LIMS (London International Music Show) at Excel once again presented a great opportunity for musicians from all over the country to get a hands on experience with the latest products to be released onto the market.

With three public days preceded by a trade day the show drew in the crowds, with visitors seemingly prepared to brave the Tube strike and problems on the Docklands Light Railway. read more…

Some of you will no doubt know that early in 2007 I decided to join the ever growing army of “grey bikers”… …although I must admit I caused my mother some concern ( yes even at my age) as when I phoned her and said I had joined the ever growing ranks of the grey bikers, she miss heard me and thought I said gay bikers, and asked me what about my wife and two children!!!! read more…

4 articulated lorries and our crew headed off for a week of sausage (oo er missus!) once again (I think that’s 15 years for some of us!) in early March, and after months of planning it was great to see the stands come to fruition for many of our clients on the MI side, including Korg, Vox, Line 6, SSL and Remo. read more…

“what a fantastic project to work on!” – was the first thought of our Art Director before he headed off for a week in Portugal, however His opinion might have changed after tackling snow and rock falls during the first two days, and then having the fuel drained from the car transporter in Lisbon! … all that said the trials and tribulations of the week’s shoot produced some fantastic imagery for the Lotus Elise and Exige…and at the end of the day it truly was a fantastic project to work on. read more…

The NAMM Show is the place to be for anyone lucky enough to belong to this industry. We attended various meetings with clients over a couple of days, and even managed to fit a bit of bike riding into our quick visit, with Robin and myself hopping on the back of Stuart’s Fatboy for a death defying trip up Topanga Canyon… but that’s another story! read more…

The now infamous freestone ski trip was joined by quite a few extra people this year… with a total of ten of us heading off to the Alps for the weekend!
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Following a successful pitch into The Childrens Society, we were commissioned to build a small-scale exhibition stand/installation at St Paul’s Cathedral. It was a great chance to work in such a historic building, although the sound of a hammer on wood certainly echoes around in there!
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Tokyo!

No amount of preparation can ready you for the culture shock of your first visit to Japan. I have been before to have, of all things, a rather large tattoo in Osaka in 2003, but this trip to Tokyo and then onto Kyoto on the Shinkansen ( bullet train) was the first official freestone visit to Japan.
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