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Bateleurs
Feb 28^th, 2010 at 12:33pm

OK, Shameless plug time...

Since the end of last year I've been playing with a new band called Bateleurs

We have a MySpace site with a bit of info on who we are, a few forthcoming live dates, pics and even a few home demos.

We're going into the studio end of April to record a proper 3 song EP but in the meantime if you have a spare 10 mins you can check us out at:

www.myspace.com/bateleurs

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Re: Bateleurs
Reply #1 - Mar 2^nd, 2010 at 3:00am

Very nice. Smiley

I've just listened to 3 of your tracks and I'm very impressed. It's late or I would have listened to them all. My overall impression is that you sound a lot more settled with this new band and your vocals are more assured.

For anyone else reading this thread I have been fortunate enough to have heard some of Willos' earlier work and this latest venture is the most accomplished yet. I don't want to give the impression that Bateleurs are a one man band, they aren't. I'm simply saying that Willo sounds very comfortable in the surroundings of this particular group.

It seems "The Storyteller" still has a few tales to tell.

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Bear sausageNet God Offline Where's the Bear? Posts: 2684 Basingstoke Gender:	Re: Bateleurs Reply #2 - Mar 2^nd, 2010 at 8:05am I'm not the most musically inclined of the Sausagenetters but have really enjoyed the two tracks that I've listened to being Rainy Days and Permanent Winter. It's great to see someone you know doing what they love PS - tried to vote on facebook but I kept getting a message saying that there was a problem with the application
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Reply #3 - Mar 2^nd, 2010 at 8:24am

Thanks Guys,

I'm working with another 'singer/songwriter' called Sean Amor in this band and it's nice to share the workload, for want of a better word.
I was never comfortable being a frontman as such.

The songs that I've written that are currently on the MySpace site are Hello Girl, Rainy Days, Girl With Cartoon Eyes and also main vocal on the Crowded House cover Four Seasons In One Day.
They're all essentially home demos though we've a weekend studio session booked in April to record a new 3 song EP including the first new Amor/Ball penned song New Day Rising ,whose title sums up my approach to this new band

We even a few decent gigs lined up over the coming months so I'll have my usual bouts of stagefright to contend with! Shocked

Will post some links and even send out a few CDs to anyone interested once we have a finished product.
In the meantime thanks for the interest and support...

Not sure why the song vote app wasn't working Bear, will have to check that.

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Steptoes Son Egg & Beans on Toast Offline Posts: 382 Gender:	Re: Bateleurs Reply #4 - Mar 2^nd, 2010 at 8:41pm just had a listen, very nice, big fan of acoustic stuff. Hello Girl, is my fav, we both agree you sound very Cat Stevensy How Long, is another I like, sounds very Springsteinish. keep it up, keep writing!
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WillotheWisp Global Moderator Offline Turn It On! Posts: 7876 UK Gender:	Re: Bateleurs Reply #5 - Mar 3^rd, 2010 at 12:12pm Steptoes Son wrote on Mar 2^nd, 2010 at 8:41pm: Hello Girl, is my fav, we both agree you sound very Cat Stevensy That's now the 3rd comparison I've had with Cat Stevens! I do quite like him myself so hopefully that's a good thing. Just hope I don't bump into Salman Rushdie
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Steptoes Son Egg & Beans on Toast Offline Posts: 382 Gender:	Re: Bateleurs Reply #6 - Mar 3^rd, 2010 at 9:02pm WillotheWisp wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2010 at 12:12pm: That's now the 3rd comparison I've had with Cat Stevens! I do quite like him myself so hopefully that's a good thing. Tonight Mathew I'm Going To Be................
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WillotheWisp Global Moderator Offline Turn It On! Posts: 7876 UK Gender:	Re: Bateleurs Reply #7 - Mar 3^rd, 2010 at 11:57pm Steptoes Son wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2010 at 9:02pm: Tonight Mathew I'm Going To Be................ LOL, I'm actually considering introducing a Cat Stevens song to our set now
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WillotheWisp Global Moderator Offline Turn It On! Posts: 7876 UK Gender:	Re: Bateleurs Reply #9 - Mar 10^th, 2010 at 3:46am Oh forgot to mention, Just added a new demo, any feedback/comments appreciated www.myspace.com/bateleurs
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Indigo Lupin sausageNet God Offline 'Space for rent' Posts: 2530 Norwich Gender:	Re: Bateleurs Reply #10 - Mar 14^th, 2010 at 9:20pm Just added you as a friend on MySpace too Willo, sounding good.
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Re: Bateleurs -UPDATE(Please read...)
Reply #11 - May 26^th, 2010 at 10:04pm

Hi All,

OK, shameless plug time but pleeeeasse read on...

My band, Bateleurs have just released our debut EP, New Day Rising.

This is available either in CD format or as a download.

We would Greatly appreciate the support of all you Sausagenetters in getting this off the ground!

You can download directly from Amazon here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Day-Rising-EP/dp/B003M597L8

Or you can order the CD (or follow links to download) from our official website at:
http://www.bateleurs.co.uk

If enough people purchase/download we might even get a chart position!

One last thing, If you do have an Amazon account you can also rate or leave reviews which would be great (assuming you like it LOL)

Anyone, Thanking you all in advance. This REALLY means a lot to me...

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Black_Widow sausageNet God Offline A thing of beauty is a joy forever Posts: 4730 Hampshire Gender:	Re: Bateleurs Reply #12 - May 30^th, 2010 at 10:49am You're now on my Windows Media Player between Bat For Lashes and The Beatles! Not bad company....
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WillotheWisp Global Moderator Offline Turn It On! Posts: 7876 UK Gender:	Re: Bateleurs Reply #13 - May 30^th, 2010 at 11:29pm Black_Widow wrote on May 30^th, 2010 at 10:49am: You're now on my Windows Media Player between Bat For Lashes and The Beatles! Not bad company.... Why what's wrong with Bad Company!? They were really good too It's funny, we were played on Signal radio the other day between The Beatles and Echo and The Bunnymen!
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Black_Widow sausageNet God Offline A thing of beauty is a joy forever Posts: 4730 Hampshire Gender:	Re: Bateleurs Reply #14 - Jun 8^th, 2010 at 7:32am It's a bit of luck I'd just downloaded the Bat for Lashes album, otherwise you'd have been between The Beatles and The Backstreet Boys
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