And so we’re back from our last gig in Middlesex University in London and we have to agree: it was absolutely gorgeous! The past years show at Hope & Anchor was already good enough but this years show is where Britain’s really opened their hearts up to let the foreign music leak inside. During the show we’ve been offered their complete attention, smiles, jumps, dances, hand claps and laughs but after the performance we were rewarded with honest positive feedback.

Middlesex University is a huge audio/video engineer, producer, etc. qualification establishment. This “battle of the bands” was a part of their annual production project. So the aim here was to create a complete musical TV show episode. All band have been filmed before, during and after the performance and had a more in depth interview taped and edited. We should get the video soon and we’ll obviously share it with you straight away. We were kind of surprised by this fact and, intimidated by all these people asking questions and all these cameras, we saw our Belgian accent reappear (@ all the porn movie actors out there who read this: guys, how d’you manage to concentrate while surrounded by a huge production crowd? Please drop us an e-mail.). However it went fluently during and after the performance.

By the end of the event some of the members of the jury said we were a tight,great sounding, the killers like, outstanding band but hence we were not their type of music. Other members disagreed. All in all the winner of the battle were “The Charming Thieves” (great band!) but the reaction of the crowd was a testimonial of their disagreement with this choice and we’ve collected a huge amount of “it should be you…”-like comments and feedbacks. Guys, for us, this is the best price a band could ever expect from a contest so thank you thank you thank you! We promise you to come back and this time there will be a free Belgian chocolate give await for real!

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Some of you guys who follow us and check back on a regular basis already had a chance to download our acoustic tune “Scratching Words” through Windows Live playlist. This was a huge success (honestly) so Microsoft and Reverbnation decided to push this pawn again and included our new “Aï Aï Dolores” in their so called Playlist 7 (cf. Windows 7). So, once again, you have a chance to get some FREE STUFF! Yeah, party never ends over here Just click on the banner bellow and get your copy. Put it on your mp3 player and spread the word. Send out an e-mail and ask your friends to download it too as if you support us well, we’ll be on the featured artist page and this means that there will be more free songs soon! So help us to push things forward and you will be rewarded. ATTENTION! This is a limited offer. The song will be available for free download during ONE WEEK ONLY! Thank you in advance. In the meanwhile, push da button…

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Mouv’On Air… sound like a new internet radio station. Well it’s almost correct. Actually Mouv’On Air is a monthly Belgian scout magazine. Virginie Tiberghien was there to interview us about the nuts & bolts of b-SHAKEs past, present and future. Here’s the French (and the only ) version of this magazine (well just the excerpt actually). Hope you’ll enjoy reading it.

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One more year is almost over and we’d like to thank all of you for following us. The best gift we could imagine would be: you continuing to follow us during the next year. A lot of interesting and huge stuff happened to the band (and often thanks to your support) and apparently a lot of even bigger things are expected in the year to come. We already know that we’ll play a couple of shows in UK this year, will get a couple of really interesting interviews and, most importantly, release some brand new material. 2010 will be a huge year for b-SHAKE and we hope we’ll be able to share it with you. Our website is continuously updated and the whole band works really hard to give you the best day by day. Continue to follow us and let the good times roll! Merry Christmas y’all!

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You know we’ve been away for a while recently. This period of silence was due to the enormous amount of music related tasks and events that were keeping us busy. So now that we’ve got a minute to update our blog, things are coming in bulk. Today I’d like to share with you something that actually happened this year begin October. We’ve not been able to warn you earlier but better late than never right? Here’s a 6 pages interview with Somojo Magazine where we talk about all kind of b-SHAKE related stuff like history, equipment, band management, etc. I’m sure you’ll find something interesting for you in this loooooong interview. The PDF file of the October issue is HERE. You’ll need Adobe Acrobat to be able to view it.

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So we finally did it. From now on you’ll see a tiny mp3 player in the right sidebar of this website. I know it’s sort of strange for an artist to take that long to make an mp3 player available for large audience but hey, nobody says b-SHAKE is some kind of average band right … Just kidding. It’s there and we filled it up with brand new tracks from our upcoming album. Please enjoy the pure sound!

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It looks like people in Holland have great taste when it comes to music . We’re on the play list of their “New Talent” show on December 2009 15th. If you’d like more details on the radio station and/or their schedule, than check out their official website www.radioseagull.com. If you’re attending, show LizzieB some love and respect yooo… Anyway, here’s the complete playlist of this upcoming showcase:

Playlist – New Talent December 2009 15th hour 1

The Smiling Strangers  -  Same Star
The Hokie Joint  – The Way it goes
Irene Rae  -  Broken Girl
Ockhams Raiser  -  White Lies
Rak  -  Headrush
Rak  -  Rainbow
Everest Mind  -  Il Tempio Di Palenque
Kath Tait  -  Starstalker
Shavon  -  Bones
The Theory of 6 Degrees  -  Always on the run
The Theory of 6 Degrees  -  Mums in the mosh pit
Di Billinghurst  -  Smoking
The White Gospel  -  Noel

Playlist New Talent – Dec 15th hour 2

Reflections of Elephants – Osmosis Recharge
Reflections of Elephants – John Merick
David J Harvey – Fly
Phil Lewis – SAD
Phil Lewis – Shine
Rebecca Druce – Hypocrite
A Fragile Tomorrow – Long Road
A Fragile Tomorrow – Beautiful Noise
Rhesus – Big Me
Rhesus – Narcolepsy Baby
John Pippus – Oh Oh Oh
Mark – Turn it up
b-SHAKE – YAY (Yet Another Youngster)
Nat Jay – Love when I can

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We’ve just received a phone call which mentioned that Télé Bruxelles will broadcast a report about b-SHAKE today on November 18 from 18:00 and later on. If you’re based in Brussels and have a TV, tune in to watch the news. This report has been produced in the famous Jet Studio of Rudy Coclet in Brussels by Pière Bodeau.

I know some won’t be able to watch it so we’ll try to come back as soon as possible with a podcast or something. Stay tuned.

PS: there’s a possibility that this report will be broadcasted tomorrow. You know these journalists cannot be concrete.

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You read this right! b-SHAKE has been selected for Grammy Awards 2010! From more than 100 categories, b-SHAKE will be represented in two of these: “Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals” and “Best Rock Song” with one of the tracks from its last EP reTuned called “Venus”.

It’s an honor to be placed on the ballot and we need your help to get into the Final Top 5 Nominees. If you are a voting member of the Grammys, we ask for your consideration in voting for the band. If you know someone else who is casting their vote in this year’s Grammys, please forward the following information and ask for their vote on our behalf.

The Grammy ballots will arrive to all voting members this weekend and must be received by the Academy by October 9, so please pass the word on to people you know as soon as possible.

Please note : Each category has an Official Three-digit Ballot Entry Number that Grammy members will need to vote for the band in each category. Please contact us for further details (Click on “Contact” section and fill in the form).

Don’t you think it’s HUGE? If not, then let me present you some of the artists selected for same categories:

AC/DC, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, After Midnight Project, The Airborne Toxic Event, The Alternate Routes, Among The Oak & Ash, Art Brut, Ax For Max, Back From Ashes, Beast, Bell X1, The Bereznak Brothers Band, The Bereznak Brothers Band, Better Than Ezra, Blue October, Blue Ringer, The Boy From Space, Breaking Benjamin, Bridge Of Sighs, Bring Me The Horizon, The Candace Brooks Band, b-SHAKE, Buckcherry, Brian Buckley Band, The Caesarz, Cage The Elephant, Carney, Cavo, Cell Fish, Cemetery Superfly, Charm City Devils, Chevelle, Chickenfoot, The Circus in Your Town, Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood, Clem Snide, Coheed And Cambria, Coldplay, Collective Soul, Cracker, Custard Wally, Jeff Dale And The South Woodlawners, Daughtry, A Day To Remember, The Dead Weather, Death By Fame, The Decemberists, Destination : Oblivion, Dinosaur Jr., Divisible By None, John Doe Featuring Eddie Vedder & Corin Tucker, Drop Dead, Gorgeous, Dying Season, Eagles Of Death Metal, The Earth Turned Over, Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla, Escape The Fate, Fall Out Boy, The Features, Feisty Piranhas, Firebird, The Fireman, Flynsolo, Framing Hanley, Franz Ferdinand, The Fray, Gearheart, Girl In A Coma, Glasvegas, Gomez, Gossip, Green Day, Guns N’ Roses, Ben Harper & Relentless7, Hinder, Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3, The Hitman Blues Band, Hoobastank, Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers, Hurt, I Set My Friends On Fire, Incubus, Inward Eye, Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit, Jet, Freddy Jones Band, Judas Priest, Key Of Mythras, The Kickdrums, The Killers, Lemmy Kilmister, Billy F. Gibbons & Dave Grohl, Kings Of Leon, Late Of The Pier, Linkin Park, Live, Living Things, Lovehammers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Madina Lake, Madness, Manchester Orchestra, Manic Street Preachers, Marcy Playground, Marillion, The Mars Volta, Dave Matthews Band, Duff McKagan’s Loaded, Mew, Mindset X, Ming Dynasty, Modest Mouse, Muse, My Chemical Romance, My Stupid Brother, New Found Glory, New York Dolls, Nickelback, O.A.R., Oasis, The Offspring, Our Lady Peace, Brad Paisley Featuring B.B. King, Paper Route, Paramore, Pearl Jam, Phish, Phoenix, Phoenix Benjamin, Plateros, Queensrÿche, Razorlight, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Robotanists, Roman Candle, Saint To Sinner, Santa’s Misfits, Saving Abel, Seether, Sekshun 8, The Shazam, The Shazam, Shinedown, Shiny Toy Guns, Sick Puppies, Silent & Listen, Silversun Pickups, Sitali, Skillet, Snow Patrol, Somerhill, Soulsavers, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Spinnerette, Staind, Stardeath And White Dwarfs, Street Sweeper Social Club, Supermercado, Sweet, Taking Back Sunday, The Temper Trap, Theory Of A Deadman, Thousand Foot Krutch, 311, Tinted Windows, The Trophy, TV On The Radio, Twisted Sister, Two Tongues, The Urgency, The Used, U2, Voodoo Monkey Child, WarHorse, Weezer, White Lies, White Rabbits, Wild Light, Wilson Hawk, Yeah Yeah Yeahs … and more…

Never heard of Grammy Awards? Don’t know what it is? Watch this trailer by Clevver TV

Here’s a so called “Red Carpet” video review of Grammys 2009. Take a look a this:

So this is very exciting! We’re looking forward to receive the final results and especially … we’d like to know who’ll be the hottie chosen to comment on artists in 2010

For more information on Grammy Awards visit www.grammy.com

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