New band!

Hello!

Last week was the debut gig of my new band, playing a set full of my own songs - first time ever for that so I am very excited! The gig was at Bar Loco in Newcastle, organized by Luke Bevan of NE Live.  Also playing were Laundry Basket, Joe Moody, Cortney Dixon, Georgina Sanderson, and  Aztec Bangles,  plus some crazy dancing from the crowd as the night went on, so all in all a great gig!

Photos were taken by the wonderful Jonathan Parker of Spurious Nonsense Art Photography - to check out the rest of the photos on Facebook, click here.

In the new band, from left to right on the photo:

Bass: Liam Gaughan
Drums: Carl Griffin
Violin: Luke Waterfield
Cello: Katie Hall
Guitar/Harmonica/Backing Vocals: Alex Campbell
Vocals/Keyboard/Guitar: Meghann Clancy

We will be playing again at Bar Loco's Loco Lounge Extravaganza 7 on Friday July 20th...

Also playing are "The Hollies" (probably not the first band that springs to mind - this will be a special performance joining the extremely talented brothers Tom and Jethro Hollingworth), and "Static Soul" who are fantastic! Look them up NOW!

Album Update

In other news, just about finished recording the album, which features all the musicians pictured above; now it's time for Liam to work his magic mixing the tracks, and hopefully we can unleash them all on the world very soon!

ReverbNation

Lastly, I have just joined ReverbNation - feel free to add me, or 'become a fan' or whatever they call it: http://www.reverbnation.com/meghannclancy
Just twitter to join now until I become a complete social media geek?

Anyway, hope to see some friendly faces at the Bar Loco gig, and I also have a few solo slots and gigs with "Greg Genre and Box Box Box" coming up, check on my website's gigs page for more info: http://meghannclancy.co.uk/gigs.html

That's about it, hope anyone reading this is enjoying life and listening to some TUNES!! If not, may I recommend this.......


Bit of an oldie, always put me in a good mood!

As does this classic... [this one's for you Jo, haha ;-)]

Bye for now,

Meghann x

Upcoming Gigs

Hey, just wanted to write a quick post for a few gigs I've got coming up:

Thursday April 26th: Box Box Box play the Brandling Villain South Gosforth

Check our facebook page for any updates, and just posted some new photos taken by the lovely Nikki Brewster if you fancy a browse! http://www.facebook.com/boxboxboxband

Thursday May 3rd: Solo set for The Polite Room launch night at the Gala Theatre in Durham (supporting Horizontal Sunday and The Lake Poets)

http://thepoliteroom.com/
http://www.facebook.com/events/356850791034099/
Tickets: £5
Box office: 0191 332 4041 or purchase through the Gala Theatre website.

Thursday May 10th: Solo set at Lola Jeans in Tynemouth

First time I've ever played this venue, looking forward to it!

http://www.facebook.com/LolaJeansTynemouth

That's it for now. If you can make it along to any of those it would be superb to see some friendly faces :)

Don't forget, I also host an Open Mic at the Trent House in Newcastle every Tuesday from 8pm - we had a brilliant time last week with lots of great players, and it's an ongoing open invite to anyone who fancies coming along to perform or just enjoy the music and a chat!

New Track: Rainy Home Song

Rainy Home Song is now live! 

You can listen on SoundCloud:

http://soundcloud.com/meghannclancy/ 

I actually wrote the track a few years ago when I was living abroad for part of my degree, in Illinois USA. We'd been having a particularly rainy summer in the Yorkshire Dales before I went away (back in 2007), and so the change in weather was quite apparent to me - as far as I remember it was dry most of the time, with occasional storms, as opposed to regular drizzle! Despite having one of the most enjoyable years of my life so far, I still got home-sick, mostly missing family and friends, and I did actually think of home every time it rained! So I wrote a song about it.

I have adapted the song somewhat from its initial form, chopping out a few verses and changing the guitar style around (if you used to listen on MySpace back in the day you my have heard an older version, I know a few people have!). On this recording I play an acoustic guitar in an open D tuning, and sing lead vocals/harmonies. Cello is played by Katie Hall, viola by Luke Waterfield, and the recording was produced by Liam Gaughan. I owe them all a massive thank you!

The track will feature on the finished album, which is well on the way, with lots more recording planned over the next few weeks. Everything is still very much in progress and I'd really appreciate some feedback, so do let me know what you think and any suggestions you have. My email is info@meghannclancy.co.uk or you can message/comment on SoundCloud, or on Facebook.

Coming very soon will be some footage from the gig last week, where Luke, Katie and I performed this track alongside 5 others, will let you know when it's online.

There's a few other tracks up on SoundCloud as well, they're all pretty laid-back so if you want to relax to some music give them a whirl! Hope you enjoy listening x

GET OUT OF YOUR BOX BOX BOX!

FREE DOWNLOAD!!!

The debut E.P. of a band I play with - Box Box Box - have just released 3 recordings available online NOW!

The first 100 downloads are free, and are available exclusively at:

www.boxboxbox.co.uk

Or, if you come down to one of our gigs and ask nicely, we might give you a free CD :) 

Latest News...

I have recorded a cover version of the song 'The Rose', which was written by Amanda McBroom and made famous by Bette Midler, but has been covered by several artists. It's a beautiful song; it was first introduced to me by my singing teacher when I was a teenager, and I've loved it ever since. I decided to adapt the piano arrangement and add some subtle vocal harmonies towards the end, and you can listen to it here:
http://soundcloud.com/meghannclancy/the-rose-cover


The recording process for my first album is still on the way, and we're hoping to get a lot done during April. So far one track, "Rainy Home Song" is pretty much complete, just doing a mix of it and I will be posting it online very soon, so keep a look out! I'm really excited about it and would love some feedback on it.

This week I have my first gig in a while performing my own material - and the first time ever that I will be accompanied by Luke and Katie on viola/violin and cello (respectively). They are both amazing and will also feature a lot on the album, including "Rainy Home Song". The gig is on Friday 23rd March from 8pm onwards, at Bar Loco in Newcastle (which is on Leazes Park Road just round the corner from St James's Park). Free entry! For those of you on facebook, more info here:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/234440663315391/


In other news, one of the bands I play in - 'Box Box Box' (fronted by Greg Genre) - have also been doing a spot of recording. This weekend we finished recording our first ever demo/EP, with 3 really fun tunes to get you into the mood for Spring!! Just a final mix to do and then it will be unleashed upon the world. In the meantime, if you've never heard our music you can get the general idea on our bandcamp page:
http://boxboxbox.bandcamp.com/
Or catch one of our gigs - we will be playing Bar Loco this Thursday 22nd, and Thursday 29th March.

All recordings have been done by the massively talented Liam Gaughan, who is based in Newcastle. I would highly recommend him, and since I'm posting so many links here is his website: http://www.liamgaughan.com/

I think that's it for now, hope you enjoy "The Rose" and hope to see you soon.


Meghann :)

Welcome to the website

I have decided it is high time I write a more detailed blog...

Firstly, welcome to the website, I hope you enjoy perusing the photos, videos, and so on. Don't forget - there is currently the chance to download two of my tracks - "So What Now" and "Drifting" for zero pennies.

Secondly, I would like to provide a little background to the site. You may have noticed that my free demo appears in conjunction with Creative North Yorkshire, as does the website itself. This is because I was fortunate enough to be accepted onto their project 'Extending Practice', where I was provided with mentoring sessions. The result of these mentoring sessions included, amongst many other things, the track "Drifting", recorded by Northumberland duo Landermason, and the website design and creation by folk musician Rebekah Findlay. Websites for both artists can be found on the 'links' page.


The other track that is featured on the demo, 'So What Now', was recorded and produced by Softwhere (link for them too, check them out!), who also created the fantastic black and white video for the song, which I absolutely love, and hope you enjoy too! Finally (I think...), the 'official photos' of me looking wistful in the park were taken by a brilliant photographer and good friend of mine, Milka Syntia.

Since the website went live, I have been very busy writing new songs, beginning recording my first album, and collaborating with many, many musicians on their music and my own. Planning to get a bit of a taster of some of these efforts online soon so I can share them with whoever wants to listen!

Finally, I'd just like to say a massive THANK YOU to everyone involved who made the website and all its contents happen. Long may it continue to develop!

That's it for now, come back soon! x X x



www.meghannclancy.co.uk