An article about Mark performing for Flix in the Stix at Dubbo in regional New South Wales.<\/p>\n
Author:\u00a0Narromine News.<\/p>\n
Date:\u00a021 January 2011.<\/p>\n
Original URL:\u00a0http:\/\/www.narrominenewsonline.com.au\/news\/local\/news\/entertainment\/mark-seymours-search-for-the-holy-grail-goes-regional\/2054300.aspx<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Article Text<\/p>\n Former Hunters and Collectors front man and now solo artist Mark Seymour is looking forward to a “refreshing” atmosphere in Dubbo when he fronts Flix in the Stix.<\/p>\n Seymour, whose voice provided the soundtrack to the inner-city pub rock scene of Melbourne and Sydney during the ’80s, was upbeat about gigging in regional Australia.<\/p>\n Having grown up in rural Victoria, Seymour’s lyrics are often tied to everyday issues affecting ordinary people.<\/p>\n “I tend to write about very ordinary events in life and how they affect your emotions. Approaching songwriting from that point of view tends to resonate with listeners a lot more,” he told the Daily Liberal.<\/p>\n Seymour spent 18 years with Hunters and Collectors, whose songs such as Holy Grail and When the River Runs Dry, cemented the band’s status as Australian rock icons.<\/p>\n Other songs like Throw Your Arms Around Me crossed a generational gap when covered by the likes of Pearl Jam.<\/p>\n “In many respects nothing has ever changed for me. I am still perceived as the guy that was in that band. I don’t think that is ever going to change. There is pretty much a handful of songs that heavily endured in people’s minds,” he said.<\/p>\n One thing that has changed is a return to the bush, sparked by a risky policy of booking unknown venues in front of unfamiliar crowds.<\/p>\n This year Seymour teamed up with the travelling film festival Flix in the Stix which toured Port Macquarie and Armidale last year and will screen in Dubbo on February 4.<\/p>\n “People are getting two types of entertainment at Flix in the Stix. It’s a real feast – you’re being asked to switch your concentration. You’re looking at a band playing and then there’s movies and then we get back up on stage and do another short set and then you have more movies,” he said.<\/p>\n “(Armidale) was hilarious. It was sort of the beginning of the rain. They were just surprised by the rain they were getting.”<\/p>\n The rain forced organisers to move the festival into a small school building, he said.<\/p>\n “It was this really old timber theatre built in the early 19th century,” Seymour said.<\/p>\n “It just created this feeling. It was really cool with a great community feeling.”<\/p>\n Beyond Flix in the Stix Seymour said his solo career had seen him play in regional areas more frequently.<\/p>\n “In the regional towns there are no expectations, people just don’t know what they are going to get,” he said.<\/p>\n “And it works the other way. I don’t really know how people are going to react and that’s really exciting.<\/p>\n “Even on a small scale it’s really refreshing.”<\/p>\n Flix in the Stix will be held at the Lazy River Estate on February 4.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a>Comments<\/p>\n N\/A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An article about Mark performing for Flix in the Stix at Dubbo in regional New South Wales. Author:\u00a0Narromine News. Date:\u00a021 January 2011. Original URL:\u00a0http:\/\/www.narrominenewsonline.com.au\/news\/local\/news\/entertainment\/mark-seymours-search-for-the-holy-grail-goes-regional\/2054300.aspx Article Text Former Hunters and Collectors front man and now solo artist Mark Seymour is looking forward to a “refreshing” atmosphere in Dubbo when he fronts Flix in the Stix. more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9456,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2598","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5xhjD-FU","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanfrailty.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanfrailty.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanfrailty.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanfrailty.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanfrailty.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2598"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/humanfrailty.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2660,"href":"https:\/\/humanfrailty.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2598\/revisions\/2660"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanfrailty.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanfrailty.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}