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Hi there,
Sorry I’ve taken so long to write and update, but I’ve been so busy!! I’ve been recording an album with my band The Hedrons, performing live and rehearsing, and have been out and about in Glasgow and London.
The band and I went into the studio for eight days and laid down 13 songs. It was an amazing experience, one of my most enjoyable recording sessions to date. We then took the tracks back to our own studio and are now at the stage of recording some extra little guitar parts and vocals. Our time in the studio was fantastic. We set up in one big live room and recorded the songs live. We decided to make the room our own, so we decorated it with candles and fairy lights. The recording sounds so amazing, I‘m so pleased. The girls and I can’t believe how good it sounds. When you hear it, you won’t think that four girls made the record, because it rocks so hard!
Next on The Hedrons agenda, was a trip to London to play three gigs. Our first gig was at a club night called ‘Death Disco’ at Notting hill Arts Centre … nottinghillartsclub.com. This club runs every Wednesday night and was put together by Alan McGhee (the guy who found Oasis and Creation Records). The club usually features three new happening bands, and we were lucky enough to get on the bill. The club is very funky and very warm! We went down a storm, so much so that we didn’t want to come off stage! It’s a tough gig to play, as the audience are very critical. We were so pleased we won them over. They were dancing and getting into our unique style of punk rock. Next gig was at the Water Rats at King Cross, and the last one was at a punk rock club night called ‘The Queen is Dead,’ at the Borderline in Soho, London. After the last song on our set at the Water Rats gig, we jumped off stage and walked straight out of the venue. When we were standing outside the venue we could still hear our guitars feeding back as we had just thrown them on stage with the volume control up full, it was great! When we walked back into the venue the girl on the door wasn’t going to let us back in!! We had to shout at her ‘we’re The Hedrons, we’ve just played a gig here!’ We stayed at The Columbia Hotel in London in a quad room. It was so funny, we felt like we were on a school trip. We tried not to have too many late nights, but unfortunately one of the nights we were there, the night porters telephoned our room to complain about the noise … oops! Overall it was a really amazing trip, we played great gigs and didn’t strangle each other, well not yet!
Our website is now up and running. We don’t have many pages up at the moment, but there is some information on it that you might find interesting … thehedrons.com
This week in Glasgow, the ‘City of Light Festival’ takes place … radianceglasgow.com. The whole city has been taken over by beautiful lights. The trees have them, buildings have them, and they’re even on bridges. The city looks so vibrant and alive. Lets hope the lights get to stay up after the festival is over.
The Hedrons were featured in this week’s NME. The NME … nme.com … is a really amazing and hip British weekly music magazine that only talks about what’s hot, and we got in it!!!!!!!!! You can check out one of our tracks on our myspace … myspace.com/thehedrons
I’ve been out and about at a few gigs recently. One of my favourites was a band called Waysted … waysted.co.uk. They were completely mad. I thought the bass player was going to fall over he was so drunk! They put on a great show and were true rock and rollers. They come from an 80’s rock background, and boy did they rock. They played at the Barfly, Glasgow, to a packed house. The people-watching was great; the audience consisted of bikers and rock chicks… what a night!
Next up was Alice Cooper at Glasgow’s SECC. I went along only knowing a few of his song’s. My Dad is a huge fan of his and he used to play me Alice Cooper records when I was a little girl. The gig was amazing. He rocked, and his band was stunning. There were snakes, coffins, fake blood, and the lot. There must have been around 7,000 people at the gig. The band and I went along together and we managed to get seats right down the front. I must say, I didn’t think I would have enjoyed the gig as much as I did. Alice Cooper has still got it, and can still perform as well as someone in his twenties. After the gig, the girls and I went back stage to meet the band and their tour manager. We hung out with them and drank far too many vodka sea breeze cocktails. Just as we were about to go back to the hotel with them for a party, we decided we should go our separate ways. The next morning, I was so glad we did … hahahahahah … rock and roll!!!
Until next time…
Cheers
Tippi x
P.S.: I Hope you all have a great Christmas and rockin’ New Year. xx
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