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We had a fantastic evening on Monday at the MIB Music Showcase!

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Hello!

Wowee – well we’ve just about recovered from the showcase on Monday (I felt a little bit like I’d been hit by a bus when I woke up yesterday!) What a great night, and by far the best turn out we’d ever had which was brilliant to see! I had a great time… it always makes me super proud to see all of our bands play on the same stage. Not that I ever forget, but it just reinforces just how talented our musicians are and reminds me how lucky I am to work with such fantastic talent! I would like to say a big official ‘THANK YOU’  and ‘YOU’RE AMAZING’ to all of them for consistantly doing such an amazing job, and for always being happy and lovely people to work with.

While I’m gushing I also must say a big thank you to Helen and Rachael too, who helped with answering your questions and stage managing. I remember the days when I used to try and do all that by myself – LOL – I can’t even imagine it now. These lovely ladies do such a great job and were just as exhausted as me at the end of the night!

The feedback has been outstanding from all of you, so thank you for your comments. There were tweets galore all through the evening, and we’ve had some lovely emails and calls in the last few days. Here’s a few pictures of the night.

I must give a big shout out to the venue, The Four Seasons, and of course Aron Schlagman, the events co-ordinator there. He is just lovely and has been so acommodating and wonderful to work with (in fact I highly reccomend following Aron on twitter because he’s got a fantastic events-based blog which is really interesting).  A lot of you said that you felt the style of the hotel was exceptional and loved how the vibe of the place matched our ‘edginess’ and perhaps more modern look at entertainment and events, and we totally agreed. The hotel is stunning, and its really lovely to work somewhere with such lovely and helpful staff.

Thanks also to Haydn and the team from Concept Events. These guys are the production team we always use because they are lovely people to work with and we’ve found really care about their clients as individuals, which I think is so important. And I think its safe to say the stage/dancefloor/backdrop etc looked just stunning!

Not to mention our amazing sound team from JB Sound. Working with these guys is like a dream come true. I searched for a long time for a sound company that understood who we are and what we care about the most, were super talented, and of course loved their job as much as we do! Eventually we found Joe and his company, and now there’s just no going back. They always do a fantastic job and we love working with them.

We’re hoping to get another night booked in as soon as possible, probably for around June/July time, so we’ll keep you posted on that.

Much love again to everyone who made it a fantastic night :)

 

Sera

P.S Thanks to the lovely musicians for my birthday prezzie too – it was my birthday on Monday and they all got together and got me an awesome make-up case! :) )

 

The Schedule for our Showcase on 23rd Jan

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Happy New Year everyone!

What a crazy December we had…!

We’re excited to announce the final time-table for our showcase at the Four Seasons Hotel on Mon 23rd January – this is a rough idea and we usually run to time or within about 15minutes, bearing in mind there are a lot of acts to get on and organise

7p.m Doors Open (guests will arrive to our lovely pianist to set the tone for the evening)

7.15p.m Live Loungers (Setting the scene with some lush arrangements of well known pop tunes)

7.25p.m Buddha Bar Sax set (chilled vibe for over dinner or reception drinks)

7.35p.m Funkadelics (performing as the 4 piece band and ready to party!)

7.50p.m Cocktail Duo (Our gorgeous piano and vocal duo will perform some jazz classics)

8p.m MIB 6 piece band (Performing as our smaller 6 piece option)

8.15p.m Solo Singer Marianne (Our solo singer option is a fantastic idea for your cereomony, reception drinks or meal)

8.30p.m Buddha Bar Sax Set (Uptempo for transforming your event to a club vibe)

8.45p.m DJ (Our gorgeous DJ Pheobe will be spinning the decks and showing you what she can do)

8.55p.m Acoustic Duo (We’ll be bringing the vibe down a little with our acoustic guitar and vocal duo)

9.05p.m 21st Century Riot (Our legendry 4 piece indie rock band will take to the stage to play songs from Killers, Kings of Leon etc)

9.20p.m Cocktail Duo (Back to our beautiful piano and vocal duo while we change over the stage)

9.30p.m Motown Supreme (Our fab 7 piece Motown Tribute will be entertaining you with hits from the motown era)

9.45p.m Jazz Trio (A fab option for over dinner or earlier in the evening)

9.55p.m MIB 12 piece (Our ultimate 12 piece option will perform a fun party set to finish off the evening)

Timings subject to a little change but we’ll notify you of anything we can beforehand

Our fantastic friends Concept Events will be taking care of our staging, dancefloor and other production, the ‘sound-man-angel’ Joe from JB Sound will be providing sound, and of course the fantastic Four Seasons Hotel providing the venue (its just stunning since the rennovations!)

 

We can’t wait to see you there!

Sera

A date for the diary…

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

We are super excited to announce our next MIB Music showcase will be Monday 23rd January, and will be held at the newly rennovated Four Seasons Hotel, London, and you are all invited!

We will be releasing a timetable nearer the time, but the evening will feature performances from MIB, Funkadelics, 21st Century Riot, Motown Supreme, and will also be showing the optional extras that we offer within our ‘MIB Experience’ package such as our cocktail duo, dinner jazz and solo vocalists.

We popped over to do a site visit yesterday, and the venue is absolutely stunning! (In fact I shall do a venue write up blog-post very soon) We can’t wait – it should be a fantastic evening and we would love to see you there from 7p.m.

 

Thanks to GDYK photography for the pic above!

Fancy a lovely night out on Fri 25th November?

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

Public Gig Alert!

One of our fab acts, Funkadelics, is booked to perform at the Captains Club’s ‘Fire and Ice’ Party on Friday 25th November, in Christchurch, Dorset.  You may have seen our blog post a week or so ago about this venue – we performed at one of their other events and it was just stunning, so I’m sure this will be another fantastic evening!

This is actually a public event, so if you’d like to get tickets, have a look on the website here

We hope to see you there for a boogie! :)

A few photos from the Langham Showcase…

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

Oooh I love it when we get photos back! Here’s a selection of a few photos from last weeks showcase, courtesy of the awesomely talented Matt Pereira.

First up, a few ‘backstage’ shots… here’s the MIB boys doing a bit of last minute rehearsal…

Here’s the lovely Lindsay in preparations for the launch of her ‘Diva Sax’ act… (website coming soon by the way – its been in huge demand!)

Doing photos at the Langham was just a joy…everywhere you turn is another epic ‘picture moment’… check this out for a beautiful shot…

The beautiful Marianne performing her solo set…

Some shots of MIB as the 8 piece…

The awesome Francis entertained everyone while we changed bands over, with his beautiful cocktail piano, and later as a duo with the supremely talented Debbie…

Funkadelics then took to the stage…

Followed by our acoustic duo…

21st Century Riot…

We were very proud to then launch the first EVER performance of ‘Diva Sax’, which went down a storm! Please watch this space for the new website and video…

I love how every time our jazz trio plays, they have ‘naughty’ looks on their faces, like they’re doing something they shouldn’t…

And Motown Supreme were fabulous as always…

And then the 12 piece MIB took the stage, performing their Jewish medley and a 45mins set…

And the winner is…

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

Its time to announce the winner of our Langham Showcase Raffle! We offered one lucky person 30% off of the band of their choice..  Drum roll please…

And the winner is… Jermaine McAndrew!

Congratulations Jermaine! :)

Many thanks to everyone who came along and took part in the raffle!

Big thanks…

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

I just want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who came along last night to our showcase night at the Langham hotel… it was lovely to see you all, and what a lovely atmosphere!

Not only did we have plenty of new clients come to see us, but some old ones too – it was lovely to see some friendly faces there.

We’ll be popping up photos and videos soon, but I just wanted to say some big thank yous….

First Up… Our Musicians!

I find myself being constantly in awe of the musicians I work with…not only are they hugely talented, but they are just so lovely! I think working with lovely people is so important, and I hope it shows when you see us all performing that we all get on brilliantly too… its fantastic to be able to work with such good friends.

Our fantastic office team!

Hopefully you all got a chance to speak to the lovely Helen, who was at the back of the room throughout the evening, and Rachael was being ‘musicians liason’ for the evening and making sure everyone was in the right place at the right time. I have to say, I am SOOO glad they were both there to help with these things…its what made the event run as smoothly as it did, and its great to have such a fantastic team to work with.

Our Sound Crew

We’ve been working alongside Joe and his team for a year now, and he’s just fantastic. There is nobody I would trust more to deal with our sound…and again, not only is he super duper amazing at what he does, but a fantastic guy too. Joe worked super hard last night – engineering all those different acts is pretty hardcore stuff, and it went fantastically smoothly.

The Langham Hotel

Wow – what a venue! I love, love, love working at this hotel. The Grand Ballroom is just beautiful – so elegent and classic, and the rest of the hotel is just done to perfection…to the point where every room has something interesting design-wise that catches your eye. Its obvious that they’ve paid a lot of attention to detail with the design & presentation of the hotel, and I think that attitude is reflected wonderfully in their general ethics. Everything we’ve ever dealt with the Langham on has been handled with absolute precision and perfectionism – and when you’re having an important event, thats exactly what you want from all your suppliers. Thanks to Nicole, Aran and the rest of the team for all your input!

Concept Events

I think its really important to find a team of suppliers that can work well together when you’re organising an event, and thats exactly what we’ve found with Haydn and his team. They are just such fantastic people (again, its all about the people for me, its just so important) and they put huge amounts of effort into everything that they do. I’ll never forget the first time I saw a room that these guys had worked their magic on – it literally took my breath away! Their attention to detail is stunning, and their enthusiasm is a real breath of fresh air! Last night, Concept provided the staging, backdrop, dancefloor, lighting, and production booth… I think its safe to say they did a pretty fantastic job! Thanks Guys!

Markson Pianos

This company provided the gorgeous baby grande piano (that was played so beautifully by our pianist, Francis Goodhand), and have been absolutely fantastic to deal with. With it being the busiest time of year, we didn’t leave a lot of time to organise this showcase, and they were absolutely brilliant at sorting us out with the piano at very short notice. I’d really reccomend them to anyone! They will deliver the piano for you, and tune it aswell, which is just a fantastic service and perfect for any event.

Matt Pereira – Our Photographer

We love our Matt! He really does take fantastic photos – I can’t wait to see what he comes back with. Matt’s another one who just care’s so much about attention to the details, and giving his clients exactly what they want. When you think, a photo will last a life time, its worth getting a top-knotch photographer for your big day, and Matt is certainly one talented man. How does he make us look so goodlooking?! ;) Thanks for all your hard work Matt, we can’t wait to see the pics!

Lets Do Media

We use Al & his team for all our videos, and it was great to have them around yesterday! Again, I sound like a broken record, but its all about the people, and these guys are all fantastic to work with. I couldn’t reccomend them highly enough, and I can’t wait to see the video footage! Thanks guys :)

So…what a team, and what a lovely evening!

Hope to see you all again soon!

Sera :)

Who wants to win a 30% off their booking?

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

I must say, we’re all very excited about the showcase event on Monday at the Langham, we just can’t wait! We’ve got so much planned for you!

We’re really pleased that you have all been so keen to come along, and in order to say a little thank you, we’ve decided to offer a fantastic prize for one lucky client who comes to the showcase – 30% off the band of their choice! We’ll be handing out free raffle tickets to everyone (just pop and see Helen at the MIB Music desk and she’ll give you your ticket) and announcing the winner at the end of the night.

So…please do come down! And we’ll give a raffle ticket to every single person there, so all the more reason to bring as many friends and family down as you can – double your chance of winning! :)

We’re also very excited and pleased to announce that the lovely Matt Pereira is coming along to photograph the event (thats one of his photo’s above – he’s just the most fantastically talented photographer and we LOVE him!). If you’re interested in a photographer I’d highly reccomend having a chat to him! (He seems to make us ten times more good looking than we actually are, haha)

We’ve also added in lots of tiny segments to the showcase schedule of our ‘optional extras’ – so you’ll be able to hear snippets of our fantastic pianist, cocktail duo, jazz trio and acoustic duo. Many thanks to Markson Pianos for supplying us with a GORGEOUS white baby grand for the evening.

We are so excited, and hope this event will really show you what you can do with just a little imagination and flair!

See you there for a boogie!

Sera x

Next Public Showcase Announced – Monday 1st August

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

We are super duper excited to announce that we’ve decided to collaberate with one our favourite London-based hotels, The Langham, who are helping us put on the next MIB Music showcase night on Monday 1st August 2011. This is promising to be a fantastic evening, so please do come along and bring all your friends and family. We want to see past clients, old friends, and of course anyone looking to book a band, all up on that dance-floor!

The venue: The Langham Hotel, 1c Portland Place, Regent Street , London W1B 1JA

This beautiful hotel is providing us with their Grand Ballroom for this event. We’ve performed for various events at the Langham before, and in our opinion the Grand Ballroom is one of the most stunning function rooms we have come across, and the service at the Langham has always been fantastic. The staff are fantastic and have a real enthusiasm for organising events, so we can’t wait to work with them for our special evening!

We’re also teaming up with a fantastic company called Concept Events, who will be providing the staging, dancefloor and lighting for the event. These guys work at the Langham regularly (as well as many other prestigious venues) and are just fantastic. Their attention to detail, and personal approach is what we really like about working with these guys!

The idea is that we can get together with these fantastic companies to show you exactly how a good team of suppliers can work together to create something quite wonderful :)

The bands & The Schedule

7-7.10p.m Buddha Bar Chilled Sax

7.15p.m-7.25p.m Marianne Robinson (Solo Singer)

7.25p.m-7.40p.m MIB 8 piece band

7.45p.m-8p.m Funkadelics

8.05p.m-8.20p.m 21st Century Riot

8.20p.m Interlude

8.40p.m-8.50p.m Buddha Bar Sax – Uptempo Set

8.55p.m-9.10p.m Motown Supreme

9.15p.m-10p.m MIB 12 piece

 Entry is free and we hope to have a great evening partying with you! :)

Please let us know if you’re planning on coming along, so we can have a rough idea of numbers!

Look forward to seeing you there!

Sera

MIB to perform at Albury Festival on 17th July

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

Some exciting news – MIB will be performing as the headline act for Albury Festival on Sunday 17th July, and best of all, you are ALL invited! Access is free (yes FREE!) and there are some fabulous music acts on all day from 2p.m (including original material from one of our very own vocalists Rachel Golding), and great friend of the band, the awesome Steve Rodgers. We’ll be performing at around 7.15p.m, as our 7 piece line-up.

Usually Albury attracts around 2000 or so people, all up for a fun family day out! I’d highly reccomend coming along for the whole day, its always a fantastic vibe! So… bring a picnic, and be prepared for some fantastic musical entertainment….

We hope to see you there!