touring 2008

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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 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 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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