Monday 22 November 2010

Acoustic Tracks, French Students Learn 'Rain' at school, The Throwout Volume 6


YES YES!,

Ok, got a bumper edition for you today with some great free music, news, and live show listings!

-----LIVE ACOUSTIC TRACKS-----

As you may or may not have seen we've been playing a couple of exclusive ACOUSTIC shows recently. This has been amazing for us to as we've all had fun reworking tracks, playing in new venues, and hitting new audiences. We recorded a few tracks from our show at Cafe Ollo for you to listen to:

LIVE (acoustic) @ Cafe Ollo by Extra Curricular

Keep your eyes peeled for more exclusive ACOUSTIC shows coming soon! We've also made some special acoustic recordings that will appear as extra tracks bundled with single releases next year :)

-----FRENCH STUDENTS LEARN 'RAIN'-----

We've recently been contacted by a teacher from France who has been using our song 'Rain' to teach students English Language, understanding our climate, and international development. Madame Gilbert used 'Rain' as a set text for pupils studying for the Baccalaureate (equivalent to A-levels) at the Lycee de Beauregard, Montbrison, near Lyon. She said:

I would like to say how much I enjoyed studying this song. The music is fun and varied, the singing is fantastic, and I really hope Extra Curricular enjoy a lot of success with their music.

Madame Gilbert also attached a picture of some of her students posing with umbrellas to signify the rain in the song:


As you can imagine we were totally surprised at the news! We are, however, mad excited about it - especially after she told us that it has caused a buzz in the French education system and may be taken up as a set text by more schools in the future; Extra Curricular by name and virtue :)

To listen to 'Rain' please visit http://www.extracurricularband.com and click 'audio'

-----THE THROWOUT VOLUME 6------

Our own DJ ILLAS and DJ HERITAGE have come through with another amazing FREE mix for y'all to download. It features some big tracks along with some special shouts from legends of the hip hop scene...



------LIVE SHOWS-----


The Hifi Club, Leeds
8th December 2010, 20PM
Bar 1:22, Huddersfield
10th December 2010, 21PM
The Blues Cafe, Harrogate
9th January 2011, 3AM
The Elbow Rooms W/ Craig Charles, Leeds
29th January 2011, 21PM
Contact Theatre, Manchester
3rd February 2011, 20PM
Cardiff Arts Institute, Cardiff
12th February 2011, 20PM
Hoootanany , Brixton, London
19th February 2011, 22PM
Holmfirth Folk Festival, Holmfirth
7th May 2011, 18PM
Cosmic Boogie @ Nation Of Shopkeepers, Leeds
29th May 2011, 22PM
Sunrise Festival, Somerset
2nd June 2011, 16PM

That's it for now, for the most up to date news and listings please visit http://www.extracurricularband.com

One Love,

JB
EC