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Joe Wheldon & The Offshore's ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Music Introducing session

Live music from our socially-distanced virtual festival at Nozstock, near Bromyard.

Joe has been performing as a solo artist since his early teenage years.

As a singer-songwriter, his debut single was released in late 2019.

With the completion of his latest EP, Joe sought out other musicians to bring a new energy to the music, this led to the birth of Joe Wheldon & The Offshore in early 2020.

The band are influenced by Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Arctic Monkeys, Black Keys, Dire Straits, Oasis, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash and Tame Impala.

β€œA cutting edge musician with a hard rocking band delivering power and energy." - Andrew Marston

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How was it recorded?

The stages at Nozstock are permanent and well away from any public right of way. With no pre-publicity, we risked no audience gathering and ensured all acts were six or less (even though the rules say β€œworkers” can be groups of more than six). Nozstock normally takes place in July, so nobody expected anything to be happening on that site in October (and the site is owned by the farmer who puts on the event).

Acts arrived on-the-hour, every hour, in separate vehicles and were called forward, had their hands sanitised and checked in with Nozstock's own Test & Trace QR code.

Whoever had to handle the equipment was the person providing it – so there were no back lines and mics/stands/cables were provided by the band. Once they were set up, the band left the stage and Andrew (the only person from the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ) then mic’d up the guitars, drums and fed the stage monitors (while wearing a face mask!). The stages were marked two metres apart – and, after the bands used their own mics for an interview, they got back into their vehicles and left. A couple of people from Nozstock then sanitised the whole stage before telling the next group it was safe to leave their vehicle and set up. Any band members wanting to watch/listen to the performance would have to virtually.

To keep staffing to an absolute minimum, these sessions were audio mixed and video edited remotely.

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Duration:

16 minutes