Behringer stand at Music Messe

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Michael Jago
Messe stand
Messe stand

Here is our Behringer stand at the Frankfurt Music Messe. I took this video on the first morning (Wednesday) before the show opened and the crowds rushed in.

The stand looks great this year.

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Uli Behringer’s old piano bar gig.

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Michael Jago
Uli Front Page
Uli Front Page

Last Sunday I drove into Dusseldorf to meet Uli for a few drinks. As we walked along the waterfront we past the old bar that he played piano in for 6 years when he was much younger.

The place is closed now and the building has sat empty for years which is amazing as it's prime land right on the waterfront. This is Uli at the front of the entrance to the old place. According to Uli it was always full and a fun place to hang out. This was an amazing (and sad) nostalgia trip for him and there were a few photos of him still stuck on the front door.

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Musik Productiv (Video – Click to play)

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Michael Jago
This week I visited Musik Productiv, one of Germanys largest music stores. It is in a massive (Costco size) warehouse but it is in the middle of no where. So clearly, people who visit are definitely there to buy something.

It is an extremely impressive store. This video shows only one part of the store, the guitar section. There are 6 other sections all as large as this area.

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79 Euro hotel room in Paris (Video – Click to play)

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Michael Jago
Paris hotel
Paris hotel

This is what 79 Euro ($160 AUD ish) gets you for a hotel room in Paris. This hotel in the centre of the city was good value but extrmely old. The room is very small as you can see in the video.  

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Live Music in Paris Metro (Video – Click to Play)

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Michael Jago

Monday March 23rd and Tuesday 24th were spent in Paris visiting dealers with our NAM Veronique. Fortunately she knows the Metro (subway system) well and we travelled by train everywhere in Paris.

During our travels I came across this band who are well known in the metro. Sounded great in the reverb chamber of the metro…

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Beers in the Netherlands

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Michael Jago
Beer
Beer

Mike and I enjoying a few beers outside the pub on Saturday afternoon. On the right is a photo I took of just some of the beers available. There are hundreds of beers on offer here. This board shows the price and the alcohol content. Some of them are seriously strong. There are 8%, 9%  and 10% alcohol content beers on offer.

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Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Michael Jago
On Saturday (March 21st) I drove to the Netherlands to meet with good friends Mike and Monika Van Der Logt.

Mike & I went for a few beers late on Saturday afternoon and this is a video I took of the old town just outside the pub we were drinking at.

It is amazing the history of these places and Hertogenbosch is no exception being over 1000 years old.

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Newbury (Video – Click to play)

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Michael Jago
Newbury
Newbury

Today, (Thursday) Oli and I drove to Newbury. A very cute but small town on the west side of London. Here's a quick video I took on my N95 of the main street.  

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London (Video – click to play)

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Michael Jago
Regent Street
Regent Street

This week (Monday March 16th to Thursday March 19th), I have been in London visiting dealers with our two UK based NAMs Clive and Oliver.

Both lovely guys and good at their gigs, we had a fruitful 4 days. Business in the UK seems very good right now according to our dealers, which is contrary to the negative picture the UK media is portraying. This first video is from Tuesday when Clive and I went for a drive down Regent Street.

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Koln

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Michael Jago
koln night
koln night

Today (Sat March 14th) I visited the city of Cologne (spelt Koln in German). About a 30 minute drive from Willich, autobahn most of the way. A beautiful city with a towering cathedral (Dom) in the centre of town. I noticed as I was looking at the cities postcards, many references to the second world war. It seems Koln got smashed during the war but the cathedral towers remained by some miracle. Shown here are a couple of photos I downloaded to show the cathedral of today and circa 1945.  

 

koln-war
koln-war

To see the devastation of Koln during the war, check out this You Tube clip I found from the History channel. It shows just what a hammering Koln took.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_pQdzhdD50&feature=related

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