<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854579269725275370</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:11:29 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Ten Storeys High</title><description>The Official Blog for Edinburgh based band TEN STOREYS HIGH.</description><link>http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/blog.html</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Ten Storeys High)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>21</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854579269725275370.post-5187044425054996267</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-09-10T19:11:29.431+01:00</atom:updated><title>New Single : Disfunctional (sic) to be released end of October</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/discover-710330.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/discover-710296.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi all,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are happy to announce the release of our 2nd single (from the album 'The Thrill Of The Fall) this October.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The track is Disfunctional (sic) and has been remixed &amp;amp; re-mastered by Edinburgh's Hooverfish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We shot a video last week to promote it too... click this link to view it:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.colinusher.co.uk/disfunctional/"&gt;http://www.colinusher.co.uk/disfunctional/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/martin-783373"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/martin-783369" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It features Callum running, singing &amp;amp; running some more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to Martin for driving the camera car!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amazing what you can do with a home owned high definition handy cam and the help of a few friends on the day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will be premiering the video to the non-web based public at a launch gig on Friday 31st October at Edinburgh's wonderful Voodoo Rooms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All welcome of course.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More band new as it happens&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheerie for noo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colin the Drummer</description><link>http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/2008/09/new-single-disfunctional-sic-to-be.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ten Storeys High)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854579269725275370.post-3161084810508261990</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-03T08:51:58.574+01:00</atom:updated><title>The 'our' World Tour</title><description>Well it's almost over. Our World Tour - our world being Edinburgh, Haddington and Fife - came to a close with a fantastic night in Leslie (never thought I'd ever say that in me life!) at The Greenside Hotel where we played as part of Sundaylatte in a punk sandwich inbetween the mighty Patrol (fantastic band!!) and Crimescene. The whole weekend was probably one of the most surreal of my musical life, in that we played with The Simple Touch on Saturday in Haddington who are shall we say 'soft folk' based musicians from North Berwick. Really nice guys but a total contrast to our new mates Patrol and Crimescene to say the very least. I was always a bit of a Mod/Indie kid when I was younger so to have won over two authentic punk bands and their supporters was and probably will always be, my greatest achievement in music! Steve had a ball and recounted many a punk fuelled tale from his past as he sat and watched in awe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We met loads of lovely folks over the weekend - from The Voodoo Rooms to The Greenside it seemed as if everyone we met liked what we were doing and had a grand old time. We certainly did and reckon that for a launch weekend it couldn't have gone any better. We've got a wee instore gig on Sunday (Borders Books at Fort Kinnaird) asssuming we've all recovered from the 'man flu' that seems to have floored most of us since the weekend - too old for this touring malarkey? After this one we're having a wee break from playing in order to try and pick up some album reviews and airplay - we're pretty confident that we should land some good airplay on Xfm, Radio Scotland and Radio One - which we hope will start to raise the profile of the band and album. Here's hoping.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to all for making the weekend such a good one - we're a lucky bunch of eejits knowing so many cool folks and making enw friends along the way - and for those who got their mits on an album we hope you enjoy the tunes - why not feedback your thoughts and opinions, we're keen to hear what you think?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tara for noo&lt;br /&gt;Callum</description><link>http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/2008/07/our-world-tour.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ten Storeys High)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854579269725275370.post-2653950631382040897</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-02T11:45:19.692+01:00</atom:updated><title>The Album Launch Night</title><description>&lt;h3 class="post-title"&gt;        &lt;/h3&gt;                 &lt;div class="post-body"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;       &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.colinusher.co.uk/uploaded_images/cal-726177.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.colinusher.co.uk/uploaded_images/cal-726173.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just a note to say thanks to all who attended our album launch on Friday 27th June 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hoochie Fig played a blinder of a set and special thanks to Keith for chumming to the pub once I'd dropped my drum kit back home!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.colinusher.co.uk/uploaded_images/steve-776439.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.colinusher.co.uk/uploaded_images/steve-776436.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The whole band (Ten Storeys High) played a blinder too even if I say so myself....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Around 90 folks turned up and stayed for the duration too at Edinburgh's Voodoo Rooms (in the Speakeasy) Thanks again to Andy for the venue and Ben for organising the Bourbon sponsor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Haddington, &amp;amp; Leslie were amazing gigs too... thanks to everyone who turned out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Colin the drummer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.colinusher.co.uk/uploaded_images/ewan-793634.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.colinusher.co.uk/uploaded_images/ewan-793631.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Pics © 2008 Carl Millar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.colinusher.co.uk/uploaded_images/col-757102.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.colinusher.co.uk/uploaded_images/col-757099.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/2008/07/album-launch-night.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ten Storeys High)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854579269725275370.post-2124387340542999212</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-23T16:39:32.499+01:00</atom:updated><title>Album Availability</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/thrillitunes-768035.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 169px;" src="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/thrillitunes-767978.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today (Monday June 23rd) sees the release of &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Thrill Of The Fall&lt;/span&gt; by &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ten Storeys High&lt;/span&gt; on &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;iTunes&lt;/span&gt; all around the globe. The UK release on iTunes will be later this week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our album can also be found on Amazon.com, Napster, eMuisc, Rhapsody, Lala &amp;amp; GroupieTunes.</description><link>http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/2008/06/album-availability.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ten Storeys High)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854579269725275370.post-3149316613144663006</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-23T16:41:48.565+01:00</atom:updated><title>Borders In-Store Event</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.borderslocal.co.uk/fort-kinnaird/images/local/header-logo.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.borderslocal.co.uk/fort-kinnaird/images/local/header-logo.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are happy to announce that we will be performing an In-Store at Borders Books at Fort Kinnaird on Sunday July 6th at 2pm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All welcome...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Special thanks to Callum MacKay for organising this for us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.borderslocal.co.uk/fort-kinnaird/"&gt;http://www.borderslocal.co.uk/fort-kinnaird/&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/2008/06/borders-in-store-event.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ten Storeys High)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854579269725275370.post-3670392127775515159</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-13T15:08:03.812+01:00</atom:updated><title>Stay Focused people... album out very VERY soon....</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/TSH-FORD-FOCUS-748296.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/TSH-FORD-FOCUS-748226.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have designed an advert car livery for Colin's Ford Focus fo promote the release of Ten Storeys High's debut album.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ford Focus I hear you holler!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, the Skinny Mag did call us 'Dad Rock'!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you spot it around Scotland, please don't scratch it... just take a pic and send it in to us... you could win a free copy of the album.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Ten</description><link>http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/2008/06/stay-focused-people-album-out-very-very.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ten Storeys High)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854579269725275370.post-504320712665158155</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-11T14:25:37.568+01:00</atom:updated><title>The Thrill of TV</title><description>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gnDBrNnZ_8c&amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gnDBrNnZ_8c&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;</description><link>http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/2008/06/thrill-of-tv.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ten Storeys High)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854579269725275370.post-7914424009213821951</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-07T17:23:53.426+01:00</atom:updated><title>June Tour &amp; August Gigs Announced</title><description>&lt;table bg border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="440" style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bg width="120" style="color:#b1d0f0;"&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" width="120"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="85"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;8 Jun 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;                                  &lt;td align="right" width="35"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;13:00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;               &lt;/tr&gt;             &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;           &lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td bg width="191" style="color:#d5e8fb;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://collect.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.showDetails&amp;amp;Band_Show_ID=32226545&amp;amp;friendid=97600978"&gt;Meadows Festival - Edinburgh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td bg width="115" style="color:#d5e8fb;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;Edinburgh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;            &lt;tr&gt;           &lt;td bg width="120" style="color:#b1d0f0;"&gt;             &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" width="120"&gt;               &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;                                  &lt;td width="85"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;14 Jun 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;                                  &lt;td align="right" width="35"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;16:00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;               &lt;/tr&gt;             &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;           &lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td bg width="191" style="color:#d5e8fb;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://collect.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.showDetails&amp;amp;Band_Show_ID=32220885&amp;amp;friendid=97600978"&gt;Treefest - Inverleith Park, Edinburgh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td bg width="115" style="color:#d5e8fb;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;Edinburgh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;            &lt;tr&gt;           &lt;td bg width="120" style="color:#b1d0f0;"&gt;             &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" width="120"&gt;               &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;                                  &lt;td width="85"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;21 Jun 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;                                  &lt;td align="right" width="35"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;20:00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;               &lt;/tr&gt;             &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;           &lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td bg width="191" style="color:#d5e8fb;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://collect.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.showDetails&amp;amp;Band_Show_ID=30938954&amp;amp;friendid=97600978"&gt;Eastgate Theatre in Peebles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td bg width="115" style="color:#d5e8fb;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;Peebles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;            &lt;tr&gt;           &lt;td bg width="120" style="color:#b1d0f0;"&gt;             &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" width="120"&gt;               &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;                                  &lt;td width="85"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;22 Jun 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;                                  &lt;td align="right" width="35"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;18:00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;               &lt;/tr&gt;             &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;           &lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td bg width="191" style="color:#d5e8fb;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://collect.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.showDetails&amp;amp;Band_Show_ID=31510459&amp;amp;friendid=97600978"&gt;Kerbside Prophets - Hamilton’s Bar, Edinburgh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td bg width="115" style="color:#d5e8fb;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;Edinburgh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;            &lt;tr&gt;           &lt;td bg width="120" style="color:#b1d0f0;"&gt;             &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" width="120"&gt;               &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;                                  &lt;td width="85"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;27 Jun 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;                                  &lt;td align="right" width="35"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;20:00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;               &lt;/tr&gt;             &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;           &lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td bg width="191" style="color:#d5e8fb;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://collect.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.showDetails&amp;amp;Band_Show_ID=31866468&amp;amp;friendid=97600978"&gt;ALBUM LAUNCH - The Voodoo Rooms with HOOCHIE FIG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td bg width="115" style="color:#d5e8fb;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;Edinburgh, Scotland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;            &lt;tr&gt;           &lt;td bg width="120" style="color:#b1d0f0;"&gt;             &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" width="120"&gt;               &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;                                  &lt;td width="85"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;28 Jun 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;                                  &lt;td align="right" width="35"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;19:00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;               &lt;/tr&gt;             &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;           &lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td bg width="191" style="color:#d5e8fb;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://collect.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.showDetails&amp;amp;Band_Show_ID=31510529&amp;amp;friendid=97600978"&gt;Railway Hotel, Haddington&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td bg width="115" style="color:#d5e8fb;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;Haddington&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;            &lt;tr&gt;           &lt;td bg width="120" style="color:#b1d0f0;"&gt;             &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" width="120"&gt;               &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;                                  &lt;td width="85"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;29 Jun 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;                                  &lt;td align="right" width="35"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;20:00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;               &lt;/tr&gt;             &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;           &lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td bg width="191" style="color:#d5e8fb;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://collect.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.showDetails&amp;amp;Band_Show_ID=30929418&amp;amp;friendid=97600978"&gt;The Greenside, Leslie, Fife&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td bg width="115" style="color:#d5e8fb;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;Leslie, Scotland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;            &lt;tr&gt;           &lt;td bg width="120" style="color:#b1d0f0;"&gt;             &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" width="120"&gt;               &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;                                  &lt;td width="85"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;15 Aug 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;                                  &lt;td align="right" width="35"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;20:00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;               &lt;/tr&gt;             &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;           &lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td bg width="191" style="color:#d5e8fb;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://collect.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.showDetails&amp;amp;Band_Show_ID=32476581&amp;amp;friendid=97600978"&gt;Barrels Alehouse, Berwick-upon-Tweed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td bg width="115" style="color:#d5e8fb;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;Berwick-upon-Tweed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;         &lt;/tr&gt;            &lt;tr&gt;           &lt;td bg width="120" style="color:#b1d0f0;"&gt;             &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" width="120"&gt;               &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;                                  &lt;td width="85"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;16 Aug 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;                                  &lt;td align="right" width="35"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;20:00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;               &lt;/tr&gt;             &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;           &lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td bg width="191" style="color:#d5e8fb;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://collect.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.showDetails&amp;amp;Band_Show_ID=32476614&amp;amp;friendid=97600978"&gt;The Three Monkeys, Portobello&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td bg width="115" style="color:#d5e8fb;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:78%;"&gt;Puerto Bello&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><link>http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/2008/06/august-gigs-announced.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ten Storeys High)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854579269725275370.post-6528675392474464206</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-06T12:57:50.260+01:00</atom:updated><title>Band Official Biography</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/n635700683_412485_1899-757065.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/n635700683_412485_1899-757062.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TEN STOREYS HIGH&lt;br /&gt;a 4 piece semi-acoustic live and recording band from the Edinburgh area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ID PARADE:&lt;br /&gt;• Ewan Beck – Found guilty of noodling, plays bass and muff aka “Sergeant Fury”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Callum Maguire – Found guilty of logorrhoea, discovered an outlet in vocals &amp;amp; lyrics aka “Midnight Moses”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Steve Scott – Found guilty of crimes against guitar and mandolin aka “Isobel Goudie”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Colin Usher – Found, lost, then found again plays drums and glockenspiel aka “Last of the Teenage Idols” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PREVIOUS FORM:&lt;br /&gt;In early 2005, after a brief spell in self-denial, Callum and Steve realised they missed singing and strumming and decided to write half a dozen short, direct, acoustic songs suitable for playing in the corners of darkened bars.&lt;br /&gt;A series of small gigs went down a storm and the need for more ego-inflation quickly followed along with the desire to write more songs and play in an acoustic-fuelled band.  In July 2006 Colin was persuaded to pick up his sticks and electricity was rediscovered in Jan 2007 through Ewan on bass to complete the line-up of TEN STOREYS HIGH.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2006-8 has seen the band playing to a very varied audience at Medina (Acoustic Edinburgh), Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh University Freshers Ball, Hairth of Knockrach Festival, Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh and Galashiels, the main stage at Edinburgh’s Spectrum Festival at the Queens Hall and Capitol in Glasgow. The band has hosted a monthly residency at Edinburgh’s ‘The Village’ in Leith and most recently The Voodoo Rooms promoting other local bands with an acoustic drive through the TEN STOREYS HIGH &amp;amp; FRIENDS initiative.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TEN STOREYS HIGH were pleased to announce the release of their debut single, ‘GOOD THINGS’, on 11th June 2007 on Sweet Day Records launching the single by supporting THE PROCLAIMERS in JUNE 2007 in a series of gigs around Scotland.  The single received airplay and resulted in a handful of great reviews.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CURRENTLY SERVING:&lt;br /&gt;With the grateful support of the Ten Storeys High Music Moguls and special recording guests, the band has completed their first album - THE THRILL OF THE FALL.  Produced by DJ/ producer HOOVERFISH (aka FLASH CALLAHAN) and featuring eleven original tracks the album is scheduled for release in June 2008. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OUTSTANDING WARRANTS:&lt;br /&gt;To launch the album and break-in some new material the band will embark on a small tour of intimate venues around Scotland in June / July 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CHANCES OF PAROLE:&lt;br /&gt;A batch of new songs are well underway and the Summer will see a focus on new material with the band aiming to record a SECOND ALBUM (provisionally titled “Silent Sighs &amp;amp; Trembles”) around September 2008.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BAD INFLUENCES:&lt;br /&gt;Midway through a radio interview / live set at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe the band discovered they shared absolutely no common musical influences and sound nothing like the ones they did cite. Other folk have mentioned Frank Sinatra covering Mark Lanegan backed by Primus and Killing Joke.</description><link>http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/2008/06/band-official-biography.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ten Storeys High)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854579269725275370.post-8965768193428091749</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-06T12:54:27.565+01:00</atom:updated><title>Exclusive Album Preview</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/backplate_photo_newcallum-747351.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/backplate_photo_newcallum-747268.png" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, the album is being pressed as I type this and the band are warming up for their June mini tour to support the release of 'The Thrill Of The Fall'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have launched a preview mini site at Reverb Nation so that you can have a listen to the tracks before falling in love with it and buying it at iTunes etc etc&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/tenstoreyshigh"&gt;www.reverbnation.com/tenstoreyshigh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you like it...</description><link>http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/2008/06/exclusive-album-preview.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ten Storeys High)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854579269725275370.post-4988013515651567839</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-04T16:13:00.934+01:00</atom:updated><title>Flash Callahan release!</title><description>&lt;h3 class="post-title"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;/h3&gt;                          &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.colinusher.co.uk/uploaded_images/JAL56-300-768582.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.colinusher.co.uk/uploaded_images/JAL56-300-768577.png" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our pal and Ten Storeys High producer, Wullie aka Hooverfish aka Flash Callahan has a fantastic new E.P. released on Jalapeno Records called 'Do You Know The Truth'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;F**king right we do mate...!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nice one Wilbur&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=271989097&amp;amp;s=143444"&gt;Click here to listen to it on iTunes&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/2008/06/flash-callahan-release.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ten Storeys High)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854579269725275370.post-902722369152437540</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-04T16:11:09.869+01:00</atom:updated><title>iTunes Essentials : Acoustic Love</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/essent-793242-753076.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/essent-793242-753073.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TEN STOREYS HIGH were astonished to see that we have appeared in an iTunes compilation this week. We have been featured in the Acoustic Love Songs section of iTunes Essentials.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy to see that we are sitting comfortably next to Paul McCartney, Norah Jones, James Taylor, Crosby, Still &amp;amp; Nash, Travis and Eric Clapton.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They have featured our track 'Home Is Where The Heart Lies' which we recorded last summer at the Sound Cafe with Dave Gray.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewMix?id=279992003&amp;amp;s=143444"&gt;Click here to visit iTunes and see for yourself&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.colinusher.co.uk/uploaded_images/tunecore_cover-786890.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.colinusher.co.uk/uploaded_images/tunecore_cover-786533.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The timing is great as we will be releasing our debut album entitled 'The Thrill of the Fall' in mid June on iTunes, Napster, Amazon etc etc.</description><link>http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/2008/06/itunes-essentials-acoustic-love.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ten Storeys High)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854579269725275370.post-5564141885190691726</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-04T16:09:50.014+01:00</atom:updated><title>Treefest 2008 in Edinburgh</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/treefest-768744.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/treefest-768729.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ten Storeys High have been announced as headliners on Sat 14th June at Edinburgh's TREEFEST 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See ya'll there...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;From the site:&lt;br /&gt;The event is organised                      by Four Winds Inspiration Centre&lt;br /&gt;                 and we are only able to do this with the support of our Festival                      Funding Partners&lt;br /&gt;                 The City of Edinburgh Council, Forestry Commission Scotland,                  &lt;br /&gt;Scottish Natural Heritage, Scottish Enterprise, Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership and Treefest Partners&lt;br /&gt;                 We are delighted to also have the promotional support this                      year of&lt;br /&gt;                 IKEA and EAE Distribution&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ten Storey's Colin</description><link>http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/2008/06/treefest-2008-in-edinburgh.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ten Storeys High)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854579269725275370.post-7567920967283944217</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-04T08:51:08.725+01:00</atom:updated><title>The Band</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/smilers-781566.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/smilers-781564.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a wee shot taken by John Need on the Cruz boat in sunny Leith.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You'll see that the band are in a rather subdued mood...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More crazy moments coming to this blog soon (ahem...)</description><link>http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/2008/06/band.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ten Storeys High)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854579269725275370.post-6547370173836440210</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-04T08:45:04.227+01:00</atom:updated><title>Our Bass Player</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/ewan-777363.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/ewan-777360.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ewan Beck, our bass maestro, is featured on the Shuker Bass web site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk/ewanbeck.htm"&gt;http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk/ewanbeck.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'Slap &amp;amp; Finger Funk' are not words that you will hear around the Ten Storeys High camp but you can find reference to this phrase and many more on the Shuker Bass web site...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nice one Eude&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colin, TSH Drummer</description><link>http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/2008/06/our-bass-player.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ten Storeys High)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854579269725275370.post-3283599156876041135</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-04T08:39:49.208+01:00</atom:updated><title>Live In Haddington</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/poster-haddy-771887.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/poster-haddy-771799.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To celebrate the launch of our debut album, we are playing a series of intimate gigs around Scotland in June.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saturday June 28th sees us at The Railway Hotel in Haddington with  THE SIMPLE TOUCH.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Look forward to seeing any of you East Lothianers there.</description><link>http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/2008/06/live-in-haddington.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ten Storeys High)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854579269725275370.post-2200799830026365574</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-01T13:03:52.321+01:00</atom:updated><title>Mini Tour with The Proclaimers</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/l_31be2c3d7af74e33a26cbe1b5b01fcfd-725362-721217.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/l_31be2c3d7af74e33a26cbe1b5b01fcfd-725362-721213.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last summer, Ten Storeys High performed 4 gigs with Edinburgh's finest, The Proclaimers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We played Arran, Stranraer, Selkirk &amp;amp; Airdrie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Top laugh was had and I think their fans liked us too....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a cheesy shot in a dressing room of us trying to be cool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Very special thanks to the band, the crew, especially Aldo and Kenny MacDonald for all the support.</description><link>http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/2008/06/mini-tour-with-proclaimers.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ten Storeys High)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854579269725275370.post-4894543350657281720</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-01T12:55:12.265+01:00</atom:updated><title>TSH Album Launch - At Last</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/n635700683_909220_4805-700933.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/uploaded_images/n635700683_909220_4805-700930.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have the album at the pressing plant, the cover is designed, the music is mastered, the mini Scottish Tour is booked and a launch event will take place at Edinburgh's Voodoo Rooms on Friday 27th June 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The event will be free so do come along early (from 7pm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We'll be playing a live set and we'll be announcing very special guests soon too...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Party hats &amp;amp; kazoos may also be available at the door.</description><link>http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/2008/06/tsh-album-launch-at-last.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ten Storeys High)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854579269725275370.post-7813307312921626980</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-01T12:52:25.520+01:00</atom:updated><title>Our New Web Site</title><description>Our new website has been launched... &lt;a href="http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com"&gt;www.tenstoreyshigh.com&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/2008/06/our-new-web-site.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ten Storeys High)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854579269725275370.post-8372619419428204358</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-01T12:45:54.430+01:00</atom:updated><title>The Sequel has Landed</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;Good evening, and welcome to the second installment of the blog. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;We've been busy rehearsing and getting things in place for the single release. We're putting out Good Things on the 1st June, along with Sleepwalking, as our debut release. Colin has been doing the do and putting together everything and today it appeared on &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;ITunes&lt;/span&gt; and Napster - we're also pressing up 1,000 copies (eek!) and plan to punt these via shops, gigs, radio etc. We might end up selling loads, we might not. Who knows - but it feels good to have a proper single out, so the ego's pretty chuffed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;Had a top practice last week at Banana Row. Steve had come up with a couple of tune ideas that I mentioned in the last spiel, and we had a go at them. It was one of those nights when we were all a bit beat going in, but when we came out we were buzzing. For me, that's the greatest thing about being in a band/playing music - the buzz you get after having a cracking session with your mates. Gigs can be good, of course, but a good rehearsal is something far better for my soul. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;The initial &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;jamm&lt;/span&gt; around the idea tends to dictate whether or not the idea is something that we'll take on and develop into a tune. If the collective vibe is good early on then you know you've caught something and last week we hope we've caught a couple of beauties. One of the tracks is a wee bit more typical for us in that it's a minor key based tune - i.e. pretty melancholic/&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;miserable&lt;/span&gt; - you decide! I'm really into it though - what with being &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;melanc&lt;/span&gt;...etc. - and hope that by the next time we hook up I can have something penned for it. I've got a verse and chorus idea and so far so good. Steve's melody has got a bit of a John &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Barryesque&lt;/span&gt; feel to it initially but then he twists it into something a wee bit darker. Colin was coming up with some lovely beats and Ewan, like me is feeling around a wee bit more and suggested another 'bit' as I like to call 'middle eights'. Bit of work to do but I reckon we've got a contender.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;The other idea rolled out of the boys like the river, stopped by a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;dam&lt;/span&gt; for 100 years and being let loose by a kindly flock of dam-demolition-expert-angels - free at last, the glam stone-age-rockers in them, were free at last! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;Ewan belted out a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;fecking&lt;/span&gt; cracking &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;bolanesque&lt;/span&gt; bass line, after Steve suggested that his riff should be supported by a pounding glam rock/queens of the stone age type groove. Colin immediately took up the mantle and melted majestically pounding beats over the guitars - it was a beautiful moment as Steve's riff hooked in and the three of them combined to create what I reckon has already become - the favourite one to play! Really looking forward to nailing this one and getting it into the set in time for The Proclaimers gigs. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;Looking forward to the next practice - Wednesday coming. We'll work the new ones up more, and Steve is plugging in the old boy again and is going to try out the electric &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;(Judas!) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;on a few of the tunes. We reckon that in bigger venues - what bigger than your usual 50 capacity haunts I hear you sneer - the guitar ain't cutting through the way it ought to do - now there's a lyric. Really excited about hearing the ahem, axe, on a few of the tracks. Steve knows how to handle an axe, no I'm sorry I can't go on with this &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;dodgy rawk-talk&lt;/span&gt;. Let's just say, I reckon it'll work a treat and should compliment Ewan's big muff vibe - oh, there I go again. Right, I'm off. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;div class="byline"&gt;&lt;a href="http://tenstoreyshigh.blogspot.com/2007/04/sequel-has-landed.html" title="permanent link"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt; posted by Callum from Ten Storeys High @ 8:17 PM &lt;a href="comment.g?blogID=2064472713856249202&amp;amp;postID=2264692208462618456" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2064472713856249202&amp;amp;postID=2264692208462618456;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: lowercase;"&gt;0 Comments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;span class="item-control blog-admin pid-104651052"&gt;&lt;a style="border: medium none ;" href="post-edit.g?blogID=2064472713856249202&amp;amp;postID=2264692208462618456" title="Edit Post"&gt;&lt;img class="icon-action" alt="" src="img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;                 &lt;h3&gt;Wednesday, April 18, 2007&lt;/h3&gt;        &lt;a name="5439496619148950236"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;    &lt;h2&gt; Like a Virgin - blog for the very first time&lt;/h2&gt;          &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/__KmW__m7nws/RicyoDEbJTI/AAAAAAAAAAY/RuvuYwGgfLM/s1600-h/ten.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/__KmW__m7nws/RicyoDEbJTI/AAAAAAAAAAY/RuvuYwGgfLM/s320/ten.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055064770346689842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;Wednesday 18th April 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to the first ever news-blog-rant from Ten Storeys High. On this first occasion it comes from the delicate fingers of Mr Maguire. Future news-blog-rants will inevitably come from these same fingers, however, alternative, maybe even more delicate, fingers from the ‘other three’ will no doubt also regularly contribute to this weekly (?) feature.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The idea of the news-blog-rant – how many times will I use that phrase I hear you weep – is to fill a few minutes of your life with news and views from the increasingly self-indulgent Ten Storeys High. Why anyone out there in ciderspace would be in the least bit interested in this guff is beyond me to be honest, but then again, I’m not a big cider drinker. &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, cynicism (mixed with the fear of being disliked, hence the self derogation above) aside, we’re about to enter a really busy, exciting and hopefully fun-fun filled few months for the band. What follows is the story of the not so distant past and the not so distant future (ours, not yours you understand?)…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 07&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ewan joins band on bass geetar and plays debut gig at The Village bar in Edinburgh – Ewan’s great.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Same gig sees the band debut two newly penned tunes – &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The Last Leaf Hanging on Winters Eve&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The Cotton Wool Ball Song&lt;/span&gt; – the first named is my current favourite TSH tune. It’s a melancholic grinder of a tune based around a beautifully simple but unsettling riff that Mr Scott dropped on us a few weeks earlier. I had penned the lyrics used on it around about the same time – they’re about a few folks I know who have fought the biggest fight recently, some of who are winning and one who sadly lost - and they just seemed to click straight away. Always a good sign. Colin and Ewan play understated blinders on it (Ewan uses his big muff!) and we’re all dead chuffed with how it’s progressing. Should end up recording it in May hopefully. The second of the two new tunes, I will leave to Mr Scott to tell you about one day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colin blags a free photo shoot from Reuben Paris – cheers Reeeeeeeuben – and we make our modelling debuts in a boxing gym in Leith. Not just a boxing gym - a boxing gym in Leith. Aye, that’s how hard we are, etc. etc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Filmed a video (yikes!) for debut single &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Good Things&lt;/span&gt;. A non-nonchalant line that. Again, a debut for the band, and again I imagined an achingly embarrassing experience, but again-again, it was remarkably good craic. I really enjoyed lip-synching at double speed whilst simultaneously sounding like one of The Chipmonks. I reckon I should just do that on stage – charge a fiver and make it kids only. Guaranteed hit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Right at the end of the month, we got some great news that we’d been waiting a wee while for. Colin brilliantly landed us a great tour supporting, the current No. 1 artistes on the hit parade, The Proclaimers. Amazing. We’re all really excited and cannae wait for the gigs, which are over four nights in June. &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’ve always been a fan of The Proclaimers. The first time I heard them was when I saw them supporting my boyhood heroes The Housemartins - must have been about 17 - at The Assembly Rooms in George Street. I was blown away by both bands and it was one of those gigs that started me thinking, I want to do that. Colin, you’re a diamond.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April (&lt;/span&gt;so far&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;Played at the Queen’s Hall (disappointingly, her Majesty couldn’t make it – yeah, she was just too busy, wait for it...getting her fanny waxed!) in Edinburgh as part of the fantastic mini-festival that is Spectrum. It was great to play in my favourite venue in Edinburgh for the first time and, I think, we went down well with what was a great crowd. A few folks got in touch afterwards and we’re hoping we may get our first review out of it. &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Played the first of our resident monthly affair at The Village pub. It’s a champion wee place – cracking mix of a really good boozer and really cool lounge/gallery space. Dean, the manager (Colin, calls him Dean Village), kindly offered us a wee monthly slot at the weekends and he’s lets us take over the lounge area for the night. We’ve, rather pompously, but genuinely, called it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ten Storeys High and Friends&lt;/span&gt; and have invited a few mates/bands to play with us each month and have booked up to, and including, the Festival in August.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;The guys we played with (still can’t remember the band name!) were great mates of Ewan and the singer/guitarist Steve was a top player and great singer who settled everyone their into the night perfectly. The honesty box (we don’t charge at the door but welcome modest donations via the tin on the bar) idea seemed to work out well and we got enough for a pint and a supper each. We played a wee set and really enjoyed it – Steve (and Ann?) very kindly bought us a brilliant PA and it made its debut and worked a treat. Nice one Mr Scott.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next month we play with The Graeme Mearns Band who, I believe, are fantastic. I haven’t seen them play as such, but caught their soundcheck at the Queen’s Hall last month and I like them straight away. They seemed to me to be a brilliant mix of punked-up blues with really nice beats and a cool as flint singer, who I assume is Graeme. Should be a fine night. Hopefully see you on the 19th.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonjour for noo&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/2008/06/sequel-has-landed.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ten Storeys High)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854579269725275370.post-5005961151795398387</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-03T15:40:52.032+01:00</atom:updated><title>Like a Virgin - blog for the very first time</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Welcome to the first ever news-blog-rant from Ten Storeys High. On this first occasion it comes from the delicate fingers of Mr Maguire. Future news-blog-rants will inevitably come from these same fingers, however, alternative, maybe even more delicate, fingers from the ‘other three’ will no doubt also regularly contribute to this weekly (?) feature.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The idea of the news-blog-rant – how many times will I use that phrase I hear you weep – is to fill a few minutes of your life with news and views from the increasingly self-indulgent Ten Storeys High. Why anyone out there in ciderspace would be in the least bit interested in this guff is beyond me to be honest, but then again, I’m not a big cider drinker. &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, cynicism (mixed with the fear of being disliked, hence the self derogation above) aside, we’re about to enter a really busy, exciting and hopefully fun-fun filled few months for the band. What follows is the story of the not so distant past and the not so distant future (ours, not yours you understand?)…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 07&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ewan joins band on bass geetar and plays debut gig at The Village bar in Edinburgh – Ewan’s great.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Same gig sees the band debut two newly penned tunes – &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The Last Leaf Hanging on Winters Eve&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The Cotton Wool Ball Song&lt;/span&gt; – the first named is my current favourite TSH tune. It’s a melancholic grinder of a tune based around a beautifully simple but unsettling riff that Mr Scott dropped on us a few weeks earlier. I had penned the lyrics used on it around about the same time – they’re about a few folks I know who have fought the biggest fight recently, some of who are winning and one who sadly lost - and they just seemed to click straight away. Always a good sign. Colin and Ewan play understated blinders on it (Ewan uses his big muff!) and we’re all dead chuffed with how it’s progressing. Should end up recording it in May hopefully. The second of the two new tunes, I will leave to Mr Scott to tell you about one day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colin blags a free photo shoot from Reuben Paris – cheers Reeeeeeeuben – and we make our modelling debuts in a boxing gym in Leith. Not just a boxing gym - a boxing gym in Leith. Aye, that’s how hard we are, etc. etc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Filmed a video (yikes!) for debut single &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Good Things&lt;/span&gt;. A non-nonchalant line that. Again, a debut for the band, and again I imagined an achingly embarrassing experience, but again-again, it was remarkably good craic. I really enjoyed lip-synching at double speed whilst simultaneously sounding like one of The Chipmonks. I reckon I should just do that on stage – charge a fiver and make it kids only. Guaranteed hit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Right at the end of the month, we got some great news that we’d been waiting a wee while for. Colin brilliantly landed us a great tour supporting, the current No. 1 artistes on the hit parade, The Proclaimers. Amazing. We’re all really excited and cannae wait for the gigs, which are over four nights in June. &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’ve always been a fan of The Proclaimers. The first time I heard them was when I saw them supporting my boyhood heroes The Housemartins - must have been about 17 - at The Assembly Rooms in George Street. I was blown away by both bands and it was one of those gigs that started me thinking, I want to do that. Colin, you’re a diamond.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April (&lt;/span&gt;so far&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Played at the Queen’s Hall (disappointingly, her Majesty couldn’t make it – yeah, she was just too busy, wait for it...getting her fanny waxed!) in Edinburgh as part of the fantastic mini-festival that is Spectrum. It was great to play in my favourite venue in Edinburgh for the first time and, I think, we went down well with what was a great crowd. A few folks got in touch afterwards and we’re hoping we may get our first review out of it. &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Played the first of our resident monthly affair at The Village pub. It’s a champion wee place – cracking mix of a really good boozer and really cool lounge/gallery space. Dean, the manager (Colin, calls him Dean Village), kindly offered us a wee monthly slot at the weekends and he’s lets us take over the lounge area for the night. We’ve, rather pompously, but genuinely, called it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ten Storeys High and Friends&lt;/span&gt; and have invited a few mates/bands to play with us each month and have booked up to, and including, the Festival in August.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"  &gt;The guys we played with (still can’t remember the band name!) were great mates of Ewan and the singer/guitarist Steve was a top player and great singer who settled everyone their into the night perfectly. The honesty box (we don’t charge at the door but welcome modest donations via the tin on the bar) idea seemed to work out well and we got enough for a pint and a supper each. We played a wee set and really enjoyed it – Steve (and Ann?) very kindly bought us a brilliant PA and it made its debut and worked a treat. Nice one Mr Scott.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next month we play with The Graeme Mearns Band who, I believe, are fantastic. I haven’t seen them play as such, but caught their soundcheck at the Queen’s Hall last month and I like them straight away. They seemed to me to be a brilliant mix of punked-up blues with really nice beats and a cool as flint singer, who I assume is Graeme. Should be a fine night. Hopefully see you on the 19th.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonjour for noo&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://www.tenstoreyshigh.com/2008/06/like-virgin-blog-for-very-first-time.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ten Storeys High)</author></item></channel></rss>