It is 13 years since Ouch! played its last gig as a full ensemble. Yet once in a while I am contacted by someone who tells me how much they used to enjoy the band’s music, asks me whether it is possible to buy CDs or enquires about whether we still gig together. I don’t know how they find me - the band has virtually no online presence and we have certainly done no active marketing - but they do. Recently I was contacted by a radio station in Hawaii, who wanted to feature our music on one of their shows and asked about the possibility of an interview.
It set me thinking. The world of music is a very different place to that of 13 years ago. Thanks to the internet, bands no longer need to rely on record companies, publishing companies and, God forbid, (mis)management to find a home for their music. Ouch! could nurture its own online community without even considering the mainstream. It could be a place where we all enjoy the music, the videos, relive the banter, swap stories about the good old days and just see where it takes us.
So here it is. I hope you like it.
