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!

Our AGM will be in teviot dining hall on 11th March at 8pm. I hope you can all make it. We will also discuss where we want the society to go next year!

There are a number of committee positions up for grabs:

President
Secretary
Treasurer
Events
Practice Room (x2)
Publicity

If you are interested in any of these positions, please email untappedtalent@gmail.com
by 5th March. These positions look great on your CV (I used being President in my
medical school interviews) and it is a lot of fun helping others to create music.

Hope to see all 160 of you there!

Andrew

Hello all,

Please find below the schedule for the auditions for the annual UTT Battle of the Bands. The auditions will take place on Saturday 21st and Tuesday 24th of February in the Practice Room in KB house. If you find that you are not able to make the slot that you have been assigned, please contact us IMMEDIATELY and we will try to reassign you to another day. Unfortunately, we cannot audition bands on dates outwith the 21st and 24th.

We had a lot of interest in the competition this year, with 16 bands auditioning to play in the final to be held in March in Teviot, and it is a pity that only 5 bands will be able to go through to the final.

The times are as follows:

The Efes - Saturday 12.20-12.40
Adam Adamant - Saturday 12.50 - 13.05
Ideograms - Saturday 14.05 - 14.20
The Als and the Pussycats - Saturday - 14.30-14.45


Johnny Vulgar and the Additional Pylons - Tuesday 17.00-17.15
Accidents and Emergencies - Tuesday 17.25-17.40
Aimfire - Tuesday 18.15-18.30
Omission - Tuesday 18.40-18.55
Celador - Tuesday 19.05-19.20
S.T.C - Tuesday 19.30-19.45
Phoebe Ray and Freddie Miller - Tuesday 19.55-20.10
Le Salon du Jazz Refusés - Saturday 20.15-20.30

Again, if you find you cannot make your assigned slot, please get in touch ASAP and we will try to rearrange it. Finally, some points about the audition.

* Please arrive 5 minutes before your slot begins.
* Each slot is 15 minutes, this includes 5 minutes of setting up and 10 minutes of playing.
* Each band will be expected to play at least one of their own songs. Afterall, this is a music competition, not a copying exercise.
* Please be aware that you will have to bring your own instruments!
* Our judges will decide by Friday 27th Febraury who is to play at the final.

Best of luck to all of our bands!

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)

Hey,

We are organising a society laserquest trip to Dark Ocean Laser Tag next to Meadowbank on the 22th November at 1pm. If you are interested in shooting some guitarists, then join the facebook event here to find out more details!

facebook


Andrew

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

I got word from Mark Wester that the line 6 amp is not working. We are going to look into this and get it fixed ASAP.

Andrew

Hi,

Firstly, welcome to Untapped Talent if you are a new member! You have taken the first step to finally getting laid! Jokes aside (wait, seriously?), I hope you find what you want from our meet-ups, website and awesome practice room.

A few things you need to know if you are a paying member. The main thing is registering so to use the practice room. You need to register on this webiste - fill in the page and then send an email to untappedtalent(at)gmail(dot)com and quote the following:

Name:
Username:
Matric:
Email:


Then someone very sexy will add you to the members list and you can start to book the practice room! The slots are 90 minutes between 3 and 10 weekdays, 9-5 Saturday and 12-5 Sunday. You are only allowed to book one slot at the minute but this might change in the future - depending on how many bands we have. If you have any questions you can PM me or any other committee member on here!

Peace,
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:

As promised, some new music has been added!

This time, we have:

BenDee - Not On Your Plane
BenDee - combining loop pedals, chopping boards and ballads into some fine pieces of work. Also won a pink guitar at the UTT battle of the bands a few years ago.
[myspace]

Visperas - Helios
Visperas - an Edinburgh institution much like the castle or Palmyra, are still going strong with their 3 guitar loaded weapons array. Progressive and face-melting.
[website]

Jump: Press A - Only the Brave Deserve the Fair
Jump: Press A are a brand spanking new Edinburgh outfit who have recently been featured on Vic Galloway's radio 1 show. Their sound is defined by weaving melodies, close harmonies, off-beat drums, up-beat tunes and crunchy guitars - all mixed up with a healthy dose of pop. See them at the Ark on the 25th. Do it!
[myspace]
That's right, they're gigging at the Ark on 25th of October, this Saturday:


That's all for now, get submitting!

Hey Guys,


For those that didn't get the email we have changed the location of tonight's meeting. We are now meeting at 9pm at The Southsider on West Richmond Street, instead of the Auld Hoose.

Hope to see you all there!

Do you have any suggestions or ideas that you would like to tell the committee? We are having a meeting next week, and want to hear your views on your society.

Do you like the practice room?
Where do you want the society meetings?
Anything you would change about the website?

Answers on the back of a postcard. Or even better, just write it in the 'suggestions' section of the forum!


Andrew

Time for some changes to the available music!

I've put up some tracks from the compilation CD we were giving away in Fresher's Week up on the right hand side there, click on those links and be delighted as they sing for you.

I'll be changing this weekly, every Saturday*, so send me (Steve yeah that Steve) a PM with your music, and it'll turn up soon!

This week we have:

Adam Adamant - Hard Work
-- Adam Adamant, the stage name of our very own Joseph Bain, combines Casio keyboards and quaint melodies into exciting new forms.

Chairman Wow - Kids on Speed
-- Chairman Wow, those wacky guys who combine music and words into exciting new forms, combine words and music into exciting new forms.

Le Crunch - We Are On Fire
-- Le Crunch, winners of the last UTT Battle of the Bands but are sadly no more, combine multi-part vocals and Eastern European scales into a flaming ball of awesome... which has an exciting new form.

Molly Wagger - The Cactus Song
-- Molly Wagger, who have been rising within the Edinburgh scene, combine catchy hooks, whirling crescendos and indie-pop sensibilities into exciting new forms.

Please give me a description of your music if you send it to me, so I never have to sound like that again.

Cheers!
Steve

*Saturday should be taken to mean "Saturday, but possibly a random day of the week". No interest will be charged for this first year. Your statutory rights not included. Batteries will not be accepted for refund.

If you would like to advertise a gig, please contact an administrator with your poster!

Hi guys, Firstly thanks for coming tonight to those who made it! It's a pity there weren't any slots in the Blind Poet when we went - maybe library bar or Tron would be a good place to go to? If you didn't make it and still want to sign up, or just want to find like-minded musicians and spiel about your favourite band then we will be getting together every week at 9pm in a location as yet undecided! Secondly, and this is IMPORTANT for those who have booked the practice space this week. Freshair borrowed our gear a week ago and have misplaced our cymbal bag and bass pedal. They are in the process of finding it, but until they do (which I hope is soon - I have been asking them since I found out) you guys will need to bring your own bass pedal and cymbals. Or ask someone nice on here or on the street to borrow some. We hope to get our beloved bag of metal back soon. It's really annoying, and I'm sorry if it interrupts any crucial practices!

Hi,

Firstly, welcome to Untapped Talent if you are a new member! You have taken the first step to finally getting laid! Jokes aside (wait, seriously?), I hope you find what you want from our meet-ups, website and awesome practice room.

A few things you need to know if you joined up at the Society Fair. The main thing is registering so to use the practice room. You need to register on this webiste - fill in the page and then send an email to untappedtalent(at)gmail(dot)com and quote the following:

Name:
Username:
Matric:
Email:


Then someone very sexy will add you to the members list and you can start to book the practice room! The slots are 90 minutes between 3 and 10 weekdays, 9-5 Saturday and 12-5 Sunday. You are only allowed to book one slot at the minute but this might change in the future - depending on how many bands we have. If you have any questions you can PM me or any other committee member on here!

Secondly, you actually want to form a band right? Well, come along to our big meeting! It will be Tuesday 9pm in Library Bar of Teviot! Come along, talk about music, mingle, get surly and end the night by driving a car into a swimming pool (car not supplied).
That is TUESDAY 23rd September 9pm - LIBRARY BAR!

Peace,
Andrew


PS. I had to clear up the musicians directory, it was getting too crowded with people from 1993. Everyone re-fill in your details!

Hi all, A few of us from the committee took a trip to KB house today to tidy up the practice room. We have set what we think is a good schematic for putting the stuff away, so please put everything away according to the diagram on the inside of the door! There is also now a sign-in sheet, can one person from each band sign this as they are leaving. This will confirm that you haven't left the place in a mess and that everything has been put away properly. It has been agreed by the committee if anyone does not put the stuff away, they will be banned from the practice room for two weeks! They will also receive a spanking. Rock on and enjoy your summer!! UTT committee