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Chris Selman – glorious

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Sometimes, I like nothing more than to stand around in a church looking moody/tired.

The other week nice songsmith Chris Selman asked if I would do that in the background of his video, so I was happy to oblige!

And so here I am. There’s a bit of a cameo from something from the Season’s Change video (apart from me, obviously) too!

Daniel Pearson

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When I was putting together the list for [intlink id="7187" type="post"]Foxes and Convicts[/intlink] I stumbled across this fella on Leeds Music Forum called Daniel Pearson. He’s been recording at the fast-becoming-legendary Soundmill studios in Leeds with one of the cleverest producers working in Leeds right now, Ed Heaton. If you haven’t heard of Ed before, you’ve probably heard of some of his work recently, producing Hannah Trigwell, Secret Sirens, and a few more including The Finnlys… But I digress.

Daniel is right up my street – So much so I was rather stunned I hadn’t heard of him before. Anyway, if you like your sweeping soundscapes to be anthemic and heartfelt, get involved.

Daniel’s on Facebook here, and Twitter here.

He has a new single – Wishing Well – out now.

Foxes and Convicts: The Leeds Indie Radio Sessions

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Over Christmas our beloved Hope House studios flooded, so we had to shift to the room next door. The silver lining with this was a great new studio for us to practice in, and record live sessions.

Photos by Louise Distrass

I’ve been running a Podcast with Jon from the Dimes, called Foxes and Convicts, for a while now. We’ve been bringing various different acts in to Hope House to record some sessions and have a bit of a chat, and we’ve been putting them out on podcasts. If I’m honest I have no idea how many people have actually been listening to them cos I screwed up a setting on the tracking software, but that’s by the by. Lots of people tell me they listen and like it, and that’s good enough for me.

To celebrate re-opening our studio, we got some of the finest acts we have worked with on the Foxes and Convicts night to all pop down on Saturday afternoon and record some songs for a brand new version of the podcast which will be premiered exclusively on Leeds Indie Radio. It’s a great privilige to turn our daft larking around into a proper show for LIR, who are celebrating a year doing amazing things for local music. Having heard the early mixes this will be a great part of their lineup.

So – coming soon to LIR, a brand new series of Foxes and Convicts, featuring:

March of Dimes - Photo by Louise Distrass

  • Daniel Pearson
  • Charlie Barnes
  • Louise Distrass
  • March of Dimes
  • Tag Team Preacher
  • Secret Sirens

…and many more! I’ll post up when they’re finished and scheduled in!

Depending on how the various life-changing events pan out I’ll be looking to record the next series in the late Autumn… Keep in touch if you’d like to be part of it and get your live set on Leeds Indie Radio!

New March of Dimes website

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In all the kerfuffle of the last week (birthdays, gigs, life altering announcements etc)  I forgot to mention that I’ve recently launched a new website for my band, March of Dimes.

You can see it at http://www.marchofdimesmusic.com

It’s got videos, gig listings, and our album and EP in full to listen to (and buy, if you haven’t already!)

If you like it, it would be great if you could pass on the address to your chums. Just a wee facebook post, or tweet, or anything to share what we do.

Also, if you know of any promoters or bands that might want to work with us, put them in touch with me :)

For those who are wondering, I built it in WordPress (my favourite CMS!) with a metric boatload of plugins. Every single part of the site – from the base system, to the music store, to the email system) is free to set up. In fact, apart from a bit of commission we pay to Bandcamp for the sales, it’s free to run as well! Brilliant! Gotta love ya some open source. If anyone wants to know what plugins I used for any part of it, just ask and I’ll let you know.

So… go forth and share… please! :)

New single recording & interview with Independent Music News

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It’s a busy Monday for sure – Today I’m off to put down the bass for our new single – it’s called Sleeping Giant and should be out in the spring :)

Some of the Manley equipment

It’s part of a really interesting experiement – we’re recording digitally, then being mixed and mastered in pure analogue by the hugely talented Stephen Anders – should give us a real rootsy feeling, that echos some of the great 70′s country greats… For those musically inclined reading, there’ll be lots of Manley equipment on the go!

A lovely chap called Daniel has interviewed me and Jon for the Independent Music News blog, you can read it here.

That’s it for today – more Dimes news tomorrow…