ian neal on ARfm radio |
things are going well! ARfm radio are going to be playing my tracks this week - www.arfm.co.ukTwo of their DJs Ashley Franklin and Eppy Gibbon (who has been standing in for Paul Baker), will be playin... Posted by ian neal on Wed, 28 May 2008 01:55:00 PST |
"On the Idle Hill of Summer" |
I've set to music A.E. Housman's prophetic war poem of 1896.Let me know what you think - here is the poem. On the idle hill of summer, Sleepy with the flow of streams, Far I hear the steady drum... Posted by ian neal on Sun, 18 May 2008 12:47:00 PST |
Download Counter |
At last...the myspace people seem to have repaired the download counters on the music players. These seemed to be well and truly bust for the last year or so...but lo and behold, I've had 5 downloads ... Posted by ian neal on Tue, 06 May 2008 06:44:00 PST |
The Lake remixed, remastered and revisited... |
The Lake (2008 remix) Shipping for free to those who bought the 2007 versionRelease Date - Monday April 7th 2008.I’m delighted to say that The Lake has been totally refurbished. It is still a 13... Posted by ian neal on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:48:00 PST |
Renaissance |
Been listening to 'Renaissance' - not those crap dance remix CDs, but the excellent English progressive folk rock band of the 1970s.Annie Haslam's singing is gorgeous! Anyone else familiar wit... Posted by ian neal on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:42:00 PST |
Album Review |
They've reviewed my album at www.progfiles.comreview of my album by www.progfiles.comit gets 4 out of 5 - so, I'm fairly happy with that.Now, just to review their review.....The reviewer seems to pref... Posted by ian neal on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:27:00 PST |
New, New Track |
New track begun! Based on A.E. Housman's prophetic war poem 'On the idle hill of summer'.This will accompany two more tracks on a three track E.P. which will be a musical response to three war poems.J... Posted by ian neal on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:12:00 PST |
New Track |
Got a new track underway....working title 'The Tempest'.Time signature 3/4Features sampled operatic vocal fragments and some interesting FX, rich strings. More soon. Posted by ian neal on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:26:00 PST |
Lake District |
Been following in the footsteps of Thomas Gray - 18th century poet, famous for 'Elegy written in a country churchyard'. He wrote it in about 1750. But also, he was one of the first 'explorers' of the ... Posted by ian neal on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 05:08:00 PST |
THANK YOU! |
The album "All in the Golden Afternoon..." is still not 'officially' released, owing to hold-ups getting the artwork sorted, not being signed, etc. etc., but, while this is the case, I have to s... Posted by ian neal on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 06:26:00 PST |