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Mars Hill café

About Me


Mars Hill Cafe is a local music and art venue as well as a cool place to hang out. The cafe provides ethical coffee, cheap food, outdoor dining and performance spaces. We strive to provide a personal "second lounge room" experience. Our hope is that you'll find it a comfortable place to have a chat with friends; friends you haven't met yet or our friendly staff. Enjoy "your" cafe.
All events start at 8:30pm and are FREE unless otherwise noted. For more information on how to book your band to play at Mars Hill cafe, send an e-mail to [email protected] are looking for new bands and artists to come and play at MHC. We'd love to hear from you, so send us your demos, your bios and the stuff that makes your music your music. We'd prefer to have to spend our time listening to new artists and new music than staring at the walls!!! So send us your stuff!!! Let us hear your sounds!!!!Check out the Blog for some of the ideas we've got on the boil...email: [email protected] (PLEASE DON'T CONTACT US THROUGH THIS MYSPACE, WE DON'T CHECK IT ENOUGH!) WE WANT TO BOOK YOU OR YOUR BAND, SO EMAIL US!
AND just spreading the word about a new once a month blues night that will be starting at Mars Hill cafe on the 1st Saturday of the month beginning in August..."Blues on the hill" will feature Blues...roots...Alt Country...Early Americana...Folk...The concept being three acts each playing a 1/2 hour set followed by a 1/2 hour jam at the end...The jam will encourage audience members who play harp/guitar/have a yen to do some vocals or backup doo wops to get up on stage and join in...It is hoped that muso's looking to meet other muso's/vocalists etc might find others to join with to form duo's/trios etc...Its about bringing people together to enjoy and participate/network music...If you would like to be considered for a slot to showcase your sound/style please email to [email protected] with a link to your site...get up and get into it!...Regards...Mo@Mars.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 13/12/2006
Band Website: http://marshillcafe.com.au
Band Members: Music Organiser
Luke Tallon ([email protected])

Blues on the hill Organiser
Mo Defoe ([email protected])
Sound Engineers
Lachlan Hollingsworth
Helmut Uhlmann
Tim Russo
Grant Young
Matt Bourne
Influences: Follow us on Twitter @MarsHillcafe and find us at

Sounds Like: Sound equipment

* 2 Mackie SRM 450 speakers
* 2 Mackie SRM 350 fold backs
* 2 Shure Beta 58 mics
* 2 Shure Beta 57 mics
* 2 RØDE Condenser mics
* 1 Video & Audio Feed to downstairs
* 4 AKG 2700 microphones
* 3 Behringer DI boxes
* 1 Alesis Quadraverb effects unit
* Mackie Onyx 1620, 16 channel sound Desk
* Firewire Out Multitrack Soundcard recording
* Digidesign Mbox 2 & ProTools
* Pre-set EQ on FOH and fold back speakers
* 003 Digidesign Factory
* Mixdown Studio in Fitout

Audio Engineer

* An audio engineer will be available for set-up and sound check from 7:45pm and will operate for the whole performance. They may also be available for the mastering of the recording if the artist chooses to go the direction of making a CD of their performance.

Record Label: Hours: T-F (5pm-Late) Sat & Sun (12 & 1pm -Late)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

November Blues on the hill.

Mo DefoeMo Defoe...B.O.T.H'S organizer opens the night with upbeat blues and outrageous instrumentals...Mo ranges from 12 bar to indie instrumentals in varied open tunings in some of which the guit...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:03:00 GMT

Upcoming acts @ blues on the hill

The 1st Blues on the hill night was a great success with James Stuart Keene...DylanDrew...And The Blacktop Rockets all being well received...A big thank you to all those acts...And to our sound man...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:38:00 GMT

New Prize in open mic night

The "One rhythm" open mic night has two sections...The first part allows you the opportunity to get up and play a couple of tracks...This is followed by a "slam" where you pay $5.00 to enter and play ...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:55:00 GMT

Blues On The Hill Booking Up Fast

Hey Ya'll...The 1st B.O.T.H. session is fully booked with James Stuart Keene (blues/Alt Country) The Blacktop Rockets (Blues) And DylanDrew (Indie Blues/Alt Country) filling the available slots... ...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:05:00 GMT

Blues on the hill #1

Heya all...been a while since I updated here but I can now announce two of the acts playing at the 1st Blues on the hill night on August one...James Stuart Keen From the gong...Alt country/blues/fo...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:06:00 GMT

Gig spots available in July

Spots available are;July 3: [Slot Available] + Justin AshworthJuly 4: [Both Slots]July 10: [Slot Available] + David CarrJuly 11: [Both Slots]July 17: [Both Slots]July 18: The Orphanage SessionsJuly 24...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:10:00 GMT

Send us your demos

We are looking for bands to play at the Cafe.  Send me a demo CD toATTN: Music @ MHCPO Box 6452Blacktown, NSW, 2148or email me at [email protected]. I want to get more bands in conta...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:26:00 GMT

I WANT TO HEAR YOUR MUSIC

It's pretty simple people.  Send me your links.  I want to hear any act who thinks they can do 45min in a cafe.  I don't care if you're metal, electro, pop, country, rock, jazz or whate...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:10:00 GMT

FRIDAY NIGHTS

Friday Nights @ MHC We're moving our bands from Thursday Night onto Friday Nights.  We are trying to get more and more great bands coming.  We want to hear your music and we want to help the...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:42:00 GMT

ONE (WORD) & ONE (SET)

One(Word) & One(Rhythm) Okay, we've been sitting down and nutting out some ideas here at MHC and we've got two big new events planned. One(Word) = Open Mic Poetry/Prose night.  There are like...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:37:00 GMT