{"id":1587,"date":"2009-10-24T18:06:04","date_gmt":"2009-10-24T17:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=1587"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:31:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:31:05","slug":"shameless-self-promotion-rachel-james-and-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/shameless-self-promotion-rachel-james-and-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Shameless Self Promotion &#8211; Rachel James and Band"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1590 lazyload\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"Rachel James\" src=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/rachel-james1-299x300.jpg\" alt=\"Rachel James\" width=\"299\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/rachel-james1-299x300.jpg 299w, https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/rachel-james1.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"auto\" \/>Genre:\u00a0 New\u00a0Folk Pop<\/p>\n<p>A 3 piece consisting of guitar, vocals, bass and alsorts of percussion including tablas.\u00a0 Musically, we aim for a different type of sound based on merging styles together, so as to have a European edge to our new folk pop genre.\u00a0\u00a0Each member of the band has their own influences which\u00a0instead of clashing, complement the\u00a0music.\u00a0 From\u00a0Suzanne Vega to Peter Gabriel to Steely Dan.<\/p>\n<p>Our ambition is to go as far as we are able.\u00a0 We do not have a record label, and yet do not let this hold us back. 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(this will be sometime in November).<\/p>\n<p>So far we have travelled up and down\u00a0the country gigging, and have played many main cities including Edinburgh, London, Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, and Leeds.\u00a0 We have performed on local radio, and were recently included in Manchester&#8217;s &#8216;Chimp&#8217; magazine in the &#8216;Up for Grabs&#8217; unsigned section, described as &#8216;a Class act&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>We have included a link to our you tube video of &#8216;Tick Tock&#8217;.\u00a0 While we feel that the song has a catchy hook with a continental feel, it was filmed in our Northwest countryside\u00a0featuring Rivington of Horwich, Boltons spooky but marvelous &#8216;Pigeon Tower&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Our Myspace page:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/racheljamesandband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/racheljamesandband<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our You Tube music video of &#8216;Tick Tock&#8217;:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/SDpmPZAVnU0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/SDpmPZAVnU0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"\/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genre:\u00a0 New\u00a0Folk Pop A 3 piece consisting of guitar, vocals, bass and alsorts of percussion including tablas.\u00a0 Musically, we aim for a different type of sound based on merging styles together, so as to have a European edge to our new folk pop genre.\u00a0\u00a0Each member of the band has their own influences which\u00a0instead of clashing, complement the\u00a0music.\u00a0 From\u00a0Suzanne Vega to Peter Gabriel to Steely Dan. 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