confessions of a rodent fiddler

Where to find the music…

thesilverwizardproject — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:30:24 +0000

With the loss of full track previews on Last.fm our music can no longer be listened to direct from our artist page in full, only as 30 sec previews. They are still streamable via the various radio stations associated with us (eg similar artists, tags, etc), but may not play immediately. So if you want to check out the songs in full without having to listen or skip endlessly through a radio station you can find us on the following sites:

* Grooveshark
* Reverbnation
* Blip.fm
* Myspace

We’re also on Facebook, so if you’re on there become a fan to keep up to date on all the latest.

Recording update…

thesilverwizardproject — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:54:45 +0000

Just a quick update on the recording… It’s going a little slower than we’d like due to other distractions but it’s getting there. The first phase is almost complete, and the backing tracks are nearly done, just a few more bits to do. This means that in the next few weeks we’ll be heading to the rehearsal studio to practice the songs, to make sure we can play the songs along to the defined structures…

More to follow, but in the mean time you can listen to our previous recordings which we’ve now uploaded to Grooveshark and Blip.fm, along with the places they were up before.

A morsel of news…

thesilverwizardproject — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:34:34 +0000

We’ve been a bit quiet of late, but we’ve also been busy. And so to keep you abreast of our goings on here is a brief bit of news…

We’ve been planning some rehearsals in order to head in to a recording studio in the summer with the view to recording an album. So far we’ve put together our favourite songs into some kind of coherent running order, which we think flows rather nicely, and soon we’ll be laying down backing/click tracks. Once that’s done we’ll do some rehearsal with these tracks to make sure everything is in tip-top shape, and then we’ll be ready to start recording the drums. From there everything else should hopefully flow…

Gig Cancelled

thesilverwizardproject — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:28:03 +0000

Unfortunately we have had to cancel our performance at Club Fabulous next week (25th Feb) due to our drummer having sustained a serious back injury. We’re sorry to disappoint those who were looking forward to seeing us.

We hope to be back in action soon and that you’ll come along to one of our future gigs.

Gig – 25th Feb

thesilverwizardproject — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:20:47 +0000

Hello all,

Just a little announcement of our next gig date. It is, as the title of this post suggests, on Wednesday 25th February. The venue is The Fiddler’s Elbow, 1 Malden Road, Camden NW5 3HS, which can be found on this here map. The nearest Tube stations are Chalk Farm and Kentish Town.

Entry is £5, and we’ll be performing with the following bands:

The Peppermint Apes
Kudabox
The Messengers

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=56838101227

http://www.myspace.com/thesilverwizardproject
http://www.myspace.com/thepeppermintapes
http://www.clubfabulous.co.uk/

Happy New Year (and all that jazz)

thesilverwizardproject — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:39:00 +0000

It’s five days into 2009, so it seems it’s a great time to wish you all a Happy New Year. I hope everyone had a good holiday season, whatever you were celebrating (or not celebrating as the case may be). Also thanks to all those that have given their support, in whichever way this has been.

Anyway pressing on, I think the usual thing to do is give an overview of how the last year went, what we were up to, and what we plan for the coming year. I’ll be brief: in short the last year was pretty good for us Wizards, playing a few gigs around London, and even managing a brief summer excursion to Tamworth. We also got mentioned in Shindig magazine, a fine publication on psych/garage/folk music. The coming year promises more gigs, and maybe we’ll manage to get in to the studio and record an album. So keep an eye, or ear, out…

And that’s about it really. Hope to meet you all at one of our future gigs.

Silver Wizard

Gig photos…

thesilverwizardproject — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:11:00 +0000

Some photos were taken of our last gig on 25th Nov. Click on the photo below to see the full set. Many kind thanks to Tom for taking these.

Gig – 11 December 2008

thesilverwizardproject — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:14:39 +0000

We will be performing at The Fiddler’s Elbow, 1 Malden Road, Camden, and will be on stage around 9:30pm

We’ll be performing with:
Kill 21
Mlini
Trenton & Free Radical

Entry is £5.

Nearest Tube: Chalk Farm or Kentish Town

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=34581134058
http://www.myspace.com/thesilverwizardproject
http://www.clubfabulous.co.uk/

Mention in Shindig magazine…

thesilverwizardproject — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:09:00 +0000

It’s been brought to our attention that we’ve had a mention in the July-August issue of Shindig, a pysch, garage, beat, powerpop, folk magazine. It’s just a short piece in a section called “My Generation… Your Generation”, written by Phil Istine on new bands to watch out for.

Here’s what was written:

“The Silver Wizard Project, also from London, would be included here if only because they have a kraut-psych song called ‘Psychedelic Fucking Machine’. The real ale-supping five-piece group seem too rural in appearance for the capital, but then the sound does have a hard, almost metalic edge to the songs that I reckon puts them in the rarely spotted gothic-folk-psych genre. With their violins, theremin, and outlandish stage attire, the ‘fairytale rock collective’ are most definitely out there on their own, and all power to them for that.”

Some more gigs…

thesilverwizardproject — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:06:00 +0000

We’ve got two more gigs lined up:

* SUN 12 OCT – Buffalo Bar (Highbury & Islington), 259 Upper Street, London N1.

Facebook event page -> http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=27199812522

* TUES 25 NOV – The Comedy (Leicester Sq.), 7 Oxendon Street, London SW1Y 4EE.

Facebook event page -> http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=38788644760

Gig – 15 August 2008

thesilverwizardproject — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:22:31 +0000

The Silver Wizard Project will be playing at the Dry Bar, Barbican along with The Screaming Bluejays and Black Hearts.

LIVE ON STAGE AT 8:25pm

Tube: Barbican (1 min walk)

£5 ENTRY WITH FLYER
or £6.00/£5.00 concs.

More info at:
http://www.myspace.com/clubmgriff
http://www.myspace.com/drybarlondon

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=21104883014

Gig – 24 July 2008

thesilverwizardproject — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:29:58 +0000

We will be playing at the Fox and Firkin, Lewisham on Thursday 24th July. We should be on stage around 8.30pm

Gig reminder

thesilverwizardproject — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:14:25 +0000

Wednesday 9th July, 2008 at 8:00pm we will be performing at The Purple Turtle, 61-65 Crowndale Road, Camden.

£5 or £4 with the flyer below.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=16825407564

Gig Review…

thesilverwizardproject — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:52:00 +0000

The Tamworth Herald has a review of our last gig at Spitfire (14/6/08):

“…it was down to out-of-town band The Silver Wizard Project to open up the show.

The band, who had travelled all the way up from London, played a well received and performed set of psychedelic folk rock, containing ancient poems revived from years gone by and other off-the-wall ideas.

The combination of the theremin and violin gave a haunting depth to their sound and, as a whole, they produced something entirely different for a local show.”

http://www.tamworthherald.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=159430&command=displayContent&sourceNode=244752&contentPK=20901342&folderPk=97158&pNodeId=244756

Come see us at a gig…

thesilverwizardproject — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:45:00 +0000

Saturday 14th June, 2008 at 8:00pm we will be performing at the Spitfire Club, Tamworth. Full details can be found at the event page on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=14314988179

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Wednesday 9th July, 2008 at 8:00pm we will be performing at The Purple Turtle, 61-65 Crowndale Road, Camden.

£5 or £4 with a flyer.

We will be playing with the following bands:
Nocte – http://www.myspace.com/nocheterna
Acid Tongue – http://www.myspace.com/athq
Medea – http://www.myspace.com/medeauk

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=16825407564

On the road to Mercia…

thesilverwizardproject — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:01:00 +0000

We will be playing in Tamworth, capital city of Mercia, on 14th June. Full details can be found at the event page on Facebook, linked below. Hope to see you there

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=14314988179

TSM Radio Playlist

thesilverwizardproject — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:21:00 +0000

We’ve had our song ‘She Lives in Trees’ playlisted on TSM Radio (http://www.tsmradio.net/). You can request the song by going to the playlist and searching for us. A direct link to the play list is: http://www.tsmradio.net/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=150.

Gig – Wednesday 16th April

thesilverwizardproject — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:01:00 +0000

Just a quick blog to let you know that we’re playing a gig Wednesday, 16th April at Lark in the Park, Islington. So if you’re in London come along and say hi to us.

Details in the poster below…

Where did I put my sleeping pills?

thesilverwizardproject — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:52:00 +0000

Sometimes you wake up too early, when you don’t need to get out of bed for hours, and you can’t get back to sleep… yet you are still tired and sleep is needed… but certain words keep spinning in your head… these are the words:

Dance to the beat of a firing squad
Tapping out a horrid tune
The harmony of cash registers
Singing “Death to the World”….

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Ittai xx

Our next gig…

thesilverwizardproject — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:52:00 +0000

We will be playing an event organised by Shot By Both Sides, on 25th March 2008, at the Old Queens Head, Islington.
Lots of great bands..
Giveaways: Fanzines, cakes, mixtapes and more…
Free entry…

Photos

thesilverwizardproject — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:03:00 +0000

We’ve put up some photos from our gig last week at the Dry Bar, which can be found here.

Thanks go to Tom for taking them.

Updates and Gig News…

thesilverwizardproject — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:17:00 +0000

Thanks to all who came to our gig last night, it was great to have you there! Also a special mention to all the other bands that played, who were fantastic. Hopefully we’ll be able catch more of your gigs in the future.

And now on to the news: Our next gig will be this coming Tuesday, the 26th, at UCL Students Union. The night starts at 8.30pm and we should be on stage around 10pm. Come along and party with us!

Love, glitter and lollipops,
The Silver Wizard xx

Gig Flyer – 21st Feb

thesilverwizardproject — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:08:00 +0000

Here’s the flyer for our gig on the 21st Feb.

Gig!

thesilverwizardproject — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:27:00 +0000

The Silver Wizard Project

21 Feb 2008, 20:00
13 Long Lane, London, London and South East EC1A 9PN
Cost : £6 / £5 with flyer

We will be performing at The Dry Bar, 13 Long Lane, London EC1A 9PN (200 yds Barbican tube/Smithfield area). We will be on stage at 8pm. £5 entry with flyer from www.crucialmusicclub.co.uk

drink drink drink drink

thesilverwizardproject — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:33:00 +0000

Hope you have enjoyed are enjoying the Winter Solstice/ Saturnalia/ Christmas/ Hanukkah. Have a happy New Year.

We will all be down the pub drinking some fine ales and ciders

Hooray !

Jon