Thank You..Thank You..Thank You..Thank You..Thank You..Thank You..Thank You..Thank You..

Just a quick message to thank everyone for coming out on Friday. It was great to see you all and we hope you all enjoyed yourself as much as we did!

We would like again to thank Caitlin, Donna, Paul, Willy and every one else who helped us get the evening together. Thank You..Thank You..Thank You..Thank You..

Plans are afoot to bring more live music to Tree Tops towards the end of January, we are currently working on getting a few acts booked and we will let you know whats happening as soon as we can.

Presumably if you're reading this you will have some form of contact with us, if not please e-mail treetopsstudio@gmail.com with your contact details and we will put you on our mailing list. We would also appreciate it if you could forward these details to other music lovers who may wish to make contact.

Always remember that these shows are not sponsored by Lion Red, Telecom, Pepsi Cola or any other national or multi-national company they are made possible by YOU the people of Auckland and we applaud you for that.

Thank You..Thank You..Thank You..Thank You..Thank You..Thank You..Thank You..Thank You..

Howy & Sarah

Final Announcement

Hey Guys,

Just two days to go......

Okay so we have our final act booked for this Friday's show and surprise, surprise it's going to be SL Macombee. Sarah will be playing a set to promote the release of her new album 'Sense Offender"which will be available on Friday night.

Please check out Sarah's web site at www.myspace.com/slmacombee for listening to some tunes and catching up with her back ground.

We have also been informed by some visitors that they found it a bit dark returning to their vehicles at our last night. We have come up with an ingenious solution to this, that is to bring a torch with you! We obviously encourage the use of rechargeable batteries or wind up devices!

And last but not least we think it may be worth you bringing a bum cushion if you would like to sit on the timber floor! They do get used up quickly.

SEE YOU THERE...SEE YOU THERE..SEE YOU THERE..SEE YOU THERE..SEE YOU THERE...

Second Announcement...Donna Dean Confirmed

It gives us great pleasure to announce the confirmation of award winning singer-songwriter Donna Dean for our Christmas gathering here at Tree Tops Studio. Donna will be appearing along side Cellist Paul Williams and to tell the truth we cant wait, in fact I'm already loosing sleep and feeling a bit wobbly at the thought of it!

Rather than me blabbering on, I'll pick my tongue up off the floor and lift this info off Donna's Web site for your delectation. I strongly recommend that you visit the link below to get a flavour of this superb musician.

Donna Dean Winner of two Tui Awards, Singer-Songwriter Donna Dean writes about the dark in the world with a lyrical message of hope. Dean tells it like it is- everything from poverty and corruption to fatal domesticity. She has toured Germany annually the last ten years and recorded an award-winning album (Money-extended version) in Nashville with Americana country-funk band The Amazing Rhythm Aces. She writes “Roots” music, a fusion of American blues/alt-folk.
Dean has supported songwriters Dan Penn and Jimmy Webb and was a feature artist preceding Willie Nelson at a trucker convention in Germany.
Dean is currently co-writing with songwriter/D.J Bernie Griffen and recently teamed up with musician Paul Williams who artfully compliments Deans’ originals on cello. Williams has recorded two mesmerizing albums of original instrumental music.

http://www.myspace.com/donnadean8


SEE YOU THERE...SEE YOU THERE...SEE YOU THERE...SEE YOU THERE...SEE YOU THERE

First Announcement of Special Guests

It is our great pleasure to announce that after helping us open Tree Tops , Caitlin Smith has agreed to return to perform for us at our first Christmas event to be held on Friday the 19th of December.

Here's a review of Caitlin's last CD to wet your appetite, for more info go to http://www.caitlinsmith.com/

CD Baby said ……We love your “THE CAITLIN SMITH GROUP: Aurere” CD so much that we’re featuring it in our Editor’s Picks section from now on.
We’re *really* picky about what we feature. We get about 200-250 new albums a DAY coming in here now, (about 200,000 total), and yours is one of the best we’ve ever heard.
HERE’S THE REVIEW
“Sophisticated and jazzy, yet with elements of pop and even a little drum & bass - it’s great when an artist’s music doesn’t lend itself to easy description. Caitlin Smith’s music is reminiscent at times of the slightly off-beat songwriting Carole King, at other times of the late night lounge singing of Norah Jones. Some songs are closer to Joni Mitchell’s folk-jazz period, while at other times we can hear the influence of Sting’s mature, composed pop (though it’s nothing like what counts as pop on Top 40 radio). Smith has the same effortless,yet powerful voice that Eva Cassidy had, and what’s better still is that Smith writes her own material. The band she’s assembled does a great job of providing a solid, melodic foundation for her songs,while not overpowering her vocals with their obvious talent. The multiple dynamic shifts in tunes like “Comfort Song” are pulled off by the band with ease, shifting from 70s funk to sparse, fluid groove,down to bass and Rhodes only, and back to the funk. Meanwhile, there’something very dark lyrics going on in “Brother”, belied by the powerful layers of harmonies and laid-back groove. The electric piano solo on this one is something that must be listened to with headphones, and the mix through the rest of the album is fantastic as well. This album feels like the result of a love of the past 70 years of pop music, from Tin Pan Alley, to 70s singer/songwriters, filtered through a 21st century band featuring electric guitar and spot-on production”.
My CD Baby page where you can listen and buy ::: http://cdbaby.com/cd/caitlinsmithgroup
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Christmas Evening of Music

Welcome, one and all to our new blog site to keep you updated on what's happening at our humble abode.

First we would like to thank every one who came to our opening party those who performed and those who didn't. We trust you had as good a time as we did!

POSITIVE VIBRATION Presents.......

To celebrate Christmas we are having a musical evening featuring some very special guests (names to be confirmed) on Friday the 19th of December.

Please put this date in your diary and we will inform you of the guests as soon as possible, but rest assured you will be in for a real treat of live, intimate, music in a venue that has real atmosphere and probably the best setting in Auckland.

And yes, there probably will be time for a live jam after the main acts have performed, so bring along your instruments....and we'll see you there.

Let us know if you would like to come along and we will send you an e-ticket, this lets us keep track of numbers and helps with the preparation of the event. Please ask your kindly Friends and family if they would like to come too!

Please note that tickets for this show will be charged at $15.00 per person and the price includes nibbles and soft drinks. If you require any other drinks please BYO bottle.

Doors open at 7.30p.m.

Always remember to park well and allow for the movement of local traffic. If you need a lift give us a call and we'll see if we can put you in touch with someone to car share or we may even pick you up if you can organise a car full!