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Free Single: Covers

Surprise! Here’s a free single called ‘Covers’ from my upcoming LP.

Covers (Single) Covers (Single)

The LP itself will be called ‘Like Lovers’ and will feature plenty more dark and light little vignettes on love and relationships.

As promised, ‘Like Lovers’ will be mostly clarsach (small harp) based, but there are a few surprises and variations on the theme along the way.

Oh! And I made a video for ‘Covers’. It’s amazing what you can achieve in 30 minutes with a torch in a dark room!

If you like the song, the video, or both, do me a flavour and share it with your pals on Facebook… or something. If you hate it, give your enemies a buzz :)

I know this is a bit out of the blue. If it was an official type release I’d have buzzed the crap out of this free single for about 3 months leading up to its release. However, one of the nice things of being an independent musician is that I can do whatever the hell I want, whenever the hell I feel like it :)

Accordingly, the full LP, ‘Like Lovers’, will be available at some point in the next few months. Who gives a rat’s tits about release dates? It’s ready when it’s ready!

Cheers
Arran

Mastering, the Bane of my Existence

Howdy everyone. It’s been a while since I last wrote because I’ve been knee deep in musical related business.

Unfortunately, this means a few of my other streams have suffered (the Arran Arctic Podcast, Twitter etc.), but I didn’t get into this music biz to sit on Twatter all day!

I’m very pleased to report I’ve finished recording a new LP’s worth of tracks. I even managed to rope in Kelagh O’Neill of Jump: Press A for a few guest vocal spots!

Kelagh's Vocals

Double thumbs up! Yeah, we had fun :)

 Sadly, since recording is finished the fun part is over. Now follows weeks of making minute adjustments to mix, EQ and volume… mastering = frustration.

I’m hoping to get a free single up on the website this autumn, followed closely by the album itself. I’ll be posting the album artwork before that though, so plenty to look forward to.

Stick with me folks, we’re nearly there ;)

Cheers
Arran

A Fresh Lick Of Paint

Those of you following me on social networking sites Facebook and Twitter may already have heard that I’ve been locked away, toiling over an entire re-brand of my back catalogue.

Well, feast your eyes my friends, the time is now…

In My Hands - Thumbnail

‘In My Hands’ CD – £5.00

The Boy In Brown - Thumbnail

‘The Boy In Brown’ CD – £5.00

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‘Electronic Blood’ CD – £5.00

Notebook - Thumbnail

‘Notebook’ CD – £5.00

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‘By The Sea’ CD – £5.00

You can click the album covers above to go to each album page, where a larger image of the new relevant artwork is available :)

The eagle-eyed among you will have noticed there are Add to Cart buttons for all the albums. That’s because, where previously only In My Hands and The Boy In Brown were available on CD, my first 3 albums are now also available!

To celebrate, I’ve added a whole range of CD Bundle Deals on the Buy page.

The Bundles are explained below in this handy video…

I can’t stress enough: if you do decide to purchase a CD Bundle Deal, please use the relevant CD Bundle Deal Add to Cart button on the Buy page.

Don’t just use the individual Add to Cart buttons for each album, because you’ll be charged £5 each time – It’ll show up in your shopping cart, so you’ll know what you’re getting ;)

Once you go to the checkout with your CD Bundle Deal, you can specify which albums you want, and in what quantity, by leaving a note to the seller – me!

Hope you enjoy the new artwork and bundles :)

Cheers
Arran