Kiltimagh

Kiltimagh

the cateogries so far...

1 week ago

The categories so far include
-most catchy song
-funniest song name
-best band logo
-best vocal performance
-best frontman/woman
-band with the hottest members
-hottest drummer....JOKE!!!!
-most original band name
-best hair
-best album cover
-best song lyric
-best band picture (as in the members)

these are only a few though so get messaging me and let me know your ideas...NOW!!!!

LA or Busk!!!

3 weeks ago



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Blastspace and Sunday World present 'LA or Busk'
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BlastSpace are hosting 10 competitivelive music events over the summer and the best act from each event will go forward to play it out at the ‘LA or Busk’ Finals in Dublin. The overall winner will get a trip to Los Angeles to play a showcase event in front of music professionals!

How to enter
1. Collect 25 mastheads (that’s the title banner on the front page of the Sunday World).
2. Set up your band/artist profile on www.blastspace.com – you must write a band biography, including names, location, what instruments members play and a brief history. You must also upload at least 1 original music track (MP3) and two good quality band photographs.
3. Add ‘LA or Busk’ profile as a friend.
4. Send your 25 Sunday World mastheads along with the Sunday World application form to: LA or Busk Competition, Blastbeat Ltd, 7-8 Mount Street Crescent, Dublin 2, Ireland.
A panel of experts will then choose the best 8 bands for each event, and inform them of the event they have been chosen for. Please note that the panel’s decision is final.:]

Rachel xox


Paramore....??

1 month ago

Does anybody know who won the Paramore tickets???????:O
Rachel xxx

wow....ANOTHER exclusive!!!!

1 month ago

oh god i'm good....ive just wrangled an interview qith the lovely bluesydrome....heres what the band had to say to my questions!!!

1) if bluesyndrome were a pizza what topping would they be?
bbq sauce

2) boxers or briefs?
breifs all the way! We like the support!

3)if ye were superheroes what superpower would you want?
sun tan

4) what did ye guys want to be when you were 6??
girls

5) if you could only listen to ONE song for the rest of your lives what would it be?
Band Aid 20 - Feed the World

6) if bluesyndrome could be the support act for any band who would it be?
Foo Fighters

7) what is yere favourite song lyric?
I want fried chicken

8)what song would ye most like to have written?
Band Aid - Feed the World

9) how do blue syndrome relax?
We never relax

10) if ye could invite any celebrity to your 21st birthday who would it be?
p0d from steer clear

11) if ye were stranded on a desert island what 3 things would you bring?
a boat, a plane, and flipflops

check out these guys bebo and blastspace pages...there really going places

Rachel xxx

Blog- Silkeborg Interview

1 month ago

Woah guys...im really pulling out all the stops for ye guys...i have wrangled an exclusive interview with none other than....the winners of this years national finals.......SILKEBORG!!!!!!!!!

1) if Silkeborg were a pizza what topping would they be?
Spunk.

2) boxers or briefs?
Neither... We prefer long johns

3)if ye were superheroes what superpower would you want?
The ability to attract potential friends and hold conversations.

4) what did ye guys want to be when you were 6??
Davin: albert fish , Sean: Retired, Tom: A sales representative, Gareth Barman at mcgowans

5) if you could only listen to ONE song for the rest of your lives what would it be? Sean: Gravel pit (Wu-tang Clan), Tom: Rock the Nite (Europe), Davin: Any Irish Clubland Anthem (preferably DJ Eamonn Farrell), Gareth: Teenage Dirtbag (Wheatus)

6) if Silkeborg could be the supprt act for any band who would it be?
Sigur Ros

7) what is yere favourite song lyric?
"The fucking pies are fucking cold, the fucking chips are fucking old" John Cooper Clarke, Chickentown

8)what song would ye most like to have written?
Say my name-Destiny's child

9) how do Silkeborg relax?
Sean: with a schweppes. Tom: karting. Davin: karting. Gareth: (does not wish to disclose personal details)

10) if ye could invite any celebrity to your 21st birthday who would it be?
Tom: Oliver Cromwell. Davin: j Sean McDermott Sean: Sirhan Sirhan Gareth: Sebastian Chabal

11) if ye were stranded on a desert island what 3 things would you bring? shweppes, 3 fit mots, pack of quavers....

Ok guys there you go!!!!
Next up...an exclusive interview with Home Star Runner and Blue Sydrome!!!!

outie...Rachel xxx

Blog- The blogger won an award

1 month ago

Hey guys...
yesterday was ...wait for it....BLASTtastic!!!i won an award for the best online promotions manager in the 2007 and 2008 competition!!!! i was so shocked...this big curly haired crew guy just comes up to me at the stand and goes "come find me at stage left at 20 past 4"...and i was freaking...
then at 20 past four i had completely forgotten about it and he had to come get me...and he wouldnt tell me what it was about....so their i am standing in the wings of the stage...and all these bands are getting these awards...and im thinking "oh god there gonna disqualify us....i knew we shouldnt have used sticky tape!!!"....and then ruth id calling me on stage and im like 'this is it...public humiliation BlastBeat style!'....and then shes talking about the great work i was doing on online promotions and i was thinking "ya shes singing my praises and then shes gonna CUT me down"...and then she gave an award...!!!!needless to say i was shocked...hence the first word i got into the mic was a very intelligent and profound..."wow"...unfortunatley the rest of my speech wasnt nearly as intellectual!!!!...then i realised that none of my team knew as they were all upstairs working on the stand....so i literally RAN like a wild thang up the stairs...holding my award in the air like it was on fire!!!!

Blog- buses...replies...and experiences

1 month ago

Hey!!
It is nine minutes till seven...im on a bus in 9 minutes heading up to Dublin but i decided to spend the few minutes blogging to ye guys!!!!

Yesterday was hectic....i had massive LOoney Tunes meetings as well as having to play music at a comhaltas presentation....so much fun but unfortunatley it took up quite a bit of the evening....i was so stressed that when i came into the chipper slavador just goes..."woah...you needa Chips yes...!"..:] the guy knows me too well....

I was very happy to see that a load of the MMCs had replied to my comments....if any of ye see this then...THANKS!!!!That really perked me up!!!!

Well i better head now...but ill leave you with this...BlastBEat has taught me a lot of things but the most important one is that everybody is different but people can learn to work together to create something amazing!!!!
RAchel xx

Blog- footage from the night

1 month ago

way hey guys....
i have just finished watching the dvd of the night in the dalton...it took a while for us to see it because Melas tape wasnt working in the video camera...then i took it to the local fix it man John McDonagh but he had lots to do so he couldnt fix it right away...but i got it back from him now and i watched it and....its....













HILARIOUSLY BRILLIANT!!!
Full credit to Mela for catching us all at our best AND our worst *cough incredible hulk cough*:]
Some great footage of the winning band No Tomorrow and the runner up Stanley...as well as the fantastic song Prick acting by Tea..with a question mark....oh and you get a sneak peek of our MC on the night when she went slightly crazy with the mic and decided to kareoke-ate (new verb brianna;]) to "Teenage Dirtbag"....
so if you wanna see what the Looney Tunes are REALLY like then head over to our stand for fun...friendliness...and what-the-frick-frack-looniness!!!!! !:]:D
Rachel xx

blog- best song quotes at the mo!!

1 month ago

these are just some song quotes that help us get through the day...some even help us work by inspiring us!!!!
"do it do it do it now...say it say it say it now"-HotChip 'Ready for the floor'

"were all in this together"-HSM1 'We are all in this together'

"i just want back in your head...do do do do do...*glockenspiel*"-Taegan and Sara 'Back in your head'

"we are the champions of the world"-Queen 'We are the champions'

A and R Manager

1 month ago

why hello ther blastspace men and women!!!i have returned from the amazing world of Africa. i spent four weeks experiencing life on a whole different spectrum. i saw the poorest of the poor struggle to survive everyday.i saw the way music effects ther ability to get through a day. they use music to forget and escape the struggles that surround them. Every singe person i met had the most amazing rhythm and could rival beyonce and justin timberlake anyday! their faces are forever imprinted in my memory both ther smiles and ther tears. such joy and pain all mixed into one on everyface. as you can tell i was very moved and feel so privilaged to have been given the opportunity to meet such amazing people.
yours humbly
Leannie x x x x

CEO BLOG!!!

1 month ago

well im writing to ye from the very sunny Co.mayo and i must say we are enjoying the weather very much!!!!=] so we are working extreamaly hard at the minute for our presentation......but we are treating ourselves to the ocassional ice cream!!! ok well we seam to be running down to carrols shop everytime the tubs of maxi twists run out but sure why not!! it is giving us the extra energy to kick everyone elses ass!!!

katie XoX

Blog - the fleadh

1 month ago

this is kind of a personal blog but as the song says "were all in this together" so i think its good for people to know what the rest of the team are at outside BlastBeat (not a lot...its kind of time consuming)...

But anyway if you read my blog about the fleadh a few blogs back youll know that i was in ballycastle for the mayo fleadh...what you might not know is that i was actually competing!!!
Yes surprize surprize...the blogger is also a musician!!!!

But even better...i won!!!
I was entered in the irish singing,lilting, english singing and the tin whistle...unfortunatley i didnt get place in the whistle because i had 13 people competing aginst me....but i won the english singing (fuuny story attached to that)...and the lilting (i have had ONE lesson!!!) and i cam second in the irish singing!!! so im quite proud of myself...and all my mates did well too so it was a good day all around!!!
Rachel xx

Blog- From old school shop to....Head quarters!!:]

1 month ago

!!!;])....i mean why didnt we think of it before...the shop is large enough that the presentation team can easily fit in there...it has a lockable door so we cant be bothered by students going by...it also has a high window so we dont get high on PVA glue fumes!!!(MAR MAR!!!!lol!!!)...there is a computer so we can do any extra research or typing that we need without having to bother teachers and asking them to use computers in their classes (thats great because although all the teachers were very nice and fully cooperative, we know it must have been a little annoying because we were slightly interupting their class)...its in the middle of the school so its quite close to all the rooms that we need to use a lot like the engineering room or the construction room and the art room and the multimeadia room!!!oh and the shop for when we get hungry...(luke!!!)...it also has lots of natural light which is good for the artwork....!!!!
Rachel xx

Blog- today was a load of crepe!!!!;]

1 month ago

hehehe sorry had to be done....no but actually we spent a lot of time working on the lettering for our name on the presentation stand...and let me tell you something, when you're using crepe paper...the glue gets EVERYWHERE!!!i dont know how but katie managed to get it on the back of her sock!!!!!:]:)
We had a tough time picking colours for the crepe paper but eventually we found the right ones....let me tell you when you see Looney Tunes stand...youre eyes are gonna pop out of your head...
We did a lot of hard work today...besides the fact that a good few of us had to finish our ECDL tests...module seven-electronic communications....86%: WOOHOO!!!!
We all did really well...:]
We were using the circulation area for our workbase all today...i was working on the written things that will be on our stand...and i was making check lists of all the things that haveto be done...and let me tell you that theres quite a bit....but Looney Tunes love a good challenge....its one of the main reasons why they entered BlastBeat!!!!
Rachel xx

Blog- competition time...oooohhh!!!

1 month ago

well guys Looney Tunes have been working very hard for a long time on the best competition that we could have on this page...and we have finally done it....it will start on monday so watch this space for details"!!!!it will blow your mind!!!!;]
Rachel

Blog- PR Manager

1 month ago

Sarah Jane here. I'm the PR Manager with Looney Tunes and im absolutely wrecked..! Not only have i been working nearly all the hours God sends in the Belmont but i have also been pulling out all the stops where the BlastBeat presentation is concerned
Unfortunatley i probably wont be able to go to dublin for the finals but i have already given my notice and the CEOs had no problem finding a very eager and well informd replacement!!!:]
SJay

Blog - My Excuse

1 month ago

I am formally giving my excuses for not being able to attend the meeting tomorrow or help with the assembly of the sign during classes tomorrow.

I will not be in school at all on Friday because my Youth Choir (MAYO SCHOOL OF MUSIC YOUTH CHOIR ROCK!!!!:]) are competing in the Youth Choir of the Year Competition in Navan....and we are competing against another Youth Choir who weve only just done and exchange with. So it will be fun to see the "Kildare Bitchez" ;] again but the competition is going to be tough!!!!!Wish me luck and i will blog as soon as i get home and tell you all about it!!!!Hopefully we will be bringing home the trophy!!!and the money!!!!:]
Rachel
Soprano 2 in MSM YOUTH CHOIR
Online Promotions LOoney Tunes!!!:)
xxx

Blog- Just stuff

1 month ago

Hmmm....right the last blog says it was written a day ago but im PRETTY sure that i wrote it in class 8 today....hmmmm ;]

Anyway we voted for our TY awards today....twas thouroughly interesting....me and katie had a good laugh about who was gonna be Gossip King!!!!*cough COLIN cough* lol!!!:)

Then after school me and katie(CEO) had a little meeting...i wont be in tomorrow (see further blogs) so i was just telling her some of the cool (even if i do say so myself) ideas that i have for our presentation!!! and then we laughed ourselves senseless talking about certain musicians!!!lol!!!!

Rachel xoxox

Blog- Exclusive!!!! Read it here first!!!

1 month ago

Looney Tunes are in the promoting business....but soon they may be promoting some of their own members!!!

Our A and R manager Leanne and none other than the blogger (me) are currently working on an original song....lyrics and melody by me with additional melodic assistance from leanne...(i thought up the words but shes helping me with the melody!!;])
But don't worry we promise that we will upload the track exclusively to BlastSpace when its complete...so watch this space!!!!!:]

Rachel xx

Blog- The blggers Taste In Music

2 months ago

Right and if you dont believe that Trad Music can be cool...then i dare you to go look up these songs!!!
'Galway Girl'- sharon Shannon and Mundy or steve Earle
'I Usta Love Her'
'Joyce Country Ceili Band'
'Tommy Kay'- all by the SawDoctors
'Whiskey in the Jar'
'Dearg Doom'
'Got a Hold of Me'- Renegade and sharon shannon
Loads of U2's have trad influences...same with thin lizzy!!!
and dolores Keane is a famous Trad singer...and her son is the the ;ead singer of the coronas!!!!!

Blog- The Bloggers Taste In Music

2 months ago

Right even though i (the blogger) love loads of different types of music, i really have a passion for trad!!! now when most people think of trad music they think of old men playing the accordion in smoky old pubs and even older women singing whiny songs about fishermen...but its not!!!!

Trad music is a great way of meeting people (loads of fit buachaillí play trad music....;] ) and at fleadhs (trad music competitions)there is a really great atmosphere and the night life is unreal....i have never had to pay for a drink at the fleadh yet!!!! (ruth dont worry it was club orange!:])
Anywho heres a little bit about Comhaltas Ceoltoirí Eirinn who organize the Fleadhs and do so myuch for trad music around the world!!!
"Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann is the largest group involved in the preservation and promotion of Irish traditional music. We’re a non-profit cultural movement with hundreds of local branches around the world, and as you can read in our history we’ve been working for the cause of Irish music since the middle of the last century (1951 to be precise). Our efforts continue with increasing zeal as the movement launches itself into the 21st century."


*www.comhaltas.ie


Feel free to check out the website mentioned above....and if your into trad then do leave me a comment on my page...www.blastspace.com/Grace_Not es....

And before you say that trad is shite and its not your thing (sorry for the bad language;])....i bet you like the song galway girl by SHARON SHANNON!!!thats a trad song...anything by the sawdoctors....thin lizzy have huge trad influences....hothouse flowers....the pogues....U2.....even a few of the songs on the blastbeat Cd have a bit of trad influence going on...especially amoeba's " I Can See the Truth in your Eyes"....So dont knoock it till youve tried it!!!

Blog- The trip to Bunratty

2 months ago

Way heyhey...well sorry for the lack of blogging but it has been a hectic last few days!!! so on wednesday the TYs took a trip to Bunratty Castle in Limerick....we'd like to thank the techers who came with us...mr.kelly miss hyland and marie walters..a three hour bus journey with 46 TY's could not have been easy.....
The bus left at 8 in the morning...with half the girls complaining that it was way too early in the morning!!! and complaining that we had to wear the uniform even though most of them were wearing trackies anyway...!!!!
So we arrived at the centre at about eleven o clock...and mr.kelly was fit to explode....
We went in....the woman at reception looked slightly shocked at the hyterics going on!!!she told us to go straight through and then turn left because our tour guides were waiting....but because the girls were leading...we went straight on and turned right...towards the toilets!!!after the slight pitstop we eventually ended up in the castle building and met our tour guide....a tiny little man...about sixty years of age....very eccentric and ful, of life. He showed us the main dining room where great kings and lords and ladies would have dined, where jesters would have performed and lords and ladies would have romanced...
Rachel xoxox

Blog---...

2 months ago

awwwww you shoud have seen katies face when nobody had written to us in the last 44 seconds.....twas heeeelarious!!!!:]
We are heading off to Bunratty folk park tomorrow!!!!cant wait....:-S
Dont really know exactly what we are gonna be doing but you can be assured that whereever the LooneyTunes go...Fun and slight craziness are sure to follow!!!!:]:]
Rach xoxox

Blog - stuff for the presentation

2 months ago

ok well...ihave a few cool ideas for the presentation....the ideaofus all dressing the same isnt a likely one....and its slightly contardictory to our whole companyidea...that everybody is different!!!!so i have a few ideas as to how we can have a sense of uniform but still remain individual!!!
Rachel xoxox

Blog- LCA's...hmmmm

2 months ago

right im meant to bein construction but we cant wok on our CD racks because they have to sort out a shipment of tools....andsincethat does notinterest me at all...i thought id go to the LCA room and blog...the subject???LCA's in general...there an odd buch...sound but slightly cray....especially the one sitting beside me!!!
LCA is basically a year where you dont really learn academically...ye kind of learn by experience..its for people who want a future in trade...like plumbers or plasterers....or layabouts...;]
Rachel xoxox

Wayhey!!!

2 months ago

OMG guys check out the charts.....our band No Tomorrow are at number 3 in the artists charts....and if thats not fantastic enough they have three songs in the song charts..... Dont You Want Me at number 7, Superheroes at number 8 and Not Alone at number 9!!!!
Congratulations guys.....these guys are really talented and are definitely going places!!!!
Rachel xoxox

Blog- Meeting Agenda 1

2 months ago

Ok so tomorrow we have a massive TY meeting and a lot of the focus of the agenda will be on BlastBeat and the next part of the competition!!

So heres a rough draft of the agenda...

1. NATIONAL FINALS
-How are we getting there?
>Bus or train??
>if bus then what provider
>will we order seperate bus for supporters as a way
to make money?
>our bus confined to TYs??
>what chaperone to come with us on the bus??
-Times?
>UP___ departure??
arrival in dublin??
>DOWN__ Departure??
arrival home??

Blog - Radio Promotion! (as gaeilge)

2 months ago

well,
We did some impromtu promoting of No Tomorrow today......We all sent in texts to Mid West Radio telling people that No Tomorrow would be representing Mayo and a lot of the surrounding counties so they neede to vote for them to guarantee them a place in the finals. This radio broadcast to the entire west coast of ireland so a lot of people would have heard it....we sent them early in the morning because a lot of people would listen to the radio on their way to work or school or just when they are working around the house...
That way we got the maximum ammount of promotion at that time!!!
Rachel

Rachel

Blog- Na Cairteanna!!

2 months ago

Comhardachas do No Tomorrow mar tá siad ar uimhir a ceathair sa cairteanna don "artists" an seachtain seo AGUS chomh mhaith le sin....tá a amhrain "DONT YOU WANT ME" ar uimhir a naoi sa cairteanna amhrain!!!!
Ar fheabhas a bhuachaillí...ach níl siad abalta gaeilge a labhairt nó a léabh mar sin scríobhfaidh mé an blog seo as bearla i cúpla nóimead!!!
Le Ceol
Rach xoxox

Blog- the presentation (translation)

2 months ago

well lads,
Im wrecked now...because i just spent the last 2 hours working on the presentation...and i know its not finished...not for a long shot...still i am certain tht it will be excellent!!! and very funny!!!!:]
Rach xox

Blog- Ideas (as bearla)

2 months ago

ok...
well we are working very hard on the BlastBeat project....and there is special work being put into the vidoe presentation...A media student from UL (my friend Rory :]) is helping us with the part of the presentation that will be shown on the laptop...like the slide show and the video footage...because our knowledge about these things is a bit limited...and Looney Tunes always welcomes help from people!!:]
If anybody has any ideas as to what should be put into the presentation you can tell me or melissa...
or if anybody has pictures or videos for the BOTB's or of the group working on the project...you can give them to me or melissa...
*irish slang* I'll keep you in the know!!
Rach xox
Rach xox


Blog-Time..

2 months ago

gosh guys....this year really is flying by....only 6 weeks left till the end of school....it seems like a few week ago that ruth came to tea (;]) and we started our little MMC....and its as if it was only yesterday that a bus full of crazy mayo people headed to galway for the regionals!!!
Time really does fly when you are having fun!!
More blogs to come
Rach xox

....

2 months ago

Delphi...woah!!!!
we did 26 kilometres and....were not dead...!!!!!!!!!
the centre was class...chuck norris....donald "gingerbeard"...Johnathan...rory... eamon...alfie....bosco/riley/ronan. ...6 packs of lucozade...hair straighteners...;]
Rach xo

My house is being invaded!!

2 months ago

oh my gosh!! over the last few weeks my house has been taken over......band practises...No Tomorrow....MSM comittee meetings...kildare girls (who are in the back room right now)...cousins...neighbours...ahhh i want my house back!!!!:D
ahhh no only messing!!
Rach xox

the Looney Tunes recipe for success!!:]

2 months ago

Ingredients:
40 TY students,6 fantastic bands 2 Looney CEO's,numerous different management teams,1 big prize,computers,well designed web page,bucketful of talent and creativity,a fistful of dedication.

*a pinch of craziness is optional but it does add a certain something to the flavour and the overall product!

Directions:
1.Put TY's in a class room and slowly add CEO's.
2.Add bucketful of talent,creativity and a pinch of craziness until numerous different Management teams and CEO's emerge.
3.Throw in computers,well designed web pages and dedication.
4.Uncork the big prize and let the aroma of success waft towards the teams.
5.Add the 6 bands, strain out one winner and a wild card and transfer to seperate Regional Final.
6.Add sreaming fans,more talent and a winning band!!
7.Throw in a roadtrip to national finals...maybe even Worlds if you are feeling adventurous!!
8.No need to let the mixture settle ...better served fresh and hot!!

Rach xox

just randomness!!!

2 months ago

right this is just the randomness from the pages that i was writing on when i interviewed no tomorrow...after they won our heat....and the pages that they drew all over when michael decided to nick my yellow notebook...!!!

"mike was a bad boy...bong...awesome..well worth 5 hours in the car with these *&^%%$$....why!!!....good good..no gd gd!!!:]....AWESOME!!!!!best part of the gig..?the thrown underwear and the mike breaking!!!....nath has nice ass....so do all of them...wait you cant see his ass!!!....they like to get naked...streaker!!...Charlie likes double sausages...*lots of drawings of faces and different attempts from Ben at writing his name...none of them right!!!:]*.....Amy King was here!!....fucking excellent....spsucking escxellent...FACKT....balls...young dunne balls....shops..grey...balls...i hell hole now...balla...some trcc...michael-dude what the fuck...Nath-mayo girls are well fit!!!....Charlie-tucker max is god....Ben-hows you??;]....Ruby-ruby ruby ruby ruby...ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!band-birds down here are awesome!!!QwoooohoooohoooQ!!!!....N EB....no tommor...no tomorrro...no tomorrow...kiltimagh balls...tots....michelle...fackt... neb??ben!!!...tea?..fackt...Michell e Dunne...rach...is...my...name...ben ...is..too...hot...!!
lol!!!"

H appy Reading
Rach xox

Delphi...:-S and our Gáisce awards!!

2 months ago

Well guys i thought id let ye all know about the other big event on the Looney Tunes calender that is approaching....Delphi!
Anyone not from our school will be like "what??"...so let me explain!! Delphi is an adventure centre in the South of the country and as part of the requirements for our Gáisce awards we have to complete a 26 mile walk and Delphi is where we are gonna do it...we are heading off next monday in a bus...(50 of us for 4/5 hours...??i pity the teachers!!;] )...on the first day we are going to try and cover at least 12 miles..the first days walk will be mainly over roads and flat terrain...then its back to the centre for food and a nights sleep...on the 2nd day we have to trek the remaining miles over bog and hills and basic farm land and typical irish countryside...then its sleep time and on Wednesday we head home...tired, sore but happy that we have our Gáisce award nearly done..!!so there noght not be much blogging over those days but then again im going to try and bring my laptop down!!now jon you cant complain about us working hard!!! ;] :)
Rach xox

Congrats to No Tomorrow!!

3 months ago

Hey rachel here!!
just writing a little congratulatory(big word ;]) blog in honour of No Tomorrow getting to number 3 in the Artist charts...please guys lest try and get them to number 1!!!check out their page and listen to their songs and videos...they are unreal!!oh and dont forget that stanley are also fantastic and it would be great if we could get both of our bands in the charts so the same goes for their page too!!!!Rach xo

more info on the gig in the blackbox!!

3 months ago

hey guys so i went to see mr duffy yesturday and i have to say i was very excited when he handed me over a big parcel and said it was for me!!=] of course i ripped it open as quickly as i could!! .......... it turned out to be all the stuff for the gig in the blace box!! so i got flyer,poster and tickets for the mmc!!

so basically i going to stick the posters around kiltimagh annd claremorris!! im going to leave the flyers in places that most people will be!! if you have a flyer on the day of the gig you get in at a discount!!

anyone in the mmc can get a ticket off me for €8 which is really good because they are €12 on the day!! but get to me as quick as you can about it cause i only have 30 tickets and there is 48 in the mmc!!!

we going organising a bus to go up as well maybe two depending on the numbers so if you want to go will ya let me know as soonas possible so i can book the bus thanks!

katie xox

melissas video!!

3 months ago

ok so as most of ye know we have to make a short video of our gig!! and since nearly everything is blocked in school (would you believe i was having trouble getting on this site earlier!!) we have to do it outside school time!! melissa was the one who went around on friday night sticking the video recorder in everyones face!! ah no she did a great job and hopefully got everyones best angle!! well hopefully the video will be edited and up by tomorrow eve as mela will be heading down to briannas house to do it as she has the best technology!!!=]

katie XoX

Im sorry

3 months ago

ok i know i just wrote a blog but iv just been reminded of how stressed out i was friday night b4 the gig started i know i eat the head off a few of ye and IM REALLY SORRY!! well i am for most of what i said!! ah no only messin!! ye all no i love ye really and thanks for all your help!!!.......................



just to let ye know this is the first and last time ye will hear me say i was wrong for giving out to ye so make the most of it!!=]
and i dont want to see any of ye printing this blogs out to show me i did actually say sorry!!LOL

love ye katie Xox

the gig part 6!!!

3 months ago

Next up were Secret Lies...our first non local band....these guys are from the same school that has the MMC Surreal Sounds, one of our MMC competitors so we were very happy that they chose our Battle of the Bands...and we cant help but think that maybe our Battle of the Bands had something extra that Surreals didnt??!!:):D *virtual self hug*

The guys were totally awesome!!!
The mebers are Shane Crehan (the small one...a cutie;doesnt look old enough to be in a band but appearances are deceptive...seriosly talented kid!)
Niall Haverty (funny....watched the bands very carefully) Brian Howley (watched me write down everything....laughed when i wrote down "watches me" beside his name) and Lee Haverty (possible realtion to Niall??? incredibly talkative....literally he just wouldnt stop...actually the only thing he said was "talkish is not a word"...:P)
Rach xox

the gig part 4!!!

3 months ago

ok so while everybody was doing their sound checks...i brought out my trusty YELLOW refill pad and started getting info on all the bands....i had to use the entire thing!!!!:O
but it was really interesting and youll see the info in the next few blogs!!!
Rach xo

The gig---part 3!!

3 months ago

so when i arrived
- the light and sound was almost finished being set up
-katie was freaking out about everything but luke calmed her down..."dance!!" :D
-most of the bands were there ready for their sound checks
-the dj was setting up his equip in the corner
then No Tomorrow arrived and most of our girls started drooling...ah no only messing but they werent exactly ignored!!!:]
Rach xo

the gig!!!!part 1!!

3 months ago

So our gig is over *wipes tear from eye* and its now time for me to tell those poor unfortunate people *cough JON cough* who were not there!!

at about 3ish i got a phone call from No Tomorrow which went something like this...
"Um Rachel....we are kinda lost.."
"ok well do you have any idea where you are"
"well we are in sligo"
"um sligo doesnt have that many towns...what was the last one you went through...?
"um.....we wernt really paying attention!!"
eventually they made it to the Dalton Inn where i met them and showed them the way to my house so they could practice...and beautify themselves!!!:]
Rach xo

THE REGIONALS_THE BLACK BOX THEATRE

3 months ago

way hey hey!!!!
ok so the regionals are on the 12th of April in the BlackBox theatre in Galway...i have been there for a couple of trad gigs and its a class hall!!!
heres a bit of info about the guy who owns it!!!

"Roscommon born ALAN KELLY is widely regarded as the finest exponent of the piano accordion in traditional Irish music and is credited with single handedly reviving the piano accordion as a traditional instrument. Alan grew up in a house steeped in traditional music and dance.

In his early music years, Alan won All-Ireland titles on piano accordion and piano, determined to become a full time musician Alan moved to Galway, where he quickly became part of the thriving traditional music scene, forging an excellent reputation for himself.

Alan has recorded two solo albums 'Out of the Blue' and 'Mosaic' as well as an album with his brother John 'Fourmilehouse' . He has contributed to a number of theatre performances from Boston to Dublin to Sydney. He has toured extensively both with his own Mosaic band as well as with artists of the calibre of Matt Molloy, Sean Keane, Cathy Ryan, Kieran Goss, Mick Hanley, Sean Tyrell, Arty McGlynn & Nollaig Casey, Michael McGoldrick, Karen Casey and Cathal Hayden.

Alan's recording credits include appearances with Niamh Parsons, Michael McGoldrick, and Seán Keane. He guested with top Irish groups Lunasa and De Dannan as well as collaborating with Alison Brown, the Grammy award winning banjo player on her Irish tour in 2001."

Well see ya
Rach xo

!!*!!AN GHAELTACHT!!*!!

3 months ago

Bhuel...i am feicinn pissed off!!!!seriously like i just wrote this blooming amazing blog 'as gaeilge'...and the internet explorer encountered a bloody problem and had to close!!grrrrr....:[

bhuel...tá mé sa ghaeltacht inniu i Eachléaim. Is sráidbhaile é cupla mhile amach ón Bellmullet agus áit alainn is ea é!!! beidh tráeanna agus pairc peile agus cúrsa golf agus a lán rudaí deas eile!!!

Tá mo dearthair Seán ag freastail ar Colaiste Lir agus is aobhinn leat an ghaeltacht...agus a chailín nua!!!

Bhuail mé le cupla bhuachaill o Cholaiste Uisce agus chuamar go léir go dtí an óstan BraodHaven Bay don dinear an-mhaith!!!:]

Ansin, chuaigh mise agus Seán ó Ath Cliath agus Darren agus Dáithí agus Siobháin go dtí an trá...bhuel bhi an craic ar fheabhas!!! Beidh mé ag dul go dti an ghaeltacht an bhlian seo chugann!!!:]
Slán a cháirde!!
Rachel!

Inspirational!!

3 months ago


Here is just a very thought provoking...thingy i got off aoife cleshams bebo page...

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We are all meant to shine, as children do.... It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we subconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

seriosly im actually going to go think about that like right now!!!;]
Rach xo

ST.PATRICKS WEEKEND!!!continued

3 months ago

on saturday...?well everybody slept off the night before and then went to the St.Patricks festival mass..!!
With irish dancers...pipers...choirs...flag twirling...well our St.Paddys mass is never boring!!:]
As the parade wasnt on till Sunday, people went home for dinner or a nap but we were all out again that night!!!:]
The Drunken Monkeys were playing in the Electric Mouse and again i have heard it was a class night for all!!!!
I was in O'Huiginn's bar listening to the fab music of "DUNDEE AND FRIENDS"...they are mighty...im actually playing another session with one of the guys tonight!!
Rach xo

the stage is sorted!!

3 months ago

Hey guys I have sorted out the problem with the stage!!!! WooHoo!!! LOL!! Ok it turns out that the Dalton can make that stage higher and extend it!! So basically brianna doesn’t have to worry about hauling 8x4 foot pieces of timber up and down the road any more!!

For ye that don’t know there was a lot of trouble over the wood for the stage yesterday!! It was delivered to briannas house without her remebering it was coming then she had the problem of not having any where to store it¬!! Needless to say there was a few confused phone calls!! Then we discovered that the paint for all this wood was in the school. And with us being on holidays till after the gig this was a big problem!!!

As all of ye know at this stage I get really stressed really easy!! So yesterday was not fun!!! But its ok I paid a visit to the Dalton so that I could sleep soundly last night and the problem has being sorted out!!

And just for lukes sake I danced on the stage!!=]

Talk soon Katie XO

ITS THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!!DEH DEH DEH DEH...etc.!;)

3 months ago

Well heloo!!!!
ExAcTlY 13 dAyS UnTiL ThE gIg oF AlL GiGs tAkEs pLaCe!!!!
PlAnS ArE UnDeRwAy fOr tHe bEsT BaTTlE Of tH BaNdS EvEr!!!!
EvErYtHiNg iS RunNiNg sMoOtHlY AnD ThInGs aRe fAlLiNg iNtO PlAcE NiCeLy!!!!
We hAvE OuR MaIn sPoNsOrS....ThE FaNtAsTiC SuPeRvAlU Of kIlTiMaGh!!!
OuR StAgE Is uNdEr cOnStRuCtIoN As iM WrItInG......tHaNkS To tHe gEnERoUs dOnAtIoNs fRoM DiAmOnDs aNd tC KiTcHeNs aNd dIaMoNdS ElEcTrIcAL StOrE!!!!
wE HAvE OuR SiX BaNdS
sTaNlEy
dRuNkEn mOnkEyS
TeA?
nO ToMoRrOw
sOlArIsEd
SeCrEt lIeS

SoMe oF ThEm aRe lOcAl aNd sOmE Of tHeM HaVe pLaNs tO TrAvEl dOwN FroM ThE NOrTh!!!

wE ArE AlSo gEtTiNg tHe bEsT sOuNd sYsTeM AvAiLaBlE ThAnKs tO ThE GeNerOuS DoNaTiOnS Of sUoErVaLu aNd cOnNaChT GoLd!!!!oNlY ThE BeSt fOr oUr bAnDs aNd tHeIr fAnS!!!

wE aLsO HaVe pLeNtY Of sUrPrIsEs fOr tHe cRoWd iNcLuDiNg a mYsTeRY gUeSt bAnD FrOm cLaReMoRrIs!!!

wE WiLL Be sElLiNg gLoWsTiCkS AnD CdS FrOm lAsT yEaRs
bLaStBeAt fInAl On tHe nIgHt!!!!!!

ItS GoNnA Be aN AbSoLuTeLy fAnTaTiC NiGhT!!!!!wHOoOoOoOoOoP!!!!!!!
sEe YoU ThErE!!!!

rAcHeL
XOXOXOxoxoxoXO XOXO

The final line up for the gig!!

3 months ago

Hey guys your fantabulous CEO here!! Lol!! Just letting ye all know the final line up for our gig on the 28th of march!!

Our 6 six wonderful bands are: Stanley, tea?, drunken monkies, solerized, no tomorrow and secret lies!! We not fully decided on the order that they will be playing in yet!!

And as if them 6 bands wouldn’t be entertaining enough we have a DJ to keep ye going in between the bands and at the start of the gig!! This does NOT make it a disco dough!!!

We also have a guest band playing from Claremorris while the judges make their decision!!

So as ye can see its going to be a really great night!! Looking forward to seeing ye all there and if ye still haven’t got your tickets contact me or our sales and marketing manager Rebecca Rowan!!

Katie!!

Blast Beat Shenanigans

3 months ago

It was yet another stressful day in school as the Blast Beat Team received the Posters to promote The Battle of the Bands.
Subsequently we realised that the line-up had been changed, and therefore the posters needed to be adjusted, me, being the art and design manager set about this pain-staking task of changing every single one of them. Of course the prospect of printing them out in the company of Ms. Cunnane and her class scared me a little scared (as some of you may be aware of Ms. Cunnane's NO printing obsession) So Katie Finn was on hand to help!
Not to leave Tea? and Secret Lies out, we went and printed their names out 100 times and of course our lovely sponsers Supervalu, and went about the chore of sticking the band name on the professional posters, all 100 of them.

The printing, the cutting, the sticking....never again do I wish to encure such cruelty

So basically the posters after much work are finished, you may see them featured around the town...and other towns for that matter. These masterful works of art should hopefully pull in the extra numbers

So take take my mind off todays event I'm going to relax for the rest of the night, I'm also going to see one of our soon to be blast beaters in action gigging away in the Community center, Drunken Monkies that is

phew,

Brianna (Art + Design manager)

Message from the Multimedia section!!

3 months ago

Hey Guys!!
This is my first time doin this so be nice!! :D
Wel my job is to manage the video crew and the photographers....but this isnt really goin to plan as the video crew have no camcorders!!
But dont start worryin yet....Theyl have them on the nite!Il make sure!!:P
So far Ive took plenty of pics.Il be putting the up as soon as i can.
I do all my wrok at home cuz the computers in the skul are a SHAMBLES!!
So be patient!! :D
I no it wasnt my job but as my mum was in castlebar she kindly bought some glowsticks. We're selling them on the nite and theres 1 for every1 in the audience so dont panic!!!
Hopefully by the end of our really successful nite in the Dalton, Il have plenty of footage!!
Then its editing time!! :D

Enjoy,
Melissa
xox

Band Blurb-Band 2...'No Tomorrow'!!!!:]

3 months ago


No Tomorrow
MEMBERS:
Mike- vocals and guitar
Nath- drums
Ben- keyboard and backing vocals
Charlie- bass

No Tomorrow are a fantastic sensational new band from Northern Ireland (I apologize for not knowing the exact location!!;] ). They started a about a year ago and have had great success so far. The band are inspired by the likes of Bon Jovi, Queen, Thin Lizzy, basically that type of rock…as the band call it “classic rock”.
No Tomorrow write all of their own songs and have about 20, and a lot of them are in the classic rock style with guitar solos in most. The ballad-y songs that the band sings are written by Nathan about his past relationships…(apparently there have been a few!!;] )
No Tomorrow have 3 new original songs which are in the finishing stages…and Looney Tunes have been privileged enough that one of them will be played for the first time at the Battle of the Bands!!
The band cant wait for Mayo and Nath is driving down…a 5 hour journey and they all plan to rock the show!!!:]
No Tommorow love to entertain and hope everyone will love their accents and more importantly, their music!!

Rach xo

the managements weekend!!!!;]

3 months ago

Just a little bloggeeen about what a few of the management team were at at the weekend!!!
As you know we have all been working very hard so we decided to treat ourselves and took Saturday night off work and headed into knock for Thomas McCormack’s eighteenth party!!! Happy birthday Thomas you big sexy beashhht…….lol!!!!!!! Twas a load of fun……..loads of people turned up because Thomas is such a sound sweetie!!! One of our CEO’s turned up which was TOTALLY unexpected!!!! You should have seen him dance!!!!! Twas so funny!!!! And the other CEO was there….well for SOME of it!!! Wink wink nudge nudge!!! ;] she definitely enjoyed herself!! Our multimedia lady was there socializing and chatting away…..I was there myself of course!!! And loads of others….see following blogs for more details and check out bebo for pics of the night!!!!
Rach xo

Lack of blogging over the weekend!!!

3 months ago

WELL HELLLLOOOO!!!!Sorry about the lack of blogging lately but I have been unable to use the internet on my laptop…..long story….actually I’ll just write it anyway…
My dog had puppies back in December….(oh and my dog is an Alsatian so she’s a BIG dog!!!!!)…and these puppies are HUGE!!! They are getting too big too carry around so we let them run around in the old kitchen….problem is that’s where the cord for the phone and the internet runs through….so I was on the computer and the internet wasn’t connecting so I went into check that the wires were plugged in and what do I find…..the wires are plugged in all right….or what’s left of them….hadn’t the puppies chewed right through the wires because they were swinging a bit in the air!!! Silly puppies!!:] but I bought a new wire so it’ll be back to the good oul blogging now!!!!!! Toodles
Rach xo :]

a word from ye're wonderfull ceo!!!!!!!

4 months ago

hey guys just reminding every one the €10 for buyin your shares is due in by the end of the week!! and our meeting is going to be on friday morning so everyone try your best to be in school!!!!!
katie xx

How Well Do you know our BlastBeat Team??!!

4 months ago

Not that well i hear you say?....well have no fear...the blogger is here!!! over the next couple of weeks i will be posting blogs on EVERY member of the team....full names,birthdays,fave films,catchphrases,embarassing moments...you name it i'll type it!!!
Just leave me a message on what you really want me to ask them and ill do my best!!! my username is 'Grace_Notes'...just add me and send me your ideas......the first one to be blogged about will be....none other than Luke Kilduff!!!
Keep watching the blog to find out the truth behind that crazy genius!!;]
Rachel xox

monthly blog!!!

4 months ago

ok well basically i have ta write this to sum up what we did for the last month!! ok well first of all luke and i got to pick what jobs ye all got to do!! this caused a few fights but we got over it!! then we had to set up our MMC page!! i have to say fair play to jack and emily who spent so many nights trying to figure out what to do!!! well done guys ye did a great job!! ruth came out to talk to us again we all really enjoyed the evening we spent with her and she really helped us on what to do next and gave us the push we needed!! marie are excellent event manager who booked our event for the 28th of march in the dalton inn in claremorris. brianna our art and design manager designed our wonderfull logo!! melissa and amy uploaded our photos!! leanne got in contact with the bands and has the gig nearly filled up!! aoife has started looking for sponsership from companies around town so that the managment team can get t-shirts to wear on the night!! sarah-jane and marie wrote E-mails to a radio presenter and a journalist from a newspaper asking them to judge the battle of the bands!!Rachel the blogger wrote loads and loads of blogs!! lynda set up our bebo page and our myspace page thanks huni great work!! the main managers all got together to write our business plan and to send it off to jon!! we decided on a price to sell our tickets and CD's at. we decided if we would sell other products on the night of the gig and how much we would sell them for!! we also started to discuss the design for our posters and where we will display them and if we would advertise in newspapers and on the radio!!!!

so as you can see we haven't done that much all month!!!LOL! ah no..well done guys we did a lot in a very short time!thanks to everyone for all your help!! and as luke would say,all thats left to do now is to "TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF"!!!:]

katie xx

`meeting

4 months ago

hey guys we will be having a meeting next week so if any of ye have ideas for the t-shirts for the night of the gig let us know!! and also every one who wants to buy a share in the company have ye're €10 in by next week!!!OOOOOOKKKKKK!!!!!!!LOL!! chat soon!! katie xx

the bussiness plan

4 months ago

hey guys just a quick word to say that the bussiness plan is nearly ready to be sent off so anyone with last minutes things to add get them to me and luke as soon as ye can!!tanks guys!!! katie xx

Personalized T's??

4 months ago

Wahey guys!!!!
Your faithful blogger here!!!
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