Been a while since i updated but like always i am just mega busy!. had a lot of nice gigs with Desert smile lately, which are always fun and a chance to let my hair down as well as with my originals band Mask of Infamy. I've been practising my double bass like crazy lately ready to go into the studio with Mask next week in Nottingham. Should be a lot of fun and a nice challenge i will post some of the songs when the mixing and mastering is done. Later this month i have a few shows with Ford T who are coming over from Denmark so i've got plenty to keep me busy along with my teachig which is going from strength to strength. I have also finished my degree now at ACM so am officially on the road to becoming a full time professional musician. I've had an amazing three years there and when i look back i've come a long way with my knowledge and playing ability since i started as well as meeting some of the nicest and most taleneted people ever. The tutors are first class and i recommend it to anybody wanting to persue music as a career.
Because i have finished the degree now there will be a lot more spaces available for me to take on students so feel free to get in touch.
The rest of this month is going to be pretty hectic which is exactly what i wanted when the degree finished but i will try my best to keep this updated more regularly and to let you know what i've been up to! Until then you can follow me on twitter which i update regularly
Cheers JJ
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Getting busy
Can't keep up with this news page just been far too busy! The teaching side of things is still going really well with new students starting out and old students showing great improvements. I'm also now into the last term of my degree and I'm looking forward to finishing my studies.
Since my last news update the gig with Shawn Harvey went really well and was challenging as always! Since then i have been asked to play for a band coming over from Denmark called Ford T with gigs confirmed in August which should be a lot of fun and they might also need me to go over there for some shows.
Desert Smile played a home town gig on the 23 April which went really well and had a great turn out. Really nice to let my hair down and have a good rock out! Before that i was asked to join a Nottingham based band called Mask Of Infamy which i was only too happy to do as the music is fantastic.
This meant a gig with them in Derby the day after the Desert Smile one and with only two rehearsals it went surprisingly well! I had to read charts i had prepared but managed to blunder my way through, there are now a lot more gigs and recording in the near future.
There is also one more project in the pipeline which i am really excited about but not aloud to say too much so watch this space! This coupled with a lot more shows with Shawn Harvey including a week when he's over in September is definitely going to keep me busy.
Think that's me up to date!
Since my last news update the gig with Shawn Harvey went really well and was challenging as always! Since then i have been asked to play for a band coming over from Denmark called Ford T with gigs confirmed in August which should be a lot of fun and they might also need me to go over there for some shows.
Desert Smile played a home town gig on the 23 April which went really well and had a great turn out. Really nice to let my hair down and have a good rock out! Before that i was asked to join a Nottingham based band called Mask Of Infamy which i was only too happy to do as the music is fantastic.
This meant a gig with them in Derby the day after the Desert Smile one and with only two rehearsals it went surprisingly well! I had to read charts i had prepared but managed to blunder my way through, there are now a lot more gigs and recording in the near future.
There is also one more project in the pipeline which i am really excited about but not aloud to say too much so watch this space! This coupled with a lot more shows with Shawn Harvey including a week when he's over in September is definitely going to keep me busy.
Think that's me up to date!
Friday, 19 March 2010
Update
The teaching business is now fully started with a few regular people having lessons and I'm really enjoying it. I've heard a lot of people say that just because you are a good player doesn't mean you will be a good teacher. I can totally see why this is true now you need a completely different mind set to teach but it's great to pass on the bit of knowledge I have and it has made me see a lot of areas in my own playing I need to improve on already!
I've got my own drums set up where I can practise now which is amazing and great to be back on my own equipment. Getting a good couple of hours in here and there.
Got the gig with Shawn Harvey tomorrow night so I'm going to work on my rearrangement for a few hours, write out some lessons and then go and scale my kit down and have a run through the set so I'm at least prepared enough to handle whatever Shawn throws at me and make sure I have as much fun as possible.
I've got my own drums set up where I can practise now which is amazing and great to be back on my own equipment. Getting a good couple of hours in here and there.
Got the gig with Shawn Harvey tomorrow night so I'm going to work on my rearrangement for a few hours, write out some lessons and then go and scale my kit down and have a run through the set so I'm at least prepared enough to handle whatever Shawn throws at me and make sure I have as much fun as possible.
Friday, 5 March 2010
Few Gigs, settling back home
Just confirmed two gigs that i will be playing in the near future the first is on the 20th March with my good friend Shawn Harvey. He comes all the way from Germany and plays all over Europe with his great rock and roll. I will be on the edge of my seat as we won't have rehearsed again but it will be great fun.
The second gig is with Desert Smile on the 23rd April at the Crown and Mitre in Newark. We will be playing a small set along with three other bands in the first step to getting the local music scene happening again.
I've now fully moved back to the Midlands after spending the last few years in Guildford. I'm still doing my degree course at The Academy of Contemporary Music but lectures are only one day a week so I've decided to commute down South and set up the teaching practise and base myself back home.
This means i can get to gigs a lot easier so should be a lot busier in the upcoming months, especially when the course finishes in August.
In other news i was in the Newark Advertiser today after the lovely Dawn Bond wrote a nice article about me to help promote the drum lessons in Newark.
The second gig is with Desert Smile on the 23rd April at the Crown and Mitre in Newark. We will be playing a small set along with three other bands in the first step to getting the local music scene happening again.
I've now fully moved back to the Midlands after spending the last few years in Guildford. I'm still doing my degree course at The Academy of Contemporary Music but lectures are only one day a week so I've decided to commute down South and set up the teaching practise and base myself back home.
This means i can get to gigs a lot easier so should be a lot busier in the upcoming months, especially when the course finishes in August.
In other news i was in the Newark Advertiser today after the lovely Dawn Bond wrote a nice article about me to help promote the drum lessons in Newark.
Saturday, 30 January 2010
Website up!
I am really pleased to announce that my website,
www.johnjoegaskin.com
is now fully up and running! I would really like to thank the talented person that made it, Martin
www.martincreative.co.uk
Don't know how but we managed to make it all through email communication without meeting or talking once! If anyone needs someone to make a website i highly recommend him. He managed to make it better than i imagined even with me emailing him constantly and hindering his progress with silly ideas like "Can we get a twittery box thing on the home page!"
Hope you all like it as much as i do
Cheers JJ
www.johnjoegaskin.com
is now fully up and running! I would really like to thank the talented person that made it, Martin
www.martincreative.co.uk
Don't know how but we managed to make it all through email communication without meeting or talking once! If anyone needs someone to make a website i highly recommend him. He managed to make it better than i imagined even with me emailing him constantly and hindering his progress with silly ideas like "Can we get a twittery box thing on the home page!"
Hope you all like it as much as i do
Cheers JJ
Friday, 8 January 2010
Website up and lessons available
The website has finally been put up in the test stage and will be live shortly. Because my degree studies at the Academy of Contemporary Music are now slowing down to focus on dissertations and final projects I have a lot more time to devote to teaching and I am currently busy writing out lessons so that I can start straight away. This is also giving me something to do with this awful weather because I'm stuck in Guildford like many other people. The gig with Shawn Harvey tonight was also cancelled because of the weather which is a real shame because I was looking forward to seeing him and his wife/bassist Silke again and having fun playing some good old rock and roll! Hopefully this weather will clear up soon so that I can get back to Newark and start advertising for the lessons. Hopefully get back on Wednesday.
I'll post another blog when the website goes fully live and i start advertising.
Cheers JJ
Friday, 27 November 2009
testing
this is the first blog that i'm going to write in order to let everyone know what's happening. Just had my birthday and had my lovely girlfriend down for a week. Went to London and visited all the touristy bits as well as going to the winter wonderland in Hyde park which was absolutely amazing! this blog will let everyone know what i'm up to on the website so keep checking back!
Cheers
JJ
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