365 Days Later...

It has been a year since the Masamune as we know it has been together. It all started on a Sunday afternoon when Jack came for his first jam with Steve and James. The first song we jammed together was Queen Easy. From that day Masamune has grown steadily to this present day. We’re unsigned, but, we feel the progress which we have made in this short time has been good in helping us bond as a band.

Our first outing as a band (11/12/09)

Our first gig was at Josephs (now Plugged Inn, formerly White Rooms) on the 11^th December 2009. The first set we played included Queen Easy, Free Like You, Puppetry, Deadstar (Muse cover), Sphere and Hoax. It doesn’t seem like two minutes ago when we were short of original songs and had to throw a cover into the set. At this moment in time we now have 20 original songs in total (12 of which we have played live and 8 which we are currently practicing for introduction into our set in the near future).

'They are not watching you' E.P. artwork

We have been in the studio on two occasions. The first time we recorded Queen Easy, Yours to Keep, Sphere, and Hoax. A couple of months later we recorded Ivan Sparre and Suffer. Recording these songs to form our debut E.P. ‘They are not watching you’ has enabled us to get our songs on the internet for free download and also on CD (which we give away free at gigs).

Round 1 of Northern Exposure Battle of the Bands

Also, in the past year we have reached the final of a local battle of the bands competition, appeared on a local radio station for an interview and acoustic session, been reviewed in a local magazine, and gigged nearly 20 times. Everything that has happened in the past year has developed us individually and as a band and helped us realise the direction we want to take our music.

Rocking out at The Dog and Parrot, Newcastle

In the next year, we plan to continue working on our music and constantly gigging in order to try to better ourselves and hone our skills further. We hope to gig outside of the North East of England and gain a bigger fan base. But, most importantly we hope to get on the first step of the music ladder so next year we can post a blog titled ‘730 days later...’