@SoftSilly
If you follow me on Twitter (and I still haven't removed the word 'underfollowed' so there's chance to help me to change that) and also follow my friends Gary (@GaryBarwell), Bainy (@Bainy2), Andy (@iamdjandyhaynes), and Rosey (@RoseyHaze) then you will have been privy to a frankly ridiculous conversation that took place over the weekend. I can't even remember how it started to be honest but it resulted in the formation of a band, Soft Silly (@SoftSilly). Originally I was going to compile all the tweets and post them all on a page but there are so many conversational tangents that such a task would test the patience of the most dedicated archivist. The really sad thing is that my tweet count is getting rather high and I like to keep my timeline looking strong by removing superfluous tweets, but don't really want to get rid of this conversation. We transferred to private messaging which suited me but does make things even harder to follow.
Just when my work related to-do list was starting to become manageable we came up with a concept that I really want to do now. Talk of forming a band got very excitable and all sorts of plans were made; playing our farewell gig as our first ever outing, applying to play the festivals, asking to support big name bands, and all kinds of media manipulation to hype our name. We are all known in Nottingham for either music or radio so this would be a project that attracts a lot of local attention (hopefully). There is probably enough goodwill among the others to counteract the small detail that the media collectively ignores anything I do; I could find a cure for all known diseases and put an end to world hunger and Leftlion wouldn't mention my name in print - there's more chance that they will read this then form a band called Soft Silly.
Anyway, we had so much of a laugh over the weekend throwing silly ideas around and coming up with bizarre concepts that I threw in the idea of teaming up to record a regular podcast that would act as a step by step story about the formation of the band leading up to their first (and possibly last, they might be the same gig) live performance. The podcast would probably be far more entertaining than the band itself although as we are all so busy it is a big ask to get us all in one room at a mutually convenient time. This could be another concept, the band that does everything remotely and is never seen in the same room, we could even do our gigs by Skype conference call and just stick a laptop on stage.
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