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Caragan Music Agency - The results of the Norwegian jury!

We sent three demo tracks to Caragan for their opinion. This is what they said

Track 1 - Half Empty Glass
Energetic performance and vocal - strangely reminiscent of The Libertines.10 points for actually having an ending.

Track 2 - Crazy People Laugh
Performance of this song gets stronger as the song progresses. A catchy chorus. Good feel to the track. Good lyric idea

Track 3 - Over You
Nice vocal of a pleasant and melodic song with a good arrangement. Like the fact it holds back right through to the end. The third real song ending - well done!

The standard of this CD is pretty good and you are to be congratulated on three decent songs and a good standard of performance. It seems that you are a band of seasoned players of many years experience. Which is precisely why the standards are relatively high all round.

There is no substitute for gigging as much as possible and building a following. Once in a while (The Darkness, were an example) a band is making so much noise that the record companies simply have to take notice. If you are a great live act and have the collective energy and determination who knows what could be possible?

It will not be easy but keep going!

Well done so far and look forward to hearing the evidence of how you progress!

"Songs great, music great, beer cold, what more could you ask for!"
"What a great band!!"
"Fantastic!!"
"Great to hear some original rock music"
"Brilliant!!..."
"Is this the wedding!?!"
"Dougie! Dougie!, we love you!!!" (Ladies intimate garments thrown at Doug!)
"Another Jack Daniels in there and I'll have a pint please"
"Great stuff!"
"It's rock 'n' roll Tone!!"
"Can't wait for The Cartoon gig!"

"Terrific stuff"
"Good catchy, foot tapping songs"
"Great debut at The Cartoon...good size crowd, great atmosphere!"
"Can't sit down, you have to get up and dance!"
"That Tony's a bit tasty...he makes my thing go all funny!" (Anonymous female!)
"Tight, well rehearsed, very entertaining"

Big thanks to Noel, Trish, Ollie and all at The Cartoon!
From The Last Word

" Brilliant Band!"
"Great songs, excellent!"
"Didn't know what to expect, really enjoyed it, very accomplished musicians! - very loud!"
"Good gig!, Rob has a great voice, shame the vocals got lost in the mix once or twice!"
"Fantastic drummer!"
"Really enjoyed the support, Mark has a lovely voice - Great gig!"
"Loved 'Waiting For Your Green Light' a real rocker and 'Over You' is a number one!"
"The most fun you can have with your clothes on!!" (Tony - The Last Word)

Big thanks to our very own knob twiddling sound engineer Andy Naugthon-Doe, Graham Weymouth and team, and all at The Charles Cryer!
From The Last Word

" Big crowd, The Last Word have a good following"
"Great music, great sound!"
"So many people, practically ran out of beer!"
"Fantastic dancers for Green Light - made the gig!"
"Definitely got to see them again! - really like the music!"
"Absolutely brilliant!"

Big thanks to Jools, Reg and all the regulars at Mama K's for making us so welcome and of course to the faithful followers for your great support!
From The Last Word

"So much better than some of the other bands I've seen here"
"They're alright aren't they"
"Cant believe they are not signed!"
"Very lively! - tight, well rehearsed - great music"
"Brilliant!!..."
"Great sound, great songs"
"Who's your special friend then?"
"A lot better than some of the professional bands that I 've seen on the university circuit"
"Held the crowd, the Saturday shoppers stayed for the whole set!!"
"Very loud, you could hear them in Croydon! - great stuff!"
"Definitely going to catch them at the Grove Tavern, really enjoyed it.."

Big thanks to Gary and crew for the sound and the opportunity - look forward to the next one!
From The Last Word

"Very impressed, that these were all original songs"
"Fantastic , terrific songs"
"Great, loved the music, really enjoyed it"
"I am the licensee!"
"Well you certainly need a license to wear those shoes with those socks!"
"Great gig, great sound, despite the 'noise police'..."

Big thanks to all at Mama K's - look forward to the next one!
From The Last Word

Hi Tony
Just wanted to say big thank you to you and the rest of the Last Word. You were fantastic and many of the guests commented on how good you were. You certainly helped make Ditchambury a great success - one of our most successful events in recent years.
Thank you too for helping out the school bands - the pupils were apparently raving about your band in school next day.
Thank you to you all again - we will be recommending you to all and you never know we may hold another Ditchambury next year so we can ask you back!
Regards
Lisa

"Really tight, very professional"
"Great new songs!"
"Terrific music, bloody brilliant !"
"Such good songs, great gig, great night out"
"Really rocking set. Tony's new song 'Whats Going On With Me' - is terrific!"
"They just get better and better!"
"Can you see my 'Green Light', Simon!"

"Great gig, great night"
"Very entertaining. Loads of dancers on and off the stage!"
"Two stage invasions from the dancing nurses! Fantastic atmosphere!!"
"Really enjoyable, great music!"
"Terrific, really got the crowd on their feet!"
"Terrific music!"
"Never seen so many drunken nurses! - great fun"

"Another good crowd again for such a wet night - great gig!"
"Very tight, great songs, great gig!"
"Catchy songs as popular as ever!"
"Terrific new songs! - Great band."
"Very special night for the Birthday boy!!"
"Impossible for them to not play 'Green Light' now!"

"Great night Tony, really glad I made it despite now nursing a grade A hangover!"
"Fab gig guys, what a brilliant night!"
"Really enjoyed the music, especially the acoustic stuff...."
"Is 'I Can't Make You Cry' on the CD?....."
"You're the second sexiest man I know!...." (The first we assume is Les Dawson!)
"Steve! you LOVE this song!!"
"I'm NOT a virgin!.....
"Whats wrong with denim?"
"Nothing, he just prefers 'Blue Stratos'........"

"It takes a lot to get me away from my local on a Saturday night, but you guys were well worth it - absolutely brilliant!"
"You guys, were amazing!"
"Fantastic!"
"What a great gig! - Loved it!"
"Great venue, great gig..."
"Loved the music - brilliant!"

13th May - Catapult Club

I have seen The Last Word several times now, and they just get better and better, never failing to entertain. From the opening chord of the power pop 'Christine' to the closing classic rock 'n' roll ending of 'Waiting For Your Green Light' the 'boys' had the small but enthusiastic crowd on their feet. A thumping set peppered with gems like 'What's Going On With Me' and the sublime 'I Can't Make You Cry'. A great example of The Last Word doing what they do best. A mighty fine gig, made of even better by the excellent headliners Heymaker who closed the evening with a powerful set of Gallagher influenced songs.
MK

Good gig, well staged. Thanks to Gary and Dave from Rock Stock.

Sadly, we didn't win but we seemed to entertain the faithful crowd and local hack.....

"Stones-ey, Fleetwood Mac-ey, a brilliant Saturday night band that showed how to command a stage. Sing-a-long choruses, hand-claps, manic singer, professorial bassist, leather strides, trilbies, they had the lot."

Paul Fleckney - Sutton Guardian

Well done to the over 18's winners Creeper and the overall winners Xenon!