http://www.clivelendich.com en-gb clivelendich.com 2011-2-27T00:00:00Z clivelendich.com http://www.clivelendich.com/page6.htm#87880 The later part of 2010 was busy touring with Bobby Bruce from Canada Dave Battah also from Canada and in Ocober with Petula Clarke. I thoroughly enjoyed working with Petula again her new songs were great and it was SOooo nice to play at such a sensible level on stage where the dynamics and colours of the music could breathe. December saw the return of the Blues Brothers and we started the tour in Cairns then flew to WA to do Perth Albany Esperence and Geraldton. It was great to have my old mate and great bass player Paul Pooley in the band we had a fantastic time. Then it was on to Sydney to do in town and some regional gigs. Since then Ive spent most of February writing charts for the Marty Rhone Sheena Crouch tour starting in March and for Skii Harveys new CD which Ill be producing throughout March and April in my new studio at Screen Australia Lindfield....better get stuck into it right now 2011-2-26 23:52:47 http://www.clivelendich.com/page6.htm#64638 Sorry bout the lack of blogging during 2009 but ny web site decided to have a holiday for a year Anyhow its May 2010 already and the site is back from holidays with a lovely tan and ready for blogging. January was unusually busy touring with the wonderful Dave Battah. We all had a great time and are looking forward to touring with Dave again later this year. Anita and I took off to the USA for 3 weeks during February. As usual we had a great time but the tour manager is getting sacked for trying to fit too much into too little time We spent a few days in San Francisco drove down to LA via the coast road fantastic caught up with Jim Varley and Emily amp Robbie drove down to Long Beach went on a 3 day cruise to Mexico trained it to San Diego flew to Washington DC trained to New York and then flew home....well almost I was home for 1 hour and had to go back to the airport to fly down to Melbourne to a gig with my jazz trio Anyhow from there it was back and forward between home and ... 2010-5-6 03:29:24 http://www.clivelendich.com/page6.htm#26942 Well its been a while since my last blog but heres whats been happening. I joined up with my China Plates Manhattan Transfer for a week at the Jakarta Jazz Festival which was an absolute blast Not only did we perform but I got to hang with and see some of my musical heros such as Steve Gadd Harvey Mason Pat Martino Lee Ritenour Jeff Lorber Earth Wind amp Fire Babyface James Ingram Najee The Crusaders with Joe Sample and heaps of others. I loved it Then we were off to Japan to do the Billboard Live in Tokyo Osaka and Fukuoka....always a treat After returning from Jakarta and Japan Anita and I went on a weeks holiday in Hawaii and had a great time Then it was back to the studio to finish Charity Turners CD and continue on with Skii Harveys CD which has been going on for a year so far Itll be worth the wait. Live wise I had an absolute ball working with my friend for 18 years Neil Sedaka we did an Aussie tour in May with the Sydney Melbourne Adelaide and Western Australian S... 2008-7-14 14:41:36 http://www.clivelendich.com/page6.htm#17847 The European tour with Manhattan Transfer was awesome and very eventful. Firstly our beloved MD Yaron broke his ankle in Italy which laid him out for a few days. We picked up a pianist to fill in for the gigs in Finland Pesi did a great job.Yaron joined us again on crutches for the St Petersburgh and Moscow gigs. Speaking of Russia I was totally knocked out by the place the architecture is incredible Red Square and the Winter Palace the Hermitage and St. Bazils......all amazing. Ill add some photos shortly. Next on the list is most of January at the Sydney Opera House playing Le Grande Cirque. Should be fun with some cool music to play. 2007-12-27 09:25:18 http://www.clivelendich.com/page6.htm#16307 Just returned from two weeks break in the states with Anita we had a ball and bothe fell in love with New York.We had 3 days in L.A at the Beverly Hills Hilton. 2 days in Las Vegas at the Belagio 2 more days in L.A. staying at our good friends Jim and Judy Varleys place in Agoura Hills then over to New York for a week.There we caught up with the lovely Janis SeigelYaron and Dorrit Gershovsky and friends and the very hospitable Emily Bindiger.It was LOTs of fun 2007-11-8 11:34:01 http://www.clivelendich.com/page6.htm#13243 One can easily see by the dates of these blogs that Im not a regular blogger Anyway I think a year between blogs gives you something to talk about Well after being firmly entrenched in the world of musical theatre for the past year not a lot has happened on the touring front. Having said that however last month I had another fantastic tour with my favourite group Manhattan Transfer in South America. We performed in Buenos Aires Rio and Sao Paulo. As usual I had a great time and it was fun catching up with the Americans The audience in Buenos Aires was amazing sounding more like a soccer grand final than a concert. We also had a young couple perform the Tango across the stage during the song Vibrate....it truly was a fantastic moment. Anyhow life goes on. We have only a few weeks left of Priscilla and I must say Im looking forward to playing something that doesnt smell of Disco At the moment Im producing tracks for Nathan Foley David Cooper and just finished an EP for a great young ... 2007-7-30 07:08:49 http://www.clivelendich.com/page6.htm#3263 Back from the Asian tour with Manhattan Transfer and it was as usual ....great I had a fantastic time and the music was superb. For the next couple of weeks Ill be wearing my producerengineer hat mixing Nathan Foleys live album recorded last week at Cantebury Hurlstone Park RSL. Theres a lot of fixing up and post production to do as we had a problem with the piano slowly slipping out of tune during the set .... as well as certain other acoustic instruments slipping out of tune. Anyhow should be fun pulling it all together. Thanks to Mark Allchin for his help with the audio and Paul from Turramurra Music for helping me out with the Alesis HD24. 2006-7-20 15:53:21 http://www.clivelendich.com/page6.htm#3003 Well were now in Cebu Philipines and only Manila to go then home. Its been a great tour especially the 3 Blue Notes gigs. I really enjoyed the Tokyo Blue Note it definitely had the best sound and the staff and food were exceptional plus having Anita there was a big bonus The Transfer were great as usual always keeping it fresh by adding new songs and Borat quotes during the show........but why Ill be posting some photos on gallery 2 when I get back to Sydney....till then stay cool 2006-7-5 05:51:40