Music - Helen Lawson - Blog http://helenlawson.co.uk/news.html Helen Lawson: Blog Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:08:34 -0700 Old Queen's Head & Battersea Arts Centre trailer... http://helenlawson.co.uk/news.html#38 Hi everyone


Thanks to everyone who came down to the Old Queen's Head last night and helped make it such a lovely gig. It's really such a beautiful venue and it was brilliant to have so many of you there to share the night.


There'll be another gig there on the 16th August for anyone who missed out this time.


Don't forget, if you'd like to sign up to the mailing list, you can get a free download of 'This Town' - visit music.helenlawson.co.uk, click to download the track and enter your address.


Of course, you can also always buy the entire single or EP, to help fund future recordings!


Now, if you're interested to hear what else I've been up to lately, have a look at this trailer my film-making buddies Dusthouse have just made for the One on One festival at Battersea Arts Centre. Recognise the warbling? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyXYPPIVFg0


Hope you enjoy!


Cheers for now


Hxx

]]> http://helenlawson.co.uk/news.html#38 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Music - Helen Lawson - Blog Gigs, and other stories http://helenlawson.co.uk/news.html#37
It's almost time for another gig!

I'll be playing next Wednesday at the Cobden Club, it should be a good one.
Please email me back if you'd like to come along and I'll stick you on the guestlist - I don't think it's a deal-breaker but it makes life easier at the venue for some reason.

There's a couple of other dates on the gigs page - pop them in the diaries now, it'd be marvellous to see you at one or all.

Look out for news of new musical exploits soon, and in the meantime, for anyone who's not yet got the EP and the single, I have a spiffy new store - music.helenlawson.co.ukI get more of the spoils if you buy things directly from there, instead of your pennies going to The Man.
But it's all still available at iTunes too if you secretly really quite like The Man.

What else. Oh I know.
This is how I put extra cake on the table - by making videos for other musicians / theatre companies / other people who need videos.
Have a look at this latest one I edited for Yoav from the footage from his Danish trip. It's a good'un.

Cheerio for now, see you next Wednesday at the Cobden!

Hxx


Wednesday, April 14th, 8.30pm
The Cobden Club
170-172 Kensal Road, London W10
Price: £5 - Email me to be added to guestlist.

Friday, April 23rd, 8.15pm
Bedsprings Acoustic at Zenith Bar
125 Packington St, London N1
Price: Free

Tuesday, May 18th, 8.15pm
Bedsprings Acoustic at Elixir Bar
162 Eversholt Street, London NW1 1BL
Price: £4 (£3 NUS)]]> http://helenlawson.co.uk/news.html#37 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Music - Helen Lawson - Blog Back in the U of K http://helenlawson.co.uk/news.html#36 Unless that was just the distant hoot of the overground.

Here are a couple of gigs - get one in the diary...
One is next week, the first time I've gigged in donkeys, as I didn't do much of that while in LA.

Weds 10th Feb, 8pm
Elixir
162 Eversholt Street, London NW1 1BL

Weds 14th April, 8.30pm
Cobden Club
170 Kensal Road, London, W10 5BN

It would be brilliant to see you at one or both of them - there's a few new songs that have never been heard live in the UK before. Treats.

LA was wonderful in myriad ways, but all good things come to an end and home again I came.
And now there are bass, cello and clarinet sessions for the album all coming up in the next few weeks, which will be ace.

In other news - to make the wait for the album all the sweeter, the two songs from the Sunny Levine session are now available as a single on iTunes - so get thee to www.itunes.com/helenlawson and feast yourselves on those.
At the moment, also, $1 from every copy of the EP sold at CDbaby will be going to Haiti.

Cheerio for now, hope to see you at a gig soon.

Hxx]]> http://helenlawson.co.uk/news.html#36 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 Music - Helen Lawson - Blog $1 per CD going to Haiti http://helenlawson.co.uk/news.html#35 www.CDbaby.com is going to help Haiti.
There's some great music there, including Crossing the Bridge, and if you want to make an extra donation at the same time as buying some music, this is a way.
Alternatively, maybe you're not after any new music at the moment, in which case you can send even more cash directly to Haiti.

Ta
Hxx]]> http://helenlawson.co.uk/news.html#35 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 Music - Helen Lawson - Blog Dizzy http://helenlawson.co.uk/news.html#34
He makes you spin again.

And again.

And then you fall on the floor.

Patrick Fraser

Patrick Fraser Photography]]> http://helenlawson.co.uk/news.html#34 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Music - Helen Lawson - Blog Congrats to bassplayer Liran on his Mercury nomination! http://helenlawson.co.uk/news.html#33
Hxx

See their nomination interview here!]]> http://helenlawson.co.uk/news.html#33 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Music - Helen Lawson - Blog Video from the Sunny session, plus who stole my bike? http://helenlawson.co.uk/news.html#32
Here's the footage from the studio session the other week, have a look - I'm playing, singing, and demonstrating essential snacks.

In other news, it was my birthday this week and as a special treat my bike got stolen. To whoever did it, with their big nasty lock cutters, I hope you enjoy it, you git. Bring back my basket bracket if you have a heart.

On a brighter note, I got balloons, badges and beverages, so quite frankly who needs a bike.

Cheerio for now

Hxx


]]> http://helenlawson.co.uk/news.html#32 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Music - Helen Lawson - Blog Songs from the Sunny session http://helenlawson.co.uk/news.html#31
Just a quickie to say the mixes from my session with Sunny Levine the other week are now on the music player - have a listen! The first is a new recording of 'This Town' which some of you will know from gigs and the old demo.
The other song is 'Coins Hit The Water' - fresh out of the box.

I'll be posting video footage from the session as soon as I've finished editing it!

Manic week in Venice CA this week - Band of Skulls played the Hammer on Thursday, plus the Duke Spirit were in town so late nights all round. Am also getting into the Cali spirit of things and going to a yoga class. It seems I have curiously unbendy calf muscles.

4th July fireworks over the marina were pretty special last night.

I'd write more about it, but I am recovering from yet another kitchen-related accident. It takes a special kind of skill to drop a large soup pan on one's head, I assure you.

Cheers for now, enjoy the new songs.

Hxx]]> http://helenlawson.co.uk/news.html#31 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Music - Helen Lawson - Blog 4th day in the studio http://helenlawson.co.uk/news.html#30
Seemed to really come together today - Amya came back and did some more great violin, we spent the afternoon doing a little mixing and then Stuart Levine came by tonight and recorded clarinet parts. All sounding beautiful.

I'd only heard the parts in midi as I'd written them, so it's very exciting when they come alive on proper real life instruments! I particularly enjoy waving my arms and eyebrows about to communicate parts to the players. I should have been an air traffic controller.

Stuart said the clarinet part was quite Debussy, which was intriguing...
One more day to go on this session. Mainly tweaks tomorrow.

Tired now. This week I have mostly been eating soup.

Hxx

ps This is the possum that got made his home at the studio - he had to go, so we've sent him to a nice new life in the woods. Cheerio possum.






]]> http://helenlawson.co.uk/news.html#30 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Music - Helen Lawson - Blog First day in the studio http://helenlawson.co.uk/news.html#29
Great fun so far - have recorded all the guitars for both the tracks we're going to do this week. Plus a bit of piano and wotnot. We're doing a new version of 'This Town' and a new song, 'Coins Hit The Water'.

Sore fingers now.
Doing vocals tomorrow, so will no doubt get through absurd amounts of ginger. I like ginger when singing.
Ah, sweet ginger.

I'll try to record a little bit of video while I'm in the studio - I'll keep you posted!

Hxx]]> http://helenlawson.co.uk/news.html#29 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Music - Helen Lawson - Blog