hello
1 month agofinally up and about after the finals. such a long journey had to be up at 5 some didnt even bother going to bed cause they were out with the coral society and then we got home about 3. god help our bus driver at least everyone else could get to sleep@@
congrats to everyone at the final and hopefully well see you all again
Final Preparations
1 month agoOh my god can ya believe its 2mra!! ok well today was busy busy busy for all d members of the company between selling happy hearts, going to all our various classes and the most important finishing off all the work for the finals 2mra!! The stuff for our t-shirts and all arrived so we had to get em done and all 8 members travelling 2mra went home smiling with their t-shirts in hand! Everythin is realy comin together and we can't wait for 2mra even if it is a really early start i.e we're leavin ennistymon at 6 o' clock IN THE MORNIN!!! oh well no pain no gain!! Good luck to all the MMCs 2mra hope ye all do brill
GO ON BANNER BEATS
Lots of luv
Sarah and Lisa
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interview ulla( our Cool german school cleaner!)
1 month agoInterview with Ulla!!
(As in Apples in Irish!)
Q1. Where are you from?
A1= Born France, raised Germany!
Q2. Why did you choose Ireland?
A2= Met nice Irish… (No no he not worth it)
I make Irish friends in United States…
I love Irish culture (Repeated 3 times!
she really does love it!!) It’s close to my heart!
Closer than all other cultures!
Q3. How long have you been in Ireland for?
A3 On & off since nineteen hundred..Eighty three..But continuously here now since five years…
Q4. Why did you want a job in Scoil Mhuire?
A4. Well I tell you! I wanted to apply in 80’s but scarcity of job…and now 5 years ago chanced it coos market picked up..I fulfilled my dream to live & work in Ireland…
Q5. What was your 1st impression of Scoil Mhuire?
A5 I like principal..I like Teachers….I like all you kids…
Q. Has it changed? A6. opinion intensified.
Q6.Have you made any friends here at Scoil Mhuire?
A6. You all my friends!!
Q7. How long will you work here for?
A7 Future will tell..Ha ha! Should I make answer funny?? Depends on how good you pick up the litter HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!(For 5 mins!) See I do have sense of humour!!
The Moringa Tree-CEO
1 month agoThere is an old saying ''Morina leaves prevent 300 diseases''.
The Moringa Tree has -2x the protein of yogurt,-7x the vitamin of oranges,-3x the potassium of bananas,-4x the vitamin of carrots,-4x the calcium of milk.These figures reflect gram-for-gram comparisons with Moringa leaves.
Moringa Trees are easy to grow in arid conditions:-from seeds or cuttings,-Even in marginal soils,-Very little care needed,-Very little water required,-Produce fruits&leaves within 8months.
They are easy to use:-Add fresh or dried leaves to any dish,-Dry leaves(in shade) and store,-8 to 24g of leaf powder daily improves health.
As our social project, us BannerBeat members held a tea party to fundraise to support the planting of Moringa Trees.We all baked cakes,buns,tarts etc at home for the tea party and any one who wished to enter paid a donation of €3 or more. We raised up to €130 which is equal to 65 Moringa Trees.
So proud of us, BlastBeat has really given us a chance to put ourselves out there and help others. If you too would like to help support the planting of Moringa Trees the address is:Vita Head Office, 73a Blessington Street, Dublin 7, Ireland. Or tel(01)8820108,fax(01)8820633, email info@vita.ie or search www.vita.ie
We can make a difference(",)
Jennifer-CEO
CEO report!!!
1 month agoHey all, havent wrote a blog in ages. We did so much over de last 2 weeks...Bake sale, picking the weeds around our school, helped the community by picking up rubbish around Ennistymon(EW) so we're spreading our good spirt around.I uploaded sum pics of the girls and when we went hill walking so have a look and i'll try upload more. I'm calling a meeting tomorrow at lunch time to discuss ideas and sort out jobs etc. Im also gona make a list of all the members of the company and their jobs that they have to do and done. Cant belive the national finals is this sunday, we're all stressed and excited so hope all goes well. Ill do up another report tomorrow after the meeting.
GO MARBLE CHIPS..WOO!!!
Jennifer-CEO
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Bake Sale
1 month agoToday we had our bake sale. we raised over 70€...planning more fundraising....not bad today considering half the school was missing!!!
to day bannerbeast went green
2 months agowill tel ya more abu it n a couple of mins have to go now late 4 class
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Todays Meeting
2 months agoHey all
today we had a quick bannerbeats meeting just to keep the motivation up for the final.
Heres what we did........
We organised getting copies of business plans finance plan pr plan etc etc etc
We planned our t shirts for the Nationals
We started de decorating 4 our stand!!!!!
organised a bake sale to raise money
did a video that we will bring to dub because de computers wn't let us upload it!!!!
began doin up a file on the concert/musical that we helped organise to help us develop our skills that we are working on in Blastbeat!!!!!
will talk to ye soon.......
bye xx
deirdre
here i am again spreading the word
2 months agowell guys...
ok more news
yesterday a couple of us stayed back and had an ickle bannerbeats meeting...
we now hav a bannerbeats box....i went into the storage room and emptyd a box.....shmurray,ailbhe and aoife shan painted it BLUE!!!
everything we have is goin into the box and its STAYING IN THE SCHOOL!!!!
NOT GOING WALKIES ANYWHERE...
cds have been collected and orgainesd...
siobahn got the prices for a bus to dublin for the finals...
supervision up there being arranged as we speak...
iv been snappin happy and uploading all the fotos we have...
deirdre and sarah are orgainising bussiness plan..
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Minutes for meeting 23rd April
2 months ago
23rd April Wendesday
needed for presentation;
Folder of all emails and articles
Bank draft to pay for CDs and charity
bring cd not sold to dublin
wheres the bus money coming from
Give out poasters for dublin to put up around;
4 lahinch
3 miltown
1 kilforna
1 liscannor
2 corofin
5 aisling and rhian
speak to and clear it with ms donnellan about what happens to the money once the competition is over and in case we win the money
profit that we have now about 350 will go towards the trip to dublin
written by deirdre and lisa
posted by siobhan
Minutes from todays meeting at lunch time
2 months ago21st Monday April 130
# Marble chips Regional Final
# Andy hamilton - next week paper
# Clare Champion to be put up on blog Roisin
# Emma email video
# Siobhan Bebo page for Bannerbeats
# Lisa e-mail interview with Marble Chips to Miss Fahey
# Next paper article to be about band
# Exact no. for regionals travelling
- Jennifer As Sarah Nolan Bs
#Decide 8 peolple when full meeting
# parents to supervise?
# Get everyone to join marble chips as fans on Bebo
# T-shirts ?
- Caoimhe,Cara
# Roisin marble chips image
written by deirdre
posted by siobhan
meeting
2 months agowe rested after that but had our fist class sceledude meeting with some members missing towards the end of the week we arrived home.
one member resigned our online content manager aoife long and we were sad to see her go.
stuff(paper article)
2 months agoCongrats to marble chips who placed in the regionals and best of luck for the next stage''@@
we have just had an article in the paper telling clare about marble chips and about us going to dublin. also a lovely picture of marble chips if i do say so myself. will try to upload it but having problems with the website and uploading stuff.
Blog de dog de bog........
2 months agohello all. Decided t do sum gud 4 once nd stick up an oul blog just so jon etc etc etc know dat bannerbeats r very much preparing 4 de finals!!!!........sarah.our accountant.is in de process f sticking up the figures nd its all gud....we hav a def profit!!!!......we are also organising an interview wit de band marblechips..showin our real enthusasm and dedication......so if we can arrange a date you wil b seein dat in de future so keep an eye out for all de goss here wit bannerbeats!!!!.....tanx t jon for dat brief reassurance bout finals bein in may and if he happens t c dis cud he please send on a bit more info as to what we can do t get a few more f dem points in de bag!!!!!........thats about all i can tink f right now!!!!!....happy no time f de year t everyone!!!!!...slan agus gra!!!..deirdre...xxx
Finances!!!! Xxxxxx
2 months agoOk so at the moment we have a rough idea of how our finances lie! Jus completin the final acoounts so should have them by the end of the week and will let ye know how we did!! Can't wait for the finals!! Talk to ye soon!!
Sarah xxxx
rough budget updated
4 months ago
Tomorrow we will have a more accurate and extensive budget but for now this is all I have got a rough idea;
€1000 profit
€400 C.D money owed
€205 money to be paid back to employees(explained below)
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€595 profit
We had agreed that everyone take 3 C.Ds each and try to sell them if they couldn’t they still had to pay €28 (the price of the C.Ds) . Unexpectaly those who agred at the start change their minds as soon as they relised and didn’t pay. Those who did are now getting their money back. Same goes with company shares
Finance Managers Report
5 months agoRECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS SUMMARY:
Receipts for the year totalled €1725.81 and payments amounted to €703.30. the bulk of the receipts came from ticket sales with the remainder coming from CD Sales, Shares and Shop Sales. The difference means that the company currently has €1022.51 at it's disposal.
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT OF BANNER BEATS MINI-RECORD COMPANY FOR YEAR ENDED 31/12/'07
INCOME
Shares 55.00
Shop 58.66
Concert Sales 688.15
CD Sales 375.00
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TOTAL INCOME 1176.81
EXPENDITURE
Stationary 22.10
Venue 50.00
Light & Sound 150.00
Taxi 36.00
DJ 30.00
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TOTAL EXPENDITURE 288.10
SURPLUS OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE - €1022.51
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YAY!! We made money!!!!!
Review...don don da!"
6 months agoHey everybody! It’s Lisa F. here (again) doing another review. As you should probably know by now, (unless you've been living under a rock for the past few months)last night was Bannerbeats concert, and (speaking as a completely independent third party) it was fabulous!
The battle of the bands took place in the Teach Ceoil Ennistymon (the hub of all activity in west Clare, and the best venue ever!) and began with a disco from our favourite do Chris at 8pm. Before I begin describing the bands, I’m going to tell you a bit bout the venue, which I have to say looked absolutely fabulous! The stage looked amazing thanks to the amazing backdrop (art and design team - very very nice!) and the lights were literally out of this world. Multicoloured and flashing. What more could you want?
Anyway, onto the music. Chav were given the unenviable task of coming first, but they didn’t seem to mind whatsoever, and like true showmen, they gave it everything. Chav did three (excellent) songs. The most memorable thing about Chav? Their showmanship without a doubt. I have never seen a band this enthusiastic when on stage, especially when they were on first! Anyway the drums and guitars (I’m sorry I can’t be any more specific then that!) deserve a special mention!
‘A Star Called Henry’ were up next, and my God did they get the crowd going! Their first song (Chelsea Dagger by the Fratellis) was possibly better then the original, and yes I thought the original was amazing. By the looks of it, I wasn’t the only one who appreciated the cover, the crowd went absolutely mad! I loved the vocals and the bass guitar, but really it was all good!
What can I say about our next band, Marblechips? Well they are lively (and that’s putting it very very mildly).Their energy and enthusiasm was infectious, and they were the first band who definitely made a conscious effort to get the audience up and dancing. Oh and yes, they certainly succeeded! The had the audiences attention throughout their set, and this was due in no small part to their vocals, which were among the best in the competition. Everyone there, myself included, felt they were very impressive.
Up next were local band Robot Pirates from Ennistymon and Lahinch. They did a cover of ‘99 red balloons’ which proved to be extremely popular. They then moved on to do two of their own songs, Shizlac adn I'm a player. I happen to be extremely fussy when it comes to my music, but I have to say those two songs were as good as most of the songs that I love at the moment. As well as being very original, the Robot Pirates gave an impressive performance on stage. Good job!
Finally, (last but not least) was Septica. Septica are difficult to describe, because as far as I can tell there is no band I can think of that sounds like them - talk about originality! Septica were loud and mad (as all good rock bands should be), and succeeded in maintaining the high standard set by all the precious bands. Their music was easy to dance to, and the audience seemed to realise this, with most of the floor packed during their songs.
After Septica were finished, we were down to the business end of the battle of the bands. Unfortunately a battle will always mean there a casualties of war, in this case Robot Pirates and Chav were the two who suffered. Septica and A Star Called Henry were placed in joined second place, but the winner, who will go on to represent Clare in the next stage of this competition was … Marblechips! (Congratulations guys!) All the bands should be extremely proud of themselves for putting on a great show, as should the mini company Bannerbeats (not that I know any of them. Honest!). I’m fairly sure that Deirdre has said all the thank yous, but just in case I’ll say thank you to our DJ, judges, bouncers, shop keepers, door people…I can’t think of anyone else, but ye know who ye are! Talk to ye soon!
Lol Lisa xxx
FINALLY
6 months agoWell its D-Day and we're (hopefully)all getting ready to head for the Teach Ceoil, our fabulous venue for the evenings festivities. Naturally everyone in the group is excitied and nervous at the same time and very anxious to get this show on the road! So only a few hours left until it all starts and the pressure truly begins, but in the end it will all be worth it (touch wood)and the group will want to start the whole thing all over again. So anybody that views our page, please wish us good luck and anybody coming tonight hope you enjoy yourself and have a good night!!
PR Report.!
6 months agoHi every1,
Its aisling here, jus thought i'd giv ye a quick update on wat im doing at the moment... over the last couple of days i've been publishizin the BannerBeats Battle of the Bands.. its been successful at da moments.. Right now im getting the names of all the bands so we can take note of their entrance, and make sure their all in on time and get in free.. Also we can keep this list for the judges..
lol Aisling Waters.x
Our Gig
6 months agoHi all....this is just a quick update on our gig for Sat nite...Its on in teach ceol in Ennistymon(best little town in de world)....we now have 5 bands playing A Star Called Henry, Chav, Robotpirates, Septica and Marblechips. Theres posters up all around de place and look out for the girls wit flyers and tickets tmra evening....they'll be around when school finishes if you want t buy tickets; get info etc.!! For the bands theres a soundcheck etc. etc. on sat evening but 4 people thinkin of comin it starts at 8pmsharp...tickets went on sale yesterday/today so its a good idea to get your tickets now as they are cheaper than on the night(8euro instead of 10euro) and it means you'll def get in!! De girls will be sellin them after skol tmra or else just txt ring de number on de poster or talk t anyone in de company...there is going t be a disco afterwards..YEAH!!....i think that fills ye in on de details!!!..now all you have t do is turn up and enjoy!! o and thanks t EVERYBODY in bannerbeats for all the things they r doing t organise sat nite..deirdrexxx......(this is just a few extra things that you don't need to know if you're just comin to the gig... its more for the blastbeat people....we have organised bouncers/security for the night; there will be a shop selling drinks; hopefully we'll have a cloakroom; the judges are organised; all the shares money and cd sales money needs to come in tomorrow to sarah; and apart from all that things are lookin pretty good and we are going t hav a fab nite!!!xx
**SECRETARY REPORT**
6 months agoHey guys, My name is Katie and I'm the secretary for "Banner Beats". My job is to take notes in every meeting we have and do general jobs that a secretary does! I tried to type out all the minutes that I have taken in this blog but there isn't enough room! But basically at the start of the blastbeat meetings, we had to make many decisions i.e. when we would have meetings/what bands we would have. shares had to be collected from everybody, it was honestly hectic at the start, but now it's going extremely well, Our concert is on next week,Saturday 15th of December so we're just planning the final touches this week.In the past few weeks,we have been planning venue/lighting/advertising/sound/se curity etc. so i've alot of notes on all that planning..
anyway thats all i'm going to say for now!
love katie x x
Finance Update (",)
6 months agoHey everybody!!! Well CD money has finally began to surface and all of it should be collected by Friday yay!!! Tickets for our gig on Saturday are goin on sale this week!!! €8 if ya book through Katy a.k.a chattygirl and €10 if ya decide to appear on the night!!! All in all moneyside of
BannerBeats are lookin good!!!!!!!!!LOL!!!!!! :):):):):):):):):):):):)
C ye Saturday!!!
Sarah xxxxxx
Finance Report
7 months agoHey guys!!! Absoloutly delighted about gettin the job in Bannerbeats allthough tis a slight pain....like havin all this money been givin to ya like sooooo hard!!!! Anyways progress on the money front has been slightly slow but finally the C.Ds are beginnin to sell.....thank god!! So on the finance side things are lookin good!!! That's all for now so we'll be talkin tcha again!!!
Sarah G Xxxxxxxxx
Selling the C.D'S!!!!!
7 months agoK up til now we've had problems selling the CD's,,, but finally we r on track, as our sales manager and the rest of our team pulled 2gether to sell these Cd's................... the problem was a lot of the studnets willing to buy them, either always 4got their money or jus simply thought dey cud burn the disc off their friends....... but now we r sorted and cause of our bril team we r makin a gud profit....Bringin us closer to that all important day.....BannerBeats moment of glory, our BATTLE OF THE BANDS....!!!!!!!! yeahhhhhhhhhhahhhhhhhhhahahhhhhh.. every1 is reali lukin forward 2it...!!!!!!XxXxxXxXxXxXx
LOL... XxXxXx
Katy...xXx
photos
7 months agohey emma ere. me and rhian where drafted into blastbeats only a while ago.we've already started taking lots of snaps bu since the it team had problems uploading the fotos we wer a bit slow at first....bu as u can c we managed to get abu 60 up.....stil more to put up do!!!i also recorded a video of how we "raised awarness" of the cd sale bu am having a little trouble uploading it bu il get it up asap.....its wort a look at-quite funny
well luv yas
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Video Crew Monthly Report
7 months agoi took lots of videos of the band meeting and of bannerbeats selling their cds but because the computers at school are bad i have been unable to upload any. i got to work as soon as i got my job taking videos of the students in the company around school.
PR Monthly update
7 months agohi im alibhe howard and im the PR manager. when i got the job i thought i could just ring up papers and magazines and they would be more than delighted to post our articles i soon changed my mind. i first tryed to get an article of ours published in the clare people while they were attentive and said that they would consider it and possibly call me back they didnt and there has been little to no contact from them even though i tried to make contact. here is my PR plan for the month of october;;
WHAT WILL BE CONTAINED IN THE PRESS RELEASE?
{An introduction to blastbeat- what it involves who is included and whats its aim is
{Promotion of our band the names of our bands and their type of music
{An overview of the concert- where it is, whos playing when is it being held
WHAT STAFF WILL BE INVOLVED AND WHAT WILL BE THERE ROLES?
aisling waters and alibhe howard- PR manager and assistant
#Research various radio programmes to see which program would be the best suited to hold our interviews and adverts in order to capture our target aduiance
#get in contact with the local newspaperers to research the price(if any) of submiting our review of the CD and concert and advertise our concert
#Talk to the other schools in the area(country) about putting up posters to make pupils aware
LISA FLYNN- REPORTER
Writes the report of the CD and Concerts to be published in the newspapers
WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR GETTING THE PRESS RELEASE INTO THEIR HANDS
look up the address/contact details of the newspapers and radiostations
north clare local;
lou ward
camame
doolin
co.clare
pho ne;(065)7075960
clare people newspaper;
clarepeople
mill rd
ennis
co.clare
phone;(065)6895500
fax;0 65 6895501
Photographers Monthly Report
7 months agoafter the first photographer left the company i was very glad when myself and my partner were chosen to share the job of photographer. we got to work straight away on taking pictures during meetings and lunch and cds sellings. we found it very hard at first to upload the photos because of lack of communication and the computers malfunctioning
Rhian Wright and Emma Hennessy
Photographers
Art & Design Monthly Report!!xXx
7 months agoHey ppl's...!!!
Well i'm Katy Foley, BannerBeats Art and Design Manager.I luv my job and im really happy that i was chosen. At the moment im putting the finishing touch's to the posters that have to be distributed around Clare! while also designing the back-drop 4 our Battle of the Bands...!!! Busy month, but it'll be worth it... Having problems uploading pic's and design's to our BannerBeats page, that's why our re-designed logo isn't up yet..... but hopefully soon....heeeehhheeeh Every1 involved in our mini company is really working hard, and we are all helping each which is gr8..... lik we are all selling cd's and really promoting our battle of the bands....!!!!! oH AND THE BANDS are wicked... so check them out.. they are really practising hard and promoting themselves.....!!!!!xXXxxXxXxXxXx
Tanks 4readin.
LOL.Katy.xXx
Journalist Monthly Review!"
7 months agoHey guys!
Busy month in Ennistymon. Were busy trying to organise our concert (14th of December, BE THERE!) so thats been great. I have finished doing my interview and review, which were both great! Robot Pirates gave a savage interview (Thank you guys!!) so they deserve credit. If you havn't read it yet please do (the answers are good, I swear). Blastbeat cd is selling well, and is a great cd (as you would know if you read my review! We have a limited number left, so if you want one, buy it fast! Thank you so much for all your support, and don't 4get to keep reading! I'll try and have another review up soon!
LOL Lisa xxx
INTERVIEW!
8 months agoHey guys, Lisa here with her first interview (again, I can only get better...). Thanks to d fabulous Robot Pirates who were d people I interviewed!
1. Hey guys! First of all, who are ye and where are ye from?
we are Liam grant, ciaren monoaghan and ?????? from lahinch.
2. Describe your music in one word:
fast... very fast... like speedy gonzales meets a surfboard...
3. When did you guys start playing together, and how did it happen? Did ye know each other before ye started playing together?
ya we was like best buddies and been playing with ourselves for just over a year. but have jusr recently lost our guitarist james skerritt due to him being diagnosed with artrithist of the back, very sad for all... but are replacing him with daire linnane! a slightly less talented guitarist! but looks less like a girl!
4. How did your band get its name?
stole it from rayman 2, the baddies in it are called robot pirates! also in a episode of spongey they go to a place called robot pirate island
5. When did you guys realise you wanted to be musicians?
when realised wer not the best looking, we suck at sports (except surfing(liam is king)) so we better be in a band if we wanna get chicks.
6. How often do ye practice and how often do ye get to gig?
we pratice alot i guess but we mostly just take the piss... we usually get a gig on average 2 a month...
7. Who comes up with your songs? Is it a group effort or does one person do all the composing?
Liam he writes like a godess... james used to but the lyrics wer kinda sappy...
nope... just Liam!
How many original songs do ye have? like 7 but about 3 are good!
8. Does your band ever do cover versions of songs? If so, which songs?
yes lots and way to many to remember or name..
9. Do practices and gigs interfere with your social life?
what does interfere mean... something to do cats? yup dont know ya talkins about
10. What instruments do ye play? yes, lots
11. Who is/are your favourite bands/artists at the moment? Rihanna... what a babe...shut up and drive, drive drive... classic
12. Who is/are the bands main inspiration? McFly... its all about you baby
13. Finally what do you hope to gain from participating in Blast Beat? Some chicks i guess...
Review
8 months agoHey guys! Lisa F. here doing her first review for blast beat, so I can only get better! I’m reviewing the blast:beat volume 5 album from 2006/2007 (well we have to know what were going to be selling don’t we!) Considering the age of the bands, this album really does sound very professional, and I could defiantly listen to this again! The album is basically a compilation of the top seventeen bands from last years blast beat competition, and I’ve managed to pick out the highlights.
It starts off with ‘Something for a while’ by Stanley. The bass guitar and drums for this song are really strong and I did like this song. If there was ever a song for going wild to, I guess this is the one! Its loud, with lots of (really good!) instrumentals from the lead guitar and drums - everything that good rock should be in my opinion!
The third song is called ‘Black Storm’ by Cronus, and is a really fast rock song. The vocals, well…do you remember two years ago, when Lordi from Finland won the Eurovision Song Contest (they were the ones dressed as monsters)? Well if you thought they were good, you ain’t seen nothing yet! Whoever plays the guitar on this song deserves a medal. Seriously. How anyone can play that fast is completely beyond me!
‘Without a word’ by KVX is my favourite song on the album (though it was very close in the end), mainly because it is one of the only songs that actually feature female singers! I know that instruments like the violin, glockenspiel and flute would not normally be found in a rock band with guitars and drums, but I swear on my life they sound good! According to some of my friends they sound like the Corrs, I maintain they sound much better then the Corrs ever were. Think Kelly Clarkson goes rock and joins a band! Vocals (including backing vocals which are really class!) all deserve a mention because they are really good!
Track seven is called ‘Tomorrow is my lucky day’ by Setmaker. Personally it reminds me of How To Save a Life by the Fray (that’s a definite compliment- I loved that song!). The violin kicks ass, though its not a main feature, so violin haters need not worry. The vocals are excellent, as are the lyrics, so this song would have to rank up in my top five. It is one of the most professional songs on the album.
At five minutes nineteen, ’Cellar Door’ by Eitinn is the longest song on the album. This song is also my second favourite out of the entire album. Crea O’Halon (isn’t that a great name?!) does a really good job with the vocals - this girl is one powerful singer! The entire band just seem to work together really well and have produced a really good, lively rock song. The drums, guitar and keyboard are all really good. A word of advice - I did actually find this song infectious, the kind of song that you just have to dance to. So under no circumstances should you attempt to do homework while listening to this one.
‘Girls like Mandy’ by Hotstop is the fourteenth track on the album, and reminds me of a toned down version of Chelsea Dagger by the Fratelis, which is possibly by favourite song ever. This was another one of those catchy songs that I can’t get out of my head. Although this song is not hard core rock like most of the rest of the album, I think this can only be a good thing, there is after all only so much rock a girl can take! The lead singer can sing, the drummer deserves a special mention and the guitars are faultless. What more can I say!
Overall this a pretty solid (and very catchy) rock album, which makes our job selling it a hell of a lot easier. There’s a good lot of songs , 17 is a lot people, so I guess there’s something for everyone! Most of the bands are worth looking up again (most of them actually have a bebo page as well as their blast beat pages, so check them out for concert info and stuff like that!
Ok ladies and gentlemen that is my first review over and done with! I have just realised that I gave every single song on the album a good review, which probably isn’t such a good thing. You’ll just have to trust me when I say that this is a really good album (I wouldn’t give it such a good review otherwise!) and should defiantly be bought (particularly if you intend to but it from ‘Banner Beats Records’ in Ennistymon, CO. Clare). Go on - we’re worth it!