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CMEAS has booking opportunities at many British clubs and Arts Council funded venues.
Pubs are the backbone of live music in Britain. Almost every British band of note started in the national pub circuit. CMEAS books and promotes gigs at some of the friendliest, busiest, best ale & food serving jewels of musical iniquity the Isles can offer

Started in 2004, CMEAS is partnering with several local school districts to provide interactive musical workshops with local schools. This program is set to be a significant part of our UK events.
In addition to pub, club, and workshop events, CMEAS has teamed up with a private record label based in Devon that does superb 24 track live recording at the Palladium Club. CMEAS offers a full show recording as part of the UK events.
If you are a band at home with a solid gig base and want to play abroad, there will probably be a bands abroad that want to play your gigs too. CMEAS can facilitate such international (or national) gig swaps.
Starting in 2005, CMEAS will be creating a video record of the tour so that bands have both a sound and visual record of their trip, and hopefully a work of art that they can use on return to their native countries.
Plans in the works include a recording and site seeing tour in Costa Rica, blues and roots festivals in Romania, a weekend trip to Rio de Janeiro, the International Film Festival in Prague, a tour of Dutch cities, a tour of French vineyard parties, and an island hopping tour of the US and UK Virgin Islands.

The Convulsions - Punk Blues and British RnB

 The Convulsions are a punk blues band formerly based in Chicago and run by the founder of CMEAS, Ben Ruth. The Convulsions have regularly supported international acts, put musicians up in the UK, and generally been the pioneers and promoters of the CMEAS cause. Sonicbids Online Music Events The primary partner of CMEAS, Sonicbids has exclusive online booking for over 500 musical events primarily in the USA & Canada
       
Goose Island Brewery Goose Island Brewing Company produces Chicago's best beers and has supported both the Convulsions and CMEAS. Their line of IPA's is fabulous Chicago Gigs Chicago Gigs provide a valuable resource for Chicago bands, and host this site.
       
Live 365 Web Radio - 1000's of Stations Playing EVERYTHING Live 365 is THE internet radio station. 100's of great stations - personal favs are Ultra Groove, Mod Radio UK, Hammond Plus, but really, there's EVERYTHING. I haven't listened to regular radio at home for a year now. Check out the new Chicago Radio station, Guilt By Association. Guilt By Association Radio on Live365.com This is the "about time someone did this" radio station bringing a phenomenal diversity of music performed in Chicago in the last 60 years to the present. Hosted on live365.com. Nice one Phil!
       
Alan Hewitt Promotions Run by the larger than life Mr. Alan Hewitt, AHP not only books some of Britain's best blues and roots music festivals, but will take you boozing and cruising around the world. New partners with CMEAS, promoter of the Convulsions and partnered with Sonicibids. You go drinking with Alan at your peril!
Groove Doctors are instrumental in organizing CMEAS East Anglia Tour Spring 2006
       
       
   
       
       
       
       
       
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