Statedancer

From : Paul Gambaccini <paulgambaccini@hotmail.com>
Sent : 17 July 2005 20:19:20
To : statedancer@hotmail.com
Subject : statedancer

Hi Rob,

I have listened to your CD in its entirety. Not surprisingly, I thought "Going Down With the Sun" was best and "Metaphor for Life" next. No wonder you put them one-two on the original disc! "Strange Way Home" and "Six Percent Seagull" were also of merit.

I don't know how anybody gets anywhere, in answer to your obvious question. Everyone's path is strictly personal. Mine sure was! But what does link all success stories is a combination of sufficient talent, hard work and favourable circumstances. Some of the latter we make ourselves by making ourselves known and networking in some way, shape or fashion with people of influence who might choose to employ us if they knew us because they like to work with those they like and respect.

So just continue to, as Curtis Mayfield said, keep on pushing!

Best wishes,
Paul - BBC

"The record sounds like the band have been around forever. It sounds as good as anything I've ever heard out of Manchester!" Clint Boon (Inspiral Carpets and Head of Music for 96.2 FM The Revolution Radio Station) - Clint Boon

Future looks bright for StateDancer
THESE are exciting times for south Trafford band StateDancer.

The group, which comprises members from Sale and Timperley respectively, have just signed a development deal with Chromium Records.

The Liverpool based company will release a download single on January 14 and the group will also feature on a compilation CD to be released later this year.

Manager Andy Caine is optimistic about these developments and believes a record deal could follow if the response from the record buying public is a good one. The band has even branched out into merchandise, producing everything from computer mouse mats to underwear. All these items can be purchased online, via the band's website.

Shoppers at the HMV store in Manchester can also pick up a copy of their demo CD, featuring the songs Going Down With The Sun, Metaphor for Life, The Milkman Murders and Strange Way Home.

At the time of writing, the band were about to play at the Cavern Club, a replica of the world famous venue that helped launch the career of Liverpool legends the Beatles.

While StateDancer is a Trafford band, one of its members, drummer Nicole - they like to be quoted using only their Christian names - comes to the borough via Germany. Or, as she puts it, "the German job centre." A recording engineer by profession, the pretty twenty something says there's a big difference between the UK music scene and the music scene in her native country.

"Obviously I'm not up to date with what's going on in Germany at the moment but in general bands that are massive over here, like Travis, you would see them in small venues in Germany. They play in front of 4,000 people here and they play in front of 500 people in a club in Germany. People have got different tastes. You wouldn't get so many underground bands in the charts," she says.

Rick Bowen

* Anyone interested in finding out more about StateDancer should visit the band's website at www.statedancer.co.uk

- Sale and Altrincham Messenger