Steve Thompson My band goes into rehearsal in January.Core line-up is Paul Smith – Drums, Richard Rutherford – Bass and me on Guitar. Since my repertoire is so eclectic having written for a broad range of artistes http://goo.gl/HMlCxV we will use those early rehearsals to establish a sound and vision. Then we’ll add keyboards and vocals. The … Read more
Facebook reminded me that I posted this 2 years ago today. It’s a newspaper cutting that I broke down into separate pics so it could be read. It didn’t really work on Facebook so here it is again in my blog. You should be able to read the clips in order. It tells the story … Read more
This is my granddaughter Mia in the video below aged 6 spoofing up one of those “sell your house” TV shows. She tells her viewing public “The man who lives here used to be famous but he’s not that famous any more” Huh – out of the mouths of babes !! Anyway, fast forward 8 … Read more
Found this on an old cassette. Me and Mick Whitaker are pitching some demo ideas for a theme tune to Malcolm Gerrie of TTTV. Mickey Sweeney gets a mention too. We’re obviously feeling quite “happy”. I’m a little vague about whether we got the gig or not but I think maybe we did. I think … Read more
These workshops are now available via “crowd-sourcing” – as new participants book the cost goes down. So it’s really worthwhile to get others in your network involved. The next session is Digital Video in Tyneside so go here https://steve-thompson.org.uk/booking/ click on the video tab to see how many are attending and use the contact form … Read more
NCN developed out of the early Internet activities of Wolf FM, a community radio project in Walker, Newcastle. It grew and grew, attracting local interest as well as a large following of Geordie ex-pats from all over the world. We worked with Newcastle Literacy Trust and Newcastle Libraries Service and developed several groups of community reporters. This … Read more