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I can understand the frustration and fears, Mr Berry has for local clubs as the banding world is constantly worried about lack of funding.

As a cornet player who has played the Last Post and Reveille for 12 years, they are two pieces of music that mean a lot to me and the story

The disgusting sludge that is pushed from the inner catacombs of your instrument looks like something you would scrape from...

There is a lot of room for interesting entertaining antics that can be injected into the performances of these pieces.

Writing about pianos on a brass band blog, whatever next?! I know the song 'Piano Man' by Billy Joel pretty well, but recently it's...

Brass bands harmless, but do not be fooled, they are hiding deadly sinful secrets. Dare you enter the den of musical iniquity?

Boris hasn't sat there throwing darts at a picture of the Black Dyke Band, whilst stroking a white cat and plotting how he is going to take

There's a lot that goes through our mind during personal practise from counting beats to internally swearing at ourselves.

Two hours is a long time. Many, many thoughts can pass through your head in two hours. There have been times when I’ve been sat on stage...

Silly season is finally over. The halls have been decked, the bells have been jingled and we can put Santaclaustrophobia away for another...

It’s the most wonderful (and busy) time of the year! Hands up, who’s sick of Christmas Festival already? Yes, it’s that time of year...

As banders, we’re used to our calendars being filled with band jobs. Contests, carolling, concerts, marches, etc- we get a lot done in a...

It’s beginning to look a lot like… Well, Halloween is out of the way, which means only one thing- Christmas has begun. There’s no escape...

So, I’m the numpty, who’s spent the last few weeks playing for two bands. As well, as going to my rehearsals with Eccles. once again...

So I’ve recently celebrated my twenty-third birthday (one step closer to a zimmer frame and a free bus pass- wahoo!) and during my...

Uneventful? With me? Never. So, I wasn’t planning on writing about last weekend’s concerts as I thought it was going to be a...

Very superstitious, writing’s on the wall…. Fight or Flight (of Stairs) As I’m sure many of you are, I’m currently watching Sky Arts’...

I had to think a little bit harder about this list as there is a wealth of test pieces that I would love to play and there are so many...

I do often find myself making a mental list of pieces I want to play. Whether I’m sat in the audience at a concert or falling down the...

When I was in my teens and I really caught the banding bug, there were quite a few aspirations I had for my future in banding. From...