First of the Festival Fun

I'm headed off to play my first UK festival of the year - Bearded Theory in Derbyshire.
It's a day off from my bands tour and i'm missioning it up from Brighton, back down there tomorrow to play at the Hope, last show of the tour with my band!
I shall be announcing a few other festival appearances very soon, hope to see some of you at some of them!
Meanwhile, here's a pic from Young Prague Choir festival I played last month... i'm off to party on!

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UK Headline MiniTour and new video!

Hi all,

I'm pleased to announce i'm going to be doing my first UK headline mini tour in July,
playing at:
London, Hoxton Bar and Kitchen - 04/07/11
Manchester, Deaf Institute - 05/07/11
Bristol, The Croft - 06/07/11
Nottingham, Bodega Social Club - 07/07/11

Here's some writing about it:
THePETEBOX is pleased to announce his first UK headline tour! Petebox will be showcasing his unique brand of music creation and performance, combining world class beatbox skills, guitar and live production with his renowned ability to get your heart pumping and your feet stomping that has seen him rock stages at major clubnights and festivals across the globe.
You can buy tickets here - http://www.seetickets.com/Tour/THEPETEBOX

Really hope to see you there!

//New Live Video

To announce the tour I've uploaded a live video of my playing Where Is My Mind, recorded at Proud2 in March. It's the first time i've played the track live.
I have loads of new video material waiting to go, please hold tight for it, i am planning something pretty exciting... until then i hope you enjoy this and it gets you in the mood for coming to see my show!



//And Finally...

THANKYOU for the appreciation i'm getting for my recent video. It's amazing how well it's been received - it's now amassed over 800,000 views, was the #1 top rated and favourited UK music video on youtube and the Pixies themselves posted it on their site. Amazing.
I have loads of new music and videos and am making more every week... they will be with you very soon!



Cheers!

Binaural shoot with SWIMMInG in Bamburgh

I spent the bank holiday weekend up in Bamburgh, near Scotland, setting up 2 mixers, 8 speakers, 2 guitars, bass, my beatbox sampler, a little casio keyboard and some mics on the beach and in the dunes in the shade of Bamburgh castle, while sonic artist Dallas Simpson walked around us with microphones in his ears, director Simon Ellis filmed us, dogs barked, microlights buzzed past us and a beach full of holiday makers wondered what on earth we were up to.
What we were up to was doing our second binaural recording of one of our songs. The idea is this: We setup our equipment in a space, this time on the beach. We sit around 2/3 meters away from each other and channel our sounds through speakers set at different places around us. Dallas moves amongst us, passing each of us as we play and each of the speakers. He has tiny microphones in his ears which he uses to record the sound. The effect of this is that when the listener hears the recording back, they are in effect listening through his ears, hearing each soundsource becoming louder as he gets closer and experiencing the full 360degrees environment around Dallas' head. It is an amazing experience to hear sound this way.
You can read more about it on Dallas Simpson's website here

Meanwhile here's some pics

Beatboxing on the beach


Band setup on the beach and Dallas prepping for his sea walk


Simon Ellis - website here

Will update when the video has been made, meanwhile, here's the last binaural video we made of when we went to record our last single 'Sun In The Island' (visit our site here) in an observatory in Keilder, Northumberland in the snow

Setup For New Vids

Have been at the awesome First Love Studios in Nottingham filming new vids. There will be more info later, but for now, here's some pics of the setup for one of the vids - mics, preamps and mixers galore!

Big thanks to Matt Taylor, Tom Walsh and Henry Parkinson for helping out.

Simon Ellis at the visual helm once again - http://www.bubtowers.com
Tom Walsh - http://www.tomwalshmedia.co.uk

Headed to make some new vids - Equipment pool

Stuff - check... ready to go

Actually, no, one mic is never enough

Microphone takeover
Stand by for more music

Missed flight, no sleep, to find splendour in Prague

Tonight i'm in Prague to play at the Young Prague 2011 Choir Festival. Choirs from around the world come and perform here over the week... and tonight's the party!

I haven't slept, missed checkin for my first flight by THREE minutes and they wouldn't let me on... had to buy new one... ouch... it's been a mission but the place is rather splendid and the party's gonna be ace so it is all worth it.

Last night Royal Festival Hall in London, tonight this place - i'm feeling rather classy right now, better enjoy it while it lasts!