Hi fi / lo fi. |
I wonder about the future of music, and public consumption thereof.As I have bemoaned before, the CD mortally albums making them into aural wallpaper. And the iPod and similar have put the nail
in th...
Posted by ButterflyPolite on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 04:47:00 PST |
Abbey Road / Philharmonia |
So... I entered the Philharmonia Orchestra's competition - "groove search". 'That sounds like me,' I thought, 'cos I'm groovy'.I submitted a loop of 'MenWithToys' (an older ButterflyPolite track) wit...
Posted by ButterflyPolite on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:42:00 PST |
New Old |
I don't spend as much money on new music as I used to. I don't wait as long for albums as I used to. I don't buy as many disappointing albums as I used to. In days gone the experience of awaiting th...
Posted by ButterflyPolite on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 01:08:00 PST |
dying to be successful / a new buiness model |
The yardstick by which success is measured is a diffulcult stick to grasp. And often I have found myself grasping the wrong end of it.
Some artists have achieved success. The Beatles seem to have s...
Posted by ButterflyPolite on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:59:00 PST |
Adverts (rant) |
Pop videos. Artform? or Advert? The videoclip is an unusual phenomenum. It's an advert for the song - you see the 3.5min advert, and buy the record. At least that's what I assumed. More and mor...
Posted by ButterflyPolite on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 02:26:00 PST |
Pictures, Rehearing, NotPlayingBass |
I have uploaded some pics. I like them, because we look like we were having fun, which we were (I remember). Dan took them while we rehearsed. It's a shame he isn't on them, cos he's a handsome fel...
Posted by ButterflyPolite on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 04:27:00 PST |
The demise of Music (rant) |
I'm in a ranty mood.
The demise began with the introduction of CDs. I bought 'Thriller' on CD last week (£3.99 Sainsbury's). I own Thriller on vinyl, but, hey, it's 2006. Thriller on CD is a differe...
Posted by ButterflyPolite on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:58:00 PST |
Songs online |
I've been sitting uploading songs onto the MySpace. Hope you like 'em!Roman Ruin is taken from the album 'http'Hope Springs is from the forthcoming album 'TheMessWeMade' and is NOT the version featur...
Posted by ButterflyPolite on Wed, 08 Mar 2006 10:19:00 PST |
Awards |
So, 'Just Tell Me To Stop' has been awarded Pop Track of the day (8th March) on the Garageband website.
Nice to see it doing so well, and the reviews are worth a read. Even if some people hate it, t...
Posted by ButterflyPolite on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 03:18:00 PST |
last night's gig |
So, last night ButterflyPolite played at th 'Y Theatre' - as a featured artist at the 'farside night'. I always enjoy these events - intimate and friendly. Andy Griffiths (with an 's'!) was the othe...
Posted by ButterflyPolite on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 10:39:00 PST |
