Alright musical people, we've got a veritable smorgasbord of news for you.




First off, we shall be holding an AGM on Tuesday the 15th March at 9pm in the Ale
House on Nicholson Street (the usual social holding spot).
This AGM will involve electing who will be on the committee next year. Since some of
us are leaving in september, we are looking for new members to join the committee so if
you would like to be involved then come along. All positions are open and here is a short list of them:
- President
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Events Organiser (2 people)
- Publicity
- Practice Room/Equipment
You could also be elected as an ordinary committee member who helps out in all society
related things. If anyone is interested then come along to our next committee meeting
on the 8th of March at 8.30pm in the Ale House to get a feel for how the society is run.

Secondly, our Annual Battle of the Bands is just around the corner. Its gonna be held on
the 24th March in Teviot Debating Hall and will start at 8pm. Entry will be £3. The line up
in no particular order is:
- Dan, Leo and Ross (Band name to be confirmed)
- Hip$ter Bitch
- Quieter
- The Breakfast of Champions
-Wheatabeat
Facebook event here http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=167860343264675#!/event.php?eid=167860343264675

But thats not the only gig news, our very own Gold Lions are through to the regional
finals of the Live and Unsigned competition and it would be great to get along and
support them. They are playing at the Corn Exchange on the 19th March, doors opening
at 4.30pm, entry £7.50.

And theres more, if you happen to have any good pictures of your band playing live,
forward them to Matt, out publicity manager, at M.Dumont@sms.ed.ac.uk. We can use
these on our site and also for our freshers stand which allows me to lead into our next
point.

We would like to hand out a CD in freshers week bursting with music to show off the
bands in the society, so if your band have recorded a really awesome song then send
it on to reggieharrison@hotmail.co.uk.

Thats it for this week, hope to see some of you at the next social.

At long last we've managed to get a date and venue sorted. Sorry about the confusion,
due to venue flooding the original promoter has had to pull out through no fault of his
own, so now I'm running the show :P.



Come and support your favourite local bands as they compete for a fantastic cash
prize in what promises to be an unmissable musical battle for supremacy!

Featuring the musical stylings of:
...
Le Salon du Jazz Refuse
Screen Kids
Red Pill
The Gold Lions
Fievel
and (filling in for the Psycho Hearts, who are now in Australia)
The Shatner's Bassoon Orchestra (Kapil, fill in the name of your band please!)

See you there, entry should be around four or five quid, tickets on the door and from
the bands. (you might be able to get your tickets cheaper from the bands, so try to buy
beforehand if you can). As I can't be arsed/afford to print off a run of tickets, we'll be stamping people on the door - bands can presell tickets and
write your name down on the guestlist so that you won't have to pay to get stamped
on the night.

As ever, there'll be a wee jam/open mic at the end, so feel free to come along and have
a strum/blow/beat/scrape/jam/twist.

The facebook link for the event is: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=141824529208584 so tell us if you're attending!

Hey guys, we're holding the first of five heats in our massive winter battle of the bands,
so get your asses down to BASE!

Entry is £5, drinks will be very cheap and there will be five great local bands playing
(tickets on the door or from bands).



(Decent image to come soon!) The night goes on until three, so you're getting your money's worth - a mix of five
hand-picked local bands, a bit of open mic, some excellent DJ sets from the best in
local DJ talent an...d possibly a secret act later in the evening :P.

Featuring:

Le Salon du Jazz Refuse
Anthony Wilson
Breakfast of Champions
Penny Wedding
And finally a special guest, famous in his native soil of America, guitarist, singer (and
lover) Rob Loughney!

We should be having a wee open mic slot/boogie-down at the end, so come on down
for some slammin' music, we're hoping to pack it out.
More details soon :).
Our judges include journalists, record company execs and radio execs, so get
yourselves down to rub elbows with the big hitters :P
Oh, and your host for the evening will be Ben, dressed somewhat spectacularly in glam-rock
style. My committment to this will vary according to popular demand.

I've cleared out access to the practice room unless I know you've paid for sure this year, so if I've missed you, sorry!

Just send a quick email with your name, matriculation number, email, and username that you use on the forums to untappedtalent@gmail.com to get access to the coveted Practice Room Booking link at the top of website!

Yes, that means you need to sign up to the forums to get access, sorry!

Phew! There's a lot of good bands kicking around Edinburgh these days, y'know?
The overall quality of the bands the judges saw last Wednesday and Thursday was pretty high - it was really tough to pick out five. Long story short, we couldn't, so here's the six we've chosen to take part in the Untapped Talent 2010 Battle of the Bands!

Screenkids
Voltairs
Red Pill
Quieter
Le Salon du Jazz Refuses
At Least it's an Ethos

Commiserations to those who didn't make it this time - we'll be in touch with a lot of you about gigs in the future!

Initial schedule below, check out this topic for more info, or if there's a problem.

Wednesday 17th February
1700 - The Graeme Mearns Band
1730 - Oceansfall
1800 - The Breakfast of Champions
1830 - The Thaw Session
1900 - Pilot
1930 - James Ross
2000 - Red Pill
2030 - New Urban Frontier
2100 - Lemon Inzest
2130 - Voltairs

Thursday 18th February
1700 - Mayhew
1730 - At Least It's an Ethos
1800 - Lead By Example
1830 - Proto Sound
1900 - UVB-76
1930 - Quieter
2000 - 8-Bit Trip
2030 - Le Salon Du Jazz Refusé
2100 - Been Training Dogs
2130 - Billy Marshall

Yes, that isn't a smudge on your screen, it says Upcoming Gigs!

Click.
Add.
Enjoy.

That's right! We're putting a gig on at the Hive!

Wednesday 11th November

Coup d'Etat
The Voltaires
New Urban Frontier
Le Salon du Jazz Refusés

Doors open at 7pm.
Bands will be playing from 7:30-10:00pm.
Price will be £1 for members, £3 for non-members.

Anyone who has paid to see the bands is welcome to stay for the Hive's club night afterwards, the Pit, a rock/metal night.

The Hive is on Niddry Street, which connects the Cowgate to the Royal Mile.
Tell all your friends!

Hello!

This should be a short one this week. The committee are meeting on Tuesday (tomorrow) from 8pm this week, but anyone is welcome to come along if they wish to chat, get involved, or pick up their membership cards. We'll be meeting in the McEwan Ale House, on Nicolson Street/St. Patrick Square, quite close to the new Palmyra. This place may potentially become our permanent meeting place, so come along and check it out. Any new members, up to and including members who paid last Tuesday, will have membership cards ready and waiting for them, so come along and pick them up!

If any bands are interested in competing, then there's a Battle of the Bands coming up at the Ark, here's the spiel:

"Sound Clash Returns!
BATTLE OF THE BANDS EVENT

Are you an up-and-coming artist, band or MC? Do you want to showcase your talent?
Find out who is the best band in Edinburgh
At: The Ark, Tuesday 24th November 2009

For your chance to take part contact Sam at nomadmagazine@gmail.com

ANY TYPE OF MUSIC...BAND OR SOLO
**Deadline for applicants is *6th* *November***

£4 entry - email to get tickets in advance and Q-jump."

If anyone is interested in having a say in the design of our hoodies, then send an email to untappedtalent@gmail.com or comment in the relevant topic on the forums!
Finally, if anyone has any gigs coming up, then let us know, and we'll publicise them here. We should shortly be announcing details about some exciting gigs that we've got planned, so stay tuned!

Well done, you've made it to Untapped Talent!

We'll be announcing meeting dates on Friday afternoon, both here and through the mailing list. If you haven't signed up as a member, or just joined the mailing list, then come along to the second day of the Societies Fair tomorrow (Thursday 17th) and we'll get you sorted.

Now, the important question:

How do I get access to the practice room?

I've now removed everyone's access to the practice room booking form for the time being. You'll need to send an e-mail to untappedtalent AT gmail DOT com with the following details:

Full Name
Username on the Forums
Matriculation Number
Mobile Phone Number*

Then, if our records show that you've paid, someone will give you permission to access the slot booking system. You'll see a 'Practice Room Booking' link appear at the top of your screen when you have permission.

Users are only permitted one slot at a time.

*Mobile phone numbers are required for us to contact you in the event that you forget to return the keys to the practice room, or should unforeseen circumstances require us to cancel the slot. These phone numbers will be removed from our records next September.

Just a reminder, UTTlings. Send me some music, and I'll publish it here for all to enjoy!

Hey all, The battle of the bands is tonight, starting at 8pm in Teviot Underground - FREE ENTRY! Hope to see you all there! The order of bands are: 8.15 Johnny Vulgar and the Additional Pylons 8.50 Omission 9.25 Accidents and Emergencies 10.00 Le Salon du Jazz Refusés 10.35 The Als and the Pussycats 11.10 Celador There will also be an opportunity to sign up for next up for the society 2009/2010 at this years price of £5. Due to increased costs, the society membership will more than likely go up in September (boo!), so this is your chance to get in there cheap! Hope to see you all there, UTT committee!

Hello all! We got ourselves some new PA speakers - please take care of them!

Untapped Talent have been named 'Best Revamped Society' at this years society oscars. As many of you may know, at the end of last year the society was preparing to fold. A few of stepped in and built the society back up, and put the most important people first - it's members. We love you guys.

We were up against some good societies last night - Geo Soc, Islamic Soc and Invisible Children - so we were really surprised to win! Alongside our Oscar Statue, we also won £100 to spend on anything we want - get in touch if you have any suggestions!
Finally, I'd just like to thank all the people who put hard work into making this society great again. Ben, Steve, Steve, Mike and Ruairidh - the committee have worked extra hard this year to make this society as great as it has been since 1991, bringing you some amazing gigs, and keeping the practice room running. And it's not over yet! We have close to £800 to spend on upgrading our practice room and a wicked Battle of the Bands coming up in a couple of months. We also have an interview with Student newspaper coming up in the next few weeks - so keep an eye out for that!
Andrew (UTT President)

Dear Patrons,

For the foreseeable future, the practice room will not be available on Monday or Wednesday. This is due to a dancing society booking the room on these days.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused as a result. Our practice room man - the ever-enthused Ben Collier - is making millions of phone calls and letters as we speak to arrange a better deal for us with EUSA.

If anyone has anything they want to ask, don't hesitate to get in touch with a member of the committee!

Andrew

After much waiting, our brand spanking new cymbals arrived today - The pack consists of 14" high-hats, 16" crash, 14" China and 20" Ride.


Please look after them! Don't go mental on them straight away!

To celebrate the arrival of the cymbals, here is a baby playing drums: