Archive: March 2015 - Tom Gee Band

TGB Bassist Jamie’s time at Berklee

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  • 17/03/2015

If second chances are a rarity then third chances seldom come about. My recent, temporary relocation to the US came off the back of one such third chance. In my mind Berklee College of Music had become the metaphorical carrot hanging on the end of a stick: the ever-present morsel dangling tantalisingly close to my face, yet still that bit too far away to reach. I’d applied twice before and both times I was deemed not to be of sufficient enough standard to be admitted. Quite why I placed so much emphasis on getting into that school I don’t know, but for whatever reason I did and being told...

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2015 – The Next Big Step for TGB

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  • 03/03/2015

So, 2014 disappeared fairly quietly for Tom Gee Band. After a whirlwind year that included our debut album coming in at No. 4 in the iTunes Blues Chart, a British Blues Awards nomination and touring all over the UK & Ireland, we all had a well-earned rest before getting started on 2015. 2015. I can remember being 11 years old in 2000 and hearing people talk about football World Cups being held in 2010, people preparing bids for the 2012 Olympics and thinking how far away that sounded. A lot has happened since then so I decided to take a little bit of time to think about what we are going...

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