#19 Tis the season...

So it's nearly the end of another year so I just wanted to put out a little message of thanks to everyone that's been in anyway involved with my musical activities this year. The only resolution I ever tend to make these days is to try and make sure that the next year was better than the last, even if it's just a little bit. So far so good. This year I had a single get into the top 10 on the UK Singer-songwriter iTunes chart (Shipwrecks), released my second EP (Battles), went on my first self organised tour, played Glastonbury Festival, and got my first ever national airplay on BBC6 music.

A lot of these things simply wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for the support of those around me and those that for some reason or another like what i'm doing musically. I say this a lot mostly as I really mean it! There's no record label throwing money at me to make records or organise tours or getting me on the radio etc. And having people sharing links, buying music, liking/following pages etc really is invaluable to a) allowing me to continue doing so and b) my own sanity! ;-)

In short, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! :-)

Here's a free download of a track called "Things you don't know" (which makes the title of this blog make more sense). It's got an email unlock thingy, but I promise not to spam you with stuff. I reckon the mail out will be about as regular as this blog! ;-)

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas & NYE. See ya next year! :-)

Aaron

#18 All good things...

Well i'm not going to lie, i'm a little bit sad today. Last night marked the end of the Battles tour. It's been great getting out of the local comfort zone and playing. Especially with Harry & Naomi in the trio setup. I just would like to say a big thanks to all of those that came to the gigs, downloaded the EP, bought the CD, shared posts, liked/followed pages and all that stuff. I'm about to cook dinner and watch the Iggy Pop lecture about being a creative type in a capitalist world (which I'm predicting might be a little depressing) and the simple fact is that whether you like it or not YOU are instrumental in our successes (or failings come to think of it). Not that it's all you of course, but people power can make or break an artist for sure. "Shipwrecks" only did as well as it did because of those that bought/shared it. Yes I wrote it, yes I had a whole heap of help recording it and making a video for it, but if no one ever hears/sees it then it's difficult to call it "successful" even if you think it's good. So with that in mind when I say thanks to those of you mentioned above I REALLY REALLY mean it! Thanks. :-)

In other really rather splendid news, I got my first ever air play on BBC 6 music! Battles was played on Tom Robinson's Mixtape last night. You can download the podcast from here or you can stream it from the site here. Big thanks to Tom Robinson and the BBC6 Music team. That was the perfect way to end the tour. :-)

So what's next? Firstly, i'll be adding physical copies of "Battles" to the Bandcamp store this week. Keep an eye on the Facebook & Twitter pages for when that'll be in place.

Also we've got another London date coming up! It'll be at The Troubadour on Nov 2nd, check the poster below to see all the other fantastic acts that shall be playing. (Read next bit in a cheesy radio dj voice) Brought to you by G7th Capos! ;-) Tickets are available  £5 adv from here or £7 on the door.

And then it's time to start planning another tour and EP 3... Mwha ha ha. :-)

Laters
Aaron