Babies at the Bender

Hi drivers everywhere,
thanks to everyone who came to our rather noisy debut at the Bender Bar in May.
This coming Thursday we're doing it all again this time with the rather brilliant and bluesy STEPH BRETT supporting!

This could be one of our last full shows til August as Monica is travelling to the US and Rhys is doing some theatre in Brisbane so come on in and share a tune or two to get you through the working week.

You can listening to some of our new recordings now online at www.myspace.com/babydrivers and www.myspace.com/rhysauteri

Stay tuned for some Rhys solo shows in August, plus a fundraiser appearance in July...

Cheers,
Rhys & Monica

"...I was never, never, never enough but I can try, try, to toughen up..."

BABY DRIVERS with STEPH BRETT
Thursday. June 26
Bender Bar, 635 High St, Thornbury

MyMusic at MySpace

For those of you who have heard my music and those who haven't, I've recently put up three new recordings at www.myspace.com/rhysauteri. I'd love to hear any comments or thoughts you may have. The songs are SMS Me which I wrote late last year, No Difference from 2006 and Overeducated Underachiever written in early '07.

I'm playing a Baby Drivers gig on Friday 23rd (see below) with hopefully some solo dates to follow in June. Keep checking in for more recordings this year - there should be a couple of Baby Driver tracks at www.myspace.com/babydrivers in the next month.

You can sign up for the mailing list for my solo shows as well as Baby Driver shows by emailing babydrivers@gmail.com.

Music in May from me and Monica...

Hi everyone,
Well we've been pretty busy doing anything BUT performing music lately but the BABY DRIVERS will be playing again on FRIDAY MAY 23 from 9:30pm at the awesome BENDER BAR (635 High St, Thornbury).

Also appearing are the laid back jazz and funk outfit SUNDAY BEST, plus a special set by our friend Ben Mitchell - plus it's FREE ENTRY.

It's going to be a great night of music at a cool venue so please pencil us into your diaries!

Stay tuned for more dates in June. We have also been busy recording of late, so expect some great new recordings to appear soon on www.myspace.com/babydrivers and www.myspace.com/rhysauteri

You can join us for updates and recordings by searching for the 'Baby Drivers' group on Facebook or subscribing to our mailing list by emailing babydrivers@gmail.com

Cheers all,
Rhys & Monica

Express Myself

This will surely be a test of how many people actually read this blog (i have this horrible feeling it's just me).

I found myself quite frustrated in the last couple of days as I was struggling to find 'inspiration' whilst playing my guitar. I think this is partly due to the fact that I have been very creative and productive this last month, and I'm simply not happy that I'm having a slow week(!).
When I was very, very young (this will give you an idea of just how sad I am) a bored young but musically gifted Rhys would take old letters written by grandparents and compose melodies to the words - whatever they were ('my corns are getting woooorse'.)
In my teens I actually helped a couple of friends by turning their lines of poetry or lyrics into a song. I always found working with another persons words or ideas very helpful in leading me in new directions. Here, finally, is the point of this entry -
If you are interested in having your poetry or lyrics turned into a song by Rhys - please feel free to email them to rhysauteri [at] hotmail [dot] com. It doesn't have to be a poem, it could be a short story or true life experience you would like me to try and adapt. I'll pick the best two or three (or none if no one is interested) and make a song, and try and record it for this page (or alternatively perform it at an upcoming gig.

I hope this doesn't sound too much like me trying to get others to write lyrics for me! I actually think it's pretty cool that two people can collaborate on a song without meeting or possibly not even knowing each other. Anyway, let me know...