Tag: Live Music Performance
How to be the Best Frontman/Woman in your Band
A band is a perfect formula for musicians and showmen. Your drummer is the backbone of the band, holding everything together. Alongside the drummer is the bassist who functions as the base (bass?) of the rhythm section. From there, all of the other instruments can flow around the beat and groove to create your perfect…
Harson Robkus – Premiering Live on YouTube TOMORROW!
Here we go folks! What could very well be the world’s first ever live acoustic gig of original songs dedicated to the canny toon o’ North Shields (our home town) will be premiering on YouTube at 9pm tomorrow, Friday, 30th July 2021 !!! Live from the allotment shed! We want to make it as interactive…
Live recording is the new gigging
I’ve already expressed why I haven’t missed gigging. In fact, I’ve since discovered the new medium of live recording, which has the potential of reaching a much larger audience, as well as providing that intimate, immediate buzz of the live stage. This week, Harson Robkus are premiering our first live recording. An acoustic mini-gig of…
The Importance of a Setlist for Cover Bands.
Live performances come with many important pieces that all have to fall into place. Everyone has to practice their song parts. We have to set up the stage efficiently and neatly. If you have a light/sound tech, they might need to take notes regarding each song’s necessities. The most important thing? The setlist. Nothing is…
Playing live: 10 reasons why I don’t miss it.
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With playing live being put on hold for over a year due to COVID, many are making their plans for a long-awaited return in the summer of 2021. I, however, won’t be joining them. 1. Playing live covers to 50-somethings quickly gets old. Our live music scene is dominated by the usual classic rock black…
Rock Island Bar: My Story
Rock Island Bar is the longest-running live music venue in Corralejo, Fuerteventura, featuring the best live acoustic music you’ll ever hear. It also changed my life. I first read about Rock Island Bar on my first (and only) holiday to the popular canary island. It must’ve been around 2005. A flyer left by the travel…
1000 Followers!
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The Blogging Musician has now reached 1000 Followers! Thank you to each and everyone of you for following my blog. I have new instalments of my travel blogs A Postcard to Blackpool and Prague: The Musical City coming to you very soon. Music-wise, they’ll be brand new episodes of Acoustic Corner and the next entry in my…
Welcome to my Reverbnation page!
For a more focused look into my music, please visit me on Reverbnation. This dedicated music page contains a growing collection of songs and videos, both solo and as part of Harson Robkus with Dave Robson. Let me know what you think and don’t forget to join my mailing list for all the latest updates.…
Acoustic Corner : When You’re In Love
Part 3: ‘When You’re in Love” by Adam Harkus. Live from Acoustic Corner. Here’s a brand new song written only yesterday morning (11th March 2017) in all of 30 minutes. A simple message above the strength that love gives you to get through life’s challenges. The inspiration came from wanting to change things up a little,…
