. . . but, boy, does this photo make me miss San Francisco!
Now that I've got this song recorded, there's just one more I'd like to get on tape before putting together a few shows. I'll definitely do another open mike, but I may also try to get a proper show of my own. Anyway, I'll keep you posted on that.
As usual, you can listen above or head over here for the downloadable mp3. Enjoy!
I've been feeling a bit strung out lately by the digital world. As is obvious to anyone who knows me, I'm a geek: I love gadgets and the Web and computers and all that stuff. But more and more, I feel its making me a very material person, one caught up in craving and desiring and wanting. Following the up-to-the-minute news on the latest Mac or iPod makes me feel like I have to have one, which then makes me feel like I'm not making enough money if I can't afford one, which then makes me re-think my career choices and my priorities and . . . ugh! Enough! That is no way to live.
Hello all,
As we're getting more artists joining the Vox community I thought it would be good to do a quick summary of what's required to make sure your music gets to us and is presented in the best possible way.
First of all, make sure you are in the A&R Group. This is essential. If you did not join via the Columbia or RCA entry page you will not have automatically been added to this group. To check simply click the 'Groups' link at the top of the page to see which groups you are a part of. If you are not a part of this group, simply click the link in this post and add yourself. This will ensure as you add music to your blog it's added to the group.
Next, upload music. Yes, it sounds quite simple but a lot of people are registering, then simply sending a private message with a link to another page with no actual details on their own blog. Uploading your music and other details into your page makes them easy for review by those within the label and wider community. It's a simple process, if you have problems getting your music online be sure to have a look at the Vox help section.
Write a post. If you're not wishing to regularly maintain a blog that's fine. However, it would be preferable if you could put details of yourself on the page, include pictures and video if you wish. This gives us at the label a much better idea of what you are like as an artist.
With regards to private messages to the label pages you are more than welcome to contact us. However, more recently we've experienced a high volume of messages. Many of which are simply 'check out my blog' which often prevent other queries and replies getting to us in reasonable time. If you've created your blog and are part of the A&R Group you music will be accessed and listened to those within the A&R community. If you have a query or following up on a recieved message and have waited a long time for a response please feel free to chase up with another message but please be aware we do receive lots of messages.
We have an email address for technical queries and help also which is onlinedemos@googlemail.com. This address is not for submissions via MP3, it's simple for technical queries, press enquries etc.
In the meantime we hope you have been enjoying using the service so far. If you have any suggestions improving the service please do get in touch. We're currently already working on a number of concepts suggested by the community.
CD
Hello all,
As we're getting more artists joining the Vox community I thought it would be good to do a quick summary of what's required to make sure your music gets to us and is presented in the best possible way.
First of all, make sure you are in the A&R Group. This is essential. If you did not join via the Columbia or RCA entry page you will not have automatically been added to this group. To check simply click the 'Groups' link at the top of the page to see which groups you are a part of. If you are not a part of this group, simply click the link in this post and add yourself. This will ensure as you add music to your blog it's added to the group.
Next, upload music. Yes, it sounds quite simple but a lot of people are registering, then simply sending a private message with a link to another page with no actual details on their own blog. Uploading your music and other details into your page makes them easy for review by those within the label and wider community. It's a simple process, if you have problems getting your music online be sure to have a look at the Vox help section.
Write a post. If you're not wishing to regularly maintain a blog that's fine. However, it would be preferable if you could put details of yourself on the page, include pictures and video if you wish. This gives us at the label a much better idea of what you are like as an artist.
With regards to private messages to the label pages you are more than welcome to contact us. However, more recently we've experienced a high volume of messages. Many of which are simply 'check out my blog' which often prevent other queries and replies getting to us in reasonable time. If you've created your blog and are part of the A&R Group you music will be accessed and listened to those within the A&R community. If you have a query or following up on a recieved message and have waited a long time for a response please feel free to chase up with another message but please be aware we do receive lots of messages.
We have an email address for technical queries and help also which is onlinedemos@googlemail.com. This address is not for submissions via MP3, it's simple for technical queries, press enquries etc.
In the meantime we hope you have been enjoying using the service so far. If you have any suggestions improving the service please do get in touch. We're currently already working on a number of concepts suggested by the community.
CD
I've had the great honor of being a featured artist over at "Shut Your Mouth," a Pearl Jam fan site. Murray, who runs the excellent site, put out a call to his readers, trying to find out who among them were musicians themselves. Murray will then be interviewing the featured Pearl Jam fans/artists and providing download links to their stuff. The interview we did last week has just gone up -- you can find it here. I'm pretty psyched about spreading the word a little bit about what I'm doing, and the interview itself was a lot of fun -- we wound up talking a lot about the creative process, which, as you may know, I absolutely love exploring and dissecting!
Once Jill and I are back in New York, I'm going to record two new songs that are in the can. Also, I'm going to look into setting up a performance -- either another open mic or perhaps a show of my own (it might be nice to play more than two songs!). Also, I might hook up with my friend Elana for some musical collaboration, which is something I haven't done in a long, long time. Should be interesting . . . And I've just got my hands on a cassette tape of the demo recording of Revolver, the band I was in during high school. In some ways it still sounds pretty good, especially this one song of my called "Boxcars." Once I can figure out how to do the cassette-to-mp3 conversion, I'll post some of those tracks.
Lastly, here are a few of my favorite recent pictures. I am so happy with the Canon EOS Rebel DSLR Jillian got me for Christmas. It can really take excellent pictures with not a lot of tinkering.
'Critics Choice' Award
UK recorded music industry association, The BPI, unveiled today a brand new award category for the UK's biggest and most prestigious awards ceremony The BRIT Awards 2008 with MasterCard.
The 'Critics Choice' Award will focus on new British acts the critics are tipping to break through in 2008. The shortlist and eventual winner will be chosen by a team of experts made up of music critics from national newspapers, major music magazines and music websites as well as heads of music at major radio and TV stations. The 'Critics Choice' Award will be open to artists signed to a label who are set to release their debut albums in 2008.
Ged Doherty, Chairman of The BRITs Committee commented, "The BRITs continue their support for up and coming British talent by creating this new award. It's a fabulous idea and I can't wait to see who our panel of experts deem to be their choice for 2008."
BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor added: "The BRITs is a great platform to profile the pick of the past year's established and new artists to a wider domestic and international audience. This new category allows us to use the UK's premier music event to profile even more emerging UK talent."
The results for this award will be revealed exclusively on the new BRITs website (at www.brits.co.uk <http://www.brits.co.uk/> ), when it goes live on 10th December 2007.
Here, the BRIT Critics' tips for tomorrow will be unveiled, listing the top three artists or bands the critics are backing to break through in 2008 - as well as the overall winner - the BRIT Critics' Choice for 2008.
The Critics Choice Winner will collect their award at The BRITs main show, February 20 - live on ITV1 as well as perform live at the BRITs Nominations Launch Party. This year, the first hot ticket of the year, the BRITs Nominations Party, will be staged at London's Roundhouse in Camden on Monday, January 14 and broadcast on ITV2 at 8pm that same night.
Critics Choice
UK recorded music industry association, The BPI, unveiled today a brand new award category for the UK's biggest and most prestigious awards ceremony The BRIT Awards 2008 with MasterCard.
The 'Critics Choice' Award will focus on new British acts the critics are tipping to break through in 2008. The shortlist and eventual winner will be chosen by a team of experts made up of music critics from national newspapers, major music magazines and music websites as well as heads of music at major radio and TV stations. The 'Critics Choice' Award will be open to artists signed to a label who are set to release their debut albums in 2008.
Ged Doherty, Chairman of The BRITs Committee commented, "The BRITs continue their support for up and coming British talent by creating this new award. It's a fabulous idea and I can't wait to see who our panel of experts deem to be their choice for 2008."
BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor added: "The BRITs is a great platform to profile the pick of the past year's established and new artists to a wider domestic and international audience. This new category allows us to use the UK's premier music event to profile even more emerging UK talent."
The results for this award will be revealed exclusively on the new BRITs website (at www.brits.co.uk <http://www.brits.co.uk/> ), when it goes live on 10th December 2007.
Here, the BRIT Critics' tips for tomorrow will be unveiled, listing the top three artists or bands the critics are backing to break through in 2008 - as well as the overall winner - the BRIT Critics' Choice for 2008.
The Critics Choice Winner will collect their award at The BRITs main show, February 20 - live on ITV1 as well as perform live at the BRITs Nominations Launch Party. This year, the first hot ticket of the year, the BRITs Nominations Party, will be staged at London's Roundhouse in Camden on Monday, January 14 and broadcast on ITV2 at 8pm that same night.
Here's a photo a took this weekend with my brand-new DSLR Nikon Rebel, which Jill was so kind to give to me for the holidays! I'm pretty happy with this shot, especially the focus of the grass in the foreground contrasted to the blurry fog in the background.
I really love taking pictures, and I can't wait to get more familiar with all the techniques involved. It's fun learning something new, being reduced to a beginner again. Very humbling, very healthy.
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