GIG THIS WEEK
11th May 2008
IK:TOMS GIG IN LONDON THIS FRIDAY
This coming Friday (16th May) I'll be playing 6 or 7 songs at Kev Molloy's IK:TOMS Wired show at The Cross Kings, London which is about a minute away from King's Cross Tube. Tickets are £5 in advance or £8 on the night, and you can get them from here . The set will be a mixture of half EP tracks and half even newer ones i reckon, and i'm on at 8.20, hope you can make it along, Kev's events have a really good reputation so i'm looking forward to it a lot.
TWO NEW LONDON SHOWS ANNOUNCED + TIMES FOR PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED SHOWS
Just added to my calendar are May and June shows at a new venue for me called T-Birds which is in Higbury in London. The first show is in just under two weeks' time on May 22nd and i'll be following that one up the following month on June 19th. More details on that are on my calendar and i'll put them here on the main page in a few weeks' too.
Also, its now confirmed that i'm on at 3.40 at the Leamington Peace Festival in June
EP TRACKLISTING ANNOUNCED
So, the EP which i've been banging on about for ages will very shortly be out, and this is the tracklisting i've decided on:
Snap (on MySpace player)
If I Got Good (on EP Sampler track on MySpace player)
I Can't Tell If You're Joking (on MySpace Player)
You Look Like You Mean It (on EP Sampler track on MySpace player)
Not All There (on EP Sampler track on MySpace player)
Cheer Up (on EP Sampler track on MySpace player)
If I Got Good (strings version)
Not All There (strings version)
So if you guys wanna do a bit of listening to what's already available so that you get a feel for the EP, i'll let you know as soon as its out if you keep an eye out.
LATEST EP PROGRESS
I HAVE NOW:
- had all my EP tracks mastered (raised to their full volume). They sound radio quality on my rubbish CD player now, very cool :-)
- created the (boring) metadata (track ID's etc) for my EP, just have to get some barcodes and that's ready to be submitted to the Performing Rights Society and folks like that who make music all legalified.
- Entirely completed a black and white version of an animated promo video for new EP track Not All There. The way it looks is working for me, am pleased being as it took months and 300 hand drawn frames :-) Just needs colouring now, pastel shading
- Officially registered my own record label Stickman Records. This is a nice feeling :-) My friend also has designed the logo for the label which i'll put online next update
STILL TO DO:
- remixes of EP tracks. I have, however, remixed Nizlopi's new single 'Start Beginning', i shall check with FDM Records and see if they're cool about me showing that to y'all. Am pretty proud of it, and has taught me how to use the remixing software to a decent extent so am much more confident about applying it to my own stuff
- Make an official website - have been learning a lot of HTML skills with work, will be able to rustle up a decent enough looking site to show my music with now, alongside the MySpace, obviously
- Draw artwork - Theme of stick people i think, used to draw comic strips and stuff with little stick characters, always liked that kind of drawing, mainly cause its simple but can still establish a bit of character i reckon.
All go again, is fun. Please keep coming back, i need your help, massively grateful for it
From Finn
PLEASE CHECK OUT THE VIDEOS FOR 'IF I GOT GOOD' AND 'SNAP' AND LEAVE ME A COMMENT IF YOU GET A CHANCE
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