Al&TheBuchaneers | Musician/band
Al&TheBuchaneers
Phone: +61 438 386 237
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24.01.2022 UNSUNG HEROES WANTED A local video is now being produced using the song ‘Heroes’ (David Bowie) performed by local band, Al & The Buchaneers, in recognition of the work that was carried out by those businesses that remained open during the Covid lockdown. This project has the backing of Arts North West and, right now, businesses across the Hunter New England region are being asked to submit a photo of their staff ‘at work’ to be included in the video for release in August. Al...l business are welcome to submit their photo for inclusion in the video and this may include but is not limited to the following service industries: - The farmers who kept working the land to produce food for our nation during the lockdown - The pickers & packers - The food distribution staff - The truck drivers - Petrol refinery and service station staff -The transportation industry, shipping, dock workers, airline staff and road maintenance crews - The electricity supply staff - Town water crews - Telephone services - Council workers - Maintenance crews - The broadcasters - The Internet providers - Television news reporters - Journalists - Mechanics - Bus drivers - Taxi drivers - Delivery drivers - Food outlets, chefs, catering crews and kitchen staff - Breweries & bottleshops! - The supermarket staff, the shelf stackers - Security staff - The teachers and our school children who had their lives totally disrupted, lost contact with their school mates and had to put up with a big change in their lives. The aim of this project is to publicly praise the unsung heroes of COVID-19, the people who kept working ‘behind the scenes, behind the cameras, out of the spotlight, those people who kept our lives ticking along as close to normal as possible, while we all, including the musicians who participated in this project, stayed safe at home. says Al Buchan, project coordinator. Please send your photo and details to [email protected] Thank you Ps. The song, ‘Heroes’ has just been released and it is available on all media via the link below > https://ditto.fm/heroes-alandthebuchaneers See more
23.01.2022 ARR WE BE IN THE PAPER TODAY Tis a good day indeed to be a Buchaneer! https://www.northerndailyleader.com.au//banding-together-t
22.01.2022 FANS WANTED MON NIGHT Hey we need fans on Monday night for our film clip! We are doing a live band video shoot at THE PUB (Tamworth) this Mon at 8 pm, so if you'd like to grab a few girlfriends and come along, that'd be great! There are some rules around COVID-19 that we have to adhere to, so be aware of that. Our aim is to create a fun concert atmosphere with the band miming on stage while the camera crew film us through a crowd of fans. Share this message around to friends (in Tamworth) to help us get a small crowd together. Thank you
22.01.2022 Streaming services (like Spotify) make millions selling music whilst only paying a tiny fraction to songwriters (like $0.04) each time a song gets played. At this rate, a songwriter can only make $10,000 if their song gets streamed 1 million times. But that’s a lot of streams and realistically most indie artists will get around 1000 streams and that means the songwriter will only get $400. So you can see how this deal is going down for songwriters. It’s great for Spotify (re...ally great!) and let’s also consider that it costs $2000 on average to record a song professionally in a recording studio using pro musicians and then there’s the added cost of making a film clip to go along with the song. So you can see how unfair this deal is, really, while streamers like Spotify make millions, the person who created the song makes next to nothing. This petition is asking for 1 cent per stream, which is not a lot to ask. Please sign the petition, to help make songwriting more viable in the digital age. Thank you https://www.change.org/p/daniel-ek-we-d//promote_or_share
21.01.2022 YARRR WE HEROES TODAY Here be the map to the treasure Ye seek !!! A fine song to sing ‘tis a fine song indeed. https://ditto.fm/heroes-alandthebuchaneers
19.01.2022 WE CAN BE HEROES Tomorrow, 25th June we will be releasing our debut single, Heroes by David Bowie, in recognition of the unsung heroes of Covid-19, the farmers, truckies, teachers, journalists and the kids in our communities too. With special thanks to ARTS NORTH WEST, Nathan at https://www.facebook.com/solarsoundfoundry in Byron Bay and to Ditto Music! Keep an eye out for the Video, coming soon!
18.01.2022 THANKS TO THE CREW @ HOTONDO Ay we be mightily pleased to acquiesce to the request for an interview on the story behind our debut single and grateful we be too! Nice one, Danny boy! https://us2.campaign-archive.com/
18.01.2022 VIDEO SHOOT FAN PHOTOS Here is a selection of fan photos from our video shoot last week.. with thanks to everyone who came along to take part. Can’t wait to see the video to be released soon!
18.01.2022 ARRR THE CAPTAIN IS FIRST TO SAIL Get ye to the market this Saturday at 10am to sample the finery and catch Capt Al Buchan himself, singing solo ti high noon! https://www.facebook.com/1493567757576825/posts/2624931431107113/?vh=e&extid=3bWAuV4klbyCwQsP
17.01.2022 ARR YE BE ON THE RADIO AGAIN Tune in, to 88.9fm Tamworth this Wednesday 10:15am to catch the details of our support campaign for the unsung heroes of Covid-19 and listen to our new single! https://m.facebook.com/Tamworth88.9fm/
16.01.2022 FROM MY FACEBOOK FRIEND JANIS IAN She wrote the immortal hit, ‘At Seventeen’ and went on to enjoy a career that spanned decades. I was fortunate to catch her solo performance in Brisbane and I have been following her on Facebook recently because she posts such righteous material. Here she is, this morning, putting Facebook’s new ‘no-music policy’ into perspective! https://www.facebook.com/357191544367570/posts/3308173269269368/?extid=KbGEpC74fCrDM30F&d=n
16.01.2022 ARR WE BE SAILIN ON SPOTIFY NOW Ay tis surely as the sea we be caught in the net, ye behold our song now on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/track/15a0u0TVj0ggqOMUDSKjeY
13.01.2022 SEND THIS TO THE SEVEN SEAS The Buchaneers be celebratin for sure ye can be! Their song twill be sailing upon seven seas. This video made in support of the crew who kept us alive in the wake the ‘flu. Heroes they are and heroes ye be, too if ye share this around with gusto & glee! https://youtu.be/Y_JbxHbmBZo
13.01.2022 ARR THIS BE A FINE TUNE Do ye think we should play it? https://youtu.be/dL0rxCO-jtU
11.01.2022 ARR WE BE ON THE RADIO Thanks to ABC radio New England Northwest for hosting our Captain this morning, chatting about my new band and the song we releasing today in recognition of the unsung heroes of Covid-19. Have a listen online after midday today at https://www.abc.net.au//newen/listen-back-archive/10678750 and the track should be available everywhere by this afternoon Arr BUY IT!
05.01.2022 AHOY THERE WELCOME ABOARD Looks like the captain’s flirting with fate by bringing on his first mate!.. a wild woman name of SCARLET and a rosie hue to match her temper she’s got!.. HOT!
05.01.2022 ARR GRATEFUL WE BE Tis with the wind in our sail we do declare the bounty be among the band tonight! To all who stormed the stage for our video shoot, we say thank ye and we hope ye stay aboard for the rest of the treasure in our chest!
01.01.2022 Al & The Buchaneers : L-R Phil Weaver (keys), Steve Whitby (drums), Paul Owen (bass), Al Buchan (guit&voc). Thanks to the team at The Pub, our crew, Peter Scott (sound) and Terence Sadler (video) and our fans who rocked up to take part!
