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Commercial Music Welcomes New Intake for Session 2012/13 E-Bulletin, Oct-Nov 2012 Welcome to the October-November 2012 edition of Commercial Music+ for UWS Music. Please visit our partnering blog to view stories as they’re updated through month: http://uwscommercialmusic.wordpress.com Thank you, Clare Kelly Send your stories with partnering images to: [email protected] with subject ‘UWS Music eBulletin’. BA: Commercial Music welcomes new intake for session 2012/13 First Year Leader David Scott and UWS Associate Lecturer Stuart Kidd welcomed the new first year cohort of BA Commercial Music to the experience that is, unofficially at least, the single greatest live performance module in the history of live performance modules. 45 new students carrying guitars, drumsticks, clarinets, trumpets and other assorted pieces of kit arrived on campus Tuesday 25th September for a day of frantic activity that started with a colour slide of David Bowie in red dungarees and proceeded through one lecture, a series of speed dating exercises and individual auditions for all students before concluding around 5pm in the Campus Canteen with the formation of 9 new groups all exchanging contact details ahead of a three month experiment that will conclude somewhere in December at the Student Union with 9 full band performances. Exhausted? We were. David and Stuart noted one special moment in the basement corridor during the audition process where the air was filled with the sound of around 25 students chiming acoustic guitars and singing in beautiful harmony. Creative times ahead… - Contributor: David Scott GLASGOW APOLLO RESEARCH GAINS PRESS IN THE HERALD (parts abstracted from published piece in the Herald by Russell Leadbetter) As Lecturer Kenny Forbes continues his research on the Glasgow Apollo, so too does the press momentum. Forbes states that the Apollo's unique characteristics created a space with high levels of engagement for artist Pictured: Photo from the Glasgow Apollo. and audience, at a time when many rock stars were at their creative peak. Forbes: "The project's focus groups will allow audience members to interact and reflect on what made the venue special. I'm especially interested to hear from those who attended jazz, pop, soul and folk concerts there." To take part, visit the Glasgow Apollo Research website at http://glasgowapolloresearch.wordpress.com Full story in The Herald: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/was-the-apollo-the- ultimate-iconic-venue.18776310 E-Bulletin, Oct-Nov 2012 NEW RELEASES Commercial Music Alumnus Release Schedule: New releases from graduated of BA Commercial Music this quarter. Finn LeMarinel: Violence (Ubisano) Debut album from guitar wunderkind Finn LeMarinel, Class of 2010. Intense meanderings, openhearted melodies. Stunning artistic expression. Available for download and handmade CD purchase here: http://finnlemarinelmusic.bandcamp.c om/album/violence 4 star review in The List here: http://www.list.co.uk/article/45793- finn-lemarinel-violence/ Randolph’s Leap: Hermit (Fence) This wondrous group consists of four Commercial Music students, Class of 2011 led by ‘The Jonathan Richman Of Pictured: Finn LeMarinel Nairn’, singer-songwriter Adam Ross. They have released too many amazing singles, EPs, cassette-only outings to enumerate here. Suffice it to say that this is a new and exciting chapter in the story of the mighty Leap, this time on world renowned Fence Records. More here: http://www.fencerecords.com/news/randolphs-leap-double- take/ BMX Bandits: BMX Bandits In Space (Elefant) Commercial Music lecturer David Scott has been edged off the piano stool by CM graduate Gareth Perrie (also of Randolph’s Leap, Class of 2011) with the new LP by seminal Scottish indie ‘popsters’ BMX Bandits. Pop heaven, Clear Vinyl, Hip title. Release October 29th. More here: http://elefant.com/ Suspire: Dodos (Clay Davis) After making their debut TV appearance in Canada in October, the pioneers of the “jagged pop” genre release new single “Dodos” with a spectacular launch party scheduled for 18th November at the Art School in Glasgow. Suspire (feat. UWS graduate Clare Kelly on drums) will donate a large chunk of the launch party proceedings to the Govanhill Baths Community Trust. Watch the video shot inside Govanhill Baths, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg00wMp3jVM WEB: http://suspire.net E-Bulletin, Oct-Nov 2012 NEW ROADWAY EP ON THE WAY + WORKING WITH SOME BAD COMPANY Scottish rock band ROADWAY, are hard at work recording the follow up to their successful 2011 EP “ROADWAY”. The 5 track CD which was self-released by the band’s management company MadFaDa Music, which features guest performances from former Ritchie Pictured: Roadway Blackmore’s Rainbow vocalist Doogie White and ex-Ozzy Osbourne/Spinal Tap/Uriah Heep keys player John Sinclair has thus far sold physical copies to 14 countries, digitally to 17, and receives regular radio play on internet and FM stations in Australia, Japan and the United States. As well as the recording which should take them into the new year, several members of the band are signed up to tour in March as the backing band for former BAD COMPANY/Humble Pie guitarist Dave ‘Bucket’ Colwell. WEB: www.facebook.com/roadwaymusic - Contributor: Ross McEwen DEACON BLUE - NEW ALBUM RELEASE (as featured in The List by Nicola Meighan) It starts like all the best Deacon Blue records – gradually, subtly, waiting and wondering – just likeRaintown, their debut, did 25 years ago. Then it eases into the melodic drive- pop that made the Glasgow band a household name. Produced by ex-Delgado Paul Savage (King Creosote, Admiral Fallow), The Hipsters feels nostalgic and resonant, from opening hymn ‘Here I Am In London Town’ to the chiming reflection of ‘Laura From Memory’ (a perfect DB album track, and that’s no faint praise: they frequently outshone the singles). Yet it breaks new ground: ‘Stars’ is a rush of celestial piano-rock; ‘Turn’ slowly flushes with covetous wrath; the harmonic echo-pop of ‘The Outsiders’ sounds like a wistful, joyous homecoming. Let’s welcome them back with open arms. Watch the new video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gNTlJKLrUtI WEB: http://www.deaconblue.co.uk .
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