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UPCOMING GIGS Coming
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3 MARCH 2010
After
an extended hiatus, Papertrail are returning with new
songs, renewed enthusiasm and are on the hunt for a drummer to join the fold.
If you know any or are interested let us know: papertrailperth@gmail.com.
28 DECEMBER 2007
Papertrail return from their ‘In
My Veins’ Tour of the Wheatbelt and just to give
everyone a taste of the experience, here’s a day by day tour blog from bass player
and tour manager Paul Speering:
TOUR BLOG -
DAY 1
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Well, what a great start to our "In My Veins" Tour of The Wheatbelt! The drive from my house to Northam was
uneventful (which is a good thing) and we lobbed into town with plenty of time
to set up for our opening show of the tour at the Northam Swimming Pool. I don't have any pics from the pool show on
my camera, so I'll have to wait for those who did take some photos to send
them through to me so I can stick 'em on here! We
played to 100+ kids and adults running around, splashing in the pool, jumping
of the diving board, playing gladiators in the kiddie's pool, and apparently,
we had a pretty decent sound! We got some great feedback, and we hopefully
made our mark on more than a few people. We even got a visit from Father
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Then on to the Avon Bridge Hotel, just down the road from the pool….
After a great opening set by The Residents, we jumped up on 'stage' (well a
corner of the beer garden anyway :P) at about 10pm.
After blowing away some cobwebs we really hit our stride, and had quite an
appreciative crowd on hand to hear our music. There was even one excited young
lady who came up and licked Luis' face during our second set!
So, all in all, the first day on tour was a pretty good one. I'm sitting
in the Cummins Theatre as I type this up, going through various sound checks and
sorting things out. It's great to be able to have some time to really get
things sounding awesome, as opposed to most of our gigs where we only get a
simple 'line' check to make sure things are actually working!
I'll write some more up later on tonight when I get some time, and for
all those people in Merredin, we want to see as many of you guys down at
Cummins Theatre as possible tonight! Doors open, and the support act starts at
8pm
TOUR BLOG –
DAY 2
This
is what I wrote after we finished at the Cummins Theatre in Merredin, but I
didn't have internet access, so I haven't been able to put it up until now:
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I'm
sitting in the Olympic Motel in Merredin at 2 am on Sunday morning, feeling
slightly disappointed on the one hand, but, on the other, happy that those who
did make the effort to come on down had a great time. We certainly had a great
time playing, and we came off stage pretty knackered at the end of the show.
It
wasn't until after I'd made all the bookings, and put everything in motion that
I found out that there was a combined 21st and 18th party, happening on the
same night as our show, about 500m down the road from the Cummins Theatre where
we were playing. So, unfortunately, that had an effect on the size of the crowd
that came down.
We
ended up with a smaller than expected crowd, but a crowd that was prepared to
get up and dance, and that gave us something to work with. So, we played for
those guys who made the effort, like they were the most important people on the
earth… we really appreciate the dancing ;-) We even signed a bunch of CDs for
those who bought one, so that when we get famous, they can sell them on EBay!!!
Now,
I'm gonna take a step back a few hours, to when we
were setting up. It was great to have some time to really properly set up our
gear, and have a PROPER sound check, and get things really sounding awesome.
When we play in Perth or Freo, we never have the
opportunity to do that, it's always "Get your gear on and off as quick as
possible" and that's fair enough, I understand why, but it really is a
great benefit to have a few hours to get things sorted out. We rocked up at the
theatre in the early afternoon, and after half an hour of unloading and setting
our gear up, the real business of getting things to sound nice in the kick arse
Cummins Theatre started.
We
decided to go real old school with the microphones, so that we could run two
separate systems, one for front of house, and the other for monitoring. It was
quite an experience having to sing into two mics at
once, and it gave me twice as many things to break! It ended up working
fantastically well, and we ended up with a great sound on stage for us to
listen to, and a great sound through the front of house for the crowd to listen
to.
After
we'd spent a good couple of hours getting all that set up, we headed down to
The Toy Kingdom at 4pm for our little acoustic in store show. Petro and I (Speero) sat back in the comfy couches and played completely
unamplified to a small but appreciative crowd. Initially, it was actually quite
confronting not having a mic stand to hide behind,
but by the end, we felt quite liberated by the experience. One thing we learnt
from that exercise was that country towns all go to sleep at about 1.30pm! We
would have had heaps more people if we'd started at 1pm instead of 4… but, it's
all a learning experience.
The
Cummins Theatre is a superb venue to play at, and I would highly recommend it
to any band that is considering touring out that way. Give me a buzz if you're
interested, and I can pass on the relevant information. We'd like to thank Jane
Bandurski for making the venue available to us, and
for putting in such a huge effort. Paul Bandurski did
a great job on the mixing desk and made sure that we sounded good without
causing any hearing loss, and we'd finally like to thank Casey, Laura, Heather,
and the rest for being ballsy enough to jump up for a dance! You really made
the night special for us!
Tomorrow's
a big day for us, with a 3 hour drive and then a Sunday session at The Corny
Hotel in Narrogin. It's been a long but rewarding trip so far, and I've got
plenty of stories to tell you all when I get back!
Take
it easy, and enjoy the holiday season!
Cheers,
Speero
TOUR BLOG –
DAY 3
Well,
after having a few days to let the tour sink in, and using the Christmas break
to recover from the tour, I think I can safely say that the final night of the
tour in Narrogin was the best night I've ever had being part of a band.
The
Corny was packed, the weather was warm, the barbies
were cooking up a storm, the vibe was awesome, and the audience were great! It
was the perfect way to wind up the tour, and by the end of our second set, you
couldn't wipe the smiles off our faces. It was just one of those feelings that is so hard to describe. What made it even better was sitting
down after it was all over, and enjoying a few drinks (non-alcoholic for me)
with some pretty cool people. We even got invited back on a rotation system
every 2-3 months because of the crowd that came down to see us, so that just
topped it off nicely.
The
owners of the pub, Kerry and Trev, and their 3 kids
are just about the nicest people you are ever likely to meet and they made our
time there highly, highly enjoyable.
After
driving for a few hours from Merredin, we arrived in Narrogin in time to have a
bit of a nap, and set up well in time for the show later that night. I even got
a warning flash from a passing police car, so I guess the gods were shining on
us this day! It was one of our aims to not be rushed driving while we were on
tour, and I think we managed that quite well. We always made it to the venues
in plenty of time, and could stick the cruise control right on the speed limit.
Upon
reflection, we've achieved something pretty decent with this tour. Not only
were we able to do this tour without being out of pocket, but we have ensured
future shows for the band in all three towns we visited, and possibly others
through our networking after each show; we have established links with the very
important local regional newspapers and radio stations; we have made friends
and fans in each town; we have taken Papertrail's
music out of the metro area, and have taken original music into cover band
territory, and come back unscathed. Only once did someone yell out "Play
some accadacca" and he was politely told to shut
up by the friendly security staff.
It
has been a huge learning experience for us as a band, and as individuals, and
we have come out off it much better as a band and as individuals. For myself,
it has been a heap of work to get this thing happening, as 'tour manager', and
I'm pretty happy with how it all went. Obviously, not everything went
perfectly, but it wouldn't be much of a challenge if that happened, now would
it! And it wouldn't have been possible if it wasn't for the other guys in the
band, and all the help we had along the way. It's been greatly appreciated.
By
the time I got home just after lunch on Christmas Eve, I was pretty knackered,
but in a good kind of way... I'm sure you know what I mean. It had been a huge
build-up, and in some ways I was glad it was over, but in other ways I wish it
could have gone on forever. But all good things must come to an end sometime,
if only to give us a taste of what we can achieve when we want to.
As
for what Papertrail is up to next, well, we have a
gig at The Railway Hotel in Freo on Friday the 4th of
Jan, and then we'll start working on our next recording. And I'm sure that
there'll be another tour in the pipeline in the near future as well, well, if I
have anything to do with it. But, as I always say, you've got to work to make
your own luck, and you have to work hard to be in a position to take advantage
of the opportunities that come your way, so who knows what the future may
bring!
Thank
you all for sharing this journey with us, and I have thoroughly enjoyed putting
my thoughts down for you all to read on behalf of Papertrail.
I hope you've enjoyed reading about the goings on of Papertrail
on tour, and maybe next time we'll be regaling you with stories from some more
exotic locations!
Until
next time, take care, and take it easy!
Speero
PS:
Once we finish filtering through some 300+ photos, we'll put some up here for
you all to enjoy!
12 NOVEMBER 2007
Papertrail are excited to
officially announce the details of their first ever regional tour, through The Wheatbelt, on the weekend of the 21st-23rd of December
2007.
Kicking
off the tour will be an all-ages community concert at The Northam Swimming Pool
Complex on Friday December 21. This will be followed with an 18+ show at The
Avon Bridge Hotel in Northam in the evening. On Saturday December 22 in
Merredin, Papertrail will perform two shows, the
first being an in-store acoustic performance at The Toy Kingdom, and the second
an all-ages show at the historic Cummins Theatre. On December 23, Papertrail wind up their tour with a Sunday Session
performance at The Cornwall Hotel in Narrogin. The tour itinerary is as
follows, and all shows are free entry:
Friday, 21 December
4
to 6pm: Northam Swimming Pool Complex, Northam (all ages)
9pm:
The Avon Bridge Hotel, Northam (18+) + guests
Saturday, 22 December
4
to 5pm: The Toy Kingdom, Merredin (all ages)
9pm:
Cummins Theatre, Merredin (all ages) + guests
Sunday, 23 December
4
to 10pm: The Cornwall Hotel, Narrogin (18+) + Ryan Webb and The
Bronze
This
tour is something that we have been anxiously awaiting since we first flagged
the idea. It’s taken a lot of work from the band to get things to this stage,
and I’m sure all the hard work will be worth it. We will be releasing a limited
Tour Edition of our debut EP “In My Veins” with bonus material, available only
during the Wheatbelt Tour.
3 OCTOBER 2007
On the weekend, Papertrail
took part in the annual Avon Rock Festival in Northam. The song “Throw Me A
Line” was runner up in the song-writing competition and Papertrail
placed 3rd in the band competition.
After having spent a few hours in the studio, Papertrail’s new songs are ready to be mixed. From
what we have heard so far, these new live favourites are going to sound pretty
damn good!
11 SEPTEMBER 2007
We’ll be throwing off the shackles of the city and heading bush in December 2007 for our first ever tour. We can now let you in on some of the details! We will be playing some in-store shows and possibly more all ages gigs as part of this tour, but those details will be finalised in the coming weeks.
A reminder also that Papertrail’s debut EP “In My
Veins” is on sale at the following stores for about $8:
78
Records | Planet Video | Mills
| Dada’s
Alternatively, you can grab one off us at one of our
gigs for $5!
10 SEPTEMBER 2007
Papertrail
cruise down
Entry is FREE and there will be FREE pizza at
10pm!! So come on down for a free feed, and some tunes!!! Doors open at 8pm.
The other bands hitting the stage and playing times are as follows: Papertrail: 8.30pm,
The Leopold Hotel can be found at
8 AUGUST 2007
We are heading back into the studio in September to lay down some new tracks. Keep your ears to ground for more news on that one. We are also close to finalising the details for a country tour later on this year. Once we have it all worked out, we will fill you all in.
6 MARCH 2007
Thanks
to everyone who came down on Saturday night to help celebrate our debut EP
launch! You really made the night enjoyable. We had a great time up on stage,
and I hope I didn’t injure anyone when I was throwing stuff out into the crowd!
Thanks to all our old fans, new fans and people who hadn’t seen us before for
turning up. It was great seeing so many faces out there in the crowd. We really
hope you enjoyed the show, and enjoy the EP.
We'd
also like to thank the other bands Love You Not, Good Little Fox, Chelsea
Lights and Spoonful for helping us celebrate this launch. It takes a lot of the
stress out of doing something like this when the people you deal with are,
well, easy to deal with! Also, have to mention the sponsors, RTRFM and Healthway, with their Drug Aware message, under the banner
of the Fresh Blast Program.
Now,
the EPs will be on sale in all the usual outlets from this week, but, you’ll be
able to buy them off us direct a little bit cheaper. We’ll be setting that up
very shortly. When we have it all sorted, we'll give you the info. If you're
interested in buying one of the EPs off us for $5, give us a hoy, and I'll set one aside for you! We will be playing
more and more shows over the coming weeks and months, and of course, we'll let
you all know the details when when they are
confirmed.
Thanks
once again for your support, and we hope to see you all at our upcoming shows!!
Cheers,
Speero
24 FEBRUARY 2007
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JUST 1 WEEK LEFT!!! … Until Papertrail launch
their new EP at the Rosemount Hotel in For a taste of
what the new EP offers, head over to our Myspace
page (www.myspace.com/papertrailperth)
for a clip of the first track ‘Throw Me A Line’. To farewell the shortest month in the calendar and
as a warm-up before the EP launch in March, Papertrail
will also be playing a show on SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25 at the Swan Basement with
Anton (from Petanque), The Bronze and The Harlequin
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13 FEBRUARY 2007
After
a long and exhaustive search, we have finally filled the vacant drummer
position in the band. Please welcome to Papertrail, Luis Burrows. We are all very excited
and looking forward to the new sound we’ll have with Luis’ talent on the drums,
and glad to add another member to the Papertrail
family.
23 JANUARY 2007
Papertrail will be launching their
brand new EP at the Rosemount Hotel on SATURDAY, MARCH 3. More details
regarding the line-up for the night are coming soon. For a taste of what the EP
offers, head over to our Myspace page at www.myspace.com/papertrailperth
for a clip of "Throw Me A Line".
12 JANUARY 2007
So
this is the new year … and Papertrail currently have their
collective heads down in the recording studio for the release of an EP in late
February. Keep checking the site for the latest info. Still looking for that
elusive drummer too, if you know anyone, you have our number …
11 DECEMBER 2006
More
acoustic shows coming your way with 3 shows in 3 weeks! All on Thursday nights,
so avoid the late night shopping Christmas crowds and come and relax with some cruisy live music …
14 NOVEMBER 2006
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Still drummer-less, but enjoying the
mellower side in acoustic mode none-the-less, Papertrail
have another upcoming performance!!! This time we’re back at our old haunting
ground the Swan Basement on Thursday night as part of Fever Fever (presented by www.rockus.com.au) with the Dee Dee
Dums and Wormhole. Doors open 8.30pm, entry is $6. We also putting some effort into
recording a new Demo CD for people to grab at shows, so keep harassing us!!! |
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18 OCTOBER 2006
After
a turbulent month with our drummer Clive retiring and a few show cancellations
due to illness and family emergencies, Papertrail are
back in the fold and the search for a drummer to join the band has commenced.
In the meantime, we'll be performing acoustic shows around town, starting with
the '20 Mins of Fame' comp at the
15 SEPTEMBER 2006
Due
to the pending arrival of a new member to our drummer's family, Thursday Oct
5th at The Hyde Park Hotel will be the last show for Papertrail's
drummer Clive (Workum). It is always sad to have a
band member leave, but the birth of a new child also brings so much joy and
happiness. So come down to The Hydey on the 5th of
October to celebrate the end of an era, and the start another ...
10 SEPTEMBER 2006
Gigs!
Gig! Gigs! Plenty of opportunities to see us south and north of the river swan
over the next few weeks with shows at the High Road Tavern, The Bog
(Northbridge) and The Hyde Park Hotel. Also, Papertrail
are on Triple J's Unearthed Website! If you like our stuff, we'd appreciate a
few votes or even some reviews. We're currently sitting just outside the Top
1000 overall and just outside the Top 100 in both our genres. There's plenty of
good music towards the top of the lists, so do yourself a favour and check it
all out, after you've given us a helping hand of course. See www.triplejunearthed.com/Papertrail
for details.
4 AUGUST 2006
Thank
you to all the people who came down on Saturday night. There was a great crowd in
attendance to witness a stunning show from the Dave Mann Collective. Heaps of
money was raised, and there was just such a great vibe. We'd also like to thank
the bands and artists for giving up their time for this charity event, The Dave
Mann Collective, The Dead Trees and Freya Hanly. It
was an absolute honour to share the stage with such fine musicians and such
fine human beings. T’was a good night indeed.
If
you would like to be kept in the loop about our upcoming shows, make sure you
sign up for our mailing list. We personally control the list, so you wont get
any spam. And feel free to drop into our forum to give us some feedback, or
just to say hello.
28 JUNE 2006
Hi
everyone! We’ve returned from our Dunsborough Band Camp refreshed, relaxed and with
plenty of new songs and dirty secrets to slot into our setlist,
not to mention all the photographic evidence we need to blackmail our rhythm
section in the future!! Moving right along, this Friday night, the 30th of June
at the Swan Basement in
30 MAY 2006
This
Friday night, the 2nd of June, the first instalment of two Mission Burma
Fundraising Shows will take place at The Swan Basement in
The
funds raised will go to a group of five volunteers from
MP3s
of our very first radio interview on 27 May @ RTR FM … COMING SOON!!!
25 MAY 2006
Yep, you heard right. Papertrail
will be on the radio this weekend. We will be interviewed this Saturday
afternoon around 2.30pm on RTR FM (during Homegrown),
which is 92.1 on your dials. If you listen carefully, you may even hear some of
our songs. Make sure you tune in!!!
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APRIL 2006
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On the 14th of
May 2006, at the Swan Basement in Fremantle, Papertrail
will be headlining a very special gig. We have something under our hats, but you’re
just going to have to come along to find out what it is!!! Our good friends,
Eve’s Arrival, Crashpod and Code will be helping us
celebrate Petro’s birthday, Papertrail’s 1st Year
Anniversary, and the surprise we have in store!!! Papertrail will be taking an active part in the
birth of a new live original music venue at the Coolbellup
Hotel. Starting on Saturday the 20th of May, Papertrail
will be playing regularly at Papertrail are also taking an active part in two
upcoming charity gigs, on the 2nd of June and the 29th of July. These two
nights will provide much needed money for the charity organisation
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3
APRIL 2006
Hi Everyone! Papertrail
have just finished their first foray in a recording studio proper and can't
wait to hear the results later this year. A big thanks to Ollie and the
students at
3
MARCH 2006
Well, after gigs-a-plenty to start the first 2
months of the year, Papertrail have hit the studio
thanks to the students of
30
JANUARY 2006
Hi Folks! We had a great time playing at the second
instalment of the Cockburn Community Concert series for this summer. A cast of
thousands turned out on Saturday night to be entertained by Papertrail,
Eve’s Arrival and Peace, Love and All That Stuff! We also gave away some demo
CDs and were called on for autographs later in the night!
20
JANUARY 2006
Just want to say a huge thanks to the Cockburn
Council and all the folk that came down to support us for the Cockburn Battle
of the Bands last Sunday. We came second in the overall judge's award and first
in the audience award winning some pretty cool prizes including recording
time!!
10
JANUARY 2006
Papertrail are kicking off the new year with a rash of shows spanning
the metro area, including a couple of
26
NOVEMBER 2005
Hi Folks. Welcome to the revamped Papertrail website (the old one suffered from a lack of
updates and a lack of colour too). Have been getting back into the swing of
rehearsals again for our last show for the year and a worthy cause – Burma
Fundraiser, Dec 3 @ The Kitchen (Leederville) – hope to see plenty of people
there.
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OCTOBER 2005
Another gig down at the swan basement – we had a
great time with our pals the Verites and Eddie
Lovejoy. It was a last minute slot for us, but pulled it off and all parties
had a great time. So after a couple of confidence building gigs at the Swan,
with some great advice and feedback from punters, peers, friends and family, Papertrail will be rehearsing like there’s no tomorrow for
upcoming shows.
We are also progressing well with the mixing of a
few demo songs in a bid to put together a glorious demo CD (something to show
the grandkids).
Finally, the elusive keyboard role will be filled inhouse (Paul has finally starting to practice on the old
Casio again and Jason will play parts where necessary).
20
AUGUST 2005
Well, after recently recording and submitting songs to the 2005 WAM song
of the year contest (checkout the music page to hear them), we are currently
busy rehearsing and revamping our setlist for
upcoming performances.
3
JULY 2005
Welcome everyone! We finally have our website up and running (it wasn’t quite
as arduous as it first seemed) so feel free to roam around …