music, sex, fast cars, travel, great food, football, being happy, having great mates...
Music
to define the music we are all into would take up the entire world of myspace and eventually the universe so, just for now, let's just say we like good music and hate shit music...
Movies
Paris Texas, City of God, Trainspoting, Crash, High Fidelity, True Romance, Gross Point Blank, Fear and Loathing, Shawshank Redemption, Withnail and I, Point Break, Young Guns, Down By Law, Lord of the Rings, The Godfather (part 1 and 2 only), Scarface, The Breakfast Club, Goodfellas...
Television
Prison Break, Simpsons, Family Guy and football (is there anthing else any good on?...
Books
Catcher in the Rye, Trainspotting, The Football Factory, More 24 Hour SAFC People, My Big Colouring Book, Are You Dave Gorman, Stupid White Men, Porno, On The Road...
Heroes
Joe Strummer, My Granda, Mo Jo, Pete De Freitas, Kurt Cobain, Martin Smith, Whoever thought to ban smoking in bars…
toofarnorth's Details
Status:
Single
Here for:
Networking
Zodiac Sign:
Taurus
Education:
College graduate
Occupation:
Music Promoters
toofarnorth's Schools
Staffordshire University
Stoke On Trent, United Kingdom
Graduated: 1990
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
About me: Too Far North was founded late last century by Martyn McFadden and Tim Madgwick as a non profit making record label with a remit to nurture musical talent within the North East of England.
After a few years hard graft releasing singles and albums by a number of local acts, we naturally developed into more live work, simply because it was more of a laugh and usually involved a great night out. Around this time Tim left the company and in came Adam Offord. The partnership of Offord and McFadden decided to concentrate solely on gig promotion and residencies at venues throughout the North East were soon secured and established.
We owe our moniker to Johny Tate, the talented multi instrumentalist, producer and DJ. Tate ran a club night of the same name during the mid 90s, upstairs at The Telegraph in Newcastle. Whilst organising his opening night and still looking for a title to promote it by, Johny was turned down by a southern based DJ who refused to travel up to the North East to perform for him because it was “too far north.”
At the time of our inception we felt that conceited comment also encapsulated the attitude of London based A&R men towards bands in our region. By then Johny had wound down his club night to concentrate his time in the recording studio and was happy for the name of Too Far North “to be used to help the region’s musical talent.”
Since then the band scene in the North East has prospered and Maximo Park, The Twang and The Futureheads have graced the Too Far North stage and many other of our acts have progressed and the capital’s music industry have often flocked to our gigs. But we have not turned our back on our roots and we have continued to promote numerous up and coming bands from throughout the North East via our showcase nights.
In recent years the company has grown and we could not operate so many gigs without the help of Steven Aston, Steven Brown and Jenny Dewar, who are ably assisted by our team of soundmen: Olly, Dirk and Jerry.
So if you're looking for a good night out watching great bands sweat out catchy rhythms, then check out one of our nights. Or if you're looking to arrange a gig for a band, send us your MySpace link to info@toofarnorth.co.uk and we’ll give you a listen...
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Who I'd like to meet: Ian Curtis, Bobby Blue, John Lennon, Lenin, Pele, Harry The Spider, Bob Dylan, Tin Tin, Morrissey while I ate a Coronation chicken baguette (source of a good argument), Snoopy & Woodstock… Been lucky enough to meet many of our heroes which we won’t name here cos that’s pretentious, as is using words like pretentious!
Hey! Thanks again for being our friend. Make sure you have a little listen to our album Songs For Abandoned Buildings. If you like it, please follow the link on the player to buy it from itunes so we can play a town near you! Don't forget to give us a review on itunes when you buy it :)
thank you very much for the add be sure to also check us out on facebook http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=8898385&id=631900095&ref=nf#/group.php?gid=112369009436&ref=ts
Downcast Studios now open in Gateshead Centre (Just off Durham rd or 7 min walk from G/head interchange).
5 Purpose built rehearsal Studios, HD3 Recording Studio plus offsite backline and PA hire.
September / October offers.
25% off usual 4hr Peak time and Weekend practices 6pm until 10pm plus weekends between 10am to 10pm. usual rate £8ph or £32 for 4hrs Sep / Oct discounted price £24 for 4 hrs
Also
6hr weekday sessions with 50% discount.
10am til 4pm or 12pm til 6pm - £24 50% discount Prices include full backline: 300 watt RV1215A PA + 2 x mic's Mapex Tourer M Kit with breakables 2 x Line 6 Spider amp heads + 4 x 12 cabs 1 Line 6 Low down LD175 Bass Combo + Industrial fan to keep yaz cool. Offers apply until Oct 31st.
plus we got a big range of choc snacks & Chews, crisps and space raiders, Pot Noodles and Rustlers, Soft drinks and Monster NRG Plus Ernie Ball strings with discount on multipack purchases + Plectrums & Drum Sticks.
Would be great if yaz can come give us a try Cheers Phil - Downcast Studios 0191 4 777 411 - downcaststudios@googlemail.com
hey guys thanx alot for adding us apreciated check out the tune when you get a chance and let us what you think :) we are in the studios again soon and should have alot more material to listen to aswell in a few weeks thanks again
hi, this band are wanting to know some good venues for gigs, and it would be great if you could help them out, they r a great band www.myspace.com/countuk much love Amy x
North Atlantic Oscillation's "Hollywood Has Ended", from the forthcoming album Grappling Hooks, is featured in this month's Police Box compilation from TenTracks. It's here:
In case you haven't heard, TenTracks is a new music delivery service where you can buy exclusive 10-track compilations for £1, i.e. a mere 10p per track.
This month NAO are in the illustrious company of the excellent Found, Orkestra Del Sol, Fence Collective luminaries James Yorkston and King Creosote and exactly 5 others. Once again, that's £1 for ALL TEN TRACKS. Not bad, really.
