Bravo Brave Bats - A Year in the Life
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Bravo Brave Bats - A Year in the Life
Bravo Brave Bats - A Year in the Life of an Unsigned Band. This vlog is designed to document a year in the life of Bravo Brave Bats - an unsigned band in a crowded music industry.
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Episode 35 - Highwire Tightrope at the BBC
A video of the band playing Highwire Tightrope at teh BBC Introducing Studio in Bristol.
Episode 34 - A Live BBC Session
An exciting evening as the the boys go to BBC Bristol to do a live session for the Introducing team. It sould be aired in the middle of February. Stay...
Episode 33 - A Survey for the Fans
The boys can't decide what songs to play at their forthcoming BBC Live session so commission a survey to be completed by the fans.
Episode 32 - Chatting about iTunes
The boys chat about getting their music on iTunes and a couple of ways of doing that. A quick chat about a new song in practice too.
Episode 31 - A New Project
The 3 E.P.s project is done and dusted and the band plan a new venture for 2012! Not to be missed!
Episode 30 - Merry Christmas
The band are joined by members of This Is The Kit and Rozi Plain for an impromptu and frankly rather scrappy rendition of a popular Christmas song.
Episode 29 - Practising for an Acoustic Show
The band have a quick practice at Ieuan's before a show at the Hillgrove Porter Stores.
Episode 28 - A Musical Trip to Bath
Ieu and Hec go to Bath to check out the markets and encounter a few interesting musical acts. Maybe they could inspire a new musical performance direc...
Episode 27 - An Interview with Dave from Artscare Records
Dave, founder, leader and comrade of Arstscare Records talks about the label and how he plans to turn it into more of a management/PR vehicle to fit a...
Episode 26 - Half Way Through
Ieuan chats about the blog being 26 episodes old with a little sneak peek at some of the launch footage.
Episode 25 - The Production Line
Ieuan and Hector chat through the production line for the Purple EP.
Episode 24 - Mastering and Making the Insert
The E.P. is all finished and the artwork for the insert needs to be done.
Episode 23 - Red Giant Video
A brand new video and a brand new song from the forthcoming Purple E.P. Shot in Croatia on the Island of Krk...
Episode 22 - A Live Performance and a look round Hec's Studio
The band are hard at work mixing the Purple E.P. Featuring a live performance in the Louisiana basement of Highwire/Tightrope, we have a look around t...
Episode 21 - Recording Vocals at Hector's Home
The band begin recording vocals for a track on the Purple E.P.at Hector's house. They use an MXL 2003 although the next day decide that the sound is t...
Episode 20 - Home Recording in an Office
The boys start home recording their new E.P. (at Hector's office). They record it themselves with Hector's gear and the band talk through how they hav...
Episode 19 - Hector's Pedal Board
Hector talks us through some of his most interesting pedals - SERIOUS PEDAL FANATICS ONLY (any other interested parties are welcome to watch, but natu...
Episode 18 - Storyboarding a Video for Robots
Ieuan creates his first ever storyboard using some atrocious drawings. The video will show the story of what happens when infants create robots. The s...
Episode 17 - Shooting on Location in Croatia / A Band Holiday
The band are on holiday and take the opportunity to shoot some footage for their next music video. Ieuan talks about recording and begins some editing...
Episode 16 - How Songs Take Shape
Ieuan describes how he works on ideas using a loop pedal and a mobile phone.
Episode 15 - Blogs, Snares and a New Song
Ieuan renovates his snare drum plus talks about success with a blog. The band have a practice in Ieuan's garden and run through a new song which may b...
Episode 14 - Big Jeff
The band bump into Bristol music institution Big Jeff after completing an interview for Drunken Werewolf Magazine. Jeff reveals the naked rock fantasi...
Episode 13 - Rebuilding the Website
In which the band do a much-needed rehaul of the website to get this very blog on it. Go check it out - www.bravobravebats.com
Episode 12 - Finances
Ieuan takes a look at the finances - or rather lack of - of the band. The song Wagons playing underneath is from the Green EP and has a fitting theme...
Episode 11 - Boats and Watering Cans
The band chat about playing gigs on boats and where to record and launch the next ep. Ieuan sees Rob Da Bank has a competition on Twitter to write a s...
Episode 10 - Tough Gig, Still Fun
The band go up to london midweek to play at Proud, Camden. Traffic trouble and a half empty room don't help but it's still fun gigging.
Episode 9 - The Finished Video
As introduced in Episode 4, here's the finished video. Please go to http://apps.facebook.com/greenpoll/index/band/id/477 to vote for this video in The...
Episode 8 - 1000 Things To Do Before You Die
This song couldn't be any newer. This is its first ever proper run through. It's rough but it might end up being good.
Episode 7 - The Practice Room
Hector shows off our home from home - the practice space. Featuring open sewers and collapsing ceilings. That's actually not too much of an exaggerati...
Episode 6 - Dot to Dot
The band prepare for playing Dot to Dot festival. A bit of waiting around and sound checking.
Episode 5 - Practice Recordings
Some notes on our newest song which isn't quite finished yet. Your thoughts are most welcome. Email band@bravobravebats.com ;
Episode 4 - Making a Music Video
The band do lots and lots of running in shooting a new music video in locations across the city. Ieuan has built a homemade fig-rig to aid the filming...
Episode 3 - On the Road Again
The band travel to The Rhythm Factory, Whitechapel for a gig on a Thursday night. There aren't many people there but we were filmed for a website - li...
Episode 2 - A New Song
Working acoustically on a new song together provisionally entitled Tightrope/Highwire along with details of a new microphone.
Episode 1 - An Introduction
The first of a planned year of weekly video blogs documenting the life of Bravo Brave Bats. Episode 1 introduces the project and includes footage from...