On Saturday 23rd February, I’ll be playing at Under The Bridge with Soul Education (a.k.a. The White Keys). It’ll be a special gig for two main reasons:

1. We’re welcoming Holoman back to the UK. He’s our incredible, Georgia-born singer, and the gig is our way of celebrating his return to this little island.
2. The whole gig is being recorded and filmed, and the footage will form our new promo video! For one night only we’ll be performing as a 12-piece - an experience that should not be missed!

We’re all really, really excited about it. But we need your help to make it extra special. We need a crowd of people to watch/listen/boogie. We promise to make it worth your while.

It’s over a month away, but we have discounted (£5) early bird tickets available for a limited time only. To buy tickets, please go to SeeTickets and click on ‘concessions’. This offer is only available till Wednesday 9th January, so get them sharpish!

See you there!

H x

This Friday, The White Keys return to Dover Street. Free entry before 10pm! On stage at 10:30. See you there, yeah?

(Here’s a video from the last gig there)

I’ve spent far too long messing about with the Novation Bass Station VST recently. I’ve got a long weekend of gigs with The White Keys coming up, so as an experiment I’ll be taking my laptop and MIDI keyboard with me to see how it comes across in a live situation. YEAH!

(I also need to find a way to make the above statement convey as much excitement as I feel, but it probably sounds just a bit dull… Oh well. IT’S EXCITING TO ME OK?) 

Normally I’d run my bass through a Boss OC-2 and an Electro-Harmonix Micro Synth to recreate that synth bass sound (it usually sounds like this), but the EHX pedal is in dire need of repair. These past couple of days have been a good opportunity to brush up on my keyboard skills - hopefully I won’t murder the tunes!

This should be a special night, so I’m promoting it early: Thom Cross live at the 100 Club, Friday 8th June. Put it in the diary!

For tickets and more information, please go to Feed Me Music.

Hope to see you there!

Last minute promotion for a gig tonight! Thom Cross will be playing at the Bedford in Balham. Free entry! On stage at 9:15pm. See you there!

Next gig: Thom Cross at Proud Camden, Tuesday 20th March. On stage at 9.45pm.

This Friday with Glamma Godz (formerly NdotE Project).

I’ve had an unusually busy January and February - if previous years as a professional musician are anything to go by at least. As more or less a direct result of this, I’ve had less time to talk online (either on here or on twitter) about what I’m doing. Irony? Eh, probably.

Anyway, I’ve got some pretty good stuff going on in March, particularly across the first few days, and this is pretty much my only chance to promote it properly. Here goes:

Thursday March 1st - Lions at yOyO, Notting Hill Arts Club

This should be really fun. We’ll be supporting Dena, and will be on stage around 9pm. We’ll be playing new material too!

I should also mention that this is a guest list only event, so please email lionsmusica@gmail.com with names to be guaranteed entry. 

Entry is £3 and ID is a must.

Lions | yOyO

Friday March 2nd - Thom Cross at The Water Rats

It’s all starting to come together - I reckon 2012 is going to be a good year for Thom Cross. Email info@thomcross.com to be added to the guest list. On stage at 8pm!

Thom Cross | Monto

Saturday March 3rd & Sunday March 4th - The London Bass Guitar Show

I’m super excited about this. As an endorsee of Vanderkley Amplification, I’m honoured to say I’ll be at the show representing their excellent amps and cabs. Marc will be there of course, along with Scott Devine, who is bloody brilliant. Check out his website (especially his tutorials) if you haven’t already done so.

Vanderkley | The London Bass Guitar Show

That’s all the promo I can manage for now - and I’ve only covered the first weekend of the month! Keep checking the gigs calendar on my website for more events. I’ll try to keep this blog as up to date as possible too.

In addition to all of this, I’ll be going about my usual business of adding new content to my YouTube channel. I also have other exciting stuff going on that I’ll announce when the time is right. Yessss.

Onwards and upwards!

Huw