Come Together... All's Going Well!

We seem to be repeating this a lot recently... It's been a hell of a week!

We started the week with a couple of rehearsals at The White Rooms, using the 'big' rehearsal room we were able to set everything up as if we were on stage, stage monitors et al. A BIG thanks to Dan for his help over the two days, and the constant fiddling with the amps/monitors to squeeze that little bit more out of them! We managed to agree on a set for the GUN gig and rehearsed it in various running orders before settling on the one we feel will give you the best bang for you buck. It was a great experience, spending time 'polishing' the performance rather than learning material. That said we did find the time between sets to work on a couple of older tracks and bring another one to'gig ready' status, while adding a new track to the set for the gig!

After the hectic start to the week most of us were hoping for a quiet few days, but it was not to be... Grae ended up at a 'do' on the Thursday night and finished in the bar early (about 3am) and is only just recovering, Pete ended up at the Open Mic night at the Fulford Arms and somehow found himself playing Sweethome Alabama, among others... Pete and Gibbo then paid a visit to O'Neills on Friday night to see The Mothers doing their thing while Andy's been away working more or less since the second he stepped out the rehearsal rooms... Daymo's considering buying himself a bigger two wheeled mode of transport while keeping himself busy at work doodling artwork for MR (don't tell the boss!), and then Pete got kidnapped and, after playing their songs on Thursday, found himself in Manchester on Saturday night to see Lynyrd Skynyrd! (By all accounts the show was great, but his other half had to tell me as Pete's currently a broken man after partying non-stop since Thursday!)

In addition to all that we still found time to do some 'behind the scenes' stuff and are pleased with the results... We've added some more items to the ZAZZLE site (with more to come over the next week or two), we have set up the capability to accept credit and debit cards at our merch stall at live gigs through our US based distributor CD Baby, and hopefully this should be up and running for the GUN gig! (A point to note is that, as CD Baby are US based, any card transactions will be charged in US$, a separate price list will be present on the night for anyone wishing to use a card). We also gave the site a little facelift, added some photos from Tuesday night's rehearsal, re-organised the pages and added some new Members Only content to the site... and there's loads more planned for the next few weeks, so keep checking back!

It's been a great few weeks, we've been to more than a few gigs, individually and collectively, we've achieved great things in the studio, we've got a show ready which you'll all love, and we're being offered reviews, sessions and gigs at a fairly healthy rate! It's all coming together, and doing so nicely. It's hard to believe that it was only a year ago this month that 'The Original Demos 2008' were initially recorded, and actually less than that since they took the form that you know them in now.

What next? Who knows, there's plenty in the pipeline, but we're keeping things close to our chest until we can go firm on them all...

Until we get another breather...

All the best,

Grae, Pete, Daymo, Andy and Gibbo
MORPHEUS RISING
...resurrecting British Heavy Metal!