Blue Book Project History
Two members comments on our history:
"It was a need to play music in an unrestrictive forum, to expand
on dreams and ideas and throw them in to the arena. Three minuets per
track, verse chorus verse, four originals and a handful of covers. These
were all Ideals which seemed to restrict the flow of creation in local
music. Why? And indeed, why not? had to a big driving force behind the
project. So, after a few nights of open discussion, some small brown hard
substance resembling OXO, and a whole world of new, extreme possibilities,
I was off on a musical venture with newly found friends and old, deep-seated
yearning for breaking down the norm. That’s nearly nine years ago
now, and indeed in many ways it really worked for me. setting me off on
a path in music which, having meandered and circumnavigated around the
globe a few times, is still my chosen route. Throughout the years there
have been extended periods (four years in some cases!) of non active blue
bookness, however the idea was never closed, and an open book we hope
to remain. In our current guise we have been getting a bit more active
and are starting to branch out, with recordings, gigs, media, and studies.
Long live the project!"
:: Chris Large :: BBP percussion, vocals, didgeridoo, Carlton Banks.
"The Project began as an experiment against genre and sugar-sweet
popular culture nearly ten years ago by myself and Dan. Members had to
want to challenge the status quo of the sound industry. Image meant nothing,
sound meant something, feeling meant everything. We never wanted to play
the same song the same twice, why should we? We within ourselves a different
person to the first time we had played, and often the membership had changed.
Nothing we do or say should be seen as definitive, we are organic, we
are fluid and most of all we are live musicians trying to have fun in
a sterile post-modern nihlistic culture. The Project has given me the
opportunity to play with at least eight similar minded musicians, has
allowed me to explore different musical styles and different instruments
to play. It has helped me change from being a drummer to a percussionist
(still a bad one though)! It and its members have helped me to keep my
faith in small aspects of modern life!
Deceptive? We hope so! We hope to continue to resist labelling,
popular culture and the trappings of ego. It's our old Wolds nature!
Revolutionaries hiding out in the countryside. We hope you continue to
enjoy our sounds and continue to question the culture industry and its
motives."
:: Rick Aron :: BBP percussionist, semiotician and backbeat specialist