Archive for the 'My Band' Category

Dorian Gay

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I know it’s essentially bad form to promote your own band on a music blog that you run… but fuck it, if you don’t like it, stop reading this blog. But you won’t because its awesome.

Anyway, I sing in a band called Dorian Gay. We have just recorded our first proper EP and it’s pretty cool. If i was thinking of a band to compare us with, i’d say maybe Circle Jerks. That’s rather complimentary, but what the hell. We also made up a genre, called ‘litcore’. Its called that because its hardcore, we like books, and use the name of books when we can’t think of anything better to call a song.

If you fancy listening to us, you can hear a couple of new songs over at www.myspace.com/doriangayhc

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The first four weeks (or so)

So in the last one of these, we had just found a drummer and were looking at getting in some practises and stuff. I’m happy that I can say that we have got together a good few times now (about once a week) to practise and play together, and although we haven’t really written anything just yet, it’s going pretty well. Continue reading ‘The first four weeks (or so)’

We’ve found a drummer!

So after what seems like ages of searching (probably because it actually has been ages) we seem to have found someone willing to drum in our band. Putting up posters around Campus (UEA) and a few around town, and asking people we knew to ask around for us, did not lead anywhere and we were beginning to give up hope of ever finding a Norwich based, hardcore drummer, who isn’t already taken by other bands. However, the other week, I saw an advert on Drowned in Sound, from a drummer in Norwich searching for a band. I felt it was too good to be true, especially when I saw the awesome bands he listed as maybe wanting to sound like, but it’s not! Continue reading ‘We’ve found a drummer!’

Getting Started

Well basically I thought this would be a nice way of keeping track of stuff I do with my band, and it might also be interesting to read for some people, if they are that way inclined. It’s also sort of to do with music, and me, so I think I’ve done enough justifying for now. Coincidentally, I’ve decided to do this blog just before anything to do with the band will really get going, so it’ll track the entire progress of the band, if we make any at all.

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