The Monarchs

Earlier this year, I formed a band called The Monarchs with Spencer on guitar. We then recruited a bass player (Rowan Haynes) and a guitarist/singer (Mo Evans). We initially decided to aim for our first gig at Gig Night 2013 as part of the Henley Youth Festival. This gave us three weeks from starting the band to doing the first gig. We started practising immediately, with the plan of writing two songs before then.

Here is a video of us discussing part of a song we were writing at our first rehearsal:

We eventually got two songs roughly done. Here is a video of us rehearsing each one.

Can You See Me rehearsal:

One Step Closer rehearsal:

We had only had 4 band practices before the gig, and managed to get two songs done in that time. We then performed them at gig night. Because I didn't know them off by heart yet, I wrote out structures and had them on the floor by me in the performance.

Here is us performing both songs at Gig Night 2013:

It went surprisingly well considering we had been together for only three weeks and were very under-practiced compared to other bands. However, we were spotted and thus put forward to play at the Gala Night of the Henley Youth Festival - a night with a combination of some of the best performances from the festival (Could include dances, acting, singing, bands etc). This was really good.

Here is us performing Can You See Me at the Gala Night:

Unfortunately after this, we split up because our singer, Mo Evans, wanted to pursue a solo career instead. It was however a brilliant experience and a lot of fun.