Not much to report on this week, unless you want the lowdown on the BRISCA World Final. Ask me if you want, but I warn you you may get bored pretty quickly!

So no gigs last week, just one night out at a Conference in Leeds. This was a meeting regarding the South by South West music convention in Austin Texas. It was extremely well-attended and I always feel re-assured when there are other mad-keen musicians there, taking notes and so on. It reminds me that I'm not the only mad fool around.

I don't think SxSW is for me. Not just now anyway. It's very costly and there's VISAs to consider. Plus every other band, singer, etc.. is there. Is that really a good way to get noticed and stand out from the crowd? I'm not sure it's the best way these days. Plus there's a risk of ending up playing to 2 people, and I can do that pretty well here!

One other development last week, which some of you will know by now, is that I'm switching over to a proper 'management' system for sending out email newsletters. If you're not on the mailing list (shame on you!) then please feel free to email me. The old system involved be bcc-ing everyone from my own personal email address and then re-sending it 500+ times! I know, you're shocked that's how many people are on my mailing list...but it's not a very professional approach.

So now I'll be doing it through soundclick.com, where I already have a lot of my music uploaded.
This means I have to have your permission to send the emails, and thus a confirmation email will be sent to all existing subscribers over the next few weeks. Some have already been sent. It all means that in future the email newsletter will look better and, for once, give off the vibe that I know what I'm doing.

Next week there will be news on the 2 upcoming Paul Jeffery Band gigs. On Friday 25th we're over at the Bakers Vaults, Stockport. Then on Sunday 27th in the afternoon (3-5pm) we're at The Bridge in Huddersfield. If you can't wait until next week for the news, then come to the gigs themselves!