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  • The Boxing Day Hunt (for a Reverb Plugin)

    (Update 2023: I am using Valhalla DSP | Reverb & Delay Plugins!) It being Christmas and all I thought I would get down and make progress on the Professor Karmadillo album that is being recorded at the moment. Being dis-satisfied with the freeware reverb plugins I have and ones that came with my Cakewalk Sonar…

  • Various Professor Karmadillo Live Dates!!

    So now you can check out full details of music mini-lecture performances as Professor Karmadillo around the land over the next couple of months at the Professor Karmadillo website – but here’s the synopsis of dates before Christmas! 18 Nov 2011 – 19:30 Science and Verse, Swaffham 22 Nov 2011 – 19:00 Norwich Arts Centre…

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  • The Verb – New Voices Broadcast

    The Verb radio show broadcast is happening Friday 14th October at 10pm. Featuring Professor Karmadillo discussion on science songwriting. I was a short notice replacement for a ventriloquist act that could not make it in time. Ian McMillan was a wonderful host, who completely made me feel at home despite me missing all my cues…

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  • The Verb – New Voices Recording

    Professor Karmadillo will be one of the BBC Radio 3 show ‘The Verb’ New Voices in October. I will be recording at The Norwich Arts Centre – come along if you can!

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  • Mill Road Winter Fair

    If you can’t get your live Karmadillo fix due to gigs being in the evening and on school nights you can attend our Saturday morning gig at this years Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge. I’ll be playing in the intriguing Hope Street Yard – here’s a fuller line-up 10.00 –10.30 – Matt & Ryan,…

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  • Using A Windows 7 PC for live backing performances

    I’ve had someone approach me asking about using a Windows laptop with backing tracks on it while doing a gig. I’ve used this successfully and I’m happy with it so have put my thoughts on doing this here on this blog post. I should also point out that I do use my phone half the…

  • Cambridge Museum of Technology gig

    Playing a gig in an interesting old building with lots of history (keeping the river free of pollution from the late 1890s to 1968), you can help support the museum that was saved from demolition after it closed in 1968 and has been run mainly by volunteers, on a low budget, ever since. The day…

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  • Cambridge Oxjam 2011

    a one-day multi venue music festival all in aid of Oxfam….will feature a Karmadillo appearance at The Emperor on Saturday lunchtime. The Emporer will feature the comedy music venue – Karmadillo will be sure to provide both! Full details are here!

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  • Professor Karmadillo – first PUBlic appearance

    So the first Professor Karmadillo gig will happen on October 3rd at The Portland Arms, Cambridge. It will be as opening support – and ironically this first gig is on a night featuring another bands last. After 4 albums and however many years The Vichy Government are stopping. The night will have films, a fez…

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  • ‘Any Love Is Good Love’ Compilation – enjoying my first listen!

    A while ago I read a story about George Takei which inspired one of those written-in-ten-minutes-and-uploaded-to-youtube-straightaway numbers. Around that time I supported Ten Tigers at a gig in Cambridge. A week later I saw Emma from the band was looking for acts for a anti-homophobia/transphobia compilation album project called ‘Any Love Is Good Love‘. As…

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