Mayfield Drive have been quiet so far this year.

2008 was a blast and a push for constant gigs wherever possible, we raised funds and begun building our own private recording studio.

This little blog is to let you all know what we are planning for 2009, all be-it half way through the year!


SO FAR:
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STUDIO:
The studio project is ongoing, Boab and his father have been adding structural foundations for the 18ft or so extension. The walls have all been properly insulated, the roof completed. We have a full new set of wiring which just needs to be hooked up to a fuse box (getting a pro to do that part).

We see the studio building progressing over the next few months with a few dependencies still in the works.


NEW MEMBER?
Having been a 3 piece band all this time we decided to expand our sound and influences by trialling a new member. A second guitarist Neil was with the band for a few weeks and indeed added a diversity to the sound. We worked on many songs and had some great jams but in the end decided that we would remain 3.


NEW SONGS
We have been writing some new songs recently, some of which are very much "outside of the box" for Mayfield Drive. We are very excited about these tracks and can't wait to finish them off and show you all how our tunes are maturing and evolving


UPCOMING
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GIGS, GIGS, GIGS and.. GIGS
We have done few gigs in 2009, hiding in our rehearsal space consentrating on writing, recording and learning new tracks.. Its time to get back out and fill the calendar.

Over the next few months we will be announcing shows as regularly as we can arrange them. These will be in Glasgow and in Edinburgh as well as the surrounding and local areas like Bathgate, Motherwell and so forth.

We can't wait to see you all at the shows and we even have a wee surprise for you, so come along


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Thats pretty much it although we would like to give Mark, our bassist some luv as he's been very unwell recently (don't worry, its not flu of the swine nature) - so drop him a message on his own profile - with some luv! http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?Memb...

and wish him better


.. See you all soon.


MD
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While the band is promoting our music and applying for things like Tbreak, searching for a new bassist and recording our stuff we have launched our new website.

its not the secret (super duper cool) one ive been making noise about, but it'll do for now.

Please visit: http://mayfield-drive.co.uk

Mayfield Drive have been a three piece band, mostly from creation - our previous attempts to add/replace members have not been successful but we are in the mood to try again.

Mark is now going to play rhythm guitar, which adds several new dynamic angles to our sound - we love being a three piece but with the added guitar our songs can be improved vastly, along with giving us more creative freedom where needed.

for this reason, we are actively recruiting a bass guitarist. They arn't as easy as you'd think to find but I (Ryan) am spamming forums and band personals from every corner of internet!

we will be holding auditions around the 22nd of this month (hopefully) and very soon we'll be back on track with gigging / recording.

If you know anyone, please my pass my details or email address: rmathieson@Gmail.com.
Or send me a bebo message with their details - which ever is easier for you.

thanks for continued support and the best following a band could ask for!


MD