11/08/2008 by Andy C.

Had loads of stuff happening the last few weeks, been on holiday for a few days camping and it didn’t rain (much). To be fair it did not stop us doing anything, it was really peaceful and calm even with the kids in tow. Went to Blickling Hall which is a great old house that was originally build in 1600 and something. It is supposed to be haunted by the headless ghost on Ann Boleyn, well she failed to make a appearance but the place was amazing the last big renovation happened in the 1920’s and it was a real insight as to how the top nobs got by. With a bit of luck we will be able to get away again for a few days before the kids go back to school.

Some music news as well the Bit Pixel album has made it onto iTunes so that’s that well and truly out global now. Also I have had the Grey Mirrors album signed to Magnatune, They have a very forward thinking business model and it is something I really feel could really work, I also found out that they only sign around 1 in 300 people who submit music to them, that was a bit flattering. Have a look at http://magnatune.com/artists/glimmerroom I got a caught short for a photo so had to use a old leafy one from a year ago.

Work on the live set is slowly plodding on realised today we have 6 weeks to go and had a bit of a panic. So it is off upstairs for me later.

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23/07/2008 by Andy C.

First day of the summer holidays today and for someone with a lazy summer ahead of them I am a bit down, cant put my finger on it but I suspect it was the fact I didn’t get as much of my course work done as I had planned before the break. Some serious cramming due in Sept, me thinks. Today threw a few nice surprises my way Grey Mirrors has started to sell on CD baby which is nice. I also got a contract through for a compilation that I didn’t know I was in the running for. It is a compilation of John Foxx influenced artists including Louis Gordon! I was well chuffed to find this out. I had to email and find out what track they wanted to use as I remember sending a whole lot up when I first approached them with regards to a podcast not even knowing about the comp, smart ehh? Bit Pixel is causing a bit of a ripple too which is great as I was very unsure how this would go down. The whole synthpop scene has become very small over the years I have been working on that album. Didn’t mention it before but I also have a Glimmer Room track on the new Awakenings 2008 vol 1.5 comp, somehow managed to get on as the first track, that was a first for me :)

I have got so much stuff I want to get done this holiday to tie up a load of loose ends, like the Framework comp just one track to get in on that. The Glimmer Room album I have got to crack the whip now as I would like to release it the day we play at the Awakenings gig. There is the Awakenings gig stuff for me to finish and hopefully some projections for behind the stage as well. I have also got to redo our key-worker system for work so it is in line with the new E.Y.F.S framework, that might be a bit of a brain-ache but at least I will understand it a lot more having done it myself, maybe.

I have been nibbling away at this blog for over six months now, not as many entries I had first thought but a few a month keeps it going.

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