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		<title>New Web Site Continues the story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The story continues at the new official Riley Jordan site at:
rileyjordan.com.au]]></description>
		<link>http://rileyjordan.com.au/diary/?p=835</link>
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		<title>Riley Jordan &#8211; It&#8217;s all rock and roll to me &#8211; Part 25</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This was a dream gig for me.  The material was really simple, the family handled all of the gig bookings and administration and I was just a hired hand.  Little did I know that I had ended up in a hotbed of the Christian right.]]></description>
		<link>http://rileyjordan.com.au/diary/?p=801</link>
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		<title>Riley Jordan &#8211; It&#8217;s all rock and roll to me &#8211; Part 24</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was December 1983, just hours before Christmas day, when I got the call.   The A&#038;R guy from EMI was on the end of the line.  Apparently the weather in Sydney was great and I informed him that Melbourne weather was up and down, hot one day cold the next, but that's Melbourne.... Finally we got around to brass tacks.]]></description>
		<link>http://rileyjordan.com.au/diary/?p=779</link>
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		<title>Riley Jordan &#8211; It&#8217;s all rock and roll to me &#8211; Part 23</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The big day arrives and I'm as nervous as a mouse in a pit of vipers.  How on earth are you supposed to put on mascara in states like this?  The phone rings --bugger!!!  So now I'm running down the hall to catch the phone (pre cordless and mobile phone days) while wiping mascara off my cheek.]]></description>
		<link>http://rileyjordan.com.au/diary/?p=747</link>
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		<title>How to get gigs &#8211; Tips for new original bands.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You've got your original band happening and after months of rehearsal you reckon it's time to get gigging, but where to get a gig?  There are venues on the circuit which book established acts and then there is the rest.  With most original venues getting tonnes of people approaching them every week to play, how do you get started?]]></description>
		<link>http://rileyjordan.com.au/diary/?p=720</link>
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		<title>Riley Jordan &#8211; It&#8217;s all rock and roll to me &#8211; Part 22</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The A&#038;R guy from EMI was coming to see 'my band' in early December.  It's was now October and I had no band.  Battle stations - code red.  I needed one set of songs, about 20 minutes, for a show case.]]></description>
		<link>http://rileyjordan.com.au/diary/?p=701</link>
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		<title>Riley Jordan – It’s all rock and roll to me – Part 21</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I went away very unsure and it was only when I followed up that I get the lowdown on what was up.  EMI was interested, they wanted to come and see a gig in Melbourne.  I had a bite, but no band!!   AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!]]></description>
		<link>http://rileyjordan.com.au/diary/?p=685</link>
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		<title>Ode to Gaffa Tape &#8211; Musicians Black Gold</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In all my years of doing gigs there is one bit of kit that is always in my bag.   Gaffa Tape.  It's the equivalent of a musicians med kit in a roll and it has more uses than the latest gizmo from Danoz Direct. ]]></description>
		<link>http://rileyjordan.com.au/diary/?p=668</link>
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		<title>Keeping a band together &#8211; the songwriting royalty conundrum.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don't get me wrong, it's absolutely okay to share songwriting royalties equally, even if there is only one 'songwriter' in the band, but you have to ask yourself the question, what happens if the drummer leaves after three months?]]></description>
		<link>http://rileyjordan.com.au/diary/?p=559</link>
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		<title>Riley Jordan &#8211; It&#8217;s all rock and roll to me &#8211; Part 20</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The industry 'currency' of the day was to know Molly Meldrum.  Molly Meldrum was one of Australia's most successful music producers and music show hosts.  He was a force to be reckoned within the industry.]]></description>
		<link>http://rileyjordan.com.au/diary/?p=612</link>
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