FROM SMALL ACORNS PLAY OUT THE BOX FESTIVAL

So me and my band From Small Acorns played a festival gig yesterday, and we decided to film it all for a video diary.... ENJOY!

Feel free to let us know what you thought, and if you were there!

FROM SMALL ACORNS PLAY THE BODEGA, NOTTINGHAM

We're missing the first video, but otherwise here is our set from 22nd March 2012 at The Bodega in Nottingham!

Hometown -From Small Acorns

Til Kingdom Come - Coldplay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2GukG0RK7Y&feature=channel 

Stay - From Small Acorns

With Every Step - From Small Acorns

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx-HN4hDeb0&feature=channel

Videos courtesy of Roo Inns

PART ONE: The Unsigned Music Scene... Nottingham

I haven't done a music related blog recently, so here goes. I just wanted to broaden some horizons and show you just how many amazing unsigned bands and artists their are in a cities scene; I'm concentrating on Nottingham for today... Usually you can get into these gigs for as little as £3-£5, and there's always 3-5 acts playing, firstly, that's value for money!! I know a lot of people will say 'yes but, you never know what your going to get' but that's just it. You have to speculate to accumulate right? So just give it a go. It's much better than just having the same night down Ocean or something every Wednesday. Why not just one Wednesday of the month go to a local gig at the pub instead? You're supporting the local music scene AND will have a guaranteed good night out. I've never spoke to anyone who's been to a boring gig in Nottingham, even if it's bad, at least it's a laugh! You'll also find a lot of these musicians could also be comedians!

Enough of a lecture, I'll give you a little run down on some of the amazing acts to check out in Nottingham, if you see these people advertised on a poster, GO DOWN:

1. Nina Smith. Beautiful lady, beautiful voice, beautiful songs. Always has upcoming gigs, I think she's playing later this week at Bodega actually, so go to her facebook and have a look please!

2. The Money. Energetic, fun, catchy, popular with the ladies, you have to see these guys live it's a great atmosphere. Making the move into more dance inspired tracks I believe, check out their song below, and find them on facebook!

3. Harleighblu. Now, 'hands up' I haven't actually been to one of her sets yet, but that will change shortly! One of the Nottingham stars she's absolutely lovely, fun, full of life and into her jazz soul... and now it's coming up to summer, what other music could you need?

4. Richard Howell and his band (they're currently deciding on a name!) I'm awful at stating genres, literally awful, but my brother said they reminded him a bit of Travis, I said they reminded me a bit of Goo Goo Dolls, so, if you like that sort of music, you'll love these guys. Lovely, talented, and heartfelt songs, ones to watch ;) Oh ps, watch out for his song 'sail the sun' ... TDF

5. Cheshire and the Cat. Having only stumbled across these guys a couple of weeks ago after a friend suggested I listen to them, I saw them live last night when they played at the same time as me, and they were just so refreshing. With rap and jazz influences, I knew it would be different, but it just worked. Have a listen to their video below:

6. From Small Acorns - thought I'd do a cheeky plug of my band, ha, shameless! I'll not big us up, just watch the video below and find us on facebook ;)

I will do a few more blogs in the near future just highlighting some more Nottingham talent to look out for. In the mean time, go find these people on facebook, check out their youtube videos, and go and watch some live music. I promise you won't be disappointed!

B x

FREE DOWNLOADS

Hi All, just to let you know I'm still working on the EP at the moment, things are going great and I'll keep you posted with it all :)

Just as a little Christmas present from myself, I've uploaded a few previously unheard tracks which have been well recorded, for a free download... you can listen to them on my soundcloud, and download them from there.

The three uploaded are: Alive (which is also on my youtube), Everybody, and This is Paris... feel free to let me know what you think, add me on facebook (From Small Acorns), or follow me on twitter: @beckylovatt

Happy Christmas!

Heres the link: www.soundcloud.com/beckylovatt

SUPPORTING ELLIOTT MORRIS... GUITAR BAR, NOTTINGHAM

So I was asked by NAMusic to do a support slot for a guy named Elliott Morris a few months ago, and kinda agreed to it without even hearing of the guy...

There were 3 other support acts on the night excluding myself, so it really was a beautiful fushion of different talents all on one night, so serious hats off to Neil Atkinson so organising such a fantastic event to be a part of.

So first it was me and my brother aka From Small Acorns (Becky Lovatt) to take the stage... the set actually went perfectly it couldnt have gone any better. We played 2 covers - starting with Damien Rice's masterpeice '9 crimes,' and also covering Keanes 'somewhere only we know.' And we also did 4 originals - two of which (stay - below and Stole your heart) will be on my forth coming EP, and another two - Died in your arms, and This Summer, which is a rather poppy fun tune that you can bop along too!! It was only Cals second gig and he actually did fantastically well as I know I can confuse him with where im going with the song sometimes, but he stuck with me, so thanks for the accompanyment!!



Second on was Nathan Luke... so, you see this guy with gorgeous long blonde hair, and you instantly think 'this guys gunna be heavy...' let me tell you... NEVER judge a book by its cover. A genuinly nice guy with a genuinely amazing talent. Claiming he only knew 3 chords was a lie - he was fantastic on guitar and put me to shame at least! His songs are smooth, and soulful and are delivered with immense honesty which makes his lyrics just completely believable. Watch out for this guy! You can download his EP for free to on facebook - I highly highly recommend!!!

Third on was the beautiful Rosanna O'Brien who'd bought with her a keyboard which made a refreshing change on a night full of guitars. Her voice is soft and gentle which is perfect for her lyrics and keyboard accompanyment, the whole thing just worked (i also loved her style!).

Fouth on was Micheal Lynch, having seen him about 3 times before I knew what I was in for - beautiful lyrics, a soulful voice, and a confident performance - often stepping away from the mic and just singing without one, which was impressive! He also sang my favourite so i was happy - us against the world. You can check him out on facebook where you can download one of his tracks for free! He plays a lot of gigs all over everywhere so check him out, and if hes at a venue near you - get down, you wont be disappointed!!!!

Then, there was the real treat of the night... Mr. Elliott Morris. I literally cannot put into words how great this guy is as a musician. I literally cant. I sat there, having seen videos of him on youtube after knowing he was playing, and I knew what was coming, but nothing prepared me for the pure talent that was standing playing infront of me. He plays a lot of his songs one handed, and taps the beat all over the guitar with the other hand - youve never seen anything like it. That, topped off with fantastic songs and a believable genuine voice, it was one of the best gigs iv ever played at (if not the best). One of my favourite parts was in one of the songs he played a mixture of other songs but in his own styles, so we had part of justin timberlakes 'like i love you,' and White Stripes 'seven nation army,' all rolled into one song and flowing beautifully. I'll attach a video of this guy so you can see what I mean - an absolute genious on guitar, and It was an honour to share the stage with this guy...

Thanks to Guitar Bar, Neil Atkinson, NAMusic, Nathan Luke, Rosanna O'Brien, Cal (the bro), Micheal Lynch and of course Elliott Morris...

xxx

FROM SMALL ACORNS...

Good Evening!

Its kinda late to be posting a new blog post really, but i tend to work better at night (i think its a student thing), so im gunna post it anyway while in bed watching re-runs of jersey shore!

Me and my brother recently formed a band, so i thought for my band of the month, id do a peice on my own band instead of promoting other peoples :)

The band is called 'From Small Acorns,' and there is just the two of us ...

Me (Becky) ... 19 (nearly 20) Law student at Nottingham Law School....plays acoustic guitar Martin DX1, clarinet, and learning piano...reads music to a high standard...interesting fact - i used to windsurf competitively !? :)

Callum ...16, student/apprentice joiner...plays electric guitar, acoustic guitar... competitive canoer on the UK circuit... interesting fact - built his own acoustic guitar (see video below)

How were 'From Small Acorns' formed? I was asked by a friend of our mums to perform at a charity fundrasier in aid of Ashgate hospice/Kimberly Trickett Fund, and i thought, as Cal is better at guitar than me, that it would be a good idea to get him involved to play guitar so i could just concentrate on singing, and so thats what we did. We played a 4 song set list consisting of songs by Guns N Roses, Damien Rice, Oasis and Coldplay, and the set went down fantastically...since then weve been doing more music related projects together!

Your probably also wondering about the name...we were struggling for a name but one morning after one of my first open mics, my mum quoted the old saying 'from small acorns, big trees grow...' and something clicked in my head, and its stuck ever since...it also sounds quite acoustic-y dont you think!?

Im currently doing a lot of gigs in nottingham/derbyshire at the moment so if you live locally pop down...check out our facebook page for more info on the gigs front ( From Small Acorns (Becky Lovatt)) or follow us on twitter : @fromsmallacorn  @beckylovatt @callumlovatt

So yer, theres a little insight into the acorns, i hope you enjoyed it, please feel free to check out the video link to see cals guitar and hear our cover...

Thanks,

Becky (From Small Acorns)

MY BAND - FROM SMALL ACORNS - COVER THE CAVE BY MUMFORD & SONS

So an update - me and my brother officially now are playing together under the name 'From small acorns' (follow us on twitter @fromsmallacorn), and we have a youtube account www.youtube.com/fromsmallacorns. So anyway, we decided to get it up and running it needed a cover, so weve done this mumford and sons one :)

Let us know what you think - rate, comment, subscribe to us and add us as a friend if you have youtube. We will be doing a lot of gigging/open mics in the coming months so watch out for us out and about :)

Our original music is very much acoustic/folk/soft rock and pop, kinda all mixed together, and well put some originals up soon :)

Thanks for your support,
Bex - 'From Small Acorns'
xxx