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  18.12.02



Prendo plays Cultfound Christmas Party
Coach & Horses, Rosedale Abbey
8.30 pm Friday 27th December
Admission Free!!!

Special guest: Tony Hicks (Back Door)

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New CD album by the legendary

BACK DOOR

ron aspery - back door

Ron Aspery - Back Door

Cultural Foundation is privileged to release a long-awaited album
featuring Ron Aspery (flute / keys / alto and soprano saxes)
Colin Hodgkinson (bass)
Tony Hicks (drums and accordeon)

"Askin' the Way" will be released on Wednesday 12th March 2003
at a special launch concert to be held at the bands' original home

The Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge

Admission by ticket only
Tickets £7.00 available now
Ring 01751 417320 to purchase by debit / credit card or cheque
(Or call at the pub)

clclick here for new Back Door page

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NEXT JAM SESSION
Sunday 12th January 2003
2.30 pm
Coach & Horses, Rosedale Abbey
All welcome
Drums, PA, Backline provided


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17.11.02

Secure Credit / Debit card purchase
facility now available!!!

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Check free soundstreams and downloads: here
and Buy albums here: SALES

Prendo plays Cropton Brewery Annual Beer Festival
Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd November
40 beers from around the country plus lagers and ciders!!!
Late Licence
click here for details


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11.11.02

This Friday
A Roadshow from the North East
at the Coach

featuring



and



click here for details

Around 100 new links added
all aspects of local and international music

click here for details


18.10.02


SOLO

tonight at the
Coach & Horses, Rosedale Abbey

FREE ADMISSION!!!

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Important Notice

After two and a half years running Blakey with
whatever assistance we have been able to give
Paul Crossland (Manager) now has
sufficient confidence to take full control

We hope he continues the policy of providing a great
profile for the best in Yorkshire and the North East

Can any bands wishing to play Blakey now contact him direct

for full details click here and scroll down the page

Good luck, Paul!!!


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CRASH COURSE
in Music Biz

End of Course Booze - up
Wednesday 30th October


Celebratory compilation album preview

All invited - meet the bands - get drunk

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NEW ACOUSTIC VENUE

The New Inn
Cropton
North York Moors

(home of the famed Cropton Brewery)

CHRIS STERN


(direct from Jacksonville Festival, Florida)

chris stern

(with originals, and songs from Paul Simon, the Beatles,
Sting, James Taylor........)


Saturday 26th October
9.00 pm
Admission FREE!!!

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21.09.02

Don't miss Prendo at

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York
Friday 27th September

or at

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Hartlepool
Wednesday 2nd October

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FFREEE LUNCH !!!
and
CRASH COURSE
in Music Biz

Coach & Horses
Rosedale Abbey
Every Sunday afternoon / Wednesday evening in
October

Our programme is now finalised

Guest Speakers

Sunday 6th October

Elaine Rogers
(North East District Organiser, Musicians Union)

on the role of the MU, legal advice, equipment insurance,
contracts, rates of pay.....

Sunday 13th October


Charlie Daykin
(Musician, Music Journalist,
Programme Leader - Access to Music, York)

on music as a business, promotion, the press, gigging.....

Sunday 20th October


Tony K
(PR and Marketing Consultant, Distributor,
Founder Red Rhino,
General Manager The Cartel:
The Smiths, New Order, Depeche Mode, etc.....)

on PR, Marketing, Record Companies –
the majors and the independents.....

Sunday 27th October


Paul Banks and Chris Helme
(musicians - the Yards)

on guitar playing, singing, song-writing, recording,
and touring worldwide with Shed 7 and the Seahorses.....

To register for this course and / or request a brochure
please e-mail (click here) or ring 0845 458 4699
to provide your contact details.

Children welcome - FREE childcare will be provided - ring for details

Places strictly limited - first come, first served .......

Note we can only accept bookings to register
for all four Sundays

We are pleased to welcome Ian Heddle
to Cultural Foundation

ian heddle

Ian will help in the implementation and management
of our Crash Course.
He plays bass in top Durham based outfit "Ortonomy" and
has recently graduated with a B.A. degree in Music Technology
from the University of Stafford

Scroll down to the last news posting for details of
Course Schedule


or click here for full details

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20.08.02

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FREE LUNCH !!!


With assistance from Global Grants we are offering a FREE one month crash course in all elements of the Music Business combined with an opportunity to test out and record your music.

The course is for one month - every Sunday afternoon in October, commencing 6th October, followed by a Mastering session of the recorded contributions each Wednesday evening. Final session Wednesday 30th October.
The aim is to produce a compilation CD by the end of the course which will profile the work of all attending and include the best music from the region.

Each artist / band participating will also receive a FREE CD master demo of their material.

Schedule: 12.00 - 1.00 Workshop / Seminar / Discussion session
(to include Copyright, Contracts, Promotion, Management, Recording, Publishing, Distribution)
1.00 - 2.00 Free lunch / Networking
2.00 - 4.00 Jam Session / Showcase
4.00 - 6.00 Recording Session

Venue: The Coach & Horses, Rosedale Abbey

House Band:

John Prendo (guitar), Pete Bell (bass), Paul Smith (drums and percussion)

Specimen contracts and ancillary material will be distributed during the course. A fully explanatory brochure will be available during September.

To register for this course and / or request a brochure
please e-mail (click here) or ring 0845 458 4699
to provide your contact details.
Children welcome - FREE childcare will be provided.

Places strictly limited - first come, first served .......

All participants will subsequently have the opportunity to become part of the Cultural Foundation Roadshow: Showcase performances at the Coach & Horses, and Roadshow trips to major northern venues.

JOB OPPORTUNITY

We urgently require a Production / Engineering Assistant to help implementation and management of this course. This post is suitable for a trainee, college leaver, or person of any age with some music industry experience. It is initially temporary: 8 weeks @ £200.00 per week commencing Monday 2nd September. Required: commitment to music production, a driving licence, and some degree of computer literacy (preferably including familiarity with Microsoft Word, and the Internet).

For further details ring 0845 458 4699, e-mail (click here) or write to: Cultural Foundation, Rosedale, North Yorkshire, YO18 8RL enclosing a S.A.E. a.s.a.p.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain first hand experience of independent music production.
check our equal opportunities policy by clicking here

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Forthcoming Events
Gin Saw at the Coach
Prendo at the Studio
Click here for details


05.08.02

Over 50 new links added
click here

01.08.02

CULTURAL FOUNDATION ROADSHOW
Wednesday 7th August
THE STUDIO, HARTLEPOOL
With Neil Dalton and Lee Madison
click here for details

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Friday 9th August
COACH & HORSES
Becky Mills

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Sunday 11th August 2.30 pm
COACH & HORSES
Jam Session with Neil Dalton's Blue Aces

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Equipment available to local musicians now listed here

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09.07.02



An award from the Performing Right Society Foundation now enables us to develop our Jam Session, Roadshow, and Touring Programme. This is a prestigious award - an honour to receive it.

Chris Stern plays Coach & Horses this Friday
Branded and Elaine Palmer play the Victoria, Saltburn on Sunday
click here for details


11.06.02

Don't miss Blakey Midsummer Festival
click here

June Prendo dates confirmed
click here

Coach & Horses, Rosedale
summer season commences with
50's, 60's, and Country from
"TWISTER"
Friday 14th June 9.00 pm
ADMISSION FREE !!!

PQASSO quality assurance
first assessment details
click here


22.05.02

Summer Programme details up-dated
cclick here

tvisits to this site have now come from
all over the UK and from

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and the USA

Welcome to you all
Why not leave a message on the message board
Click here


peace, out.................

15.05.02

PQASSO quality assurance system now adopted
details click here

Hamsters at the Lion 16.05.02
**sold out **

Tickets now available for mid-summer festival at the Lion
click here for details

Branded play Foxholes Biker Rally
click here for details

Prendo in France for May to mid-June
UK dates re-scheduled for later in year
click here for details

01.05.02

Branded
"Work in Progress"
session at the Coach & Horses, Rosedale Abbey
Sunday 5th May, 2.30

****Urgent News****
HAMSTERS
at the Lion Inn, Blakey, Thursday 16th May
Admission now
****TICKET ONLY****
click here for details


28.03.02

More dates in for Prendo
click here for details

Don't miss the first Prendo and Branded
"Work in Progress"
session at the Coach & Horses, Rosedale Abbey
Sunday 21st April (2.30 pm)
FREE!!!!!


Next Blakey date:
from New York
THE HUB
Thursday 25th April
click here for details

The first performance of a 52 minute music piece specially commissioned by Cultural Foundation from Ray Stubbs and Elephant Talk received its first performance at the Lion, Blakey,
on Thursday 21st March.
The recording of that performance is now in edit.

click here for details

Around 50 new contacts added to our links page
click here

08.03.02

Elephant Talk and Ray Stubbs have completed composition

of a 1 hour piece for film soundtrack - premiere performance at the Lion, Blakey, on 21st March 2002.

Blakey Summer Solstice celebration now confirmed for
20th June 2002
click here for details

We've now begun confirming dates for Branded and Prendo
touring schedule 2002

check Branded Dates and Prendo Dates

First "work in progress" session confirmed for Prendo and Branded
at Coach & Horses, Rosedale
on 21st April at 2.30 pm.


click here for details of next Blakey Music night

14. 01. 02

Photographs by Andrew Gilliver on
Prendo page
Branded page
Venues page
(the Blakey Music team)

Andrew specialises in music photography and
can be contacted on 0777 366 7067

Blakey Music programme January - June
now confirmed

click here for details of next Blakey Music night

07.12.01
"The Listening Booth"
now available with
range of extracts from Branded, Culture, Prendo,
and compilation albums


In production:
material for acoustic album has been recorded
by Prendo
now at edit stage for release in 2002

also at edit:
work in progress recording for
The Gerry Richardson Trio

18.11.01
Message Board / Guestbook
now on-line

Prendo to record solo set at
Jolly Roger, Scarborough on
Wednesday 28th November
 
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