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Darren

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About Me

mmmmm.....music mad, bass player, Ebay reseller, music writer, ice hockey fan, step dad to 2 lads and married....not a lot more to add, well there is but I am too lazy to type it all, but just getting back into live music promotion and helping manage promote a few people.

My Interests

See about me :)

I'd like to meet:

Marillion and U2 are two bands I would really like to meet but apart from that whoever I do actually meet will do me fine.

Music:

all sorts, and I really do mean all sorts from prog rock to reggae, indie to funk if its good I will probably enjoy it not to forget being a bit of a metal head as well

Movies:

the Hellraiser series, Alien films (H.R. Giger is a god, a twisted one though) and most sci-fi stuff

Television:

loads of dodgy sci-fi and fantasy from the X-files and Millenium to Firefly and Babylon 5 and loads of others.

Books:

Issac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, Bryan Aldiss and loads of other authors

Heroes:

I have no heros at the moment

My Blog

I’ve not had a moan for a while....

I've not had a moan for a while....but this week I have had 4 acts let me down for booked gigs, how bloody annoying.Suffice to say do not expect to see: Andy Newton, The Finest Hour, Outspoken Silence...
Posted by Darren on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:12:00 PST

Some questions to help us for 2008

Happy Christmas/Yule folks, a bit of help would be appreciated in this merry time of year, at this time of year we like to look back and celebrate what has gone well with Music HQ and try and improve ...
Posted by Darren on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:16:00 PST

Nice surprises

Sometimes you go through life doing the best you can to help out other people not expecting any rewards apart from the general feeling that you have done the right thing and left a positive image with...
Posted by Darren on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:03:00 PST

Some musicians have strange ideas......

.....about gigs.Had a musically great gig last night at the Tigers Lair but one out of the 5 acts just did not seem to get what 'grass roots' gigs are about.As soon as they walked in they commented th...
Posted by Darren on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:59:00 PST

Big fish in a small pond?

Now then, bit of a rant coming up, why do bands that are half decent and getting a bit of interest act like a bunch of prats and end up with some power mad manager and others who are getting just the ...
Posted by Darren on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:03:00 PST

why do people do stupid things?

I had a weird night tonight, went to a local gig to see a band I had been working with do thier second gig with a new singer who had played a blinder on hs first and he totally bottled it Too muc...
Posted by Darren on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 03:46:00 PST

Gigs coming up this week in Hull from Music HQ

Howdy folks, hope everyone enjoyed the bank holiday (if you are in the UK) and not over done it too much on the partying as you need to save some energy for a couple of great gigs coming up. Wednesda...
Posted by Darren on Tue, 08 May 2007 01:53:00 PST

Thank yous & good news for Friday 11th May Gig in Hull

First off thank you to everyone who volunteered to play on the Friday 11th May gig at Tigers Lair, Hull supporting the rather wonderful Silver Dogs The support acts for the gig are now confirmed as E...
Posted by Darren on Fri, 04 May 2007 01:58:00 PST

urgent - Folk/Acoustic Act required for Friday 11th May

Just received some bads news, Emma Rugg and Henry Doss have had to pull out of Friday 11 th May gig at the Tigers Lair with the Silver Dogs http://www.silverdogs.co.uk/ so we are looking for an act or...
Posted by Darren on Thu, 03 May 2007 01:47:00 PST

Acoustic Clarence - 28th April


Posted by Darren on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:56:00 PST