So, this album…

Right, it’s about time I filled you guys in on what’s going on with my ‘Album’…

Last year as most of you know, I ventured over to New York and recorded what is known as ‘Run, Don’t Walk’. A lot of you bought it and for that I thank you more than you can understand. Then, this summer I returned to New York and recorded another 4 songs, none of you have heard these recordings yet, or at least a bloody hope not. 

What I plan to do is release a record called ‘A Word In Edgeways’ before the year is up hopefully. It will be made up of the 4 new songs I just talked about, the 4 songs from ‘Run, Don’t Walk’ and maybe one other song. It is likely Flora will be making an appearance with her Cello on a couple of the older tracks as well as on one of the new ones. The reason this is happening in this way is a simple matter of promotion, press and publicity. No labels, Magazines, Papers, Radio stations, Booking Agents etc are interested in a 4-track EP. They want more, so more is what they’re getting. It also gives me a chance to give you guys a fresh dose of love.

So it’s important to know that if you already bought ‘Run, Don’t Walk’, you may not want to go ahead and buy the whole album when it’s released because you will already have 4 of the tracks and I wouldn’t want you to waste your cash. But it’s worth reminding you that there is a possibility of Cello on Alright Sir and The Art Of Falling, watch that space.

What I don’t want is for you guys to think that this is my main ‘Debut Album’ release into the world. That will come in time, hopefully not too much time and hopefully with a label behind me. That way it will sound awesome and will be available in all shapes and sizes rather than just on iTunes like last time.

HOWEVER, do not fear, ‘A Word In Edgeways’ shall be printed and pressed just like a proper record, and will be on sale in as many ways as I can afford (hard copy @ Live Gigs, downloads on iTunes, Amazon, Napster etc).

What I need you guys to realise is that I’m still paying for all this shit myself and do not have 1000’s of pounds/dollars to put it in the shops and make it available worldwide. This simply is not possible on the small wage I get from my job. I have NO other financial help at this time. That is where a label comes in, helped by you lovely people spreading the word and making them realise they should invest in me

So, hopefully you guys feel a bit more with it now, I wanted you all to know what’s going on. I also hope you guys added yourselves to my mailing list and picked up your free download. If not, head over to Myspace and sort it out!

Speak soon and take care, feel free to comment. Greg x

Is it just me or…

 

Is this a sad, sad sight? This weekend I was in France visiting my girlfriend where she’s temporarily living. Down the road from where she’s staying is this park with a whole load of various animals including Kangaroos, Donkeys and Flamingos, an awesome place. Or so you might think. 

When we entered the park we walked past a pit-like, fenced area that obviously contained a large animal. We’d been told there was a bear in the park before we went so we assumed this was the place it was kept. I already wasn’t looking forward to seeing it as I was scared of how upsetting it would be (I don’t believe that animals such as bears, tigers, lions etc should be kept in captivity at all) but something was pulling me towards it. When I peered over the wall and saw what was inside I started to fill up, a moment later I had to cry a little. It truly was a horrific sight. As you can see from the pictures this bear was in such bad shape; it’s fur was all discoloured and dirty, it was going blind in it’s left eye and somehow it had this heart-wrenching look on its face that just destroyed anyone who saw it.

I watched it for a while, making it worse for myself really, but it was something you really had to see and appreciate. This was an amazing creature that should be wild and free, roaming the forests with other animals of its kind. Not banged up on it’s own in some cage in France. Shame on whoever did this to that poor bear, shame on them. If you want to see this bear, it’s in a city called Tours, France.

Sorry about the random, non-music related post, I just wanted to share this with you.

Come Fly With Me…

I’m sat in Starbucks at Stansted airport about to go to France for the weekend to see me girl, just thinking about how interesting airports are. Its only a small airport but there are still so many people even at this time of the day. You see so many different types of people too; business men wishing they were anywhere except on their way to work, backpackers about to embark on the best trip of their lives, middle aged singletons grabbing a last minute holiday in the sun, old retired couples going away for the weekend and finally, poor wannabe musicians flying on Ryanair because that’s all the can afford!

Everytime I come to an airport now it just reminds me of the first time I went to New York only last year, and how excited I was. I seem to have flown quite a lot since then but no matter where I fly to now it just reminds me of that. Before that I’d only flown a couple of times in my life. Today I’m flying to a small City in France called Tours. Anyone else going away this weekend?

Whoops, I got called and now I’m on the plane (see pic) so I’d better turn my phone off. Have a great weekend everyone! Greg xx

I’m going to be hanging round here from now on…

So the blog thing I was using before was a little lame as it was computer based and I could only blog from my laptop, sometimes I’m away from my laptop and want to post, so I changed.

Anyway, there’s been a lot of things going on recently, a lot of which has been very confusing which is why I’ve tried not to post much lately until I know what’s going on myself. As most of you know I have been taking some time off recently to write some more material and prepare myself for some more intense gigging. That’s exactly what I’ve been doing. I’ve been on holiday (pic is me in Venice) and I’ve been hiding away writing. Still I’ve had to work but that doesn’t count. All is well so far…

I’m also awaiting the tracks that I recorded in New York in June, they’re currently being mixed and mastered and will be ready to go soon. I have some stuff to explain about my debut album ‘A Word In Edgeways’ that I hope to release this year, but I will explain that later when it’s more clear to me also.

Some of you also may have noticed that my YouTube account has been suspended, don’t ask me why as I don’t know. I think someone may have hacked my account. I have contacted YouTube and I’m waiting for a reply. It’s worrying as all the comments everyone left me were so amazing I really don’t want to lose them, I also worked pretty hard to get nearly 3000 subscribers so I could do without losing them too. Fingers crossed anyway.

I must dash, I’ve got to work! Greg x