Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Positive feedback on the album!
Here's what some people have been saying about Every Day's a Holiday:
"I listened to the whole CD in the car yesterday. Really enjoyed it!" - DK, "Island Time Radio"
"*LOVE* the CD! Ten tracks are being added to the playlist rotation today." - Thomas, Permanent Vacation Radio
"I played it this morning and then I REALLY didn't want to go to work!" Mary Anne, Berkeley CA
"wow, every song is catchy and has a great hook." - Steve, El Cerrito CA
In addition, CDBaby has already sold out of their first shipment (more are on the way), and the song "Every Day's a Holiday" is already surpassing almost every song from my last album in popularity on iTunes.
Have you got your holidays yet? If not, listen now and then go and buy the album! The only thing you have to lose is your stress.
NOTE: Management assumes no responsibility for absenteeism as a result of listening to this album.
"I listened to the whole CD in the car yesterday. Really enjoyed it!" - DK, "Island Time Radio"
"*LOVE* the CD! Ten tracks are being added to the playlist rotation today." - Thomas, Permanent Vacation Radio
"I played it this morning and then I REALLY didn't want to go to work!" Mary Anne, Berkeley CA
"wow, every song is catchy and has a great hook." - Steve, El Cerrito CA
In addition, CDBaby has already sold out of their first shipment (more are on the way), and the song "Every Day's a Holiday" is already surpassing almost every song from my last album in popularity on iTunes.
Have you got your holidays yet? If not, listen now and then go and buy the album! The only thing you have to lose is your stress.
NOTE: Management assumes no responsibility for absenteeism as a result of listening to this album.
Labels: album, CDBaby, Holiday, iTunes, Permanent Vacation Radio
Holiday Now on iTunes!
Wow! iTunes managed to get Every Day's a Holiday processed and available on iTunes in only a week! And people are already checking it out - the song "Every Day's a Holiday" is already being listed as my third most popular. When I get a link for the album, I'll post it to my "Buy" page.
And CDBaby already sold out of my first shipment to them. I've sent more, so if you haven't bought your copy yet, they'll be back in stock in a day or two.
And CDBaby already sold out of my first shipment to them. I've sent more, so if you haven't bought your copy yet, they'll be back in stock in a day or two.
Labels: album, CDBaby, Holiday, iTunes
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Deadlines in the sand
Sometimes the best way to get something done is to just tell the world when and how you want it.
If you've been following what I'm doing at all, you know that I've been working on an album for most of this year. You've also heard me say "any time now" quite a few times. Well, the end is in sight.
There's a Parrothead "phlocking" coming up in Las Vegas the last weekend in July called Migration. Two days of music, socializing, drinking, and having fun, and a prime place for me to let people know about my music. And I really, really want to have copies of my album there.
Well, last week I got off my fundament and got in touch with the duplicators, and asked them how much lead time they'd need. They told me. I turned around and shared that information with my producer, who told me when he needed the final tracks in order to be able to meet that deadline. And then I checked in with Tom and told him when I needed the rest of his sax stuff.
And presto, the sax is done and in my producer's hands, and I'm starting to see final mix candidates. And the album art is likewise moving forward on a parallel track that will be ready when I need it. Nobody was holding anything back; there just wasn't much urgency until I created and communicated it.
So here's the scoop: Official release date is August 1; unofficially I'll have CDs a week before that and will be taking them to Migration with me.
The "official" album page for Every Day's a Holiday will be up within the next week or so. I'm revising song insights, to give people an idea of what it's all going to be about, and I need to compile and tag the lyrics. Samples will come a bit later, after the final mixes are done.
We're on our way, and it's gonna rock.
If you've been following what I'm doing at all, you know that I've been working on an album for most of this year. You've also heard me say "any time now" quite a few times. Well, the end is in sight.
There's a Parrothead "phlocking" coming up in Las Vegas the last weekend in July called Migration. Two days of music, socializing, drinking, and having fun, and a prime place for me to let people know about my music. And I really, really want to have copies of my album there.
Well, last week I got off my fundament and got in touch with the duplicators, and asked them how much lead time they'd need. They told me. I turned around and shared that information with my producer, who told me when he needed the final tracks in order to be able to meet that deadline. And then I checked in with Tom and told him when I needed the rest of his sax stuff.
And presto, the sax is done and in my producer's hands, and I'm starting to see final mix candidates. And the album art is likewise moving forward on a parallel track that will be ready when I need it. Nobody was holding anything back; there just wasn't much urgency until I created and communicated it.
So here's the scoop: Official release date is August 1; unofficially I'll have CDs a week before that and will be taking them to Migration with me.
The "official" album page for Every Day's a Holiday will be up within the next week or so. I'm revising song insights, to give people an idea of what it's all going to be about, and I need to compile and tag the lyrics. Samples will come a bit later, after the final mixes are done.
We're on our way, and it's gonna rock.
Labels: album, Migration, music
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Piece by piece, an album emerges
I'm getting closer and closer to getting my album done.
I was in the studio today, cleaning up and tweaking several songs. And it's all coming together very nicely. I think this one's going to be a definite step up from my last CD, which was pretty good.
I talked with TC Mitchell earlier this week. He's doing some sax parts for me on several songs. He is one of the sweetest men it's been my pleasure to know, and I am so thrilled to have him working on my songs. It looks like he's about to dive into the material, so I'm hoping to have something to listen to in a week or two.
All of this good work means that the CD is probably going to run a bit late getting done and out, but I feel it's worth taking the time to do it right.
I was in the studio today, cleaning up and tweaking several songs. And it's all coming together very nicely. I think this one's going to be a definite step up from my last CD, which was pretty good.
I talked with TC Mitchell earlier this week. He's doing some sax parts for me on several songs. He is one of the sweetest men it's been my pleasure to know, and I am so thrilled to have him working on my songs. It looks like he's about to dive into the material, so I'm hoping to have something to listen to in a week or two.
All of this good work means that the CD is probably going to run a bit late getting done and out, but I feel it's worth taking the time to do it right.
Labels: album, music, saxophone, TC Mitchell, trop rock
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Album project update
I am *not* cut out for this blogging thang. I just don't have the time or attention span.
We've had all of the main recording sessions for the new album, and I've done most of my overdubs. It's all sounding very good, especially with the pan parts from Tom Miller, which are exceedingly tasty.
Now I'm waiting to hear what Coral Reefer Tom "TC" Mitchell does for several of the songs. He's graciously agreed to contribute his magnificent sax playing to our creative efforts.
In the meantime, the mixes are coming in one at a time, and I'm starting to play around with the sequence of songs for the album. I like the one I'm playing today.
And there will be cool-looking Hawaiian shirts too. Soon...
We've had all of the main recording sessions for the new album, and I've done most of my overdubs. It's all sounding very good, especially with the pan parts from Tom Miller, which are exceedingly tasty.
Now I'm waiting to hear what Coral Reefer Tom "TC" Mitchell does for several of the songs. He's graciously agreed to contribute his magnificent sax playing to our creative efforts.
In the meantime, the mixes are coming in one at a time, and I'm starting to play around with the sequence of songs for the album. I like the one I'm playing today.
And there will be cool-looking Hawaiian shirts too. Soon...
Labels: album, Coral Reefer, Hawaiian shirts, music, songwriting, TC Mitchell
