I caught up with a friend of mine who manages man of the moment Vance Joy. He was explaining the fascinating story of how he discovered him through a shared sound cloud link via Facebook as well as how they went about signing hime to Atlantic records in the US even before monster hit “riptide” […]

  One of the most common questions I get down at The Hen House is “How does our band get more shows?” Its a great question to ask because playing more shows is the single most important thing a band can do, if they want to give themselves every chance of being successful. Playing live […]

  Did you see the Age’s article on Triple J last week? The basic premise of the story was that Triple Js playlist is leading to a homogenisation of australian music. The theory being that bands are writing a particular style of song to fit in with JJJs format and ignoring pure self-expression in favour […]

The Hen House Rehearsal Studios Perth Wall Of Fame just had a massive update. The wall lives over in studio 1 and serves as a reminder too all bands both new and old that hard work pays off. Any band that makes it past 50 rehearsals goes up on the wall. We also acknowledge some […]

What’s up people of The Hen House!?! Money issues and music. They just go hand in hand, don’t they? You spend money you don’t have trying to put together a quality recording. Then you don’t sell nearly enough copies to cover costs which leads to the band paying it off over the following year; which […]

ROB: Tired Lion are one of The Hen House Music Rehearsal Rooms hardest working bands. In the past few years I have seen them improve out of sight and as they gear up for the release of their new E.P I thought I’d catch up with singer/guitarist Sophie Hopes to see what makes them tick. […]