Tom McShane

Muzu TV Session

So, as I said in the last post, I was off to Dublin yesterday to perform a session for Muzu TV. Some of you may be asking what Muzu TV is, though possibly not as I’m usually the last to catch on to these things. Anyway, I found a good description on Crunchbase.com which may or may not tell you something you didn’t already know:

“MUZU TV is a interactive music only platform website for artists and fans. It offers personal profiles, photos, personal channels, music videos, and FAN TV upload for free. MUZU TV protects the rights of music on the site and generates income by a shared advertising revenue with the music content owners including unsigned artists.”

Check out the site and see what you think for yourself.

The folks at Muzu TV are recording live performances of all the acts performing at this year’s Hard Working Class Heroes festival in Dublin. They were really nice people, very dedicated to making Muzu TV a success. The session went off without a hitch. I played a solo version of Fighter which we did in one take. I’m becoming a big believer in the power of the first take!

I’ve done so many sessions and what-not now and I’m starting to feel like a bit of a hack. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoy doing them and I’m always grateful for the opportunity to perform my music to a wider audience but there’s definitely a loss of naivety about how these things work. I used to get so nervous about performing in front of cameras but now it’s more a case of “Okay, where do you want me to stand?”. The important thing is that when you go for a take you’re not going through the motions. I hope that day never comes for me but I see a lot of band s on TV who are clearly there already. And not just old bands either. That’s kind of depressing. This probably isn’t making any sense. I put that down to the Porterhouse cocktails. Go Dublin: we love you!

Some photographs:

In the Muzu TV beer garden.

Me and the hands of Muzu TV’s Marina Kenny.

Marina Kenny & I.