The Nik Kershaw tour has been making it’s way through Europe, and lastnight, we played the O2 in Hamburg. The Orange Amp stack is awesome, works everytime, sounds great in every venue and as you’ll see from from the YouTube video looks the business too -

The Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) in Guildford has some incredible links with people through-out the music industry – musicians, producers, engineers and managers. We are also very lucky that these people are prepared to share their time with us and the ACM students – which gives a great “reality” and insight into the music business. Thank you to Roger Taylor and everyone who was involved for an exceptional day!

The Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) is Guildford has a long-term relationship with Roger Taylor of Queen. Roger has been incredible, providing inspiration and feedback for the students and an incredible “trove” of Queen memorabilia which is now on display in the “Roger Taylor Zildjian Studio”.

Check out the full story on the ACM website.

I’m getting excited and we’re learning new material for a week of Nik Kershaw gigs starting in Holland on the 26th of November, moving on to Hamburg and Berlin in Germany on the 1st & 2nd of December and finishing off in Belgium on the 4th of December. As always look forward to seeing you all!!

Nothing much to add to this one – I think the video “tells the story”… A great gig!!

I’ve been playing loads of festivals and smaller venues with Nik Kershaw over the summer. Nik’s fans are very loyal, happy and in good voice which makes for a great atmosphere and we, the band have a great time.

It’s great to get feedback and often there is video from the gigs on YouTube, so I was really pleased to find the following thread on Basschat – http://basschat.co.uk/topic/156977-paul-geary/

Thank you all for coming to the gigs!!

It’s been official for a while, but it now “online” too…

http://www.orangeamps.com/paul-geary-bassist-nik-kershaw/

The amps have been great and are really proving themselves on the European Festivals scene – look great and sound spot-on.

We (and you in the crowd) were all so so lucky to have fantastic sunshine and a great day for the “Happy Days” festival in Esher. It was a great opportunity to to use the new Orange Rig and great to be out playing live to excited and sing-along crowds!

Check-out a few of the photos and I’ll try to hand-pick some of the better YouTube videos which I’ll link to in the next few days.

There are things that you get told, stuff that you sort-of-knew and some things are just accepted as “true” – like for instance, “Valve Amps are better”.

So, I am very excited to announce that I am now supporting, playing and endorsing Orange Amps which is a fantastic opportunity for me to work with a thorough-bred British manufacturer with these great new Bass products.

So, the new set-up is as follows -

Orange AD200 mkIII Valve Head

Orange OBC410 Cabinet

Orange OBC115 Cabinet

So, the next thing you all need to know is, “it’s true!” – the sound, depth, clarity, punch, everything about this new setup is great, and also at the same time, appropriate for big gigs on-stage and also in smaller practise venues. It does appear that “valves are better” – but we all knew this already, right…

I’m not sure what I can tell you, and what I can’t… It’s all very exciting. I have been shown the list of “possible”, “nearly confirmed” and “confirmed” gigs for Nik Kershaw this summer. I think the safest thing is for me to give you some clues or “teasers” -
1. The list runs from now (March 2011) until Christmas 2011.
2. The list could be classified as “global” or atleast “international”
3. If all of the bookings confirm then we are all going to be very busy!
4. That’s a lot of air miles!!

I’m sort-of coming to terms with finding myself in video clips on YouTube, playing at a festival, sometimes fans link to this Paul Geary website but it means so much more and is very exciting to have a link and article written on the Rotosound website. Thank you Rotosound!!

As some of you will already know I’ve done a few live tour dates with Mary J Blige – great gigs, really upbeat and a great sound. I’m really pleased to back on tour with Mary J Blige in April and May! The dates are -
1st April 2011 – Zurich
2nd April 2011 – Prague
3rd April 2011 – Milan
6th, May 2011 – Frankfurt
7th May 2011 – Dresden
8th May 2011 – Munich

I’m will be writing some articles and publishing them on the site – a new article each month. I know that there are lots of new musicians, students and bands who are looking for background and advice to help them in their early days. This months “Auditions” and the importance of being Prepared and how to condense your skills into a few decisive moments.