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OXO CUBANS ' BIG NIGHT OUT ' CONCERT SATURDAY AUGUST 28th Mayfair Theatre, Dunedin
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
For the Official Press Release - please visit my Press page.
We would love to see YOU at the concert featuring seasoned professionals and upcoming stars of the future!
Craig, Doug and I are delighted to bring this concert to you. We are joined by award-winning Neville Copland on keys, fresh from his first movie soundtrack, The Insatiable Moon, and guitarist John Meddings.We’ll be playing along and with the following great artists:
NEW SONY MUSIC SIGNING - ANNAH MAC The follow-up to her successful nationwide single ‘Focus’ is out in August with her debut album to follow. She's an awesome talent with her career about to skyrocket.
2010 TUI SONGWRTITING WINNER - MATT LANGLEY. Since his early days with Dunedin band Fold, Matt’s singer songwriter career is well and truly cemented with this nationwide prestigious award.
KRISTIN & RITA MACDONALD, Annah Mac’s two sisters are already receiving critical acclaim as major singer-songwriter talents. The girls are amazing talents.
INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY ROCK PERFORMER – JEFF REA. I have played with Jeff a few times and each time it’s a pleasure and an honour. He has a fabulous voice and a stage presence unmatched. Can’t wait!
MULTI INTRUMENTALIST - MIKE HOOD is a wonderful musician and roots harmony group The POLYESTER BOYS describe themselves wittily as New Zealand’s top artificial plastic covers band. Their vocals and harmonies are awesome!
Another aspiring young musician who will feature at The Oxos Big Night Out is Bulgarian guitarist, Simeon Boyadjiev, currently studying at the university rock degree course. He plays like Hendrix and Clapton combined, he’s incredible for his age.
WHERE: Mayfair Theatre, South Dunedin
WHEN: Staurday August 28th, 2010
TIME: 8pm
BAR: will be open
TICKETS: $25 each Available from: NZ Rockshop, Beggs Musicworks, from www.oxocuabns.co.nz or from Marcel at The Drum Studio - email: info@drumstudio.co.nz
We would love to see you there! | | | |
MULTI PERCUSSIONIST PETE LOCKETT coming to Dunedin!
Monday, July 05, 2010
Pete Lockett is a world renowned percussionist and we are so fortunate to have a player of his talent and reputation coming to Dunedin. If you are into all facets of drumming and percussion then this is one clinic you do not want to miss! I'll be there and will encourage all my students to get along and see the variety of skills and sounds that Pete will feature.
WHERE and WHEN: Dunedin Muso's Club, 12 Manse St, Dunedin. WED 21st July at 7pm
ENTRY BY TICKET ONLY - available from NZ Rock Shop, St Andrew St, Dunedin or call 03 4770058
Price: FREE entry! | | | |
SOCCER WORLD CUP
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
I'm having a great time following the Dutch and the All Whites at the World Cup. When the Dutch played Denmark the other night we are all in our Dutch soccer tops and last night with the All Whites v Slovakia, we are all in our whites. We are soccer mad at our house and we are loving it - so there's not a lot of sleeping going on at the moment.
As the RPG album is coming along - look for a revamped Drum Studio website in a few months. Soon you will be able to register your interest in all things relevant and musical RPG/Oxo etc soon via email, will keep you posted. In the meantime the Oxo's album mix has stalled as our engineer has been ill, but all reports indicate we should be back on track soon. Gigs are getting busier and all is good. Take care and see you all soon
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Student's Success
Thursday, June 03, 2010
Congratulations to one of my students, Oli Lyons, from John McGlashan College band, Triggered, who won peoples choice at the Smokefree Rockquest regionals on Saturday night. They won the right to compete for the main national prize, and now need to make a video of one of their songs to submit for the chance to win. Well done and good luck Oli.
My call for daytime lesson slots have been pretty much filled, but if you are looking for drum lessons for the daytime then still give me an email and we may be able to find a spot.
Oxo Cubans album is in final stages of mixing and then we are good to go and my own album with Denis and Jack Parker is also hotting up with more recording this Queens Birthday weekend. | | | |
DAYTIME DRUM LESSONS AVAILABLE
Sunday, May 16, 2010
With a reconfigured schedule some daytime drum lesson slots have opened up at my teaching studio. If you have been thinking about learning the drums then send me an email and let's discuss it.
The two evening sessions I previously advertised have now been filled. | | | |
My Drum Students excel!
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Great to be at Smokefree Rockquest today to see three of my current drum students, Taylor Sizemore (TDS), Ben Trainor (Ignition) and Olli Lyons (Triggered) perform at this well established and well respected national high school band competition Smokefree Rockquest. They all played really well and I was very proud of them. I also had four ex students from over the recent years either from schools I've taught at or former Drum Studio students and it was great to see them perform too with their bands. It's a great event for young bands and there was some great talent amongst them. Judges sent Oli's band Triggered through to the next round - the regional finals - and if they do well here they have a shot at the nationals - and some great prizes. These three young drummers are really doing well and it was great to see them rock out with their bands. | | | |
PHOTOS
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Don't forget to check out my new photo galleries on my Gig Photos page | | | |
SEMINARS and SHOWS
Monday, April 26, 2010
Hi to you all. The weather is getting colder as another winter approaches. I'm not a fan of winter and somedays think about that Australian climate that I was so used to for 17 years. Fresh fruit, hot weather, great beaches... I think I should stop there for now or I'll be on the next plane!
Last week I had the pleasure of being involved in two Business of Music seminars, one in Dunedin and one in Invercargill at SIT - the Southern Institute of Technology. Facilitated by Ross McNab of Sweetway Studios, the speakers were Mike Chunn - from Play It Strange/Spilt Enz, Petrina George of APRA, Scott Muir of dunedinmusic.com and myself. We also had the fabulous Kristin Macdonald perform some songs on Thursday and her sister Annah Mac perform for with us on Friday. The students and teachers really enjoyed it and from all reports after, they all got a lot out of it.
I also got a lot out of it - networking with the others and generally getting to know everyone a little better.
On the Thursday night Petrina also held a meeting fo Dunedinr APRA members at Refuel so it was great to catch up on the latest issues in copyright. A few drinks and then off to Isis where we all got up and played and jammed. Was a lot of fun.
On Saturday I was off to Tapanui where there was a great lineup of artists for a concert in the theatre at Tapanui. And what a great wee theatre it is. The line up was - The Oxo Cubans band Craig, Doug and myself along with with John Meddings on guitar, Ross McNab on percussion, Mike Hood on guitar and Mandolin, and we had to back four other artists - they were the awesome Jeff Rea, who really should be on a huge world stage playing to thousands -his son James, who did a brilliant job - the lovely Annah Mac - watch out for here album out soon -she's truly amazing - Will Northcoat , singer songwriter from Arrowtown and Vanessa Crawford a singer also from the Tapanui/Gore region. I throroughly enjoyed sharing the stage with them all and it was an excellent show.
This weekend we are looking at tweaking the mix on the Oxo's live album. Once that's done and approved we can get on with CD production. Will let you know when it's out. Recording more drum tracks for RPG album next Friday - have two new songs on the go that are quite different and may yet appear on the album. Am also looking at recording a track in Melbourne in July but it's all in the planning stage at the moment.
That's all for now. Hope this finds you all well and happy. Keep smiling.
Cheers, Marcel | | | |
Albums
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Hi you guys! Hope this finds you well.
I cannot believe how fast time flies - it's well past Easter and now here in NZ we are into school holidays. My teaching schedule is reduced with my school students away but my adult students are still coming which is fine by me. It has given me a chance to slow down a little though which is good. Not too much to report - having a wee quiet patch of gigs this month but things get busy again next month onwards. The Oxo Cubans album is currently being mixed and admin and organatisational stuff is going on behind the scenes in preparation for it's release. Willl keep you posted.
RPG song work carries on with more drum tracks to be recorded in two weeks. Funnily it's the most recent songs we have written which are becoming first choice to record. I'm loving this process and also can't wait for the day when that record is out. Will keep you posted.
In the meantime I'd better prepare for tomorrow's Town Hall show so will move on. Thanks for tuning in. Don't forget to keep up with me too in my journal in the ABOUT section of the site.
Till next time,
my very best
Marcel
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HAPPY EASTER
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
A quick note to wish you all a very happy Easter break. I will be relaxing, watching football, writing, cooking, having friends over, doing stuff around the house and generally taking the opportunity to chill and stop everything for a few days. I hope that you too can enjoy some sort of break somewhere.
Next week is school holidays where the studio will be on a reduced timetable and I''ll be able to do some things there too hopefully.
Great recording session yesterday at Sweetway with Melbourne bound singer Jack Parker laying down an excellent lead vocal on a track we basically finished in the studio. So far, a great result. A slightly different feel this track and am looking forward to its completion. Lots more work ahead of us though, but it's a project I/we are throughly enjoying.
Have a great Easter and hope somewhere the sun is shining on you.
Cheers
Marcel | | | |
OXO CUBANS Album - RPG STUDIO
Friday, March 26, 2010
The year is now in full swing and recordings both for the Oxo Cubans and my own project are prorities at the moment. The Oxo's live album gig last week at Isis was a great success and currently we're evaluating the first mix and working from there. A final track listing will be decided and then it's into production. Will keep you up to date. There was a great crowd at Isis last night and it'll be great to have the album for sale at our gigs when it's finished.
Recording with my own project is also in full swing. Our singer, Jack Parker returned from Melbourne yesterday where on Thursday night his band, Low Speed Bus Chase, played a showcase gig in the front bar of the famed ' Espy' Hotel at St Kilda - or the Esplanade as its is officialy known. By all reports the gig was a raging success and luckily our third partner Denis was also in Melbourne to see the show. Next week we head to Sweetway Studios to lay a vocal track or two down with Jack, then he flies home the next day. We're rapt with how things are proceeding.
MUSIC page
While you're there, two songs that we recorded last year for the album appear on my MUSIC - NEW page. Visit the page, listen to the two songs and send me an email with your comments or thoughts.
I always welcome your feedback.
Hope you are well wherever you're reading this!
Cheers
Marcel | | | |
OXO's LIVE ALBUM
Sunday, March 14, 2010
NEW OXO CUBANS CD .. "LIVE @ THE ISIS LOUNGE"
On Thursday the 18th of March at The Isis Lounge, Doug, Craig & Marcel will be joined by special guest keyboard whizz Neville Copland to celebrate the beginning of the band's eighteenth year and to record tracks for a new Oxo “live” CD.
With the aim of capturing the vibe of band and audience at a typical Oxo Isis Lounge gig, friends, fans and music lovers of every persuasion are invited along to sing, shout, carouse and add their own "sparkle" to the album.
Driving the mixing desk and making sure no note goes astray will be the University of Otago's Professional Practice Fellow of Music Technology Rob Falconer.
Well known in the South as the drummer for “King” Leo LaDell’s Growling Dogs and the driving force behind The Rolling Thunder Revue, Rob is highly regarded as a recording engineer with a deft touch and will bring a new dynamic to the Oxo Cuban sound.
The session begins at 8.30pm with doors and bar open from 6pm.
So if you would like to be part of a “live” album we would love to see ya there …
The Isis Lounge
68 Princes Street
Dunedin
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BLACK BOY PEACHES
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
I was lucky enough to catch Black Boy Peaches at the University Union on Friday night. It was the first time I had seen them in their current vibe and I gotta say, they were absolutely awesome! Please check out their site at www.blackboypeaches.com and there you can download their EP for free. Featuring the fabulous drumming skills of Jackson Rodeka, this band are going to go places. Every band member is great at what they do and are into this big time. They looked and sounded like a really together unit on a mission. They are recording a new album soon and are appearing at Queenstown's Dux de Lux at the end of March. All bias aside - of course - they were fabulous and that drummer... man he's amazing! He's the real deal and is definitely one to watch in the near future. | | |
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