Big Big Update!

The song that the band that Dan Leathers had organised to play at the university carol service
went very well. Sound checking did not take long, and we played the song as we rehearsed
procuring a recording of it. Here is a link to a copy of it: http://fb.esnips.com/doc/4a45f679-
ad27-4ecd-9af7-a61659af7f9c/nativity-carolThe only problem that occured was that my effects pedal malfunctioned slightly so my guitar was not making the sounds that I would have liked. Nevertheless, we were happy with the result.
(1 hour)

What started as a jamming session with Anna and the Czech guys Honza, Roman and Peter had been going very well, and has become a band called DelightHouse. Having put in many hours of
rehearsal, we played two Derby gigs in November. One took place at the nightclub Deez on the
10th, the other at The Brewery Tap pub on the 15th (this was originally going to be Anna's solo
gig). Both consisted of two sets - one of partially acoustic cover versions, the other of
original DelightHouse material, with the exception of two or three songs.The first set we used to exploit the material that me, Anna and Marcella had been working on,
including:
"Like a Stone" Audioslave
"Coil" Opeth
"Sex on Fire" Kings of Leon
"Heartshaped Box" Nirvana
"Admiration" Incubus
"Stop and Stare" OneRepublic
"Numb" Linkin Park
"Another Way to Die" Jack White
"Many Shades of Black" The Raconteurs

The second set of songs with the band included:

"Sleeping Walkers pt I" DelightHouse
"Sleeping Walkers pt II" DelightHouse
"Stay with Me" DelightHouse
"Listen, Angels Sing" DelightHouse
"Lighthouse" DelightHouse
"Breathe 4 U" DelightHouse
"Stepping Stone" Duffy
"Gravity Rides Everything" Modest Mouse
"Rooster" Alice in Chains
"Drive" Incubus

Here is a link to a video compilation of the Deez gig highlights - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhpuJCnGNAk, and also a video of us playing "Lighthouse" at The Brewery Tap -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imcqGn3sNrU

(6 hours) for both performance and setting up/derigging at both gigs

Unfortunately I was unable to get any footage of our extensive rehearsing, although I did manage to procure some poor quality audio from one of Anna and I's acoustic rehearsals.We as a band practiced both days of the weekends, for about five hours at a time, totalling
roughly(18 hours) of rehearsal for these gigs all together.

DelightHouse have two upcoming gigs now - one charity concert in Nottingham on the 11th Jannuary (where we are headlining amongst other bands despite being only three or four months old!) and a song competition in Sheffield on the 17th. I have a solo acoustic gig at The Brewery Tap again on the 19th February, and a gig with mine and Ragnar's band at the Polish Club on the 24th January. So it looks like a busy performance shedule ahead!

I have recently spent some time recording an acoustic demo as a prospective song for
DelightHouse, using Live 6.0.1 software on my laptop in conjunction with a MobilePre USB
soundcard input. I received good feedback from Anna about it, and it looks like it may become a
possible song for the competition in Sheffield.
(2 hours)

Total: 27 hours