BASELINE - GIG GUIDE

The first Baseline Gig Guide is now out. Copies can be picked up from The Court House in New Street from January 1st 2012, or, if you can't wait, get one from the studio. Tickets for the first four gigs and season tickets (called "Baseliners") can also be purchased at £4 per night or £20 for all nine dates in 2012. Baseliner tickets will also be valid for any extra dates in 2012....what a bargain. Gig guides will also hit the streets (well, selected outlets) very soon. The gig guide is packed full of info about our new venue which opens on Feb 24th with Lazy J, Red:Line:Ratio & Babelfish. Tickets are limited to BUY SOON to avoid disappointment. A new sound and lighting rig should ensure that The Baseline will be the venue you want to be at.

The Gig Guide is also available online at http://www.thebasementstudio.co.uk/baseline.html

BASELINE OPENING NIGHT & GIG GUIDE

Our new venue at THE COURT HOUSE, in New Street opens on February 24th with a great line-up: Lazy J, Red:Line:Ratio and Babelfish. A gig guide for the first four months and with all ticketing details will be available from Jan 1st at The Court House and the Basement Studio and all participating bands. Our second night in March will be three great local alternative rock bands. Synopsis & Halogen Pup form a Double Header with Swamp Snakes supporting while the April gig features three great local song-writing bands Target by Numbers, The Picture and The Styles. May sees the return of Red:Line:Ratio to headline a show to promote their new EP. Support bands for this gig tba. The gig guide is available NOW on our main site THE BASEMENT STUDIO

BASELINE @ The Earl of Dudley - Final Night 2nd Dec.

Great night had by all. Nice to see a few in to support the bands who gave a great show. Despite the problems with this venue we have enjoyed putting on these gigs and certainly have learned a lot; which we will take with us to THE NEW BASELINE at The Court House in February.
Here are the bands who gave us a such great time:

ROUGH AT THE EDGE



 24 HOURS

EASTWOOD

Baseline Final Gig at Earl of Dudley Arms

The final Baseline gig before our move to The Court House in February will be on December 2nd. (Details below) This poster is available from our main site. Simply click on the BASELINE menu and select NEXT EVENT.



October Baseline Gig

Photos of the three bands.

THE PICTURE

THE STYLES

LAZY J



NEW VENUE

From February next year THE  BASELINE has a new home at THE COURT HOUSE in new Street (by the Police Station). A Gig guide will be published in December with full details.



LAZY J - Poster

Visit our main site and select BASELINE from menu. Select NEXT EVENT and download full colour poster just like the one below



TWO GREAT NIGHTS

23rd and 24th September saw "The Baseline" host its first two-nighter. A varied selection of music over the two nights complimented by enthusiastic audiences. We eagerly await the live recordings. Here are some pictures of the bands involved.

COVER UP

THE PICTURE

TARGET BY NUMBERS

ROUGH AT THE EDGE

THE STYLES

AVANT-GARDE

DEATH BY DISCO



Its Official - Lazy J to headline THE BASELINE Friday 28th October



Lazy J are a four piece band from the West Midlands, England. Their music is a fusion of funk, blues and rock which draws influence from a diverse range of artists such as George Clinton, Led Zeppelin, Jane's Addiction, James Brown, and Reef.
Kerrang FM have played an active part in creating a surge of interest in Lazy J by giving their songs regular airplay and broadcasting interviews with the foursome, as well as voting them 'Unsigned band of the year'.
In summer 2006, tracks from the band's EP Inner City Funktion received critical acclaim from Steve Craddock of Ocean Colour Scene, while 2008 saw the release of the band's first full length studio album, entitled Kick The Spin. After 2 years in the making, the band released their second album Dysfunctional in 2011.
Outside the studio Lazy J are constantly gigging, having played headline sets at Camden Underworld, Birmingham Academy, The Yardbird (Birmingham), JB's Dudley and having also performed at Sound Leicester Square, Carlsberg Unsigned Festival, Storm Leicester Square and The Garage (London).

P.A. HIRE

We have had so many instances of bands wishing to hire P.A.'s from us that we now have a dedicated hire system, packaged and ready to go at a moment,s notice. Our popular system which is regularl;y used at such venues as "The Old Foundry" and "The Lamp Tavern" consists of:

Carlsbro pmx 8-2 XP 600w Powered Mixer

2 x 500w P.A. Speakers

3 x dynamic Microphones

3 x Boom Mic stands

2 x Speaker tripods

all signal and power leads

all for £40 per night

ROOM 3 - an update

All our rooms can cater for keyboards without the need to clutter the vocal P.A. systems. The two largest rooms have their own dedicated P.A. for keyboards and accoustic instruments whilst the two smaller rooms have separate bass amps for this purpose. Pictured below is our dedicated keyboard workstation in room 3 with the studio's own KORG cxT3 keyboard.



Room 3 also has two LANEY 100 watt amp heads with 4 x 12 Torque and Marshall Speaker cabs. Added to the Ludwig drumkit, Fender Rumble Bass combo, vintage H&H V-S Musician 100watt lead combo and H&H Performer 707S P.A. with Carlsbro 300 watt heads and Laney Sub woofers, this is an ideal location for any band. All instrument amps are now fitted with heavy duty castors making it easy to reconfigure the room to your requirements.

23rd + 24th September - Line-ups complete

Basement Studio regulars AVANT-GARDE and THE STYLES complete our line-ups for this two night event, both making their Baseline debuts. Friday 23rd TARGET BY NUMBERS supported by THE PICTURE and COVER-UP. Saturday 24th DEATH BY DISCO supported by AVANT-GARDE, THE STYLES with house band ROUGH AT THE EDGE. A poster for this event can be downloaded in .pdf format from the Baseline section of our main menu under NEXT EVENT or click here

POSTER

Tickets are £3 in advance from the bands or the studio and £5 on the door

THE BASELINE 23rd & 24th September

The next Baseline Sessions will be on Friday & Saturday 23rd & 24th September @ 8.00pm. Three great bands each night. Friday: Cover-Up will be our first band on followed by our house band, The Picture who, for the first time at The Baseline will play a full set. The Headline band, Target by Numbers have come a long way since they played their first ever gig at The Baseline on our opening night in February. Apart from reaching the monthly finals at THE ROBIN's battle of the bands 2011 competition, they have been back to The Robin to support some major bands since. Saturday: We have invited Rough at the Edge to be our house band. Their first appearance 2 months ago attracted much critical acclaim so we have asked them to kick this evening off. Local lads Death by Disco are also booked and are well worth a listen after recently headlining at the O2 in Birmingham. Details of our third, and maybe even forth bands will appear shortly.

The Picture Live at The Baseline

Another video (member of the audience). Recorded audio track added.

The audio track recorded, mixed and mastered by James Callaghan for The Basement Studio using Logic Pro 8 and Logic Studio components. Recorded on Macbook using 2 Moto Pre8 audio interfaces giving 16 track capability.

BASELINE GIG - 29th July

Review coming soon on our main site but here are a few photos to be going on with

Rough at the edge

Luke Timmins

Mau-Mau Rize

The Fakes

Sound & Recording Engineer

James 'The Mac' Callaghan

MAU - MAU RIZE

Showing at our next gig on Friday 29th July, Reggae band Mau-Mau Rize caught in rehearsals earlier in the week.



Baseline Gig - July 29th

Kicking off our next gig will be Kingswinford based "Rough at the Edge"

Playing a mixture of classic rock covers and some original material this will be their first gig together and are sure to get the evening off to a fine start. Tickets are £3 in advance £5 on the door.

Baseline Gig - July 29th

Line-up for the next "Baseline Gig" is now complete. headlining will be THE FAKES.

Returning to the scene of their previous triumph, these great entertainers are sure to bring the house down yet again. The main support is MAU-MAU RIZE.



If reggae is your scene be prepared to be taken back to the days of Bob Marley and the Wailers with this great band. Also appearing will be teenage guitarist Luke Timmins playing the music of Brian May; also Rough at the Edge with some covers and original rock classics.



PENS MEADOW SENSORY ROOM FUNDRAISER

Thanks to everyone who was involved in this event for the school I work at....

My big thanks go to my friend and Business partner Frank who helped provide the disco.

We also donated to the auction a Beatles Gold

disc and over £120 worth of rec

ording time that was bid on and won by owners of a SKY TV channel....wow!!!

I would also like to thank THE NARKS for being house band for the night.... everyone was blown away and had a real good time....Lads your next rehearsal is on me!!

I am pleased to report that we have so far raised £4990 for the school.... Well done to everyone,

James x

NEXT BASELINE GIG - July 29th. Progress report

We've nearly finished completing the line-up for our next live gig at "the Baseline" our own venue at The Earl of Dudley Arms in Wellington Road. Line-up will be anounced shortly and tickets on sale within the week. Still only £3 for at least three bands is great value for money. Superb sound and lighting system and.......cheep beer.

Live Performance from The Baseline - All the Colours - the Picture

BASELINE - 1st July

Another great night at the Baseline. Full review on our main site soon. Meanwhile, here are some photos of the four bands in action to keep you going.

Atik Attack

The Picture

The Rays

Red Line Ratio

For those who've never seen...........

Steve Moore, drummer with Rick K. and The Alnighters has become an internet legend with this, and many other performances like it. You can check them all out on You-Tube, but for those who've never seen....This is Sharp Dressed Man

Studio Investment - update

Thanks to our continued success we are able to carry-on the programme of updating our equipment throughout the summer months.
There have been two recent additions: one to the rehearsal facilities and one to the recording environment.
We have been able to obtain a vintage laney Linebacker 100w reverb head amplifier which has been placed in room 1. This incredibly versatile amp has many outstanding features including gain boost facilities and eq boosts on both channels.

Secondly we have purchased two MOTU 8 pre audio interfaces for the Apple Mac allowing quality 16 track recording that is extremely portable. We hope to have this installed for the next "Baseline Gig" as well as adding new versatility to our control room.

These two items alone have required an investment in excess of £1000 as we continue to invest the income from the bands who use the studio into their musical development.

Baseline Gig - July 1st

Treat yourself to a mid-summer sensation with four great bands. Red Line Ratio, The Rays, Atik Attack and of course, our house band, The Picture. Doors open 7.30, show starts at 8. Great music, cheap beer.

THE PICTURE

And our usual fantastic sound and lighting brought to you by our engineer James "The Mac" Callaghan. Tickets £3 in advance, £5 on the door. Text "tickets" followed by the number you require to 07979 653412 and we'll reserve advance price tickets for you to collect on the door by quoting your mobile telephone number. Full details by return text.

House Band - The Picture - in the News

The Stourbridge News in fact........

The picture will also be playing a short set as House Band at The Baseline on 1st July.

STEVE'S BIG GIG

Kinver Community Centre - Friday July 15th

Celebrating the life of Steve Cutler

1959-2011

Live Bands, Disco, Late Bar.

Entry £5

All Proceeds to Memorial Fund

COMING SOON - TEENSTAR 2012

We are working on a competition that will be launched later this year to find the TEENSTAR of 2012.

Teenagers will be invited to audition to appear at THE BASELINE in the finals that will take place next year.

There will be more news soon but you may want to have a sneaky look at :

http://www.basement-teenstar.webs.com/

Although the site and competition won't be officially launched until around September if you are 13-19 and want to enter then download the application form and return it to us here at The Basement and we will be in touch,

James

STARTIME VARIETY

We are pleased to host Startime Variety from Halesowen for a whole day next Monday as they prepare for their summer show.

Startime provides excellent family entertainment and The Basement is proud to collaborate with them in providing rehearsal facilities for their excellent band and singers.
More details about Startime Variety can be found on their excellent website http://www.startimevariety.co.uk/ which is well worth a look.