Weddings. I honestly can’t tell you how many I’ve been to, it must amount up to the hundreds over the years. And the view from the stage is a unique one. Some are civil affairs where family members natter over brie and grapes while nephews and nieces play happily, ‘We’d maybe have a little dance later on but for now I’m catching up with loved ones, thank you very much’. Others are quite the opposite. The sound of group singing and laughter fill the air, and the sight is of cr

Picture in your head a musician. No, wait. A rock musician. Thats right, they’re probably male, drunk and gallivanting through life on a motorbike with a guitar in one hand, a bottle of Jack Daniels in the other with a cigarette hanging out of their mouth. And they like to play LOUD. While I’m sure, as they say, there is no smoke without fire, most modern (working) musicians do not hold to this stereotype. There is, however, a regular communication between bands and venues re

Gig day = cheat day, at least that's what we tell ourselves. In The Tricks we like to think healthily, we spend gig breaks and times between recording talking about the best way to cook broccoli, new exercise techniques and podcasts we've listened to discussing meditation and healthy living. It's not that any of us have the figure of Michael Phelps or the mind of the Dalai Lama (we are musicians after all, and have to maintain a fair share of the rock and roll lifestyle!) but