Tilted Smile reach Battle of the Bands Final

[Paul B]

Hi All,

Regulars to ARfm will probably remember a band called Tilted Smile, (who feature pretty regularly on the station), well this week I had some great news from the guys:

"On Monday 10th April, we played in the regional final of the Jack Daniel's Sound Check competition and took 1st place to put us through to the National Finals in London on Thursday 4th May, winners of the competition get a recording session at the world-famous Sun Studios in Tennessee!

We're looking for all our supporters to make some noise in London and plan to organise a coach trip, if folks are interested please could you ask them to contact us via our website.... www.tiltedsmile.com"

Best of luck to Jack, Lee & Ben, who not only work hard at their own music but are always helping and encouraging other young bands in our particular neck of the woods.

Cheers

Prog Paul

[Boatman]

Great news, saw Tilted Smile perform once in Derby and their Hendrix and Beatles covers were powerful, hoped they would soon get more of their own material into the set.

Sadly bands are often constrained by pub punters who only want to hear the familiar songs they can sing-a-long or tap-a-long to, before ever taking a chance on anything new... zzzzzz.

I also recall the night I saw Tillted Smile in Derby was the time of the petrol protests! Due to panic-buying and petrol rationing it meant the pub had not had a beer delivery for over a week and so when I went to order a beer the barman said "We haven't got any!" I ended up settling for a bottle of Newcastle Brown which tasted bloody awful. Thankfully the band played that well that I fogot all about the lack of beer!

Oh yes and I also saw them at a fund raising gig Mr Baker organised and I threw in some CD prizes myself, only to find my wife had won a raffle and chose one of the ones I had donated which was kind of like recycling! D'oh!!

[Paul B]

Hi All,

I'm rather chuffed to announce that

[glow=red,2,300]THEY WON !!!!![/glow] ;D ;D ;D

Congratulations to Tilted Smile who won the Battle of the Bands last night and now have the chance to go to the USA for a recording session.

Well done from everyone at ARFM

Right what about this interview then guys!

Prog Paul

[Breezey]

This is really good news ;D

This band have been together since they were all at school together (the first time we saw them was at a band night on the school stage, we knew then that they had great potential)

They have worked relentlessly over the years, building up a following by constant gigging and self promotion. They deserve this success and I wish them well with their trip to the States, this is a great opportunity for them.

Well done Guys, hope to see you soon, maybe Blue Steel can support you sometime

[Boatman]

Great news! Well done to them, so are we going to hear more original material aired now? If so looking forward to it!