Readymade Films launch

On Saturday the 4th of August I went to the Basement, live music venue of Grimey's record store, to watch the new Brendan Benson concert film "Concert Los Angeles" which was being shown as part of Readymade's film company launch.
Readymade is a record label set up here in Nashville by Brendan Benson, which boasts a roster of Young Hines and The Howling Brothers, Cory Chisel and The Lost Brothers.

Young Hines played a DJ set for the event before making way for the film itself, which aired for around an hour. We were treated to free pizza all night until it was ate up.
"Concert Los Angeles" features many of Brendan's solo hits. While watching the film, it confirmed to me how good a live performer he is. I have seen him perform twice as part of The Raconteurs, where he always holds his own and look like he is enjoying himself and once recently in his solo form.
Watching the film had me saying what i often say about Brendan, his voice is one of the best around, it is so distinct and suits the power pop style he plays, perfectly.
I bought the film on a fancy USB stick and a poster of the event all for $8 which is an absolute barging.
The film is now available world wide on a donation basis, i really recommend it to anybody who likes good power pop music, the songs are catchy and great fun in this live format. To get the film head to  http://readymadefilm.com/

The night ended with a live set from the band The Howling Brothers.
They played a good set of bluegrass songs and had me tapping away right until the end, where they finished with a cappella song, always a great way to end a live set.

All in all the night was a great event and everybody at Readymade should be proud of themselves.

July Recap

So another month went by, as they so often do. July is perhaps the most important month for the USA. The country celebrates its birthday on the 4th of the month as many of you know. I took part in the 4th celebrations at the Music city hostel, where a BBQ was on the go and a selection of classic American Rock, Folk and Country songs played out into the garden. After enjoying the BBQ i headed downtown to meet my new American friends. We went to the riverfront show which was headlined by The Mavericks, their music isn't my cup of tea but they did their best to get the crowd going. The real headline act though was the Firework display accompanied by the sounds of The Nashville Symphony Orchestra.
I have never witnessed anything like it! Now fireworks, for the most part are pretty boring. After 5 minutes you've seen everything you are going to see. These fireworks though were far from boring. The Orchestra played in time to the fireworks, we were treated to classics, such as 1812 overture and the Star Wars theme.
This really added to the whole event. The fireworks though were amazing also. Big and in your face, the sky was a picture of Red,White and Blue, then like a bombing raid, the sky lit up with an assault of firework after firework. For near 10 minutes it was a mad frenzy of fireworks and a marvelous show. The perfect way to celebrate the USA's 236th birthday.

I've been getting creative, writing songs and things for other projects, it really helps being in such a creative place and living around artistic people. I had another visit to Third Man Records, bought myself a new Jack White T-Shirt. Going to the store is like instant happiness for me. I also bought some Raconteurs stickers. I am slowly making my way through buying everything in the store!

New blog post coming later today.