Just to let everyone know, I’ve replaced the semi-finished 01/01/09 MP3 with the completed one, featuring G Slade!
Archive for the ‘News’ Category
MP3 update
Friday, January 16th, 2009Recording issues
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009I’m currently unable to record until tomorrow, so you’ll get the songs for the 5th, 6th and 7th all in one bumper update. Lucky people!
Rocktober + Update
Thursday, December 25th, 2008Hey there, everyone.
Well, thanks to many things, I didn’t manage to get my fifteen covers recorded in October – I did, however, manage six. They can all be found here on my profile at FAWMers, along with four other unreleased tracks!
As a little extra treat, I have recorded a cover of a song I’ve been wanting to do for some time now – We Looked Like Giants by Death Cab For Cutie. It was a blast to record and I hope you enjoy it!
Whoo!
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008Well, guys, I finished fifty songs. It took me the full ninety days to do, but I did it! I’d like to thank everyone over at the site for their help and support!
Now onto my next challenge… I’m aiming to record fifteen covers in October. Wish me luck!
Stuff and Things!
Thursday, January 10th, 2008Work continues on polishing Evolution, hopefully to be finished soon – however, I wouldn’t expect it to be before March. That’s because FAWM is almost upon us once again! Yes, fourteen songs in twenty-eight days – but wait. This is a leap year! No problem, they say. Do us fourteen and a half.
Genius!
Sadly, some bad news on the internet music front is that Pandora, the internet music recommendation service, has been forced to block UK IPs from the site – meaning that it is now a purely US site and is in danger of going under even there. To help fill the hole Pandora leaves, I humbly recommend SeeqPod – It crawls search engines and streams you the results. Perfect if you have a song you HAVE TO LISTEN TO RIGHT NOW.
Breaking the silence
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007Hello, folks. How’ve you been?
It struck me the other day, whilst viewing the excellent Jonathan Coulton’s website, that I can’t possibly hope to keep or build a fanbase if I leave my precious site here dormant. So, sorry about that.
There are a few pieces of news that I should share with you all. Firstly, the Music For A Film EP is no longer for sale – it was a nice experiment, but I think I need to stick to free music for now. A free download will be coming shortly, so if you didn’t get a copy then not to fret.
Second, everything I do in future will be put out under the name The Approximation, the main reason being that if I actually do get a band together sometime then we’ll be already set.
Last, but not least, remember that album I was working on many moons ago? It is about to become The Approximation’s first release. The tracklisting is as follows:
01. March
02. The Walls
03. Rocking
04. SPC
05. 11
06. Ten Lies
07. Do You Know?
08. Five
09. Lay Back
10. Wanted
11. Time
Awesome. Now, if you would like to be a fan of The Approximation on the dreaded Facebook, click here. If you would like to hear a little something I’ve been up to for fun, click here.
PS: If you’d like to see some footage of me in action, click here.
What’s that over there?
Monday, July 16th, 2007I’ll tell you what it is – It’s a brand new NatchDan album! Yessir! Created as part of the AAD project, Triad was written and recorded from midnight to 10am July 16 2007. And it’s a corker, if I do say so myself. Go listen!
The must-have accessory of the summer
Saturday, June 9th, 2007Folks, I want to sit you down and have a talk. I am selling a CD. This does not mean that I have abandoned you, oh no! I will still be providing plenty of free music for you all. This CD is not album #3 – it is an EP. You can see a button to buy it over there on the left, or, if you want more information on the disc, you can go to its page.
On this disc, you will find uncompressed versions of four songs you know (including a slight remix/remaster of Rid Of You) and three new songs you don’t, including that nine-minute thing I was referring to in the last post, not featuring The Rumored End.
Papa needs a new pair of shoes.
Also coming up, a set at the Musician in Leicester where I will be giving Rid Of You and Charlotte their live acoustic debuts. I will let you all know how it goes.
Also also, I have set up a YouTube channel. This means a few acoustic videos from me as well as music videos put together by anyone who wishes to. Want to have a shot? Make a video and give me the YouTube link! Available so far: Rid Of You, Acoustic.
I also want to thank everyone out there who listens to me for your support. It really means a lot to me.
Spam knows me + suspense
Sunday, May 27th, 2007So I received a spam comment today for “lawyer Phoenix”.
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Yeah, you all know what I’m thinking.
A piece of music that I’ve impressed myself with coming up, folks. It won’t be on the album for a couple of reasons (One being it’s almost ten minutes long), so as soon as I get the extra guitar part from The Rumored End it’ll be on the blog.
Exciting!
A Sad Day
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007So. Farewell then, Pandora. Due to new internet radio licensing restrictions, the best recommendation station out there has had to end its service to anyone outside the US, even Canadians. This equates to a kind of ridiculous greediness on the part of the licensers, who have made it difficult for Pandora since the day it was opened. For the same reason you will note the BKWR page missing from my site now. I can’t afford licenses like that. Most people can’t.
