Havienda August 1, 2008

Justin the sound technician and Stewart from The Exchange turned up early so we had lots of time to check the drums thoroughly. We knew there would be protestors turning up and those first couple of hours were a little tense not only with first night nerves but because we didn’t know what was going [...]

Tonight, tonight …

Pip does a warm up set of indie, rock ‘n’ roll and funky beats starting at seven, with the first band Dirtytrades in the main room from around eight thirty followed by The Exchange at nine forty-five. Then there is a brief kit switch around on the main stage as we set up the decks [...]

Havienda in pictures, part one.two

Stage set up and sound check with The Exchange and Justin went really well last night with only one glitch: Matt snapped a machine head clean off his bass while carrying it into the club. The band sounds amazing and the system under Justin’s control is performing wonderfully.
After everyone left I caught up on some [...]

Ad me

I’ve been working and listening to dramatic pop – tonight it’s been a mix of Dare by Human League, Seven by James and Ringleader Of The Tormentors by Morrissey.
I produced an advert for the Thursday edition of the J. E. P. to promote this Friday’s show. I was asked to provide an image with dimensions [...]

Havienda in The Week

There’s a good article by Dolores Cowburn about our forthcoming first night in The Week, an entertainment news supplement, in today’s Jersey Evening Post. Click on the thumbnail for a readable copy.

Apart from the decision to start the live band sets earlier in the night having come too late to make the press (see earlier [...]

The bands start at ∞ o’clock

The title of this post says it all really. Early discussions with bands and crew led to general agreement on an early DJ warm-up with the first of our two live acts hitting the stage at ten. That’s been changed. The first DJ still drops the bomb at seven and then the first band begins [...]

The Exchange

The Exchange are working on a second EP of their twitchy, energetic and super-catchy indie pop. Songs from the first can be heard on the The Exchange MySpace. They are a busy band playing with some of the best DJs and promoters in the island and have deservedly gained a reputation as one of the [...]