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Another new release, only one track this month. The song is called Pay As You Go, and for anyone that listened to our Just Want You EP last month, might recognise the music. As it is exactly the same as the track, Shine Your Light. The lyrics and vocalist are, however, completely different. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjxSPhSH7WE https://open.spotify.com/album/67qpvsFvFk7Z8cFf2UII6l?si=tEpMQSGiQBqZomzVs-oYTQ

Put music on when I get up and have it playing all day while I'm working. Depending on how focused I am with work it can either be background music, or listened to attentively.

The first one I thought of when seeing the thread title was Separate Ways by Journey. But think that has been posted over the internet quite a lot in recent years with the number of spoof versions of it. While this other classic from the band seems rather overlooked.

I watched it and thought it was pretty funny all the way through.

It is the first Friday of the month, that means our latest release, the four track EP, Just Want You, is now available to stream on the digital platform of your choice. It contains three original tunes plus a cover of the Spandau Ballet track, To Cut A Long Story Short. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK-U_rxk1BY https://open.spotify.com/album/0cEJSHu2238kcC6tQUsTdb?si=K6zjG1p_Sw6fDeOA2X1U3A

We've released another two tracks today, an original song, Can't Wait For Your Love, and a cover of the track, I Think We're Alone Now. As always, available on the digital streaming platform of your choice. https://open.spotify.com/album/6iNp2FkuvBzgW1s2KYrtF4?si=q24oylsXQQW9d4j1KJ31kw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0W04aP0EeI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9opwmPDQ180

Definitely not me, I'm on other side of Edinburgh and don't plug the bass in when I practise.

Second clip was much better, looking forward to seeing more.

We've released a new track, to, as everyone does these days, all the usual digital platforms. Song is called, Puffin Killer, and is taken from our forthcoming album, Demonic Dinner Dance 2: The Demon Stomp.] Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/7JKfYxBTlEsXIqRgh9Fb6m?si=__AnZW8bRYqzM3monzJkQQ Deezer - https://www.deezer.com/en/album/139419862 Apple - https://music.apple.com/in/album/puffin-killer/1505769691

Was supposed to be having a weekend in London to see Saxon, gig had originally been postponed from last year. Even though it has been rescheduled I've just asked for my money back on that one. Should have been at the Edinburgh Playhouse on Monday just passed to see Joe Bonammasa. That seems to have been cancelled completely, though I've not had a refund as yet. Away from music I had got tickets for the Men's semi-finals at Wimbledon this year, obviously though that is no longer taking place. All I have in the calendar now is Thunder in Glasgow in November ...

Got a channel for my band, Vantage Point, so obviously not dedicated to bass playing, but it does include a few videos of putting down the bass in the studio. Just to let you know the band is influenced by 70s hard rock and 80s metal. www.youtube.com/user/vantagepointrocks

Some traditional hard rock / metal can be found at, Vantage Point - https://vantagepointrocks.bandcamp.com/ Mercy Breheny - https://mercybreheny.bandcamp.com/releases

We are, what you would say as, in-between drummers, at the moment. For that session, Hannah McKay who was previously in the Amorettes, helped us out and played drums on a couple of tracks.

Gig I first taped off Radio 1 when it was repeated in the early 90s. A fantastic gig with the great addition of the Tower of Power horns backing the News up.

Completed a new Lego video for one our songs,

Status Quo – first band I bought an album by and the one I listened to during the years before music became an obsession. Huey Lewis & The News – bought their Hard at Play album in 1991 and music became everything, ZX Spectrum & Sega Master System lost their appeal, and playing sports was no longer the be all and end all. Iron Maiden – Got Fear of the Dark in 1992 and heavy metal became my way of life, got a guitar and the idea of being in a band was formed, and has continued on since then.

A clear legend, I mean, how many other drummers made it on to Record Breakers?

Our latest EP, Collision Course, is now available for anyone who should wish to give it a listen -

Have completed another Lego video for the band, is for the song, Reverse the Charges, that features on our third album, Demonic Dinner Dance, which we released in 2014.

Backbeat about Stuart Sutcliffe is a favourite of mine.

I do play the odd bit of air bass, though when doing so it is always with fingers, while I use a pick with the real bass. The Steve Harris machine gun is probably my most used air bass move. I do though tend to air drum much more than air guitar or air bass, even though I can’t play drums in the slightest.

Got a nice review of our latest EP in Powerplay Rock and Metal magazine.

Fan of all eras of Rush, and I like at least something on every album they’ve done. But my favourite period is the 80s keyboard dominated one from Signals to Hold Your Fire. From that, Power Windows is my favourite.

Started work on a new tune in the recording studio last week. The drums and bass are done, will be back in the studio in September to put down the guitars and get the vocals recorded. So this video is of a work in progress of the song, as it is all just drum and bass on the soundtrack.