Published: March 5th 2009AsiaMarch 5th 2009
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off to greenland
Spike jones on the Bonnie Tyler tour
Spike Jones on tour in 2008
Current mood: adventurous
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers
Well 2008 started very slow for me and i even thought about a change of carreer. Then i received a phone call in March from , Tark @ JHE with a band called Clatter needing a TM /DRIVER /FOH, (had to be American).After several cross Atlantic emails i Got the Job.Well am i glad because it was a wonderful trip of the south east England and a little trip to France.
They are a great band and beautiful people,Check them out.
Next Job was with a Metal band from Scotland called Serpico and it was back to a spliter Van and Travel Lodges for me.We were the support band on The Aden tour ,Once again a great band and wonderful tour.
Good luck guys for 2009.
My next adventure was with my very old employer and Friend Grant lee Philips from Grant lee Buffalo.This truely was a great trip i realy enjoy mixing Grants music and he is wonderful company.By the way He is a Father now with a beautiful baby girl Violet.
May was my Birthday so i took my family to a Island


@ the polar ice cap
Global warming my Arse
with no cars just off the Portugal Main land.Weather could have been better but great food and company.
Then the Festivals season began and i finaly got to mix the Main stage @ Glastombury for Martha Wainwright.
I also Started working for Neon Neon ,Griff from Supper fury animals (80..s electro pop) and Cajun Dance Party .
Both great bands and it was also great to get back on the UK indie club scene again.An added bonus i was back working with my Good friend and TM Alex Biekov.
They also took me back to Japan.Now thats a mad place.
September i managed to tour The USA again, Love touring there ,With Bonnie Tyler.Thanks Lenny for the shoes,Mike for the laughs and Bobby he is just great.Matt Davis thanks for the 3 year work permit.
Then it was a Autum Tour with Neon Neon With T being our new TM good Job .We had fun on that but it was Hard work. Next a Trip to Brazil.
Finaly we toured Japan with Cajun Dance Party and Straight onto the Irish Christmas Bonnie Tyler tour.
The final show was Romania - 13 deg outside for NYE.
Next Job Vienna in January


Titanic
May be they are right
for Bonnie Tyler.
But just in I became the last engineer to mix any live band @ The Astoria for CAJUN DANCE PARTY.History in the making.
I do hear that Archive may be going out this year ,but who knows eh !!!!!
Just in they are in September 2009 for 7 weeks fingers crossed
Feb 2009 i HAVE JUST GOT BACK FROM A TRIP TO GREENLAND,More on that later.
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