happy new year!

Admittedly its now the 10th of January, but seeing as this is the first post of 2011 (and the first post for a while… sorry) its definitely still acceptable to wish you all the very best for the coming year. 2010 was a great year for us with lots of exciting things happening – thanks for your support and please continue to spread the word!

The seventh issue of our newsletter went out to subscribers last week, with the first news of what we’ve got in store for the next few months – if you haven’t already subscribed you can do so here, and read the newsletter here. I promise to try to post more stuff on the website this year, so I’ll be expanding on some of the things in the newsletter in longer posts soon.

In the meantime, check out the official Efpi Records Festive/New Year Message for 2010…

Posted by Ben on 10/01/2011 at 11:25 in misc and tagged , , , , . Leave comments here.



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This was sent out to all our subscribers (sign up now!) last week ahead of our gig at the Bridgewater Hall but I’ve only now remembered to put it up here as well – very sorry… But they say that absence makes the heart grow fonder so you all must be really fond of it by now! Read it here.

Posted by Ben on 09/07/2010 at 12:32 in news and tagged , . Leave comments here.



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Sorry I’ve been a little slow to post this on the site but I’ve been a busy boy with the beginning of our tour last week, slipped my mind… Anyway, the 3rd edition of the Beats & Pieces newsletter was delivered to mailboxes across the internet last week, and if you STILL haven’t signed up to receive it in yours you can read it online here. Once you’ve read it, make sure you sign up here.

Posted by Ben on 24/05/2010 at 13:11 in news and tagged , . Leave comments here.



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…has left the building! In this issue: exciting UK TOUR news, round up of all the places we’ve been spotted on the internet, and news of gigs from friends HAQ and the Andy Schofield/Jo McCallum Jazz Orchestra.

If you weren’t fortunate enough to receive it as a member of our mailing list, never fear! You can rectify the situation by signing up to the mailing list here and reading newsletter 002 online here.

Posted by Ben on 09/04/2010 at 19:16 in news, site and tagged , , , , , . Leave comments here.



new facebook fan page

Although we’ve had a facebook group for a while, it seems that all the cool kids nowadays have their own facebook fan pages – so I’ve joined the bandwagon and set one up for us! Don’t join the group that I’ve helpfully linked to above, as that won’t be updated anymore… Using a combination of Artistdata and other amazing trickery, everything should now sync to the facebook fan page which you can find at www.facebook.com/beatsnpiecesbigband so become a fan now!

Remember if you want to be kept bang up to date with everything, you should join the mailing list – the next issue will be sent out very soon so make sure you’re signed up so you don’t miss out on some very exciting news I’ve got for you! And I’m also on twitter if you’d like to REALLY stay in the loop…

Posted by Ben on 17/03/2010 at 16:33 in news and tagged , , , . Leave comments here.



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Finally, the first Beats & Pieces newsletter has left my laptop and is now winging its way to literally tens of inboxes worldwide… Don’t fret if you didn’t sign up in time to receive it though, you can read it online here and join in the fun. All future issues of the newsletter will also be available from the mailing list page.

Posted by Ben on 10/02/2010 at 17:20 in site and tagged , . Leave comments here.



mailing list! sign up now…

Following on from my descent into twitter (if you’re not following me already please do, I don’t really have many so far…) I’ve been keeping up with the 21st century by trying to get a decent mailing list system working and think I’ve finally cracked it! Sign up now for a periodic e-mail (not too often, promise!) about what we’ve been up to and what we will be up to in the near future. And if you do run into any problems with the form or anything else then let me know – one issue that I’ve found so far is that sometimes the confirmation e-mails get sorted into your junk folder, so maybe check there if it doesn’t arrive and add beatsnpieces.net to your list of allowed domains so it doesn’t happen again!

I’ll be sending the first mailing out in about a week so sign up now to make sure you don’t miss out…

Posted by Ben on 01/02/2010 at 13:18 in beats & pieces, news, site and tagged , . Leave comments here.