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IC7 Did Something! The Newsletter – February 2012

In a month where music mourns the loss of Whitney Houston and recovers from Blur’s Brits performance, we take you on a whistle stop tour of all things IC7 News Work on the follow up to Do Something! began in earnest in the past week. Recording in our not so secret nuclear bat cave, we have started 4 songs and hope to have them finished within the next week or so. Once again we’ve been looked after by Pete Crisp, who ensures that Barry receives just the right amount of taunting and ridicule to get him through the arduous recording process. The songs that will be shortly winging their way to your ear ‘oles are: Save For You Generous Host Speed Camera Falling For You All of the songs were written by Ross but Speed Camera was co-written with Tim Young a long long time ago. Upcoming Gigs We have two upcoming shows for you: Tuesday 13th March @ Hooga, Chelmsford – FREE entry Saturday 14th April @ The Bull & Gate in Kentish Town – Tickets £7 (TBC) – Supporting Mark Morris formerly of The Bluetones! Gig Review - Club Fusion – 24th Feb We had a great time on Friday back at Shakey’s Club Fusion. It’s a shame more people don’t attend this venue as it’s in a good location, has a pizza restaurant above and always has good bands. We played 2nd on the night after Joe Atlas who proved a solid singer songwriter and were followed by the modtastic Smoke Stax who ended on a two-punch of Heard It Through The Grapevine and Tin Soldier and The 633 who spend far too much time in front of a mirror but gave a good show. People need to get behind these gigs to keep the local scene thriving – good on Shakey for his relentless passion for discovering talent. Our Setlist: Time To Arrive / Generous Host / Speed Camera / When I Hear Thunder / Ruined it All / Save For You / Falling For You / Given On our iPods this week: Ross: The Cranberries - Roses Ben: The Black Keys - El Camino Barry: Celine Dion Mark: Nick Drake

IC7 Did Something! The Newsletter – January 2012

Time for a quick update by Ben.

News

Well, suffice to say that time got the better of us and we didn’t manage to start working on the new album at the end of 2011 after all. However, we’ve continued to work hard and 2012 is already shaping up to be a very exciting year for IC7.

We have 12 new songs to record and the 1st studio sessions booked so we’re hoping to start work on the new album very very soon. We’ll let you know when we have something to share, but in the meantime get yourself along to one of our gigs to hear the new tracks played live and at full volume.

Gigs

We’ve been booked to play a few gigs already including Friday 24th Feb at Club Fusion in Chelmsford, followed by a return to Hooga on Tuesday 13th March and then the one we’re all very excited about: Supporting Mark Morris (formerly of the Bluetones) at the Bull & Gate in London on Saturday April 14th. We’ll let you know stage times etc. nearer the time.

Friday, Feb 24th - Club Fusion, Chelmsford

Tuesday, March 13th - Hooga, Chelmsford

Saturday, April 14th - The Bull & Gate in Kentish Town

Final word

That’s it for now - Short and sweet. But if you want to keep a closer eye on what the band are up to then head over to our facebook page and hit the ‘Like’ button. http://www.facebook.com/ICSeven

IC7 Did Something! The Newsletter – September 2011

In a month that waves goodbye to the Athens legends R.E.M – let us cheer your hearts with tales of Dengie based rock’n’roll.

News

Recording

We are pleased to announce that work on our second album will commence on 29-30th October. We have chosen Highfield Studios to work with and we will be attempting to record 3-4 songs. By recording the songs in stages we hope to get new music out quicker, while it’s fresh and to get a better quality by focussing on a few songs at a time. It’s all rather exciting. We’ll try and film the sessions too so you can see just how many doughnuts we can consume in 2 days.

Gigs

Hooga

First thing we noticed at Hooga was the transformation – previously The Barhouse, the whole place has been given a makeover and is run by Jon Holland – one of the nicest guys we’ve come across in the world of rock’n’roll. It’s now a free entry venue which is great, with comfy leather sofas and food served too. Some of the IC7 faithful came along and enjoyed our set, we also sold some of our albums. If you visit Hooga be sure to inspect the Flamingo wallpaper closely so you can see the mini AK-47’s that make up the image. Love it. Following our set were Noise Kitten, a three piece beat group harking back to a more innocent era. They had some strong songs in their set – one to watch. We’ll be back here for sure.

Little Haven’s Hospice Track Day

We couldn’t believe a year had passed since our last performance at Ford Dunton – was good to be back. We were incredibly fortunate with the weather – the sun was shining for the whole of our set. Martin Day was there to compere and even posed for a few photos with us which are up on our website. A great day was had by all and all in aid of a great cause.

Songs

Started working on two of Mark’s songs for the next album – Jump This Ship and Face Another Day. Sounding pretty rocking now, a far cry from the mellow demos. A few other songs in the mix at the moment – we are certainly not short on material!

On our iPods this week:

Ross: Sweetheart of The Rodeo – The Byrds / Different Class – Pulp / Collapse Into Now – R.E.M

Ben: Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You / Metronomy - The English Riviera

Barry: EMF - Schubert Dip / The Wildhearts – Earth Vs The Wildhearts

Mark: Bruno Mars, Leona Lewis and Matt Cardle – NO REALLY!

IC7 Did Something! The Newsletter – August 2011

Our first newsletter! Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of IC7. Let me take you on a whistle stop tour of what we’ve been up to this past month...

News

You can catch us playing live not once but TWICE in September – you lucky people you...

Hooga, Chelmsford – 6th September

Little Havens, Ford Dunton – 18th September

See our Events page for full details.

Recording

We are currently looking at various studio options for our second album. We expect to start work on 29-30th October. Our approach will be different this time, we plan to release songs more frequently and hopefully make some videos for each of them.

Gigs

Fusion - 5th August

We’ve been back out on the sticky floors this month after a few months hiatus. Our first stop was Fusion in Chelmsford which was a new venue for us. The bar is downstairs and up top is a Pizza parlour which Ben and Barry made the most of. Downstairs had a bit of a London vibe to it, small but cool. We were on fourth which was quite a wait – finally got onstage at 11.30pm! That’s got to be a record. We played...

Given, Falling For You, Falling Down, Won’t Let You Down, It Calls You, Bring The Rain, Horse Called Dayjob, Better Late Than Never.

You’ll notice that this was the first airing of Falling For You – a song we are really enjoying playing, it’s Beatle-esque country once again, a good upbeat number.

Ramblers FC – 20th August

What a great success this gig was – we played a 40 min set supporting The Abbey Rogues. A great turn out meant we raised a lot of money for the Footsteps for Honey appeal. Was nice to play in Burnham again, lots of old faces (literally) there.

Songs

We’re busying ourselves with writing our second album right now, demoing the songs in rehearsals and listening to shoddy acoustic demos via me. It’s a real mix of styles and moods once again, with a similar mix of old and new songs penned by me and Mark.

NEWS JUST IN! Ben pens a choon

Gadzooks – Benjamin has written his first song in 14 years! Provisonally titled Until I’m Gone, it’s a little Graham Coxon type thing. Sounding good, and with some TLC it may be Ben’s first lead vocal on an IC7 album! Watch this space.

On our iPods this week:

Ross: David Bowie - Reality, Heathen / Sandy Denny - No More Sad Refrains

Ben: Friendly Fires – Pala / The Strokes – Angles / Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History

Barry: Foo Fighters - Wasting Light / The Black Spiders - Sons of the North

Mark: Clock Opera - Belongings

A Job Well Done!

We had a great gig the other night at the ramblers, supporting Abbey Rogues. Great band and a nice bunch of chaps! Raised some decent money for charity too which was fantastic! Hopefully we gained a few more IC7 fans also!

Nothing stops here though, we are in full steam ahead mode.

Our next gig is going to be at the new venue 'Hooga'. It used to be the barhouse, but shut and re-furb'd. Haven't seen it yet but looking forward to it, should be a goodun. Always enjoyed doing gigs there, as jon holland the sound guy is very good at his job!

After that, we're doing a very special family day thing on sunday 18th September at the Ford dunton plant. Little Havens Track Day 2011. For around £20 you can get thrown around the track in a supercar!!!

See you there!

IC7

We're back!!!

After a few weeks off (it was a needed break for all of us), we are back with vengeance. We've got oodles of energy and can't wait to get back out on stage.

Thought I'd fill you in with all the IC7 stuff going on at the moment (only the things we can divulge at the moment, more secrets up our sleeves!)

We've got some great gigs coming up, I'm sure you've seen them on facebook or the website, but we're really excited about them.

On friday 5th august, we're gigging with Shakey at club fusion - a new gaff in chelmsford, haven't seen it but looking forward to it. After that on saturday the 20th, we're back in Burnham-On-Crouch at the Ramblers football club. We're supporting the Abbey Rogues which should be a blast. This is a private event, not open to anyone, so get a ticket to avoid disappointment, we're expecting a sell-out! After that we're in Hooga on september 13th which I'm looking forward to seeing the new gaff!!

Other than that, we have a good selection of new songs we're going through, so you should be hearing new music soon at a venue near you!!!

I think that's that for the moment, there's more things in the pipeline, but won't mention anything until it's confirmed!!

If you would like to get involved with IC7 (behind the scenes, we need you!), we would love to hear from you. Send an email to [email protected] with your 'skill' and we'll see if we can work something out!

see yall soon

mark

#ic7music #icseven

I got myself a baby!

hi,

Thanks for all the kind wishes. We had Amalie Grace Lester on the 23rd June 2011 @ 21.45. She's not a Ginge sadly but I'll cope.

No sleep, small break from the studio and music. not for long though.

also, probably a good thing I'm having a small break, I've sprained my left hand and can't grip anything now which means I can't play guitar, but I'm sure it'll be working after my week break.

Right, time to get back to parenting. see you all soon(august for a gig?) mark x

#pregnancy #birth #baby

we're still here!

long time no speak! Sorry about that, life has got in the way recently. Wont let it happen again. Barry's ankle is getting better, slowly but surely. We've been busy writing and perfecting more songs, so will be showcasing them soon! Big news and a slight change of direction for IC7 but that's to be announced at a later date! keep your eyes peeled. I'm going to have a baby soon so will be taking July off from the band and we'll be back shortly with more exciting news, info, gigs and all sorts of weird and wonderful things! see you soon! mark

IC7 CANCEL SHOW

Our deepest apologies go out to all the IC7 fans out there, as we had to cancel the gig on Saturday just gone (14th May 2011). Unfortunately illness set in, and we couldn't perform at our usual 110% so had to cancel, to avoid performance disappointment!! We're very sorry to Shakey too, hope he can forgive us.

In other news, seems that there is an IC7 curse going round! Ross has got a chest infection and coughing like a goodun, mark is on funny pills, and barry, well, latest news is he's hurt his ankle somehow and might have to have it set in plaster! Still, things can continue, cause it's his wrong foot so he can still drum.

I (mark) have decided I've had enough of Facebook. I know, dare I say such a phrase? Well, if you do a Google search on Facebook, you find there's quite a few people not happy with FB and it's privacy and terms and conditions. Back in the day everyone was upset about having a DNA swab and always being on system, but now with the aid of Facebook, you have just tagged your own face, everyone knows who you are, you've done check-ins to state where you are at any given time, and by installing the little third party apps, you've signed the right to have these apps look at every aspect of your account. Worried? Well, I am. So, I have finally gone the proper route of deleting my account, not deactivating, but deleting. However, they STILL don't want you to leave, so leave your account open for 14 days before it gets trashed! lol.

That's it, my ranting is over, hope everyone is doing great, and we'll see you for a beer at a gig soon! ;-)

Mark

IC7 appear on the BBC 6th May 2011

.....well, a hurdle has been jumped over; a personal goal achieved.

In this modern day, what does it mean to be 'famous'? It's not the same as it used to be. We've managed to write songs, record and album, distribute our album, perform marketing campaigns, advertising, digital distribution, physical distribution, get gigs, promote our shows, photo editing, camera man and video editing.........we've played some good venues with some good bands.....and now we cross the next hurdle of national radio.

Don't get me wrong, we've had some air play on local radio and that's been great, but with the wider audience the BBC has, there's no mistaking it, IC7 were on the BBC! (thanks to Ollie and Katy).

With sense of pride, I will upload the AirPlay we got on Monday, incase anyone forgot. This is great for our band cv!

I guess we better plough on and Do Something!

#bbc #radio #introducing

We've been awarded a badge?!

Well, the ball has started rolling, we've uploaded some tracks to the bbc introducing..... we'll see!

#bbc

In the pipe

Well, got myself in a rambling mood, so that's what I'll do if you don't mind! Thought it might be nice to give you the heads up on things we are doing!

ITunes. There has been a bit of a delay getting the album in the digital medium, but we haven't forgotten. Time is very tight when we don't have management, publishers, promotors etc etc, so it will be in the musical inter-web shortly!

Gigs. If you checked out the main icseven.co.uk site you'll notice the new front page on it notifying you of the next gig in Chelmsford on the 14th may and also the Camden London gig on 17th June. Please do try come along if you can, well sign a cd for you!

Video. As any recording artist, everyone wants to have a great music video and we are no exception. It's kinda concept ideas at the moment but something is coming! Hopefully you've already been looking at the lovely YouTube video at the borderline. Great eh.

Moving on. We are moving forward, we've finally started work on new songs which are forming pretty quickly to be honest. We know what we are, we know how we contribute to IC7, and this somehow makes this easier than starting from the beginning. You might even see a single release at the end of summer! Still let's not get ahead of ourselves, there's a mountain of things to do.

If there is any management/pr/publishing/promotions people, whatever your job role, I think it's time we got a bit of help so we can develop IC7 to it's full potential and have enough hands to juggle everything! Let us know. :-)

Think that's it for now, I could waffle forever on ideas but better keep a few under our hats, don't want to ruin all the surprises eh!

If you're at a loose end ever, come and have a read if my personal blog if random doings and guitar building etc:

Www.ComeReadThisDiary.co.uk

Take care for now and chat again soon. :-)

#update

IC7 performed at London's The Borderline on Saturday 23rd April 2011. The song 'Given' is from the debut album Do Something!

A great gig, a fantastic crowd, and as you've seen in the pictures we even got our own dressing room, we ran out of time that night to get any pre-gig footage. Actually we need a dedicated camera man at gigs, for interviews and general band like stuff. If you fancy helping out, please get in touch with us! We want to start making a music video soon!

#ic7 #icseven #ic7music #the borderline #london

marklester1980

My body aches, my feet hurt, neck stiff….strange, I’m only 30. Blame it on doing to much stuff. Changed brakes yesterday and watched some royal wedding stuff, enough to make anyone ache.

Wonder what today will hold? Nothing planned. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

I didn’t update the Ic7 page...

Reflections after gig @ borderline

G'day IC7 fans. How you all doing?

Wanted to take a couple of minutes to thank all of you who came to the Borderline last night! We really appreciate it.

It was a weird one last night. Esther from Glasswerk was friendly and on the ball which is great. Nice to see the promoter, we've done other gigs in London when the promotor didn't bother turning up at all, so thumbs up there.

We got a dressing room the size of a family bathroom, our name on the door, the use of the fridge and the nicer communal chill out area. It's not alot, but it's better than it has been I guess.

Sound engineer was fantastic. Really impressed with his ease to dial in a great sound with minimal effort and that made us feel nice and comfortable on stage. Very impressed.

You were all great to us when we played. Really enjoyed it. Got some lovely compliments afterwards too. Thank you all so much.

Onwards and upwards, want more gigs, good venues, and to play alongside proper good bands. Money not important, would be nice be reward to enough to play with some good other bands. Dissapointed with the headliners..... What can you do....kids eh!

See ya at the next gig whenever it is, more updates next week! Mark

#borderline #ic7

How impressive is this? Our first proper printed tickets for our gig. Amazing. Proud to be on a ticket that says HMV

#hmv #ic7 #borderline #april

Our baby has flown the nest!

We are a proud, slightly dysfunctional family! We created. We educated. We raised our beautiful baby that is 'Do Something!', and today they started to fly the nest.

Our first batch of shiny albums are sitting in a post office near you! When you get your copy, please listen hard and loud, and write us a little review/few lines of what you liked and we will get it on the website! We want you to be a part of our success!

If you haven't bought a copy then why not? Have a listen to our soundcloud and the songs and if you like it, come and buy it. It will of course be going on the digital channels very soon, so get ahead of the game and buy a proper cd and you get the excellent artwork to lust over.

Transmission end.

#ic7 #icseven #flown the nest #album release

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