http://nicktann.podbean.com Nick Tann, independent songwriter and performer, chats about music and musicians and plays examples of the best Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:17:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just a reminder that I'm still here and I'll be back soon. Includes a little song on my cigar box guitar http://nicktann.podbean.com/2009/11/14/not-podcast-number-14/ No, just a little message to let you know that I will be back soon, very soon. http://nicktann.podbean.com/2009/11/14/not-podcast-number-14/ Here we are again. It's been 3 months since my previous pod-cast, but I haven't just been playing in the sun honest! I mentioned The Real Raj, open mic nights being the new karaoke, Pure Acoustica, the vinyl project and the chance of having the next podcast dedicated to you, yes ... http://nicktann.podbean.com/2009/09/24/podcast-number-13/ About bloody time eh? Well this one has been a fucking epic. I've downloaded videos from Youtube and stripped the music off it so I could play a great track from Matt Stevens, jumped through hoops to grab a brilliant track from the great Steve Moyes, had a game of ... http://nicktann.podbean.com/2009/07/05/is-this-thing-on-number-12/ Finally got round to recording pod-cast number 11. It's been far too long but there you are. Possibly the quickest and easiest I've done yet. I rant about so called "acoustic" music and Pure Acoustica I played music by the amazing Julia K ,the delightful Wise Children and earworm ... http://nicktann.podbean.com/2009/05/20/is-this-thing-on-number-11/ This has been one of my favourites. I interview independent artist, musician, dancer, actor and great friend Charles Olsen. He talks about visits to, the now notorious, Branstons Farm in Surrey in the early nineties. Meeting Dave, Paul and myself in the early stages of Drunk on Logic, almost winning ... http://nicktann.podbean.com/2009/03/26/is-this-thing-on-number-10/ My longest pod-cast yet! I managed to cram in part 2 of my conversation with the very successful Neil Drinkwater creator, manager and leader of The Red Stripe Band (Jools Holland on Speed!) Some interesting information on how to make it as an independent musician. A new jingle for www.youtube.com/yourenottheone. I even ... http://nicktann.podbean.com/2009/02/17/is-this-thing-on-number-9/ This podcast includes music from Pure Acoustica artists Emmy-Lee and Botyov 1791 and part 1 of my conversation with Neil Drinkwater a.k.a. Red Stripe from The Red Stripe Band. Emmy-Lee and Botyov 1791 will be joining me for the first Pure Acoustica event this Thursday the 12 of February at ... http://nicktann.podbean.com/2009/02/09/is-this-thing-on-number-8/ This week, amongst other things, I rant about buying a fridge at Comets, play some fantastic music by Matt Stevens and Simon Javens, a new advert for those great folk at Hayward Guitars in Winchester, talk a little about Pure Acoustica and launch the very first "Twitter News" http://nicktann.podbean.com/2009/01/20/is-this-thing-on-podcast-number-7/ After many failed, drunken attempts last night I have finally recorded and edited Podcast number 6 of Is This Thing On.  People I mentioned were, in no particular order Matt Blake, Matt Stevens, Bete' deJour, Watch With Mothers, Joe Potter, Joe Woodham,  Pure Acoustica, Red Stripe (Neil Drinkwater), Emmy-Lee, Twitter, Louch Manouche ... http://nicktann.podbean.com/2009/01/11/is-this-thing-on-number-6/ My Xmas music quiz. Beat the intro, guess the middle and a great covers round plus some home made adverts for http://watchwithmothers.wordpress.com www.nicktann.co.uk and www.bob-baker.com http://nicktann.podbean.com/2008/12/20/is-this-thing-on-number-5-music-quiz/ Garageband, it's the new black! Jingles, The LCD, Pure Acoustica, The New Live Album and ghostly myspace profiles, it's all there. www.nicktann.co.uk http://nicktann.podbean.com/2008/12/11/is-this-thing-on-number-4/ Unscripted babbling this time with a song Pale Moonlight from my gig at the Edge of the Wedge in Southsea from the 25th November 2008. For information about about Pure Acoustica go to http://pureacoustica.blogspot.com or http://www.reverbnation.com/label/pureacoustica http://nicktann.podbean.com/2008/11/27/is-this-thing-on-number-3/ This time we talk about depressing songs, Tom Waits, insulating lofts and Elvis Costello. http://nicktann.podbean.com/2008/10/25/is-this-thing-on/ Welcome to the first of my podcasts entitled Is This Thing on?. My name is Nick Tann and I’ll be introducing one of the tunes that I’ve recorded plus tell you a little bit about how, where and why it was recorded plus some other chitchat. In this podcast I’ll be ... http://nicktann.podbean.com/2008/10/21/is-this-thing-on/ Welcome to Podbean.com. You can edit this post by clicking "Manage" Tab then "Posts" sub-Tab after you log into your Podbean Dashboard. Podbean.com provides an all-in-one service for video and audio podcast/blog. 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