First Sunday Whiteboard Concert
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The Black Hats preparing to perform at the First Sunday Whiteboard Concert for March 2010 |
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Some of the support crowd at the March First Sunday Concert |
The series of First Sunday Witeboard Concerts got under way on March 7th with a good number of artists and audience braving the inclement weather to spend a pleasant Sunday afternoon in the AICM Auditorium.
The concerts will be held on the first Sunday of each month starting at 1.00pm. Entry for audience members is $5 while performers pay $2. Performers will be asked write their name on the whiteboard as they arrive and this will define the order of presentation.
In keeping with our efforts to improve stage presentation in the Gympie area, performers are asked perform everything off by heart, ie the AICM stage is a no book zone.
Next concert will be April 4th so we look forward to seeing you then.
Warwick 2010
The Ultra Golden Country Music Festival, Warwick, February 26, 27 & 28, 2010
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Noella performing at the Ultra Golden Country Music Festival in Warwick |
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Noella and friends performing in Warwick |
Several members of the AICM travelled to Warwick on the weekend of February 26, 27, 28 to compete in the Ultra Golden Country Music Festival held in the Town Hall. AICM members included Lesley Thomson, Noella Dwyer, Claude McLachlan and Gary Albrecht. Other Gympie names in the program included Dorrie Muller, Lex K, Margaret Bye, Ray Mackey, Clarrie Weller, Margaret Harris.
See goCountry.tv - video of Claude and Gary singing Cammoweal at Warwick
See goCountry.tv - video of Noella singing Blue Yodel at Warwick
What's new at goCountry.tv
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Below are links to some of the new music videos on goCountry.TV. The aim of the goCountry.tv website is to provide a secure site for country artists to display their videos. All videos and comments are managed by AICM staff. If you would like to include your video on the site or you know of someone who should, please contact us at geoff@goCountry.tv
To see the videos, click on the links below.
Merilyn Steele - Information Blues
Probably best described as country blues, Information Blues is all about coping with modern technology and overload of information in today's world. A fun and quirky clip with the band dressed as a kind of a Blues Brothers theme with some fabulous special effects with credit to talented producer/director, Duncan Toombs.
Ian Muir - When I Crossed Your Mind
A country song written by Ian Muir and Glennys Briggs. The song is performed by Ian muir with the video clip produced by Keith Jones at Click TV
Bandicoots @ Tamworth 2010 - Guilty as Sin and Miss You
Tamworth highlights for the Bandicoots :) These are the best versions of the songs from our set list. It was a great week.
Hitmakers 2010
Attention songwriters!!!
If you are interested in playing your original songs for an appreciative and knowledgable audience, Htimakers 2010 is for you.
The AICM is keen to provide opportunities for success in the music industry for local songwriters of all genres and the starting point may very well be the Hitmakers nights to be held in the AICM Auditorium on the third Wednesday of each month starting next Wednesday, 17th March at 7.30pm.
Only original material will be performed and a panel will listen to songs and select material they feel may be suitable for sending to industry professionals for further distribution.
All songs will be recorded and made available to the artist as required. For further information, phone the AICM on 5481 2355 during office hours or Geoff Walden on 0418 792 159.
The Duke Wilde Band
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Duke Wilde knocks 'em out at Billy's |
It was a big night at Billy's in Mary St Gympie last Friday. The Duke Wilde Band rocked their sox off at the first of their Honky Tonk Fridays. The multi award winning band consisting of Aaron Partridge, Nick Aitken, Linc Phelps and Jason Bray played their combination of southern rock and outlaw country to a full house.
"It was a great crowd" said Aaron. "In the early part of the night there was a wide age group of patrons including plenty of country music fans. It is great to have local support from a venue such as Billy's who even had the bar staff dressed up in country gear. We look forward to an even bigger crowd at the next Honky Tonk Friday".
Up coming Honky Tonk Fridays - April 23rd and May 7th.
If you are in town for the Muster this year, make sure you catch up with Duke Wilde at Billy's on Thursday 26th of August 2010.
goCountry.tv Why don't we hear old Waylon any more?
Trip of a lifetime to Twang Town USA
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Some of the things you will see on the 2010 AICM recording tour to Nashville TN - The Bell South Tower and the Hard Rock Cafe on Broadway. |
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The Ernest Tubb Record Shop on Broadway, Nashvile TN |
Interested in a trip of a lifetime to Twang Town USA to record some of your songs in a Nashville studio using Nashville session musicians.
The AICM is organising a trip in 2010 to Nashville for people who would like to record in the city. The tour will be two weeks long and include a weekend in Memphis on the way over and a day at Disneyland on the way back.
Given sufficient numbers, the tour will be led by AICM manager (and regular Nashville visitor) Dr Geoff Walden and AICM studio engineer Aaron Partridge. All arrangements for studio time and session musicians will be made prior to leaving and Nashville contact for all of this side of things will be resident and ex-pat Aussie, Mark Moffatt.
If you are interested in being part of this tour, contact either Geoff Walden or Aaron Partridge by email of phone us on 07 5481 2355.