Hi Guys, sorry about the pun!
It was great to see so many people at the Dover gig - you all made us feel really welcome. A big thanks to you all, and the people that came backstage to show their appreciation...we are truly grateful. The Red Arrows were great?!?!?
It was nice to let our hair down a bit and play a few slower numbers that we've never really played live before, along with the odd cover too. As always the biggest buzz is hearing new fans singing along to our songs, Yes, the ones they've never heard before! is that the measure of a catchy chorus...or just a plain irritating one? It's probably a bit of both.
We're currently in rehearsal for our set at the Cambridge rock festival on 07/08/09. It's been a big ambition of mine to play that festival, so i'm really looking forward to it. We've also begun recording of the new tracks...which means we're dangerously close to having a album's worth of recordings (that should please Rob over in the U.S ).
Next Gig is our first home town gig for ages, so please come down and show your support, because there are some awesome bands playing. This Saturday at Chinnery's... apparently drinks are on Selleck!!!
Peace
Soliss xxxxx
Hey Solissites, (like parasites... but far less detrimental to your health)
What was planned to be a songwriting month has turned into another four weeks of preparation for a large gig. In our mind all gigs are big gigs, however when you're asked by a council to play a two and a half hour set - when you've only got an hours worth of material... well then it's time to either force those song ideas out, or panic!! We've done a bit of both.
We'll provide a sneak preview of a few of the songs at our live shows this week before we get round to recording them on Monday.
We're still on a very creative cusp at the moment, so expect a lot more songs! We have enough to put onto an album of stuff that we've self produced so we will try our best to make it available on a number of formats via www.soliss.co.uk so keep checking back here. Also we're looking for the right t-shirt company to produce the first batch of Soliss T-shirts.
All this plus talks of a video being made, and our acoustic E.P soon to be available at all gigs.
Peace,
Soliss xxxxx
Well, well, well... hi to everyone out there!
Firstly we'd like to say a big thanks to all the support people have been giving us this year! We can't tell you how much we appreciate the things you post and say to us both at gigs and when we bump into people in passing.
We'd also like to wish Kayleigh a happy 11th birthday. Kayleigh hand drew a fab poster of us all "Rocking Out!" as Kayleigh proclaims. It's amazing as to how lifelike it is - although i think a few members of the band would secretly admit to gaining a little extra puppy fat since you last saw us KP.
Currently clogging up the Soliss pipeline are some brand new recordings waiting to be uploaded exclusively to www.soliss.co.uk. Also we've been burying our heads in the manuscript paper, staves and clefs to prepare a further five songs for debut at our forthcoming gigs. All this plus a future Acoustic EP to look forward to... we know how to keep the schedule busy!
Thanks again to all the people who made the first half of the year so exciting for us and we hope to see you at a venue near you soon, for some rock, and the customary post-gig Soliss booze up...anything extra gained is purely a bonus.
Peace
Soliss xxxxx
Yes, that's right, we saw the mighty AC/DC at Wembley Stadium last night and it was an awe inspiring performance by one of the greatest rock bands of all time. Maybe we'll support them on their next tour if they ask nicely!
Between us this year we've seen a variety of bands live which has given us equal measures of inspiration, aspiration and perspiration! So far we've seen AC/DC, The Black Crowes, Dredg, Blur, Joe Bonamassa and we've still to see Lenny Kravitz and James Taylor!
We're still busy writing and recording and promise to have two newly recorded songs on this site in the very near future. Stay tuned!!
Next Friday we're playing our first gig since Shepherd's Bush Empire at The Bridge House 2 in Canning Town, London.
See you there!
soliss xxxxx
Well what an amazing night for Soliss at the Shepherd's Bush Empire.
It was a great feeling to be playing on a 'proper' stage in such a prestigious venue to a sizable crowd. Just like every gig we enjoy (and we do enjoy every gig), it was over in a flash. We hope to play there again in the future.
Some videos have been posted on Youtube so I have included them here. Unfortunately, the sound is not great but it gives you a flavour of the gig. We hope to have photos up in our gallery soon.
We'd like to thank Tracie Young and Tracy Jones for making the gig happen, Glyn Morgan for sound, Carly-Ann Morris for photography, Dale Stanley for keyboards (hope to collaborate with you again at some point), and of course a very special thanks to our fans.
The gig brings a close to the first half of the year for us and in the next couple of months we are going to be writing lots of new material, enough for an album. We have many ideas to commit to tape and the creative juices are flowing freely.
We're back in the studio tomorrow to start recording two songs you may have heard already, 'Believe' and 'Goodbye Goodtimes.' There's no rest for soliss!
You'll be able to hear the new tracks here first on soliss.co.uk!
Goodbye for now.
soliss xxxxx
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