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Yeovil - gig guide 21st-23rd Feb 2020

2/21/2020

FRIDAY 21ST FEBRUARY:
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Living Dead Stars + Trip Wizard + Brave Ones @ The Railway Hotel, Yeovil - 8.00pm
(Hard rock)
Rexes Hollow @ The Westminster, Yeovil
(Rock/blues/pop/ska)
The Bog Dogs @ Ham Hill Cider, Crewkerne - 8.00pm
(Irish Moon Shine Folk)
SATURDAY 22ND FEBRUARY:
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Jemima in HMV Yeovil - 1.00pm
(Local artist)
Cock Eyed Squid @ The Railway Hotel, Yeovil
(Rock covers)
Rock Against The Machine @ The Westminster, Yeovil
(Rock)
Jack Humphries @ The Armoury, Yeovil
(Acoustic)
Calibr8 @ The Bell Inn, Yeovil
(Hard rock covers)
Darren H Presley @ The Preston Hotel, Yeovil - 8.30pm
(Covers)
Powercut @ The Old Barn Club, Yeovil - 9.30pm
(Acoustic/electric rock & pop covers)
The Ancestors @ The Royal Oak, Hardington - 8.30pm
(Indie disco party band - covers)
John De Barra @ The King William Inn, Crewkerne
(Solo covers 60's to present)
Vanilla Radio @ The Phelips Arms, Montacute
(Funk rock)
*Acoustic Night @ The David Hall, South Petherton *£2 (+concs) - 7.30pm
SUNDAY 23RD FEBRUARY:
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Mitchell and Vincent @ The Lord Nelson, Norton Sub Hamdon - 3.30pm
(Folk_

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Gig Guide 18th Feb-24th Feb

2/20/2020

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Tuesday 18th
Park life open mic at The Park Hotel 9:00 PM

Wednesday 19th
Open mic at The Golden Lion
Open mic at The Duke Of Cornwall

Thursday 20th
DJ Frazer Mitchell at Actors

Friday 21st
DJ Mullins at The Closet
The Boat That Rocks talent contest at The Boat That Rocks 7:30 PM
Open Mic Contest Finals at Hardys Dorchester 8 PM
Guitarmidillo at The Royal Arms, Portland 9 PM
John Ramon at The Wyke Regis Working Men's Club 9 PM
Moondogs at The Kings Arms 9 PM

Saturday 22nd
DJ Chris Bonney at Somewhere Else
DJ Shadie at Actors
Du Kane at The Tides Inn 9PM
Martin Fletcher at The Russell Hotel 9:00 PM
Gregory at The little ship 9PM
Donna at The Conservative Club 8:30 PM
Afro ninja AKA - Tim somerfield at The Glouster 9 PM

Sunday 23rd
Lisa Ramon at The Duke Of Cornwall 8 PM
Strings & Reeds at The Black Dog 4:00 - 7:00 PM
The RatPak at The Park 4 PM
The Jam Session at The Belvedere 4:00 – 7:00 PM

Monday 24th
Open Mic at The Belvedere 4:00 – 7:00 PM

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INTERVIEW; Paul harmer chats to charlene clease about talent competitions, the new ep, and of course 'that' #1.

2/19/2020

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This week, Paul Harmer caught up with the lovely Charlene Clease - #1 Amazon Download Singer / Songwriter from Weymouth, with news about a future EP in the making. Here’s what they had to say!

PAUL; Hi Charlene, Thankyou so much for joining us for a chat... First things first, you are relatively new to the scene here in Weymouth... Have you always lived here?

CHARLENE; Hi Paul! Thats okay, thank you for inviting me to chat, Yes I have lived in Weymouth all my life so just over 23 years now.

PAUL; You have performed quite a bit over the last year or so and we'll come back to that but when you go out, who do you like going to see perform?

CHARLENE; I don’t manage to get out a lot, however when I do, I like to go see local bands such as Blazin’ strings, Under The Carousel and Stereoironics.

PAUL; Is there anyone performing locally that you havent seen yet but would like to?

CHARLENE; Yeah I’d like to see The Ruff Cutts perform and also I think Mordern Disciples do some gigs locally so I’d like to try catch them perform some time too.

PAUL; We touched briefly on the fact that you have been quite busy over the last 12 months and we are excited to see what the next year holds for you, what have been your highlights so far?

CHARLENE; It has indeed been fairly busy, my highlights so far would definitely have to be; playing Yeovil Beer Fest and Anonymous Festival because those were the biggest crowds I’ve performed to so far and they were both just great atmospheres to be apart of! And also of course managing to get a number 1 on Amazon, especially since I wrote the song for such an important cause that definitely deserves more acknowledgement than it gets!

PAUL; Having had a number 1 on Amazon is a huge achievement... Really well done! We would see this as huge motivation to see how far you can go but what is it that motivates you?

CHARLENE; Thank you so much! I was certainly overwhelmed by the amount of support I received for it! Yes absolutely, it has been a huge motivation. However my main inspiration/motivation is my son, I just want to make him proud and also prove that you can still achieve your dreams and what you want to do even after you become a parent. You know a lot of people say that your life kind of comes to a halt after parenthood but I want to show everyone that it is possible to still push for your own goals!

PAUL; You clearly love performing and we have been lucky enough to see you play live... Can you tell us 1 local person and 1 other from anywhere that you'd love to perform or collaborate with?

CHARLENE; Ooh, there’s a lot of people that I would love to collaborate with and will hopefully collaborate with in the future if i’m lucky enough to do so, she’s not completely local but i would have to go with Rea (Andrea) and Lucy Spraggan.

PAUL; I would assume that Lucy Spraggen is a big influence, especially after hearing your original music, and seeing you perform live. Who else influences you?

CHARLENE; 100%, Lucy Spraggan has been a huge influence on my music/writing style, I have been lucky enough to see her perform live and her whole stage presence was incredible to watch! I also have so much of her mercy, I spent way too much money, but the jumpers are just so cute! Ed Sheeran is also another big inspiration along with Julia Michaels, Melanie Martinez and Gavin James mainly because they all have very unique styles of music and can just write brilliant songs!

PAUL; Ok; here’s an odd one for you; You have a dinner table that fits you plus 4 others, anyone you can think of and you have £100 to spend on food and drink, you have to cook. Who are you cooking for, what are you cooking and finally how much of the £100 do you spend on drink?

CHARLENE; Oh wow okay, so the first 4 people that came to mind where Cara Delevingne, Seth Rogen, Margot Robbie and my boyfriend Frazer (can’t leave him out really). I’m not going to lie, I’m really not the best cook and I wouldn’t want to subject anyone to that, so forget the cooking, I would buy some snacks and spend the rest of the money on booze, also feel like that’s also a group of people that’s up for a good laugh so I’m sure they won’t mind that haha.

PAUL; You might have a sore head in the morning! So, what gets you out of bed? What do you like to get up to when you aren’t performing?

CHARLENE; Well every morning without fail my son likes to wake me up early so I’m sure that would still be the case! And when I’m not performing mostly all my time is spent with him so I guess you could say I’m still doing some sort of entertainment haha, then when I get a bit of spare time I try filling it up with songwriting and recording. I’m currently recording an EP with Jurassic Coast Records so that’s taking up a lot of my spare time!

PAUL; So, it's also the season for the competitions; we're right in the middle of loads of singing and talent contests around Weymouth; which ones have you applied for? How far are you now? What's Occurring!

CHARLENE; I’m am currently in two talent/singing competitions, one that is being held at Hardy’s pub in Dorchester, I’m actually in the final of that one on Friday the 21st of February and I’m also in the Boat’s got talent, held at The Boat that Rocks on Portland, I’ve just made it through to the Quarter-finals and am still waiting to find out the date for that so I shall be sure to keep everyone updated on my social media pages

PAUL; And apart from music, do you see yourself moving into other areas of performing like stage or film perhaps?

CHARLENE; I did actually want to be an actress to begin with and studied performing arts for GCSE and in sixth form, but unfortunately I let things get in the way, but I’m also grateful in a way because I then learnt how to play guitar and realised that it was actually songwriting/performing musically that I wanted to do. However I would still be up for giving other areas of performing a go if the opportunity arises.

PAUL; Weymouth is full of up and coming talent from as young as 10-11 years of age, so finally, in no more than 12 words, what advice would you give your 10 year old self?

CHARLENE; Don’t let other people’s negativity hold you back from achieving your dreams.

PAUL; That’s a great answer; and one I hope these youngsters take on board.

Thanks a lot for chatting to us, and I guess I’ll see you around?

CHARLENE; Thanks a lot, and yes! See you soon!

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WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND GIG GUIDE -11th Feb-17th Feb

2/12/2020

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This is your weekly gig guide for gigs between 11th Feb-17th Feb 2020 across Weymouth and Portland. Don’t forget, all gigs get read out on our new show ‘The Lounge’ which AIRs Tuesdays 8-10 PM on AIR 107.2 (107.2 FM locally, online and on smart speakers).

Tuesday 11th
Park Life Open Mic At The Park Hotel 9:00 PM
Wednesday 12th
Open Mic At The Golden Lion
Open Mic At The Duke Of Cornwall
Thursday 13th
Frazer Mitchell At Actors
Friday 14th
DJ Mullins at The Closet
The Boat That Rocks talent contest at The Boat That Rocks 7:30 PM
A Perfect Storm At The Kings Arms 9:00-11:00 PM
Balance Of Power At The Wyke Smugglers
Danny Adams At The Gloucester 9:00 PM
Saturday 15th
DJ Chris Bonney at Somewhere Else
DJ Shadie at Actors
Aaron & Karina At The Little Ship 9:00 PM
Martin Fletcher at The Russell Hotel 9:00 PM
Rhian At The Kimberlin Club, Portland 9:00 PM
Donna at The Three Chimneys 8:30 PM
The Ruff Cuts At The Wyke Regis Social Club
Sunday 2nd
The Jam Session at The Belvedere 4:00 – 7:00 PM
Monday 3rd
Open Mic at The Belvedere 4:00 – 7:00 PM

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ANTIX: INTERVIEW - Rian harvey

2/12/2020

Frazer Mitchell sits down with the man behind Harvs & Friends, talking all things Music Production, Weymouth Dance Music Scene, and Gavin & Stacey.

FRAZER: Hey Rian! Great to finally catch up! It’s been quite a 12 months for you. Tell us what you’ve been up to?
RIAN: It certainly has. Been a bit of a rocky one as well, I’ve had highs and lows. I split from a duo I was in, signed for a record label and really cracked on with production... and really picked up a good following I feel. I’m so humbled by all the support recently. It means so much.
I also released my first track, played my first festivals and have linked up with some great people in the industry of bass music too!
Obviously it’s the year I also introduced my new brand Harvs&Friends to life aswell, that’s something I’m excited about for the future!
FRAZER: So you mention Harvs & Friends - tell us more about what it is. What are you hoping to achieve?
RIAN: It’s really been an idea I’ve had at the back of my mind for a good few years in fairness. It’s just cheap nights out, but big ones you’ll remember! I’m not looking to make money from it, lots of people having a good time is all I need really! I’ve had lots of promoters come up to me and ask for collaborative events too which is really nice and I’m so thankful for all that backing on something I was hesitant to start!
FRAZER: This sounds like something we’ll have to help you promote on The Lounge! Be sure to give us future gig dates!
RIAN: I sure will, you’ll be first to know!

FRAZER: So talk to us about why you wanted to start Harvs&Friends - who influenced you to do something like this?
RIAN: It came about when I started having to miss out on watching some of my favourite DJs when I was just 18 because I couldn’t afford tickets. Obviously for a lot of people their events are their careers so they need to make big money. I’m lucky to have a job that supports me enough to use my events more as a gift back to people who show interest in me. I’m not here to make mega bucks from it, I simply want to give people the chance to see headliners they may not be able to afford to in any other instance. I saw it as a gap in the market and I hope it will continuously grow. I only have my girlfriend to thank for pushing me to finally put my first one on at Christmas. Which went surprisingly well, despite a few teething problems. I’m excited to see where it will go over the next 12-18 months.
FRAZER: The Weymouth Music Scene is certainly very varied, it’s great to see you’ve got a lot of amazing acoustic acts and bands, and the DJ scene is at such a high quality. It’s fair to say the dance music scene is alive and kicking!
RIAN: Dance music is at such an exciting stage right now. There’s so many new sounds coming through. I sit at home making tunes now a-days with sounds I didn’t even think would work 1-2 years ago. The scene is evolving almost as fast as technology. And that window for new talent to come through is certainly opening up, another goal of Harvs&Friends is to support that.
FRAZER: I also hear you’re producing your own music too; in the words of Ness, “What’s Occurring?”
RIAN: Haha, Gavin and Stacey...a personal favourite! Yeah I’m really enjoying it I must say, it’s frustrating at times, as any producer will appreciate, but I’m working with some really talented people to bring as many tracks out as I can. My newest is ‘Isla’ on my SoundCloud.
But I’m trying to bank a few tunes up to tease into the industry and release slowly over the year. I like to try shape my production around some of my idols My Nu Leng.
FRAZER: I’ve seen My Nu Long several times; they never ever disappoint. There are very few MC’s I’d actually pay money to see; collectively they’re a great act!
I can’t wait to hear what you do with your productions, and of course Harvs&Friends. Best of luck to you, and don’t leave it so long next time!
RIAN: Haha, thank you for having me. I’ll be sending you a few samples soon...I’ll try not to hibernate in the studio so long this time!

Yeovil - gig guide 21st-23rd Feb 2020

Gig Guide 18th Feb-24th Feb

INTERVIEW; Paul harmer chats to charlene clease about talent competitions, the new ep, and of course 'that' #1.

WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND GIG GUIDE -11th Feb-17th Feb

ANTIX: INTERVIEW - Rian harvey

Frazer Mitchell sits down with the man behind Harvs & Friends, talking all things Music Production, Weymouth Dance Music Scene, and Gavin & Stacey.

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