Finally it’s here. I’ve been working on this one for years, but the sequel to 2006′s “Local Knowledge”, this time now the guide to touring the World, “D.I.Y. Touring the World” is finally on its way.
Back in 2008, six weeks before leaving on tour for six months with Over The Atlantic, I discovered that their booking agents have only booked a total of eight shows. Thrown into the deep end, cue my having to learn how to become an international booking agent in no time. With no previous experience, I end up extending the tour to around 50 shows, including some festivals.
Not wanting others to end up in the same unfortunate situation, I decided to write a handbook on how to plan, book and manage a successful overseas tour. Taking notes during the following tours I organised, I worked on trying to write something ridiculously simple to read and easy to follow, so that anybody could read in a few hours, put down and start planning a tour.
I released an early draft as as photo-copied zine a year ago before an 80 date tour with Disasteradio. Since coming back from that tour I’ve added a considerable amount of new information and I’m finally happy that this is ready to be shared.
This book is written principally for a band with absolutely no profile whatsoever overseas so they can still book a tour but no matter what stage your band is at—or even if you aren’t in a band and just looking for some tips on cheap travel overseas or an easy read, you’ll still find much in this useful.

D.I.Y. TOURING THE WORLD

The process in which I plan, book
and manage overseas tours
By Blink

Print Edition
Releases June 1st through alowhum.com
and very select retailers.
$13 NZD incl. postage within NZ
$15 USD incl. postage worldwide

PDF Digital Edition
Releases July 1st through alowhum.com
Pay-as-you-like. No minimum.

Release Parties
Lineups TBA
June 1 – The Archive, CHCH
June 2 – The National, DUN
June 8 – Mighty Mighty, WGTN
June 9 – Whammy Bar & Wine Cellar, AKL

At the release parties you can pick up
the print edition for just $10
facebook.com/events/135761773214534

CAMP A LOW HUM 2013

Feb 8–10 2013
Wainuiomata, NZ

It’s still ages away, but I’ve had a few people contact me for dates so they can plan their summers around it, book international flights, etc. CALH will be returning to the stunning site it was at earlier in the year, just a short drive from Wellington.

For more details check out facebook.com/events/381778675194705

Tickets will be on sale from alowhum.com from July 1 2012. Start putting money aside now; tickets will be around the same price they have been the last few years.

There is a Facebook group for Camp here: facebook.com/groups/campalh

You can check out reviews of the 2012 event here:
alowhum.com/camp-a-low-hum-2012

Do you want to play Camp?

Just fill in the form here: alowhum.com/band-submission and I’ll check ya’ll out. If you’ve played Camp before or you know I’ve seen you live and/or are familiar with you, don’t bother filling in all the questions; just fill in the required questions and put down at least one website address.

A LOW HUM
10TH ANNIVERSARY

It’s been a long ten years since I started doing silly crap in the music scene here and a couple of things are happening later in the year to celebrate it. It may seem like things are very quiet from me at the moment, but I’m working hard on some cool stuff kicking in from around September, so stay tuned!

FIELD OF DREAMS 2

NYE 2012
Wainuiomata, NZ

In 2009 I put on this NYE party called Fields of Dreams—basically a house party at a campground. It ruled, so I’m gonna do it again. It will be in Wainuiomata at the same place as Camp, but it is completely different to Camp. It is just a house party with a dozen or so bands, one stage and loose as f**k. Tickets for this will be on sale much later in the year, but they will go real fast; only 200 or thereabouts will be available.

Only a few days out I was having panic attacks and hyperventilating, paranoid that the everybody would hate the changes from Campus to Camp and I was still nervous throughout much of the event – it meant so much each time somebody would come up to me and tell me how much they were enjoying it. Thanks EVERYBODY for being totally awesome.

I can’t wait for 2013!

I always plan too but screw it up every year, but finally managed to record the full list of acts playing the renegade room, check it out here: http://alowhum.com/2012-renegade-full-list/

Here are some other links to reports and stuff from Camp this year. If there is something I’ve missed, lemme know: alowhum@gmail.com

PHOTOS
Einstein Music Journal (Photos by Rachel Brandon) http://www.einsteinmusicjournal.co.nz/camp-a-low-hum-2012-live-photos/
The Big City (daily reviews and photos by Chris Andrews)
Day One http://thebigcity.co.nz/livemusic/camp-a-low-hum-2012-part-one
Day Two http://thebigcity.co.nz/livemusic/camp-a-low-hum-2012-part-two
Day Three http://thebigcity.co.nz/livemusic/camp-a-low-hum-2012-part-three
Photos by Petra Jane http://petrajane.com/words/?p=842
Camp on tumbler: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/camp+a+low+hum
Photos by Tim Kelly http://www.timkellyphotography.com/2012/02/camp-low-hum-2012.html
Photos by Nicole Marie Gaston https://plus.google.com/photos/110183186137844727203/albums/5708767710996147473?banner=pwa

BLOGS/REVIEWS
The colour of my love for you (blog) http://thecolourofmyloveforyou.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/camp-low-hum-2012.html
Pointless and asbsurd (blog) http://pointlessandabsurd.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/camp-low-hum.html
Fishrider (opposite Sex’s label) reports on camp: http://fishriderrecords.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/opposite-sex-at-camp-a-low-hum-2012/
Harrow Kimchi (Blog) http://harrowkimchi.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/camp-low-hum-2012.html
Jinx in the sky (Blog) http://jinx-in-the-sky.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/camp-low-hum-2012.html
Oui Cherry (Blog) http://ouicherry.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/camp-low-hum-2012.html
Salient review hhttp://salient.org.nz/arts/camp-a-low-hum-2012
Beat Magazine review http://www.beat.com.au/festivals/camp-low-hum-2012-wainuiomata-nz
No Art/Bare Grillz short tour diary (scroll down past intro) http://mysydneyriot.com/2012/02/23/msr-exclusive-no-art-new-zealand-tour-diary/
Samin Sons Hammer Piece http://saminson.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/samin-son-hammer-piece-with-bldbcu-camp.html?zx=18a637b13780638d

OTHER
Videos from camp on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=videos&search_query=camp+a+low+hum&search_sort=video_date_uploaded&uni=3’
Radio New Zealand’s annual coverage: http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/music101/camp_a_low_hum/camp_a_low_hum_2012

DAY ONE
12:20 Austin Boyle
12:40
1:00
1:40
2:20
3:00 YMAAGTEC
3:40 Toy Ghost
4:20 Bow Arrow
5:00 Cecil & Hercules
5:40 Diving
6:20 Dicktime
7:00 True Bliss
7:40 Android Sex Factory
8:20 Sunken Seas
9:00
9:40 Air Mutante
10:20 Disco Fap
11:00
11:40 Headspins
12:20 Lowly
1:00 A Art
1:40 Crackhouse 5
2:20 Tiger Choir

DAY TWO
11:00 Major Major
11:40 Foxtrot
12:20 No Way Sweden
1:00 Chaat-Gi
1:40 Talkshow Boy
2:20 Full Moon Fiasco ? (Is this right? I can’t read my writing)
3:00 Lontalius
3:40 Sherpa
4:20 Sets
5:00 Hands that Break Hands
5:40 Headsong
6:20 OK! Crazy Fiction Lady
7:40 Ralph
8:20 Wires
9:00 Apples
9:40 Two Cartoons
10:20 Daily Life
11:00 Glasgow
11:40 Wives
12:20 Blue Onesies
1:00 P.P. Flo
1:40 Black City Lights
2:20 Disasteradio
3:00 Guts

DAY THREE
10:20 Fantasing
11:00 Snowwaves
11:40 Michael & Harnet
12:20 ScotDrakula
12:40 Jetsam Isles
1:00
1:40 JH & Friends
2:20 Silke
3:00 Scarlett Lashes
3:40 Kevin CK Lo
4:20 Monceros
5:00 Noahs Ark Tonight
5:40 Secretive George
6:20 Fauxhound
7:00 Solo Ono
7:40 Fantastic Sailors
8:20 Prints
9:00 Anthony Drent & The Blood of the Innocent
9:40 Grass Cannons
10:20 Ipswich
11:00 Girl, smell my dick girl
11:40 Ben
12:20
1:00 Wilberforces
1:40 Carb on Carb
2:20 Totems

No more waiting list sorry, ticket exchanges or name changes. Let’s do this!

Please don’t miss out. http://alowhum.com/camp-a-low-hum/enrol/

When they are sold out, I will make annoucement right here.

I’ll be sending an email out to my mail list on Jan 5th to take orders.

You can close this page now. Chur.

Aa (Big A little a)

Feb 16 – Arc Theatre, Whanganui
Feb 17 – Mighty Mighty, Wellington
Feb 18 – Whammy Bar, Auckland

http://www.facebook.com/events/127388980706195/

Aa (”Big A little a”) has been one of the most restlessly innovative bands in Brooklyn over the past 10 years, steadily evolving their unique, intensely stylized brand of DIY maximalism through frequently-changing lineups and instrumentation. Like an ADD-afflicted Boredoms or Aphex Twin re-imagined as a self-taught marching band, the group’s polyrhythmic sound evokes elements of global dance, hardcore, electro, psych, and other influences with a sensibility that transcends pastiche to create something bracingly new. Now featuring multiple hybrid acoustic/electronic drummers, dense, laptop-generated soundscapes, heavily processed vocals, and a distinctive, starkly minimal light show, Aa’s live performances are atmospheric, frenetic, and constantly surprising.

“Not just noise, not just drums, but something that reaches ecstatic, bombastic heights.” – Pitchfork

ALL SHOWS ARE (cheap as) DOORSALES ONLY

A LOW HUM presents

Dan Deacon and Ensemble

(Five-piece live band from the US of A)
+ Golden Axe

http://www.facebook.com/events/266351360073828

Dan Deacon loved New Zealand so much last time he was here he asked to come back, this time, bringing a bunch of his friends.

No amount of text can describe how amazing this will be.

AUCKLAND: Whammy, Feb 3rd
WELLINGTON: San Fran Bath House, Feb 4th
NELSON: Playhouse Cafe, Feb 5th
CHRISTCHURCH: Dux Live, Feb 6th
DUNEDIN: Chicks Hotel, Feb 7th

Special super-cheap pre-sales for all shows only $15+ booking fee!, on sale RIGHT NOW, click on “tickets” above, or buy from Undertheradar. http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/utr/tour/id/1804/title/Dan-Deacon-and-Ensemble.utr

A Low Hum is helping friends from accross the Tasman CONSUME present a show in Wellington.

REGURGITATOR w/ Disasteradio

JAN 18 Wellington – SAN FRAN BATH HOUSE

http://www.facebook.com/events/245943258798925/

Word is now out that REGURGITATOR have patched themselves onto the 2012 BIG DAY OUT… given they are finally making the trek to the sorely missed New Zealand for the Auckland Big Day Out… their travel consultant accidentally ticketed them into Wellington so they are taking advantage of this blunder and have added in a superhappyfuntimes set at the SFBH with erstwhile compatriot DISASTERADIO onboard for a serious whacking.

This will be a extensive set covering everything from the new album SuperHappyFuntimesFriends back across the great wide catalogue with an always healthy dose of UNIT to hopefully leave the room sweating with happiness.

Tickets from “tickets” abvoe, RPM on Vivian Street, Slowboat Records and from Under The Radar: http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/utr/tickets/ID/1882/Regurgitator.utr

Click on CALH above

No amount of text can describe how amazing this will be.

A Low Hum presents
Dan Deacon and Ensemble (Five-piece live band from the US of A)
+ Golden Axe

AUCKLAND: Whammy, Feb 3rd
WELLINGTON: San Fran Bath House, Feb 4th
NELSON: Playhouse Cafe, Feb 5th
CHRISTCHURCH: Dux Live, Feb 6th
DUNEDIN: Chicks Hotel, Feb 7th

Special super-cheap pre-sales for all shows only $15+ booking fee!, on sale RIGHT NOW, here: http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/utr/tour/id/1804/title/Dan-Deacon-and-Ensemble.utr

Facebook event here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=266351360073828&

Typically cheesy highlights of CALH 2011 below:

Class Photos from 2011 here

Poster by Zach Webber

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