saddestnightout -- Instagram: -- https://www.instagram.com/saddestnightout -- Email: -- saddestnightout@gmail.com -- Patreon: -- https://patreon.com/saddestnightout -- iTunes: -- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/saddestnightout/id1361554117?mt=2 -- TuneIn: -- https://tunein.com/podcasts/Music-Podcasts/SADDESTNIGHTOUT-p1118077/ -- Stitcher: -- https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/saddestnightout -- Soundcloud: -- https://www.soundcloud.com/saddestnightout -- --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/saddestnightout/message

Apologies in advance for how sleepy I may sound in this episode. Today you will hear me being graced with the presence of Bua ( -- https://www.instagram.com/BUAMUSIK -- | -- https://soundcloud.com/buamusik -- ), Emma (friend of Bua), Dread Fury ( -- https://www.instagram.com/dreadfury1 -- | -- https://soundcloud.com/dread-fury -- ) and Mario (the boss of The Reliance, home of Tuesday open mic nights). They all had some kind words to say about me (which were all said of their own free will, honest), and as uncomfortable as that tends to make me feel, I was grateful to hear them. Also it's been 15 days without my bass guitar. My soul is heavy. Thanks for listening. You can find me in the usual places: Twitter: -- https://www.twitter.com/saddestnightout -- Instagram: -- https://www.instagram.com/saddestnightout -- Email: -- saddestnightout@gmail.com -- Patreon: -- https://patreon.com/saddestnightout -- iTunes: -- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/saddestnightout/id1361554117?mt=2 -- TuneIn: -- https://tunein.c

Today's episode was recorded at The Lock Tavern in Camden. The show was hosted by Tim and Jack of Exploding Head Sessions ( -- https://www.facebook.com/ExplodingHeadSessions/ -- ) and Tuck Shop Community Radio ( -- https://www.mixcloud.com/tuckshop/ -- ), and featured the bands Barb ( -- https://www.facebook.com/barbband -- ), Gaygirl ( -- https://www.gaygirl.band/bio/ -- ), and Mush ( -- https://en-gb.facebook.com/mushleeds/ -- ). Tim and Jack tell me about the history of their shows, both live and recorded, George and Ed from Barb talk about the evolution of their sound, Dan from Mush and Bex from Gaygirl both give brief introductions to their bands. Thank you to all of the above for putting on a great show, and for being guests on mine too. I look forward to catching up with all of them again in the near future. Check out my instagram to see some pictures and video from the event. Thanks for listening. You can find me in the usual places: Twitter: -- https://www.twitter.com/saddestnightout -- Instagram: --

Coming to you live from my bedroom, it's another recorded rehearsal. I also list off a bunch of gigs that I am definitely going to in the near future, including: Novacub ( -- https://soundcloud.com/novacubmusic -- ) at The Victoria, Dalston on Thursday 10th May Esther Joy ( -- https://soundcloud.com/estherjoylane -- ) at Birthdays, Dalston on Saturday 12th May Hatchie ( -- https://soundcloud.com/hatchiemusic -- ) at The Social, Fitzrovia on Wednesday 16th May. Maybe I'll see you there. Thanks for listening. You can find me in the usual places: Twitter: -- https://www.twitter.com/saddestnightout -- Instagram: -- https://www.instagram.com/saddestnightout -- Email: -- saddestnightout@gmail.com -- Patreon: -- https://patreon.com/saddestnightout -- iTunes: -- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/saddestnightout/id1361554117?mt=2 -- TuneIn: -- https://tunein.com/podcasts/Music-Podcasts/SADDESTNIGHTOUT-p1118077/ -- Stitcher: -- https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/saddestnightout -- Soundcloud: -- https://www.soundcloud.

Interminally long intro? Check. Disorienting changes in audio? Check. Potentially random conversations stuck together? Check. 3 day gap of a supposedly daily podcast? Check. Welcome back everyone. I've missed you too. On today's episode you'll hear me talk to Felix, then Louise and Fiona, and then you'll hear some music from Daniele (feat. Doris) and then some music from Santiago. Where applicable, I will add links to where you can find these people at a later date. But for now I want to post this before I let procrastination get the better of me again. Thanks for listening. You can find me in the usual places: Twitter: -- https://www.twitter.com/saddestnightout -- Instagram: -- https://www.instagram.com/saddestnightout -- Email: -- saddestnightout@gmail.com -- Patreon: -- https://patreon.com/saddestnightout -- iTunes: -- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/saddestnightout/id1361554117?mt=2 -- TuneIn: -- https://tunein.com/podcasts/Music-Podcasts/SADDESTNIGHTOUT-p1118077/ -- Stitcher: -- https://www.stitcher.

These bands were completely unknown to me until maybe two hours before these interviews happened. They are both more than worthy of your attention. Youth Sector left a dizzying list of bands to check out, so here is my attempt to transcribe what they said: HAKE | STRANGER GIRL | SAFE TO SWIM | MAI HIGH(?) | SUMANJI(?) And, in a first for this podcast, I've included some audio from the Queen Zee show. In particular, a very touching retelling of the first gig Queen Zee went to as a youth. I'm still cringing slightly about the questions I asked them (though maybe I'm being too hard on myself. I don't know), but this snippet of their show gives a better glimpse of the heart that they put into their performance. Thank you to Youth Sector and Queen Zee for their great shows and for talking to me. You can find more of their music at the following: YOUTH SECTOR Facebook: -- https://en-gb.facebook.com/youthsectorband/ -- Soundcloud: -- https://soundcloud.com/youthsectorband -- Spotify: -- https://open.spotify.com/arti

Move along, nothing to see here. I thought I could get this uploaded before midnight but failed. Once I missed the deadline I realized how weak this episode was; especially the "music" I've put on the end which is a 20 second voice recording done on a very cheap mp3 player from 2008. I recorded this episode on the walk back from the gig I attended - and I'll tell you more about that gig on the next episode. I was feeling a little low before I left for the show, and then I was kicking myself as I returned home. If you want to hear all about that, then by all means press play. Otherwise, no hard feelings. We'll just sweep this one under the rug. Thanks for listening. You can find me in the usual places: Twitter: -- https://www.twitter.com/saddestnightout -- Instagram: -- https://www.instagram.com/saddestnightout -- Email: -- saddestnightout@gmail.com -- Patreon: -- https://patreon.com/saddestnightout -- iTunes: -- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/saddestnightout/id1361554117?mt=2 -- TuneIn: -- https://tunein

Blue Arcade, that's the name, that name again, is Blue Arcade. Today's episode is a chat with Lottie - one half of the group Blue Arcade - and Toby - close friend and fan of the group. This was an interesting look at how the enthusiasm found at the early stages of making music, can often leave you lost for words. But Lottie is very good at describing the music they make in other ways. Plus she, along with her fellow musician Tom, make a most excellent noise, and I am very glad that I got to hear it. You can hear it too, in rough demo form as she described, at -- https://soundcloud.com/blue-arcade -- . And you can see the faces behind the music at -- https://www.instagram.com/bluearcademusic/ -- . Also Lottie seemed very keen to have everyone listen to Homeshake. If this is who she meant, then this is where you can find them: -- https://soundcloud.com/homeshake -- Thank you Lottie and Toby (and Tom!). Thanks for listening. You can find me in the usual places: Twitter: -- https://www.twitter.com/saddestnightout

Keeping it brief today, this episode is about my attempt to play live. Right now my live show consists of me playing guitar and singing while a backing track fills in the rest of the blanks. So today you'll hear the roughest iteration of how that sounds. Ably assisted by my very old PC (at some point it cuts out for a second then joins back in, just like a real live band), and featuring some experiments with singing lower and higher registers to see what sounds better, I give you the first "digital live performance rehearsal" (no, me neither. I'm just saying words at this point.) by Loads Of Japanese Bands. Thanks for listening. You can find me in the usual places: Twitter: -- https://www.twitter.com/saddestnightout -- Instagram: -- https://www.instagram.com/saddestnightout -- Email: -- saddestnightout@gmail.com -- Patreon: -- https://patreon.com/saddestnightout -- iTunes: -- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/saddestnightout/id1361554117?mt=2 -- TuneIn: -- https://tunein.com/podcasts/Music-Podcasts/SADDESTN

George and Joe are two very talented performers. Together they form the band Peyote. After joining them for their performance at an open mic, they invited me to join them for a rehearsal at The Engine Rooms rehearsal space, so that's what you'll hear on this episode. First we jam our way through some blues (well, they jam on guitar and I do my best to keep up on the drums) and then we have a little chat about the nature of songwriting and playing together. And then we get politely kicked out by the staff at The Engine Rooms. Thank you George and Joe for having me along for this jam session, it was a lot of fun and I hope we get to do it again. You can find more of their stuff at: Youtube -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoBgKIEntCSKgoF7ucc0erg -- Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/peyoteofficial/ -- And you can see more of The Engine Rooms Rehearsal Studios at -- https://www.engineroomsstudios.com/ -- Thanks for listening. You can find me in the usual places: Twitter: -- https://www.twitter.com/saddest

After arriving early for the Saturday night open mic at Allsop Arms, I decided to have a chat with some of the other performers that arrived early, so that's what you'll hear today. Joining me in the "conversation circle" are: Michael Gough -- https://soundcloud.com/user-961520365 -- Chris Afrix -- https://soundcloud.com/chrisafrix -- Dread Fury -- https://soundcloud.com/dread-fury -- Steve -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa_84cTjGnfmtt85C-S5lNw -- Niraj - only available in person -- Thank you to these fine folks for joining me for a chat, and be sure to give their music a listen via the links above. Thanks for listening. You can find me in the usual places: Twitter: -- https://www.twitter.com/saddestnightout -- Instagram: -- https://www.instagram.com/saddestnightout -- Email: -- saddestnightout@gmail.com -- Patreon: -- https://patreon.com/saddestnightout -- iTunes: -- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/saddestnightout/id1361554117?mt=2 -- TuneIn: -- https://tunein.com/podcasts/Music-Podcasts/SADDESTNIGH

Now that I've got a month of episodes under my belt, it feels like a good time to take stock of what I want to achieve next. This episode is me putting my mental to-do list out there in the hopes that it will help me to make it happen. Thank you to everyone who has come with me this far. If I'm going to take this to infinity and beyond, then this episode is my attempt at drawing a map to get there, together. Thanks for listening. You can find me in the usual places: Twitter: -- https://www.twitter.com/saddestnightout -- Instagram: -- https://www.instagram.com/saddestnightout -- Email: -- saddestnightout@gmail.com -- Patreon: -- https://patreon.com/saddestnightout -- iTunes: -- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/saddestnightout/id1361554117?mt=2 -- TuneIn: -- https://tunein.com/podcasts/Music-Podcasts/SADDESTNIGHTOUT-p1118077/ -- Stitcher: -- https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/saddestnightout -- Soundcloud: -- https://www.soundcloud.com/saddestnightout --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/saddestni

My very old bass guitar is long overdue a repair, so this episode features Kevin and Gary of Stairway To Kevin: an instrument repair shop on Denmark Street. While I was there I recorded a quick chat with them about their history with this place, and just what it was that needed repairing on my bass. Thanks Kevin and Gary, and I guess I'll be seeing you again in about a week. I'm looking forward to it. My bank account is not. I also talk about a few things I've found on the internet that have piqued my interest. Mostly podcasts, as I am a podcast fiend. Here are the links to everything mentioned on this episode: Stairway To Kevin -- https://www.stairwaytokevin.com/ -- Sooo Many White Guys podcast episode with Sam Irby -- https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/32-phoebe-and-sam-irby-launch-lifestyle-brand -- Hashtag Authentic podcast episode with Kate Swodoba -- https://meandorla.co.uk/podcast43-2/ -- Bob Lefsetz podcast episode with Kendall Ostrow -- https://soundcloud.com/bob-lefsetz/kendall-ostrow-19 -- Rhiannon

Nothing I recorded in this episode was as planned, but I honestly wouldn't have it any other way. The first conversation was had at The Reliance pub with Bridge The Moon Productions and the crew of the short film Deception. They were: Santiago -- https://www.instagram.com/socialmisfit_holdthebiscuits -- Zoltan -- https://www.instagram.com/zoltan_ad -- Gianbruno -- https://www.instagram.com/gianbrunospena -- Victor -- https://www.instagram.com/winnerbydefinition -- Trevor -- https://www.instagram.com/tjharwood -- Alex -- https://www.instagram.com/alexobchang -- Matthew -- https://www.instagram.com/mattsterbellster -- Bridge The Moon Productions -- https://www.bridgethemoon.com -- And the second conversation was at the JW Ridley and Honey Harper show at St Pancras Old Church with: Feven -- https://www.instagram.com/fevenem -- Also worth checking out, as mentioned in this episode: Mad Hatter Projects -- https://www.instagram.com/madhatterprojects -- St Pancras Old Church -- http://posp.co.uk/st-pancras-old-churc

That's exactly what I did, starting with DMs. The goal is to fill my calendar with appointments of me talking to people for the podcast, and today I took the first - and often scariest - step of reaching out. If all goes well in the near future you'll hear me talking to: Peyote -- https://www.instagram.com/peyoteofficial -- Novacub -- https://www.instagram.com/novacubmusic -- Alex of Black Malt -- https://www.instagram.com/black_malt -- Photographer Chloe Sheppard -- https://www.instagram.com/eolhcsheppard -- Writer Fiona Sinead -- https://www.instagram.com/fiona.sinead -- Podcast host Dillon -- https://www.twitter.com/Freeyourradio -- And many more. This is all subject to change, but I hope they work out. Stay tuned. Also I'm washing dishes again. You're welcome. Thanks for listening. You can find me in the usual places: Twitter: -- https://www.twitter.com/saddestnightout -- Instagram: -- https://www.instagram.com/saddestnightout -- Email: -- saddestnightout@gmail.com --  Patreon: -- https://patreon.com/sadd

This one was done in a rush (aren't they all). This is both a humble ode to the bands of the 2000s that made me want to play guitar, and a showcase of just how bad I am at playing the guitar. Shout out also to the books Meet Me In The Bathroom by Lizzy Goodman and Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain. Those two books are well worth a read. This episode, maybe less so. Thanks for listening. You can find me in the usual places: Twitter: -- https://www.twitter.com/saddestnightout -- Instagram: -- https://www.instagram.com/saddestnightout -- Email: -- saddestnightout@gmail.com -- Patreon: -- https://patreon.com/saddestnightout -- iTunes: -- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/saddestnightout/id1361554117?mt=2 -- TuneIn:  -- https://tunein.com/podcasts/Music-Podcasts/SADDESTNIGHTOUT-p1118077/ -- Stitcher: -- https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/saddestnightout -- Soundcloud: -- https://www.soundcloud.com/saddestnightout -- --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/saddestnightout/message

At some point in this episode I mention the play Avenue Q and the songwriter Robert Lopez, and then I forgot the name of his wife and songwriting partner. Now I won't forget it. This is a quieter episode, just me thinking my thoughts about milestones in life and the diminishing returns of comparing yourself to others. I also mention the Sodajerker podcast ( -- https://www.sodajerker.com -- ), particularly their interview with Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez ( -- https://www.sodajerker.com/episode-82-kristen-anderson-lopez-and-robert-lopez/ -- ), which is well worth a listen. And though it might not sound like it here, I am truly happy for those close to me who have recently had some very good news. And I wish the Daniels (Radcliffe and Kaluuya) all the best. Thanks for listening. You can find me in the usual places: Twitter: -- https://www.twitter.com/saddestnightout -- Instagram: -- https://www.instagram.com/saddestnightout -- Email: -- saddestnightout@gmail.com -- Patreon: -- https://patreon.com/sad

Thank you, thank you, thank you, to all of the artists that I spoke to in this episode. There were too many for me to fit in the title so here they are, with links to where you can find more from them, in the order that I spoke to them: Pena: -- https://soundcloud.com/alutepena-hughes-john -- Chermaine: -- https://soundcloud.com/lorriane -- Clive B. Bossa: -- https://soundcloud.com/bossabandits -- Aneta: -- https://soundcloud.com/aneta-anna-olszyna/tracks -- Kamila: -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHluag-JaZWYngIUro-zH0w -- Anna ACE: -- https://www.youtube.com/user/NannerBananer07/ -- James Hicks: watch this space... Dread Fury: -- https://soundcloud.com/dread-fury -- This was recorded at the Allsop Arms pub on Saturday 14th April. If you go to -- https://www.ukopenmic.com -- and join the mailing list you should (by next week I imagine) receive an email link to the youtube video of these performers (and more) from this night. Also I mention at some point that the music at the end is a short 90 minute piec

This episode features a live performance with myself and the oft-mention Romeo Crow! Friday 13th was our last open mic night at The Apple Tree pub, so what I have here is a recording of Romeo on guitar and vocals, and me on drums and back-up vocals, closing out the night. Thank you to everyone who showed up last night to make it memorable, thanks to Romeo for letting me play with you, and thank you to anyone who listens. You should definitely check out Romeo's podcast too at -- https://www.romeocrow.com -- You can find me in the usual places: Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/saddestnightout -- Instagram: -- https://www.instagram.com/saddestnightout -- Email: -- saddestnightout@gmail.com -- Patreon: -- https://patreon.com/saddestnightout -- iTunes: -- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/saddestnightout/id1361554117?mt=2 -- TuneIn: -- https://tunein.com/podcasts/Music-Podcasts/SADDESTNIGHTOUT-p1118077/ -- Stitcher: -- https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/saddestnightout -- Soundcloud: -- https://www.soundcloud.com/