Local music open day

[Andy APA]

To showcase and celebrate the wealth of musical talent we have in the north east we’re pleased to announce our first all day music open day with The Lemon Tree, One Up, Imported Instruments and Brewdog. A series of acoustic and full band instores with a gig at The Lemon Tree in the evening will see bands, singer/songwriters and DJs provide the entertainment. Furthermore, MusicPlus will be running workshops at Imported Instruments to offer advice to young and experienced musicians alike on subjects such as the importance of PRS and Musicians Union, how to get your music on itunes, Amazon and practical talks such as soundchecking and lighting.

Already signed up to play are Stanley, Indian Red Lopez, Marionettes and Velvet Audio with many more to be announced in the coming days and weeks. Shows through the day will be free to attend with a £5 entry fee to The Lemon Tree gig. Full details of line up and tickets will be announced here along with our website and Facebook pages. Watch this space!

[Andy APA]

Things are moving along nicely and we're getting the line up in the closing stages of completion. Pleased to confirm appearing at this event will be:

Stanley, Indian Red Lopez, Marionettes, Velvet Audio, Seas Starry, Forest Fires, The Shores, Duke, Leanne Smith, Craig Davidson, Foxhunting, Cara Mitchell, CS Buchan and Ashley Park. Interesting Music will open the day with a DJ set with more bands and DJs to be announced soon. Details of full line up, stage breaks, times and workshops will be out in the next week or two so keep an eye out. All bands will be appearing across The Lemon Tree, One Up, Imported Instruments and Brewdog with workshops coming from MusicFirst and SMP.

Remember to keep Saturday the 22nd September free all day and come along and enjoy our local bands!

[Andy APA]

Timings and full line up for the day are below. The first four bands on at The Lemon Tree are young acts from Strategic Music Partnership so get in to show your support for them. Hopefully you like what you see overall and come along! Remember, the shows through the day are free to attend and a £5 entry to The Lemon Tree at night (click here for tickets) and we'll be open late with DJs.

One Up Records:

12pm - 1.00pm - Interesting Music DJs

1.00pm - 1.30pm - Seas Starry

1.45pm - 2.15pm - Forest Fires

2.30pm - 3.00pm - The Shores

3.15pm - 3.45pm - Duke

4.00pm - 4.30pm - You Are What We Are

4.45pm - 5.15pm - Velvet Audio

5.30pm - 6.00pm - Fridge Magnets

6.15pm - 6.45pm - Indian Red Lopez

ii Music:

2.00pm - 2.25pm - Leanne Smith

2.30pm - 2.55pm - Craig Davidson

3.00pm - 3.45pm - Emubands Workshop

3.45pm - 4.10pm - Foxhunting

4.15pm - 4.40pm - Lucy Pell

4.45pm - 5.10pm - Workshop (TBC)

5.15pm - 5.40pm - Willson Gray

5.45pm - 6.10pm - Cara Mitchell

Brewdog Bar:

6.30pm - 6.55pm - CS Buchan

7.00pm - 7.25pm - Ashley Park

7.30pm - 7.55pm - The Little Kicks

The Lemon Tree:

Doors: 7.30pm

Burn Em - 7.45pm - 8.05pm

Sludge - 8.15pm - 8.35pm

Ruin - 8.45pm - 9.05pm

The Sanity Club - 9.15pm - 9.35pm

Marionettes - 10.00pm - 10.30pm

Stanley - 10.50pm - 11.30pm

Home Alone DJs - 11.30pm - late

[Steven Milne]

Links and bios for all the bands:

Why not check them out now and give them a listen?

IMPORTED INSTRUMENTS BIOS:

LEANNE SMITH

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A mellow, acoustic duo

http://www.facebook.com/Yanner

CRAIG DAVIDSON

Alternative finger style acoustic.

http://www.reverbnation.com/craigjohndavidson

FOXHUNTING

Acoustic folk-pop singer-songwriter armed with aggressive yet melodic music.

http://huntingfox.es/

LUCY ZAMBERS

Singer Songwriter

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lucy-Zambers/346524785378246

WILLSON GRAY

Alternative acoustic singer song writer

http://www.facebook.com/WillsonGray

CARA MITCHELL

Cara Mitchell is already playing squarely to her strengths as a songwriter and performer http://www.facebook.com/CaraMitchellMusic

LEMON TREE BIOS:

BURN EM, RUIN, THE SANITY CLUB and SLUDGE are four young acts from the North East who have recently been involved with the Strategic Music Partnership Access Live initiative. The Lemon Tree will be their final show of a run of four where the band’s will get to put their new found experience and learning into practice and perform at the Lemon Tree!

MARIONETTES

Marionettes play frantic indie pop music with a punk driven edge.

http://www.facebook.com/marionettesmusic

STANLEY

With glimpses of The Divine Comedy, John Barry, Radiohead and the soaring vocal talents of Scott Walker Stanley are a must see act!

www.stanleytheband.com

HOME ALONE DJS

DJs

www.flavors.me/homealone

ONE UP BIOS:

INTERESTING MUSIC PROMOTIONS

Independent promoters who have been organising gigs for the last ten years. Our ethos is to book.....interesting music, we aim to entertain.

http://www.facebook.com/interestingmusicpromotions

SEAS STARRY

Instrumental ambient shoegaze

www.seasstarry.bandcamp.com

FOREST FIRES

"A high octane musical shafting!"

https://www.facebook.com/ForestFiresBand

THE SHORES

Indie riffs with hard hitting choruses.

www.facebook.com/theshoresband

DUKE

A three-piece distorted pop/alternative band from Aberdeen

http://www.facebook.com/dukebandofficial

YOU ARE WHAT WE ARE

Original Scottish pop rock with a hint of indie shavings

http://www.facebook.com/pages/You-and-What-We-Are/

VELVET AUDIO

Three piece alt/rock band from Aberdeen

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Velvet-Audio/

FRIDGE MAGNETS

Catchy Electro Pop

www.facebook.com/TheFridgeMagnets

INDIAN RED LOPEZ

Indie | Dance | Visual | Electronic

http://www.facebook.com/IndianRedLopez?ref=ts

BREWDOG BIOS:

CS BUCHAN

Contemporary Scottish Acoustic Folk

http://www.csbuchan.com/

ASHLEY PARK

Sometimes quiet, sometimes loud but always having a bittersweet undertone to every song.

http://www.facebook.com/ashleypark5

THE LITTLE KICKS

Indie Pop Disco Rock

http://www.thelittlekicks.co.uk/

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[Andy APA]

FREE MUSIC! The guys at Home Alone has kindly put together a sampler CD for the music open day and this can be found on their Bandcamp page here. This can be downloaded for free and there will be CDs available if you keep a lookout for them. They've done a great job on this so like them on their Facebook page for more updates from them and catch their DJ set at The Lemon Tree on the day. Tracklisting is:

Forest Fires - Trial and Error

Craig Davidson - therefore/thereafter

You and What We Are - We Ran Home

The Little Kicks - Call of Youth

Foxhunting - Damocles

IndianRedLopez - K.Y.S.

Velvet Audio - Burn

CS Buchan - A Thousand Years

The Shores - In Time

Leanne Smith - Closed Door

Willson Gray - Ape

Seas, Starry - Faint

Lucy Zambers - Cocaine (Live at The Lemon Tree)

Just over a week to go for the open day and things are pretty much in place now. Hope to see you all there!

[Andy APA]

Not long now! We've put together a programme for the Music Open Day with lineups and approximate times for the day. This can also be downloaded from our website here.

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Would be great to get a good turnout and show off the bands we have on the go just now. Hope to see you all there!

[Andy APA]

Final call ahead of the weekend. The day kicks off at noon at One Up with Interesting Music DJs so get down sharp. Hope to see you there and enjoy yourselves tomorrow!