Websites a-go-go

Well we now own http://douglasfurs.co.uk - simple as that. We had a band discussion on Thursday, I came home, bought the domain, and set up a quick landing page for the time being. 

At some point, we’ll get on and expand the site, maybe add song info, lyrics, some tracks to listen to, mp3s, a calendar of our gigs (which you can find on MySpace and Upcoming.org already). So there will be a few things to get started. And this blog will eventually move over to there, but for now, it’ll stay here.

So bookmark it for the future.

DF

 

Gig Updates

So whats happened since the last post? Well we played at the Hare and Hounds with So Called Enemy, and Sons of the Desert. It was a great night, we arrived on time, ran through a nice quick sound check and grabbed some food at at the local Weatherspoons. 

There are some photos of the gig up on the Flickr site, including shots of our first named tickets, and a poster from the night.

In upcoming news, the Jug of Ale gig has been cancelled. As you may have heard, the pub has closed down and will be demolished. Sad news as we were looking forward to playing there. 

We’ve also got another gig planned at SoundBar in Birmingham on July 16th. Details on the gig are on MySpace and Upcoming. So check it out if you’re nearby. 

We’ve also working on new stuff still so we may be trying out some new songs at these gigs.

See you on stage
DF 

 

New Gigs planned

Hello

Just a quick post here to let you all know that the Douglas Furs have got some gigs coming up. We haven’t played in a few months and have one or two new songs to play for the crowds.

Full details can be found via MySpace, Upcoming.org, Virb, and below.

• 11th April - Varsity, Wolverhampton. 7pm, £4 entry
• 1st May - Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath. 7pm, £4 entry
• 29th May - Bar Academy, Birmingham. 7pm, £4 entry
• 27th June - Jug of Ale, Moseley. 7pm, £4 entry.

Come along if you can, and bring some friends. We might be giving out some free CD’s too if you fancy it!

 

Douglas Furs first broadcast

I have news today from Gary Dring that the Douglas Furs had been included on the Clever Little Pod podcast he does.

Gary contacted me a month or two ago and asked if I could let him have a high quality recording of one of our songs for his podcast. Well he emailed me today to tell me that the podcast is now live. You can subscribe on iTunes, or your favourite podcatcher, or  get to it here.

Also be sure to subscribe to his podcast, which includes some local talent (including yours truely). You can also pick up his new comedy magazine for only £1! So go ahead, and check it all out.

So which song was it? You’ll have to listen to find out!

 

Suite Number 2

Hey Furs/Furettes

James here for the first time after Dom commented that he’d like more postings fro the rest of us. I thought I’d oblige.

At the moment we’re working on a second suite of songs. Personally I class the first suite we did as Russia, Sequoia, Bird Clock, Just Woke up, Siesta Sun and Dog in a Garden. These where all written between October 2006 and May 2007 and make up the sets we’ve been playing live. We spent a long time practicing them and I’m quite proud of them. We’re heading to a studio this Sunday with the intention of recording Dog In a Garden and Russia which are unarguably the two songs with the best reaction. This should close that period.

We’ve moved on to a second suite of songs. We’re trying new things and making them more complex. Basically many of the first songs where a learning experience and now we’re trying new stuff out. If you’ve seen us live recently you’ll already of heard Flight, but other songs include (working titles.) :

- The Watchmaker: An awesome funk bass led work which we’ve been struggling with for a while. Hopefully with lyric and drum changes we can get it to work.

- Distance: This came from a Dom bass line and was written pretty quickly once we where all together. Apart from Flight its the closest to completion and has some nice new twists for us.

- Old Newy: Obviously a working title, but the resurection of one of the first songs Me and Nick wrote together. Its interesting in that Nick plays rythm guitar throught giving it a heavier feeling that much of our stuff.

- The Waltz: No music yet, but general agreement was reached we’d like to try something in 3/4 time soon.

- Severed Intent: A song that was intended for our second Alternation night, which was cancelled. It originally had Chris singing about an annoyed conversation with Seven Trent water, but is in need of a huge overhall. No demo exists of this due to it falling out of favor after the summer break. Although technically a member of the first suite, it will maybe feature in completely new form.

Anyway the plan is to work on these and other new songs and get them into live shows as soon as they’re ready. Hopefully we’ll go in Dance studio and record them for you as well.

Thanks for listening

James Furs

 

Recording

Hey all. Its been a while since I’ve blogged, and since no one else does, how do you expect it to be more frequent? Anyway, we had a gig the other week with the Magnificatz who were great. They did a lot of Johnny Cash and that genre of music so really lively and upbeat. Great band to play with for definate. Also big thanks to The Hunchbacks and P-Uke who were there too. Nice mix of music that night. Anyway, the Spotted Dog offer you 2 hours recording time if you pull in 20 punters and we did so we got it! In fact, for a little bit extra, you can have 4 hours and a proper studio recording. So on Sunday 3rd, we’ll be in the studio (don’t know which one yet) recording our first proper hits! No decision yet on what it’ll be so I’ll keep you guys surprised. But it will be posted on Myspace and Virb when it is, and I’ll be sure to blog about it.Until then, keep listening to us. And if you were at the first gig at the Spotted Dog, and got a CD, thanks for coming, and hold onto that. The first 24 were individually numbered so that may be worth something some day! And don’t try and claim you have No’s 1-4 cos I know you don’t!

 

Spotted Dog videos

Much love to mewskichan for being amazing and recording, editing, converting and uploading video from our recent gig at the Spotted Dog. Check them out below, or see everything at her Youtube channel  And yes, I am there somewhere in the back. 

 

Next Gig

Next gig is booked for the new yearLocation: Spotted Dog, New Canal Street, BirminghamSupporting: The MagnificatzTime: 8.00pmCost: FreeBe therehttp://www.virb.com/douglasfurs/shows/139967 

 

Spotted at the Dog

Hey. Just wanted to say a big thanks to everyone who showed up at (the correct) Spotted Dog last night. Despite a few technical hitches, we had a great time, and really enjoyed Rick Hughes and Imogen’s Kiss.

There were plenty of photos and videos taken (Thanks Helen) so keep an eye out here for them in the future.

-DF

 

Birdclock - Live

Following on from the previous video of Russia, here’s a rerun of Birdclock from the previous Alternation night. Technorati Tags : douglasfurs birdclock