Bandcamp, a photo by mattstevensguitar on Flickr.Yesterday morning I sent out the pre-order information for the new album Relic to the people on my mailing list. We sold over half the pre orders in 24 hours and it topped the Bandcamp charts. Crazy. Thanks so much, i was amazed. Completely. You can order it here: http://mattstevens.bandcamp.com/album/relic Delivery won't be til SEPTEMBER and they are strictly limited, numbered and signed :)
Not sure what this is for.
Oh i get it, but the features are a bit limited and there is no one on here.
Brilliant, all my friends have joined.
Like the new features.
This is brilliant.
Too many people and features.
Why have i got thousands of friends requests/event invites/annoying messages?
This social network is rubbish.
Ohh whats this, a new network?
Do you remember when we used to use.......
Recently I've noticed a lot of arguments online about "prog rock". Its getting a bit crazy.
The argument goes like this:
"Prog Rock" is genre that existed in the 1970's and was played by the likes of King Crimson, Yes, Genesis Etc. There can be no more because it only existed in the 1970s. Some prog zealots accept the later "neo-prog" movement Marillion, IQ, Etc. These guys are generally very angry and don't want the term "prog" associated with anything later - even for example Porcupine Tree. (yes prog is a genre where some fans are actively against progression!)
"Progressive Rock" is a bit more interesting. My definition of this is "interesting and ambitious rock music". It goes from King Crimson to Mahavishnu Orchestra to Can to Talking Heads and Dead Kennedys to Radiohead and Cardiacs, Mars Volta, Tortoise and Battles.
None of those terms really matter.
Its probably best to just enjoy the music - although its odd some fans of "Progressive" music hate progression and want "prog" to die when the old bands do. Very weird.
BTW - I know my music isn't proper "prog". I'm not sure what it is.
We rehearsed. It sounded good, which was pleasing. We had a laugh. We remembered our friend Dan who passed away last year.
The Fierce And The Dead is my band project with Kevin Feazey and Stuart Marshall. Its been in the planning stages for about 18 months although I've been trying to get a band together for about 5 years called The Fierce And The Dead (if dig around on the web you may find some "odd" demos with different line ups pre Kev and Stu).
The album came out in May and sold really well, amazing really. We hit 1000 downloads quite quickly and entered the Bandcamp charts weird. Its very different to my solo stuff. Or perhaps not.
Anyway we're playing live soon - which is cool. Its weird for me being in a band again, I'm sure I'm irritating, I'm used to doing things my way and being in a band, especially one thats a real collaboration like this is always going to be a bit of a compromise. You can hear The Fierce And The Dead @
http://fierceandthedead.com/
Have a look :)
