compilation
My song Ghost Ships, from concrete heartbeat, appears on a great new compilation album put together by my good friend Deeker at Perth-based Make-That-A-Take Records. Please check it out and support independent Scottish music!
In other news, I have a selection of songs written and am planning to use them as a soundtrack to some short videos I am putting together. Timescale is sketchy... but I'll post updates here as and when things materialise.
i'm still alive
I've had a break from music recently. I've been far too busy with other things. I've still been writing though, and as always I have millions of ideas and grand plans.
I listened to some of my old songs earlier and was pleasantly surprised. I think I've written some pretty good tunes. Ghost Ships sends a shiver up my spine. Black Friday could do with better production, but the song itself is brilliant. Recurring Dream is beautiful - I don't think I've ever written such honest, pure lyrics. Never mind Shackled Visions, or The Preacher, or Funeral Song...or Cassandra... or The Beat and The Bottle.... I think I might try to remix and master some of the best ones and put them on a single release. Maybe.
Anyway, I'm writing this for my own piece of mind more than anything else. I'm still alive. I'm still full of ideas and plan to write many more songs. So please don't forget about me.
If anyone wants to put me in a pro studio, or help distribute my music, please get in touch.
shackled visions out now
my new ep, shackled visions, can now be downloaded from music.pinkpills.co.uk. get all 6 songs, a bonus track and a t-shirt for only £5! what are you waiting for!?
shackled visions tracklisting
1. shackled visions
2. green grow the rashes
3. funeral song
4. act 2, scene 010
5. dear elita
6. fade to black
available for download on 30.08.10.
video for funeral song
funeral song
here is one of my new songs! the full ep will be available by the end of the month. in the meantime, you can give 'funeral song' a listen:
a short dispatch from headquarters
hello hello. long time no write. have been slightly behind schedule with my musical commitments in recent weeks, but i have still been on the case. i have finished recording all the new songs for the ep. 6 in total. have been mixing the last song the last couple of days and will soon master them. artwork is nearly finished and the title of the ep is set to be 'shackled visions', which is also the title of one of the songs. i plan to post a 'sampler' mp3 on the internet over the course of the next couple of weeks, and the ep will be released soon after. i have a few video ideas too, so keep yer eyes peeled for that. i will post everything here as and when it is finished and ready to see the light of day. i've been sitting on these songs for too long now, and can't wait to just liberate them! in other news, a while ago i recorded a cover of elliot smith's 'needle in the hay' as part of a charity fundraising project for depression alliance uk, organised by euan mcmeeken of the brilliant kays lavelle. you can purchase the song here for only £1, and all the money raised goes to the charity. please go support a good cause, and listen to some of the other awesome contributions. last but not least, i got a few more t-shirts printed up. go get one. more news soon. x
update
begun recording some vocals earlier for my new songs. got 5, maybe 6 in total, that will form the basis of an new ep i hope to have ready by the end of june. i'm not giving away names or anything at this stage, as things may change. but i think i'm settled on what the artwork is going to be. i'll post it here when it's done. also, concrete heartbeat has now been downloaded over 15,000 times by the freeloaders over at mininova. if only they would donate to me!!
t-shirts going cheap
i'm trying to get rid of the the last of the "future is unwritten" t-shirts. they're now only £5 + p&p! go here to get one of the lovely ltd edition beauties. in other news, i've got 3 new songs brewing that i'm readying to record. quite excited about them. think i might also re-record a couple of old songs that i demoed a couple of years ago because i think they deserve to see the light of day. i'm hoping to have an ep ready in the not too distant future. as usual, time is the only enemy. watch this space.
new video
i made a video for 'hymn for the anonymous' using some rrrrrreally old archive footage dating back about 100 or so years. check it out below! also, the people that do the brilliant glasgow podcart made me artist of the week recently.. more news coming soon! x
concrete heartbeat has arrived!
Concrete Heartbeat can now be downloaded from music.pinkpills.co.uk!!!!
7 hours and counting
Concrete Heartbeat will be available to download from midnight tonight at music.pinkpills.co.uk
four flashes video
concrete heartbeat: art & tracklist
1. 100 Young Hearts
2. 1000 Letters
3. The Preacher
4. Four Flashes
5. Jerry's Story
6. Hymn for the Anonymous
7. Cassandra
8. Ghost Ships
9. The Beat and The Bottle
will be released on 1st March! keep your eyes peeled for a video for 'four flashes' too! in the meantime you can listen to a rough mix of 'ghost ships' at my myspace page. ryan.
new songs
i've been a very busy boy! have over the course of the last few months been slaving away on some new tunes, which will very soon be released into the world. got nine songs in total, which i am currently mixing as best i can. in the meantime, i've posted a rough mix of a wee tune called 'ghost ships', which you can find over at my myspace page. you'll be hearing more from me soon! ryan.
t shirts
i got a small batch of some lovely t shirts made up.
go to the merch page to buy one for cheap. available in s/m/l/xl while they last.
hello
so i'm trying to put a website together... it's a work in progress so most of the links don't work yet. check out the merch page though for brand new t shirts! ryan. x