It’s been along time since we rock ‘n’ rolled! Wow, I’ve been putting the log into blog lately eh? How f*ckin’ slack!
Any ho… stuff has been happening in the Dogs camp. You might have noticed a few murmurings re recording and it’s all true (well, most of it)! After a last minute scramble, we came up with 7 more tracks (to join our existing trilogy of songs) for our next album… and I have to say, after hearing a rough mix of what’s been recorded, I’m pretty damn happy with how it’s sounding!
So with the album mostly recorded, “what’s next?” I hear you ask… There’s just a couple of vocal verses and some backing vocals left to record and then it’s time to mix it all properly… you know, tweak all the volumes of everything; drum kit, percussion, bass, piano, guitars, keyboards, vocals… on just one of the songs alone, there’s something like 22 different guitar tracks! It’s quite a process man, and an entire day will be dedicated to the mixing of each individual track, before the songs are all sent off for mastering. Then there’s coding, album cover stuff and all sorts of sh*t I probably don’t even know about! So don’t start holding your breath just yet…
In June, we’re reuniting with our partners in crime, Wellington supergroup; Supermodel, for 3 more live shows in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch… BOOYAH!
And who knows, later in the year we’ll probably make another vid and maybe f*ck off to Germany to see what the scene’s like there! Fasten ya seat belts y’all!
Yours in music
Ace
Hey everyone, Blinky the roadie here.
The summer tour is over, we’ve all gone back to our respective roosts and I finally feel – a week later – like my ear drums have returned back to normal.
So, into it then! We all flew up to Wellington to pick up the van which was luckily still parked in the long-term car park. I drove from Wellington to New Plymouth – and had a minor issue realising that a red light meant “stop” at some road works Read More »
Already 1 year has passed since the catastrophic 6.3 magnitude earthquake reeked havoc to my quaint little hometown; Christchurch. It’s hard to believe that the place I have always known as home, could suddenly be erased… that so many lives could just suddenly be extinguished and turned upside down on my very own door step! It’s sad, but for most of us here life (for better or worse) has continued this past year.
We’ve had something like 10,000 aftershocks since the first quake hit back in September of 2010. Key sites are still being deemed as unsafe and significant buildings have awaited demolition since February 2011.
On this, the anniversary of the most devastating day in our history, it would seem tacky and lewd to indulge in any shameless self promotion or to capitalize on a community’s misfortune and heartache.
If music happens to be your thing and you’d like to make some small gesture towards helping, there are now a couple of commemorative albums available to you:
The first is Love Christchurch, which features a cool eclectic blend of local Christchurch artists; including Ladi 6, Salmonella Dub, Cairo Knife Fight, Dukes and of course Sleeping Dogs.
Also hot off the press (it’s being released today!) is Sounds for the South; featuring tracks donated by musicians from all over.
Check ‘em out!
Ace
Alex here again folks.
The third leg of our summer tour was quite possibly our most eventful to date! We left Christchurch at the very un-rock’n'roll time of 7.30am for the 15-hour drive up to Raglan (except Ace, who was already in Wellington) on Wednesday morning. I think Infinite put it the best when he said we were all feeling a bit “stunned” at the early hour.
There was some controversy within the van after we picked up Supermodel in Wellington, and I have been waiting until the publishing of this blog to reveal my full responsibility of what occurred on the road between Turangi and Raglan. Read More »
Hi folks, Alex the roadie checking in again!
The last week’s leg was as eventful as any of them, with our favourite bands – Sleeping Dogs and Supermodel of course – successfully pulverising the eardrums of nearby punters and dancers. It was good to be able to sample the audiences of the more out-of-the-way areas of the North Island!
Roy at the Cabana in Napier was awesome, ever helpful as usual. I think we all feel sometimes as if making it in the music industry is like winning a hard and passionately-fought battle. So, we were pounding the pavement, at the rock’n'roll coal face – winning hearts and minds – handing out flyers and getting more and more enthusiastic fans all the time. Some fans were so enthusiastic that Mark was forced to take one for the team and have a toke from what turned out to be a joint. Read More »
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Hi folks, Alex the roadie here. It has been a while since I’ve written a blog about Live and Loud, chiefly because we had a couple of months off from the tour!
This time around we headed off to the North Island and were absolutely stoked to welcome Wellington rock stars Supermodel to headline the shows. Once again, we stuck to our tried-and-true format of going away for a weekend, having a breather, and heading back out again.
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The first leg of the North Island Tour has finished successfully, with the audience response so far being warm & enthusiastic! A big thank you to everyone who came out, you were all awesome!
Stay tuned for the lowdown of our North Island legs from roadie Alex; in his upcoming blogs…
Yours in music
Ace
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