Come along to the Novation Summer Tour at Dawsons Manchester and Reading – be the first to try the Bass station II! It’s always a pleasure when suppliers visit our stores to run workshops, talk to customers or show off new products. The in-store teams often enjoy it as much as the customers do. This… Read More
The 2nd heat of the Farida singer songwriter competition is tonight – here are the artists who are performing… With one artist through to the final of the Farida singer songwriter competition already (the excellent, Pariss Elektra), it’s time for another heat, and by the end of today, another finalist… If you missed previous posts,… Read More
The Dawsons Red Door Singer Songwriter Competition is underway! If you’re already getting jaded at Britain’s Got Talent and The Voice, then the remedy is already underway. The Dawsons Red Door Singer Songwriter Competition had its first heat this week. Nothing could have prepared us for the level of talent on show, nor the sheer… Read More
If you’re itching to learn how to play, get a free online drum lesson courtesy of Music Matters The Internet has made delivering information to huge numbers of people across huge distances very easy. Aside from e-mails and news, and digital distribution of media, one of the areas that it has revolutionised is distance learning…. Read More
The Canadian singer-songwriter, Dave Gunning, will play in-store ahead of his Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival gig Dawsons Belfast’s position as a hub of musical activity seems to become more securely cemented with every passing month. Its popular ‘Lunch In The Loft’ sessions have become a regular event, keeping the working folk of Belfast entertained with… Read More
Learn how to get perfect tone at the Roland Recording Guitar Made Easy event at our Liverpool and Reading stores In this age of ‘weapons grade’ computing, you’d be forgiven for thinking that achieving great results when recording is a piece of cake. It’s true to say that the availability of inexpensive digital recording equipment… Read More
As promised, someone who attended the excellent Gibson event at Liverpool walked away with a guitar… Whenever we announce that there’s a Gibson event due to take place at one of our stores, there’s always a lot of interest. The ‘Factory Experience’ at our Liverpool store was no different. This relatively new in-store event effectively… Read More
Find out what a music technology or DJ course could do for you at the Manchester MIDI School open day in May Whenever we open a store, we always strive to support the musical community in that area, forging relationships within it and helping wherever we can. Dawsons Manchester is (amazingly) approaching its 10th birthday…. Read More
The time is nearly upon us – the heats for the Red Door and Dawsons Singer Songwriter Competition start next week! When we announced the forthcoming Red Door and Dawsons Singer Songwriter Competition (*deep breath* in association with Roland, Farida and Stagelife productions) there was tidal wave of interest and applications. Places were limited, and… Read More
Michael Molloy, one of the three young people tragically killed in the Bestival coach crash last year, is set to release a posthumous single When news reports started to filter through about a coach crash, involving a coach full of young people heading back from Bestival on the Isle of White, it had a particular… Read More
