Hi all,
For those that might have missed it, click the link to the first HGMC Newsletter
Home grown Music Collective Newsletter Jan 2012
Always on the look out for contibutions so if you feel like putting pen to paper. Reviewing an album or anythin
Read more…Evening all, just noticed S-S-S on Sky Arts 1 243 and Virgin 281, from Isle of Wight 2011 @ 6.00 pm. Beers are in my cooler ready. G..
Read more…hi, i just found a little practice amp at the recycle depot- the kind you get bundled with a cheap guitar set probably 7- 10 w. it sounds pretty good with a piezo cbg through it i would like to put it in a custom box and fit a larger speaker.the one
Read more…Hello Box guys and Ladies,
Yes I have an invite to the House of Lords Westminster !
So I thought I would give you a chuckle, and a chance to vent your spleen......
Anything you would like to say ?
The security check takes about ten minutes or so, so
Read more…http://jerusalemmules.bandcamp.com/releases here is a link for a free download. You name the price from free to what ever. It is a collection of old songs played on a 3 stringed cookie tin banjo. Hope you all like
Read more…Hi People
I am pleased to announce that we will be holding another CBG soiree in Sidcup on the 24th March 2012. It will be held at the same venue as last time
Old Bexley & Sidcup Conservative Club 19 Station Road, Sidcup, DA15 7EB
If anybody would li
Read more…Hows this grab you?...a FREE summer festival, in a quaint riverside town, proper campsites and loads and loads of great music....good food and great beer too. The only thing you need to pay for is the campsite...and food & drink of course.
Once aga
Read more…Pretty short notice but I've only just heard this myself. Photographer Stan Newton has got an exhibition of his work on at the ORT Cafe in Birmingham, and to launch it there's an open mic evening. Stan was at Boxstock 2011 as photographer, and he pr
Read more…As a small group [ 86 members ] do we really want to be creating divisions due to the location of Boxstock.
Wherever it is it will be further to travel and more inconvenient for some than others.
Should not the place to resolve this be at the agm, a
Read more…Hi guys,
As Im sure you all know, we have been quietly working away on next years main event for some time now. Hell we had to start early - how do you top Ben Prestage?!
There will be some slight changes this year, though we will be keeping true to
Read more…The Godfather is making you an offer you can't refuse!! You may be aware of Mike Orr & Shane Speal's book "Handmade Music Factory" which was recently published. It's the ideal Christmas present for any fan of cigar box guitars and home-grown handmad
Read more…Hi all,
i have recently decided to have a go at making my own pickup.
There are dosens of pages on how to do this but none say where to get the "bare" (no plastic surround) copper wire in the UK. I have tried electrical wholesalers near by but no luc
Read more…Ok, not really, but this is almost as important!
Im just wondering how many of us Scots there are here at the nation? Reason been, Im thinking of organizing a wee CBG event - something along the lines of a get together, few beers, a gig, buying & s
Read more…Can anyone point me in the direction of someone who makes necks in the UK, or someone in the USA who will dispatch to the UK.
Read more…Hello there, I wonder if anyone can give me any advice. I want to send three guitars to my friend Bob in New York in time for Christmas - two three string dulcimer guitars made from tins, and one three string guitar made from a wooden box. Has anyone
Read more…Hi all,
I'm starting my new build any day now, and was looking for a couple of tips for building the neck.
I'm doing my first fretted neck and I'm hoping to have an angled headstock. I'm guessing I do the frets first then put the headstock on la
Read more…BBC Four
21:00hrs Today
Ever since the early 1960s, Rick Stein has been in love with the blues and years later he is fascinated by the dishes ingrained in its lyrics - fried chicken and turnip greens, catfish and black-eyed peas, and the rest. In thi
Read more…Now the excitement of Boxstock has died down, but you're thinking you'd like to see some more of Hollowbelly, this is your chance! And if you couldn't make Boxstock then this is your chance too! He's playing at my local music venue, The Verge, in
Read more…Is anyone driving to the upcoming Hollowbelly gig in Manc on the 26th? I really want to go, but don't have transport. I can pay petrol money though.
Cheers all.
Duncan.
Read more…Hi. I thought I would just post a little reminder about the Skype conference call this Sunday, November the 6th at 8pm our time (now that the clocks have changed).
I took part in the first one and it was really good. I learned a tremendous amount. Th
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