HOPE Portsmouth

Backbeat records is very busy at the moment with bands coming and working with us after school. Some recent additions are:

• Split Personalities: After the last academy, the Big Shot Bandanas split and joined forces with Split Personalities to form a new and exciting band. These guys are hungry for gigs and we’ll be working with them on their live performances and recording some demos.
• Defined Music: A newly formed three piece, these guys have some gigs lined up and will be working with Backbeat to do some work on their material, their original songs and doing some recordings.
• Zoo In They Sky: A highly experienced young band who are up for recording some of their songs to produce a really class demo.
• Heather Bailey: Heather is a solo acoustic act who is working with Backbeat to sharpen her performance, her songs before getting stuck into some gigs.

Some exciting things going on. Check out the band websites (which are new) for the latest info…

I know it has taken longer than expected but the DVD’s are finally ready! We are really pleased at how amazing everyone performed at the gig and we know you are going to enjoy watching it along with all the special features and behind the scenes footage.

If you took part in the Summer Academy then you are eligible for a free copy. Extra copies can be ordered at the cost at £5 each. If you would like extra copies, contact us and let us know.

Work is progressing really well on the HOPE Summer 2009 DVD. And to whet your appetites we’ve uploaded a trailer for your viewing pleasure…

Now I know that the DVD is a little behind schedule – but believe me I have a good excuse! As you can see me and my wife had a little baby girl a couple of weeks ago and as such it has stopped us getting the DVD out on time. But rest assured we are back on the case and we hope to have it ready in a couple of weeks.

I know you are having to wait – but isn’t she cute…….

My man Stu was a very busy boy on the day of the Summer Academy gig taking lots of photos of us all. We’ve put a selection of them up here for your viewing pleasure.

Work on the DVD is going well and we expect it to be ready for release in the first week of October. We’ll of course let you know when you can get hold of them!

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Another Summer Academy has been and gone – and it was a really incredible week I can tell you. I won’t post much here but very soon we’ll get online some photos from the gig and movie trailers for you to watch. We may not get them up straight away but trust me they will be worth the wait!

Thanks again to all who took part and especially the mentors for all their hard work.

Well the DVD’s are finally ready! Of course they contain the showcase gig but they are also loaded with special features such as behind the scenes ‘Rock-u-mentary’, post-gig interviews, directors commentary and lots more. (more…)

I know many of you have been chomping at the bit, asking when the DVD is going to be ready and I have some good news! The DVD’s are designed, mixed, edited and printed and we are just in the final stages of burning them all for your viewing pleasure. We will have them ready for public consumption on Tuesday 14th July.

If you were involved in the academy you are entitled to one free DVD and you can order extra copies by contacting us.

Until next Tuesday, feast your eyes on our trailer! Enjoy…

A few weeks ago the Big Shot Bandanas and the Split Personalities were interviewed on Express FM about the demos they have just recorded and their involvement with the HOPE project. We now have, for your listening pleasure the un-cut interviews which were broadcast live for your listening pleasure…

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I know it has taken a while – but we finally have some cool photos for you to check out of the gig we did a few weeks ago. It was a very cool gig indeed and we are working hard on the DVD which we hope will be available in a couple of weeks. As always, we’ll keep you posted….

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