Where 2nd Hand Dave talks about why we do music, what music does, where music can take you, how important it is for your mental health & how we aim to bring people together through live music in the South West and beyond .
Delighted to announce that we have exceeded 30,000 plays of videos on the Ultimate Emerging Alt Rock You Tube channel, that’s 10,000 new plays since the beginning of October!
That’s 30,000 reasons that musicians should…
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“Millions of individuals with chronic illnesses bear the extra burden of family, friends, coworkers, and even healthcare professionals who don’t believe these patients are ill because…
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Woohoo @TheSupermercados gig with Five Finger Discount & HiFi LoFi is at the Exeter Cavern is this Thursday October 14th.
£4 entry - see 3 great bands for less than the price of a pint.
Getting super excited now –…
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We believe that music is good for your mental health. It's been good for ours.
You can try these 10 things if you aren't feeling OK, are stressed, anxious or worried. Print the list in the image at the top…
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Delighted to announce that we have exceeded 20,000 plays of videos on the Ultimate Emerging Alt Rock You Tube channel since we launched May!
That’s 20,000 reasons that musicians should come together and own the new music industry!
The power…
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Launched today - our new range of 100% DIY Supermercados merch.
The range has a Supermarket theme (Supermercados is Spanish for Supermarkets) and is an extension of our DIY approach to everything, as we talk about in this blog…
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I missed last week’s update, only went and gave myself a week off!!
But talk about snooze and you’ll miss it!
Delighted to tell you that the Ultimate Emerging Alt Rock You Tube Channel now has exceeded 18,000 plays, we…
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Ain’t that the truth!
Great lyric from Ginger Wildheart on “Something to Believe in” from the Valor De Corazon Album.
Fan boy moment; Ginger has always been an inspiration to me. As has Lemmy from Motorhead and Bob…
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Yes, if we combine efforts and help each other out.
Friends helping friends?
Can we build a supportive community?
Organically?
Stick it to “the man”, even?
Got to be better than paying for Facebook ads or music promo “services” that…
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The Ultimate Emerging Alt Rock You Tube Channel now has 103 videos and reached 254 subscribers and exceeded 9,000 plays this week!
And videos from HiFi LoFi, Michael Lanthier, The Fixr and Fioraidh have all gained hundreds of plays.
…
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Well, we’ve done it anyway.
So there.
The Supermercados release their 4th single “Fire Escape to Hell” today Wednesday August 18th 2021.
Sonically heavier than previous releases, “Fire Escape to Hell” is last of the…
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The Ultimate Emerging Alt Rock You Tube Channel has had its best week yet.
We reached 225 subscribers and 6,900 plays this week! That’s 3,700 plays and nearly 100 new subscribers in just 7 days! And videos from HiFiLoFimusic, Michael…
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Trick question, they are the same thing!
Tools to use. Tools that complement each other.
And you can never have enough tools.
Or bass guitars.
To be clear, I’m not saying that music should ever be used as a replacement…
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A blog by Michael Lanthier
Every time I pick up a guitar, despite whatever my intentions are in that moment, it’s become an inevitability. I play the first few measures of either Little Wing or Voodoo Child (slight return). At…
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Stop clowning around!!! Get back in your box. Stay in your genre.
The amount of times we’ve heard that!
That you can only play or release music in a certain genre. If you stray into other genres that you’ll alienate…
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You’ll never get anywhere with music, right?
That’s what I was told so many times by so many people. So, I went to business school to “Make it”
I could do music whenever I had spare time, right?
Except it…
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Its healthy to have a bit of competition between us bands, producers and solo artists.
It keeps us all sharp.
But when you start a band you already have a fight on your hands. A fight to be seen, fight…
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The MoEoStAr House Remix of the Supermercados’ “Revelations & Revolutions” came out 19th July 2021 on Supermercado Records.
In the first week, we got added to a Spotify Editorial Playlist and that gave us 1,800 streams. A nice feeling!
This…
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We’re always looking for more videos for our Ultimate Emerging Alt Rock You Tube channel, so get in touch if you want to be included and reach a new audience. For free.
We set up the Ultimate Emerging Alt…
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