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Ongoing History of New Music

The Trews: In Their Own Words

Ongoing History of New Music

Curiouscast

Music History, Music Interviews, History, Music, Music Commentary

4.8605 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

When a band forms, there’s little expectation that this could be a long-term endeavour...I mean, being a professional musician is hardly a sure thing...so many things could go wrong... But sometimes, a group will gain a little bit of traction...suddenly, a year passes and things are still happening...then two...then five...then ten...and if things are just right when it comes to the music and the audience and the industry and technology and plain stupid luck, the band might wake up one day to find that they’ve been professional musicians for 25 years... This is exactly what happened with The Trews... A band’s silver anniversary is cause for celebration...that’s a long time to be in business...so it’s a good time to get everyone together to tell some stories...this is The Trews in their own words... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Alan, and I just wanted to let you know that you can now listen to the ongoing history of new music early and ad-free on Amazon music, included with Prime. Right, that's it. Come on. Lights out. You've got a test tomorrow. Just two minutes. I'm about to reach the next level. It's going off now. Yeah, whatever. Let's see. Where's the app? Oh, here it is what how oh no you're out better look next time

0:24.3

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0:40.0

When a band forms, there's little expectation that this could be a long-term endeavor.

0:46.1

I mean, being a professional musician is hardly a sure thing.

0:49.4

So many things could go wrong.

0:51.8

But sometimes a group will gain a tiny bit of traction, and then suddenly a year passes and

0:57.6

things are still happening.

0:59.3

Then two years, then five, then ten.

1:02.4

And if things are just right when it comes to the music and the audience and the industry

1:06.6

and technology and plain stupid luck, the band might wake up one day to find that they've

1:12.8

been professional musicians for 25 years.

1:17.3

This is exactly what happened with the truce.

1:20.2

I was actually kind of shocked.

1:23.1

Perhaps I wasn't paying attention.

1:24.6

Perhaps I'm in denial.

1:26.4

But I did not realize that

1:27.8

2022 was 25 years of truce. Yeah, we've been around a really long time. We started in

1:35.0

1996 in my grandmother's basement, like playing cover songs, me and Janagus and Jack. And

1:42.8

yeah, it's, I don't know where the time went, but definitely

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