Motor Sound Records - REVERBS FROM THE DARKSIDE SINCE 2003

24 JULY 2010

TO CELEBRATE THE BRAND NEW RELEASE FROM ROCK N ROLL MONKEY & THE ROBOTS...we're very generously selling all 3 releases by the band for the price of 2, so thats

DETROIT TRAUMA
BACK TO BEATSVILLE
DO WHAT THE BEE DOES

all for £19.99 & £1 shipping worldwide
check it out here http://www.motorsoundsrecords.com/Rock%20n%20Roll%20Monkeys%20&%20The%20Robots.html

22 July 2010

We've now got the new long player from Rock n Roll Monkey and the Robots "Do what the bee does" and can report to you it an unbelivable work of genius. We've got a full review here, check it out.

17th June 2010

We're delighted to finally

be able to offer our super cool logo on a T-shirt at long last. We've only got Mens M/L/XL for now but don't fret ladies we'll be covering your lovely bits tres soon.

We're selling them for £12 & £1 shipping worldwide. any colour you want so long as its black with a screen print in white on a Fruit of the Loom super premium weight shirt. Visit the shop fo' mo'

17th June 2010

We're having a TWITTER special for you guys, its looking pretty skinny over there. If you hook up with us on our Twitter account you can have a 2 for 1 offer on any of the following albums.

The Routes - Left My Mind
Rock n Roll Monkey and the Robots - Detroit Trauma
Rock n Roll Monkey and the Robots - Back To Beatsville
Rusty Springfield - Please don't dance while holding drinks
Rusty Springfield - Fist n' Shout

All you have to pay is £9.99 including shipping worldwide.

To get your hands on this sale of the century

1...follow us on Twitter click here twitter.com/MotorSoundsRec
2...we'll send you a *paypal link for £9.99 including shipping
3...You tell us what albums you want
4...Sit back and we'll send you your super cool and groovy albums. Easy.

So whatcha' waiting for amigos, spread the word and you'll be boogie to the finest Motor Sounds has to offer before you have the time to put your dancing shoes on.

*You don't have to have a Paypal account to use Paypal, its the safest method for making online payments.

4th May 2010

Rock n Roll Monkey & The Robots, Detroit natives and Motor Sounds Records stable pony's, are currently involved a right old ruck with a few other Garage Fuzz types, the winner of which will have their tune featured on "NASCAR NOW" on ESPN.

So we're asking for your vote. Don't panic, we're not running for election (yet) but we do need you to slide on over to the ESPN page and vote for Rock n Roll Monkey & The Robots.

You can vote every 24 hours so don't be afraid to come back and make sure your Motor Sounds favorites get the leg up they deserve.

CLICK HERE TO GO THERE

You can also check out the mighty Robots at their mySpace page here myspace.com/rocknrollmonkey and perhaps even buy their album(s) here motorsoundsrecords.com/shop

27th April 2010 MOTORSOUNDS RECORDS MAILOUT No:18

Hi All,
Andy from Motor Sounds Records here once again bringing you tidings of Rock and indeed Roll.

Here at Motor Sounds Towers we're delighted the summer seems to be making an appearance for the first time in 3 years, unlike the never to be mentioned again great flooding of '09, were the sun seemed to forget to shine to the point that our neighbours kids have been seen pointing at the sky and asking their parents what the big yellow thing is. Anyway, onwards and upwards.

FACEBOOK PAGE
I suppose we should start this mailout with a quick mention of our brand new Facebook page. We decided to get down with you kids and do the needful over at FaceBook. Lets face it MySpace is dead in the water, or so I hear, its their own fault my computer practically goes into shock when I visit that place. So check it out here http://www.facebook.com/pages/Motor-Sounds-Records/108279659208002?v=wall

ROD & KULTURE REVIEW
In the latest edition of Rod & Kulture Magazine we were fortunate enough to get not one but two of our releases reviewed , both were given a thorough spit and polish by the reviewer, we're delighted to say and as a consequence we've made a lot of new friends over the U.S of A, so a big "hi-diddily-ho neighbouri-nos' to you all.

if you would like to read the fore-mention articles you can slide on over to our brand new FaceBook page and check it out for yourself just ahead of buying the records just because you wanna.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Motor-Sounds-Records/108279659208002?v=app_2347471856

THE BONNEVILLES "SANTA MUERTE MURDER SONGS" FOR £1
Recently The Bonnevilles released a split 7" single on Eruption records with good buddies "Thee Phantom Herd". We're now lucky enough to be able to sell a few copies of the record through motorsoundsrecords.com.

The track listing reads like this
THE BONNEVILLES SIDE - "Santa Muerte Murder Songs"
THEE PHANTOM HERD SIDE - Lordy

This is a limited edition split 7" and available for a meagre £6 including shipping, or if you prefer the digital version you can buy The Bonnevilles contribution for a poxy £1

http://www.motorsoundsrecords.com/shop.html

or go digital for £1 here http://thebonnevilles.bandcamp.com/track/santa-muerte-murder-songs

Thats all for now friends
Take care of each other and remember, this worlds a better place for you being in it.
Andy Motor Sounds

13th April 2010

This was posted on the Motor Sounds Records Blog ages ago, its time to drag it out again
BOOKING BANDS - ETIQUETTE, RULES AND STANDARDS Hi Kids, Andy from Motor Sounds Records here, all's well here at Motor Sounds Towers, we've had to turn the heating of...again, but never mind we can burn all the shit demos we get, those bad boys burnt like the fires of hell, much hotter than the good demos, go figure. Emo music on the other hand we've had to stop burning altogether, its like a fucking nuclear explosion. This one time we burnt a Funeral for a Friend album and we had to evacuate the building, the old people we use for wheelchair skittles in the foyer survived intact, more by accident than design, but now we can't use them for skittles anymore as the rubber tyres melted and stuck them to the floor so they couldn't wheel themselves out the door to safety and I'll be fucked if I was going back in there, it was real hot man, don't look at me like that. On the upside we've now got some brilliant corporate art, so if any Japanese business men have a spare million or two they need to be getting rid of, we can talk. We accept cheques.

BOOKING BANDS I digress, the purpose of this blog, is to make a few things clear to some folks who want to book a band, obviously I'm concerned only with the bands whose music we release here at Motor Sounds Records, but you can apply this to any band who you think is good enough to book. The music 'bidniz' is full of charlatans and sharks, if you don't want to be seen as one of their number heed my words of wisdom. they come from being involved in music since before I was born, I'm like a fucking modern, drunken Confucius.

PAYMENT First of all, I know for a fact that a certain band on Motor Sounds Records have been getting a lot of booking requests lately from people who seem to be surprised that the band expect to be paid. This to me is an insult. Let me walk you through it point by point.

1...These bands have paid their dues to the Gods of Rock n Roll, now they just need to pay the rent.
2... The bands have their own expenses, Jesus the price of fuel alone would make a dead man weap.
3...If your club night/venue can't generate a couple of hundred quid to pay the band, you perhaps need to reconsider its viability.
4...We appreciate you may be trying to get something off the ground, but we're trying to feed our families and pay the rent, just like you.
5...You shouldn't expect bands to drive, sometimes, hundreds of miles, so you and your mates can have a giggle and play pretend at being promoters, its an insult.
6...All the bands on Motor Sounds are good enough to be paid for what they do.
7...I for one, and I know most of the bands that I speak of, have no other careers, we don't have an education or degrees to fall back on, when you were training to be a Surveyor/Accountant/Banker
we where playing gigs, mostly for free and learning our trades.
8...We're not talking about thousands of pounds here. Get in touch if your curious about how much to pay/charge
9...But what about 'Giving the music back to the kids' or 'Just do it for the music maaaaaaannnnnnn' . All bands do play for free, its called rehearsal. (rehearsal rooms aren't free either)

OTHER THINGS

As well as payment, there are a few other things that need to be taken care of for the bands.

1...DIGS. If the band is traveling a long distance, accommodation is expected to be provided. A floor to lie on is more often than not adequate, hostels are also acceptable and hotels are fucking great. But whatever you can provide do try and make it comfy.
2...FOOD should be provided, musicians aren't skinny thin because they want to be, its because promoters don't feed them, and yes it is standard practise for the promoter to feed the band.
3...BACKSTAGE. Although its not always practical, a place for the band to be alone is always appreciated, a backstage area, usually a broom cupboard to allow the band to gather their thoughts.
4...MERCHANDISE An area for merchandise to be displayed and sold, preferably near the entrance. Not all bands have merchandise to sell but those that do really rely on it boost their income. Let face it, if your not paying the fuckers the least you can do is help them make burger money.
5...SECURITY. YOU, THE BOOKER, need to think about the security of bands equipment. Me?, Yes you. The band don't know the area, they're in a van with thousand of pounds of often vintage and irreplaceable gear. They could park the van in the local pikey familys' back yard and not know a damn thing about it till its to late. Most bands will be really fussy about never letting their guitars etc. out their sight, indulge them.
6...BEER, you the booker/venue need to provide the band with beer. Most bands will enjoy a few drinks through out the course of the evening. If you give the band a couple of hundred quid to play your room its not fair if they spend it over the bar. Failing that, most well prepared bands travel with emergency supplies in the event of meeting a mean promoter. Do not tell a band off for bringing their own beer if you don't provide it.
7...PARTYING. Musicians, more than anybody understand the desire to "party hardy dude", but if a bands touring through your town and your gig is the 12th night straight the band have played, I can assure of one thing, they will be completely fucked and may want to just get their heads down after the show, please allow them to do this. On the other hand they may want to inject drain-o into a cat, I 'll leave that one up to you. Trust me, touring is an exhausting business, and if your to survive it at all you need to pace yourself.
8...PROMOTION, this is more for your the bookers benefit. Please try and promote your event properly, if you don't know how to, then ask someone who does, trust me here, they will give you tips and contacts. Just ask. Bands with a professional attitude will play to two men and a dog, they won't enjoy it but they will do it but If you don't cover your expenses then the chances are you will be put off promoting events and we need more decent folks like you, who pay bands, in this game.

Tips*** ask the band for promo copies of their album/single to give to local press along with the usual press gumpf, all decent outfits will have a press pack readily available, you just have to ask.
***Don't be afraid to tell your friends to fuck off when they expect to get be put on the guest list. In my experience the best events have a very, very small guest list, coincidence?. Some promoters don't even let the bands girlfriends in on the guest list, its always the amateur affairs that have half the audience on the guestlist.

TO CONCLUDE Thats most of it, if I think of anymore I'll add it, but as you can see most of this stuff is not difficult to do or organise but it is stuff that needs done and you would be amazed at how many cats just don't bother.

By the way, I know this stuff all cuts both ways, the bands have a contract to fulfill as well.

*Don't be late
*Don't be drunk
*Sound check is just that, a "sound check" not a fucking rehearsal if you can't be done in 15/20 minutes you've no business being on a stage.
*Be pleasant, these folks are putting their own money on you. Too cool for school wanna be rock stars are the most hateful wankers on Gods green earth.
*Bring all your own gear, drummers with no sticks and guitarists' minus leads do not inspire confidence.
*Be professional and work with the sound man, he's there to make you sound good, be clear and concise.

this list could actually be longer than the first one so I'll blog this some other time. So ta ta for now and we'll catch ya' on down the trail.
Andy Motor Sounds