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The Measure

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The Measure are a group of four highly skilled musicians who together make quality music. Drawing on their own individual influences which include Blues, Drum and Bass, Funk, Rock and Soul to name but a few, the band deliver a hook-laden form of funk/rock that promises to entertain.

Established in late 2006, with a few changes in line-up since, the boys have already played some high profile gigs in the form of the East End Valley Festival, The Bedford River Festival and The Student Windsurf Festival in Bude.

2008 has brought some fantastic gigs and seen the band return to a four piece. With a few new tunes and a whole lot of funk, the boys are making a name for themselves with songs that lift you up and get you dancing!

You're invited to join the band on this journey, for them the magic of music is in playing but they know that The Measure of the the music is seen in the people listening


SEE YOU AT ESQUIRES!!XX
LOOK OUT FOR OUR ALBUM LAUNCH IN 2009!!

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Music:

Member Since: 04/12/2006
Band Website: N/A
Band Members: Fran Bove - Strums and vocalises
Ollie Barnes - Strums (lower) and vocalises
Billie Farr - Strums (loudly) and vocalises
Ben Wolfe - Hits the skins
Influences: John Mayer, Jimi Hendrix, Incubus, U2, Cream, Ben Harper, Lenny Kravitz, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, Prince, George Clinton, Jamiroquai, Primus, Faith No More + many many more!!
Sounds Like: These funk fused rockers are on a mission. Playing energetic funk with a small twist of rock The Measure have a professional, jazzy groovy sound played by true musicians which easily adds a party vibe. With great guitar solos and fantastic harmonies, they'll take you on a funktastic high energy journey. It's no lie to say that you will have to travel far and wide to find a band this tight that play it so loose.

For fans of Stevie Wonder, Jamiroquai, Jimi Hendrix and The Average White Band.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Good times!

Indeed times are good at Measure towers, what with our album being launched in such a fantastic fashion last Friday and with the addition of a new member!That's right ladies and gentlemen, boys and gi...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:47:00 GMT

REVIEWS

We're tidying up the page a bit but still wanted people to see reviews of just how damn funky we are so here they are! *from now on we'll be publishing reviews of us in their entirety, we've got nothi...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:40:00 GMT

Mother’s House

It is with great honour and excitement that we are able to announce us joining forces with a few other quality local bands in Mother's House Promotions.   We join the likes of Vegas Nerve, The Ni...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:08:00 GMT

Gigs to date:

This blog will be updated regularly. GIGS TO DATE 11.11.06 - Electric Avenue@ The Stables, Ampthill 25.03.07 - Shuttleworth Tavern 21.04.07 - Electric Avenue @ The Stables Bar, Ampthill 08.06.07 - Th...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:43:00 GMT

Our first Headline performance at Esquires

In the last two years The Measure have done a fair bit and we all felt more than ready for our headline slot last Friday. However as the night approached we grew increasingly more nervous as a bout of...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Dec 2008 08:07:00 GMT

UPDATE - NOV 08

Well it's been an interesting year for The Measure - we've gained and lost a band mate, we've recorded our debut EP, we've played to some great crowds - memorably Bedford River Festival and Aussie Kis...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:14:00 GMT

Fender The Twin amp for sale with flight case read for details

Fran is selling his Fender "The Twin" 100watt combo amp with a 3 month old flight case. The amp has recently be retubed and fully serviced (including a 5 hour marathon where the service guy was trying...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:09:00 GMT

back to 4

It is with regret that we have to announce the departure of Duncan from the band. Put simply (and we know it's a cliche) there were musical differences. We wish Duncan all the best and he's left on go...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:19:00 GMT

BBC 3 COUNTIES RADIO!

We'll be on this Friday on BBC introducing from 7pmThey're gonna play one of our tunes and have a bit of a chat with us!fans, friends, family and groupies can all listen on bbc.co.uk/threecounties - c...
Posted by on Wed, 14 May 2008 16:53:00 GMT

The last few months...

...have been wicked for The Measure. We've played Esquires (twice), The Horn (twice) and have managed to put together a rather pleasant gig list!!We just want to say thanks to all who have supported u...
Posted by on Mon, 05 May 2008 15:39:00 GMT