It's Christmas!!!

Press play then read on...

Ho ho ho!

Just a quick email to remind you about next week's Rock House, on Tuesday the 18th December... 

We're going to be decking the (Westhill) Hall with bells and holly and turning the guitars up to 11 to celebrate in true Rock House style... There promises to be plenty of special performances, I know Daniel Wakeford and Beat Express have Christmas songs waiting to be played, who knows what else will be up people's sleeves at this most festive time of year! It'll be the last Rock House of 2012 and it promises to be a whole lot of fun.

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Thanks to everyone that came along to the CD launch last month, it was a roaring success, one of the busiest times we've had down there and all the performances were amazing! You can hear the album from the Shut Up and Listen bands right here - https://soundcloud.com/shut-up-and-listen/sets/super-dancing-club-night

Also, don't forget about the ROCK HOUSE RECORDS website... at the moment there are 6 albums up there for your listening and downloading pleasure, all classics within the Brighton learning disabled music scene. All of them are £5 to download and 100% of the profits go to the artists themselves. Treat yourself!

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So, on to next week... As always the music starts at 7:30 but if you'd like to come down and help out setting up and hang out you can do so from 6:30.

The night finishes at 9:30.

It's £2 on the night (carers free/donation) and we have cans of drink for sale for 50p

Looking forward to seeing you there!!

Rich, Belinda, Katie, Sam, Steve, Gareth & the rest of the The Rock House crew.
x

Number 36!! The Shut Up and Listen CD Launch!!

Hello!

Just a reminder about next week's Rock House, on Tuesday the 20th November. 

We've got a load of special performances lined up for you that evening all in celebration of a new CD being put out by 4 of the new bands over at Shut Up And Listen.

The four bands are - The Flash Rockers, Dancing Rock Queens, Sabien Gater and Fuzzbomb Band, who will all be performing on the night.

We will also have the mighty Carbonators from Croydon coming down to play and the return of Daniel Wakeford, Cossima will be performing again, Catherine O'Rourke is playing, Richard Watson is going to be performing a couple of songs from his debut album"Everybody Is Crazy" (which we're VERY excited by!) and if that wasn't enough we're going to have the 283 Dancers showing off their skills inbetween the bands!! Phew....

So much good stuff, we can't wait!

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We've also uploaded a couple more albums to the ROCK HOUSE RECORDS website... you can now listen to and download - 

• DJ Ivon's debut album full of hip hop, dubstep and scratched up tunes, "My Life"
• Luc Eisenbarth's (of Zombie Crash fame) amazing mix of rock, metal and dance, "Mountain Tigers"
• Jolene Wild's, self titled album which is full of incredible ethereal pop, the best music to relax and sing along to!

All of them are £5 to download and 100% of the profits go to the artists themselves. 

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As always the music starts at 7:30 but if you'd like to come down and help out setting up and hang out you can do so from 6:30.

The night finishes at 9:30. It is at The Westhill Hall on Compton Avenue, Brighton, BN1 3PS

It's £2 on the night (carers free/donation) and we have cans of drink for sale for 50p

See you next week!!!

xx

Halloween Rocked!

Hey hey!

Check out these amazing photos from our Halloween special last month... it was pretty amazing!

As you can see...

Next week is November's Rock House and we've got a really exciting line-up for you, I will tell all very soon...

In the meantime, check out this awesome video of Beat Express playing their hit "Headlines" -

Halloween! Rock House Records! Yeah!

I've put up a video of Bubbaloo's performance of the Rock House mega-hit "The Bobble Song" which you can see here



I hope you enjoy your Bobble!

Which also leads on to a new project we've started here at the HQ is -

ROCK HOUSE RECORDS

This is going to become a place where you can hear and buy all the albums by all the incredible artists that play down at the Rock House (and some that don't). Many of these records have been recorded by Tom or I in private music sessions and haven't been heard outside of these sessions and we think they most definitely should!

So far we have 3 albums available -

• "Between The Lines" by Bubbaloo
• "Daniel Wakeford" by Daniel Wakeford
• "Everybody Is Crazy" by Richard Rock'n' Roll

All of them are £5 to download and 100% of the profits go to the artists themselves.
More and more will be uploaded over the coming months so keep checking back!

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Ok, on to next week... our annual Halloween Special!

Zombie Crash will be performing their now traditional headline set, hopefully with full gory make-up... we will also have a whole host of special performances for you, so make sure you're dressed up and ready to rock.

As always the music starts at 7:30 but if you'd like to come down and help out setting up and hang out you can do so from 6:30.

The night finishes at 9:30.

It's £2 on the night (carers free/donation) and we have cans of drink for sale for 50p

Looking forward to seeing you there!!

Rich, Tom, Belinda, Nick, Steve & the rest of the The Rock House crew.
x

Thank You!

We all just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone that came down and rocked out with us at our 3 year anniversary, it was amazing!

There were some pretty incredible performances, including a stellar headline set from Daniel Wakeford. Videos from the night will be put up over the next few weeks, for now here are some photos from Emily -


 


ROCK ON PEACE OUT. x

We're Back!!!

Hello!

So after our summer break, we're back and raring to go... The next Rock House is going to be our 3 year anniversary and we can't wait! More news on that later though, for now we have a video courtesy of Club Soda of the funk punk band The Carbonators and their first ever performance at July's Rock House...

Move your body

Hey, so here are a couple of videos from last months gig, the mighty, mighty ska sounds of The Coasters with two songs from their performance -



And the amazing voice of Catherine O'Rourke in her first ever Rock House performance! -



Don't forget it's the 33rd Rock House next Tuesday... the last one before summer & we have a special guest band coming all the way from Croydon to join us... The Carbonators!!!

LET'S ROCK AND ROLL

Hello!

Thanks to everyone that came down on Tuesday, as ever it was brilliant night... I received this email during the day from Richard Watson which was a good indicator of what was going to happen...

All the bands were great, we were lucky enough to have the incredible Catherine O'Rourke with us and also a special appearance from the mighty Coasters from Horsham, as ever they got everyone dancing!

Headlining for the first time were the Flash Rockers with a full line-up... It was amazing.

Oh and we have a brand new sparkling sign, courtesy of Emily Mary Barnett, cheers Emily!!!

See you next month for the last Rock House before our Summer break!

x

Everyone Loves Brighton!

Here's a round-up of some of the highlights from May, featuring -

Bubbaloo
Cossima
Daniel Wakeford
Rock House Band
Flash Rockers
Sabien Gator

Enjoy!

Keep on keeping on...

Some more photos from the last Rock House courtesy of Emily Mary Barnett!

Good times

Thanks to everyone that came down on Tuesday! What a night! It was packed and all the bands ruled! See you next month...

New Videos...

So the next Rock House is in 5 days time and to get you all ready for it i've uploaded 3 new videos. I know it's like buses, nothing for ages then 3 come along all at once!

First up is a video from Jolene Wild, who was headlining last month with her band The Fuzzbomb Band. This is a song she wrote about her love of the finest of all drinks - TEA!



Next up is a video of a performance from last month, it's Luc Eisenbarth with his song "I'm A Cowboy". This was the first time Luc had performed like this, with just a banjo and backing... everybody in the audience was blown away at how amazing he was, we're very glad to be able to share the performance with you now -



And finally it's a video from last year of a rare performance of the Flash Rockers before Daniel Wakeford left to pursue his solo career (I have some videos to share of the current line-up too which will be up asap). This was their first time playing at the Rock House and they pulled out this raucous performance of their hit, "Rock 'n' Roll Pop!". Keep your bra and knickers on!



Hope you enjoy them all!

All of these and more should be featured in an online festival Heavy Load are curating this summer to co-incide with the release of the new Wild Things compilation CD. Which many Rock House regulars are on!

There is also a release show for the compilation happening in Brighton at the Old Market on the 22nd May - info here which The Fuzzbomb Band and Zombie Crash are performing at. See you there!

Sponsor Beat Express to go on tour!

In June 2012, Beat Express is invited to take part in the Irish Performing Arts Festival & European Song Competition in Cork, Ireland (more information here)

Beat Express is invited to perform at the finals of the competition and to host a song writing workshop for festival goers.

In association with Brighton charity Carousel, Beat Express hopes to perform in Ireland to promote their music & celebrate their 10 year anniversary! They need money to support them to get over to Ireland and show the world their music.

Please help Beat Express raise the money they need to get there!

For more information about Beat Express, visit:

MySpace: www.myspace.com/beatexpressuk
Shut Up and Listen: www.shutupandlisten.org.uk

Photos...

Here are a some photos from the last few Rock House events... see if you can guess when they're from?

Tonight in Croydon...

The Carbonators, a great new band based in Croydon & supported by Richard from the Rock House is playing their 3rd gig at Club Soda in Croydon. Should be a great night!

ROCK HOUSE 28! - The Valentines Special

Remember - The Rock House is next week on Tuesday the 21st of February!


As today is Valentines day we're going to be celebrating at the Rock House next week, with plenty of love songs, decorations and all round good times... Including showing our love for the incredible, amazing, wonderful BEAT EXPRESS. These guys are a very important part of Brighton's thriving learning disability music scene, they are now in their 10th (!!!) year as a band and at the end of last year released their second album, "Steamin'" which in my humble opinion is amazing & PACKED full of hits. They are not only an inspiration to us at the Rock House (we used one of their songs to name the night!) but also to many of the people that perform, including everyone they tutored and mentored through music courses at Carousel that now are regulars at the Rock House. 

They're going to be headlining the event next week with a selection of hits from the album, which you can hear right now, here - 

You can also buy it from itunes here - 

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/steamin/id490363018

Excellent stuff!!

As well As Beat Express, you can expect to see Blood Moon, Zombie Crash, Daniel Wakeford, The Fuzzbomb Band, The Flash Rockers, amongst many more!

As always the music starts at 7:30 but if you'd like to come down and help out setting up and hang out you can do so from 6:30, we're always looking for more people to get involved with the night & especially if you'd like to perform or know someone that might - get in touch!