Honey Ryder http://www.honeyryder.com Honey Ryder Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:17:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 en June News 2010 http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/june-news-2010/ http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/june-news-2010/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:48:11 +0000 admin http://www.honeyryder.com/?p=922 Hi all,

The Honey Ryder clan have been working hard on the new album for the past 6 months - so far 5 tracks are completed with another 4 well on the way….can’t wait to start performing all of them live and get the feedback from the audience, after all that’s what it’s all about.
We’re looking forward to playing on the Caffe Nero stage at the Cornbury Festival this Sunday (July 4th at 7.30pm), so if you haven’t already done so, get yourself a ticket and come on down.
Visit www.cornburyfestival.com for further details.
On August 7th we’re performing at a concert in Hertfordshire in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust - a fantastic cause - so if you’re keen to come along please email us at info@honeyryder.co.uk
On September 5th we’re performing at the Lodestar Festival in Cambridge which is a fantastic new festival. Visit www.lodestarfestival.com for further details.
Our lovely synch lady has just gone out to LA armed with 5 new Honey Ryder tracks - here’s hoping the Americans are getting into the new material…we’d quite fancy a trip to LA……
]]> http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/june-news-2010/feed/ Win a day in the Studio with Honey Ryder…… http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/win-a-day-in-the-studio-with-honey-ryder/ http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/win-a-day-in-the-studio-with-honey-ryder/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:47:06 +0000 admin http://www.honeyryder.com/?p=900 London City Showcase are running an exciting  ”Trolley dash” competition which will allow one lucky person the chance to win a day in the studio with Honey Ryder.
To enter you will need to purchase a City Showcase wrist band directly from www.cityshowcase.co.uk
During our 1pm concert on Saturday May 8th @ Eastpak, Carnay Street, you will need to collect a receipt from each of the participating retailers (who are offering the 20% discount during the hour of the performance) and take it to the festival organisers. The first person to do so will spend a day in the studio with the band.
Happy Shopping…..:)
M&Lxx
]]> http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/win-a-day-in-the-studio-with-honey-ryder/feed/ Shepherds Bush gig http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/shepherds-bush-gig/ http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/shepherds-bush-gig/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:28:07 +0000 admin http://www.honeyryder.com/?p=891 We had a gig with a difference last week at Shepherds Bush Empire.
Unfortunately, Lindz was ill on the night so Jason and I performed an impromptu covers set with Jason taking over vocal duties - it was a great laugh to play classic songs by some of our favourite bands like U2, The Killers & The Stereophonics…
Thanks to all you folks who sat down on the sticky dance-floor for our rendition of James ‘Sit Down’ …:)

]]> http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/shepherds-bush-gig/feed/ ‘The Pledge’ Concert - May 17th @ The Bedford http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/the-pledge-concert-may-17th-the-bedford/ http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/the-pledge-concert-may-17th-the-bedford/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:17:21 +0000 admin http://www.honeyryder.com/?p=887 We’ve been invited to perform at The Bedford on May 17th as part of ‘The Pledge’ which is a unique fundraising project to take UK artists to perform at SXSW in Austin, Texas.

It was thanks to Tony Moore and The Bedford Crew that we were able to perform at last years SXSW so are very pleased to be taking part in this event.

We’ll be performing a special acoustic set and hope to debut some new tracks from our as yet untitled follow up album. Other acts include Lucie Silvas and Tony Moore.

See the below flyer for details

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A belated Happy New Year to everyone - we haven’t blogged for ages so it’s about time we let you know what’s been happening for the last couple of months.

On January 11th we flew over to Thailand to start pre-production on our second album. We stayed in Nai Harn beach (Phuket) for 2 weeks where we worked on the instrumentation of each song and then made our way to Karma Sound Studios (situated about 2 hours south of Bangkok) to start the recording process.

The studios are set in an ideal location - 5 minutes walk from the beach and a 25 minute walk to the nearest village which enabled us to totally focus on the job in hand with little distractions - apart from the odd ladyboy of course. It was truly the most creative and productive environment we have ever been in and what we achieved in 17 days would have taken about 6 months back home in London.

The staff at Karma Sound are all amazing and looked after us so well – big thanks goes especially to to Kun Howard and Usa – allowing us to focus entirely on the music and hopefully come back with the best music/sound we’ve ever produced – although we’ll let you guys be the judge of that……

We’re now back in London town (experiencing rice and sun withdrawal symptoms) where we’ll spend a few weeks making the final tweaks to the album as well as preparing for up and coming gigs – The St Patricks Day Shindig at Shepherds Bush Empire on March 17th – being one of them.

So our Thai adventure is finally over but we’re looking forward to the coming year and can’t wait for everyone to hear the new material…..

Over and Out

Martyn and Lindsay

]]> http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/thailand/feed/ Honey Ryder @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire, March 17th http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/honey-ryder-confirmed-to-play-the-st-patricks-shindig/ http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/honey-ryder-confirmed-to-play-the-st-patricks-shindig/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:18:45 +0000 admin http://www.honeyryder.com/?p=855 We’re excited to announce details of our first gig of 2010.

We’ll be performing at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire on March 17th as part of the

Official London St Patrick’s Day Shindig.

There’s a great line-up of bands and DJs and it promises to be one hell of a booze-up…..!!!

Don’t miss out on all the fun.

Get your tickets now from www.ticketweb.co.uk

]]> http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/honey-ryder-confirmed-to-play-the-st-patricks-shindig/feed/ Dubai, Golf, Jace Everett and the MPs…!?@!!:) http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/dubai-golf-jace-everett-and-the-mps/ http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/dubai-golf-jace-everett-and-the-mps/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:43:16 +0000 admin http://www.honeyryder.com/?p=841 Hey People,

We got back from Abu Dhabi and Dubai last Monday - had an awesome time performing out there for Caffe Nero and ‘Dubai Sound City’. Had an amazing experience playing on a floating stage outside Festival City (..getting a boat to a gig definitely beats the Tube) whilst the sun was setting with the audience chilling on big cushions. Met some great people including the Events Team at ‘Dubai Mall’ who all came down to watch us play at Caffe Nero - now that we’ve got a distribution deal in Dubai let’s hope we’ll get the chance to visit again soon.

Last Wednesday (Nov 11th) we held the first official ‘Honey Ryder Cup’ at the wonderful Buckinghamshire Golf Club. Thanks to all who attended and despite the rain, I think you’ll agree we had a great day out. Martyn ‘hacked’ his way round the course in true Neanderthal Man style whilst my cousin Dan, picked up the prize for the longest drive. Go Danny Boyle…!
We performed a gig for everyone that evening and were joined up on stage by Eric Nicoli & Alistair Butt for a memorable rendition of ‘Choices’.

Last night we supported Jace Everett at The Water Rats (Jace wrote the theme tune to Hit TV Show ‘True Blood’). The place was packed with a very ‘up for it’ crowd which made our set all the more enjoyable and afterwards we hung around to catch Jace who was excellent. Thanks to all our old fans who flew the HR Flag and welcome to all the newly converted HR fans we won over. It was great to meet you all after the show.

We’re going into the studio soon to start the pre-production of our second album - can’t bloody wait - and we’re also looking forward to performing a set on the Terrace at the House of Commons on December 2nd for all the MP’s. Will keep u posted

L&M x

Honey Ryder & Jace Everett

]]> http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/dubai-golf-jace-everett-and-the-mps/feed/ New Video for ‘Rising Up’ http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/new-video-for-rising-up/ http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/new-video-for-rising-up/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:49:16 +0000 admin http://www.honeyryder.com/?p=739 Hey,

Hope you like our new video for ‘Rising Up’.Its quite different from all the rest of the videos but why the hell not….!!

The Fat Buddha remix was getting loads of attention so we felt like complimenting it with something fun and light hearted. We discussed our ideas with Matt from ‘Illumina Digital’ and agreed on a wacky leftfield approach in honour of the great Monty Python.. We love it - hope you do too.

M&L xx

Link below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUK8RLAUfcY

]]> http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/new-video-for-rising-up/feed/ Dubai Sound City http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/dubai-sound-city/ http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/dubai-sound-city/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:41:12 +0000 admin http://www.honeyryder.com/?p=737 We’ve just been confirmed to perform at Dubai Sound City in November - there are some amazing acts playing so we’re really excited to be taking part. We’re also going to play 3 gigs at Caffe Nero while we’re there (Caffe Nero has just opened up recently in Dubai) which is a great opportunity for Honey Ryder - the gigs will be acoustic and intimate and we’ll be able to meet and chat to our hopefully newly converted HR fans from Dubai afterwards!  M&Lxx

Check out the link below

http://www.dubaisoundcity.com/gigs.html

]]> http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/dubai-sound-city/feed/ ‘Hit Sheet’ Showcase at the Cobden Club http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/hit-sheet-showcase-at-the-cobden-club/ http://www.honeyryder.com/blog/hit-sheet-showcase-at-the-cobden-club/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:38:45 +0000 admin http://www.honeyryder.com/?p=733 We played a gig at the Cobden Club last week as part of the Hit Sheet Magazine Showcase. It also happened to be a joint 50th Birthday party for the Editor Paul and his wife Naomi so was an extra special night.

Our good friend Tony Moore (from The Bedford) hosted the evening and there were 6 acts performing including the talented Jamie Cullum and Jon Allen - it was a brilliant evening despite having to climb 6 flights of stairs with our gear! (It’s all so glamourous darrrlinnk). M&Lxx

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