As I mentioned on my Facebook page this morning, I’ve made a very small change to Falls Apart (I decided that I didn’t like the breath sounds at the start)

This new version is available on my Bandcamp and SoundCloud pages to stream for free.

I know several of you bought Era and may want to add this alternative version of Falls Apart to your collection. 
I know some of you may prefer the original, and that’s perfectly fine. 

If you would like the new version, you can download it from my Bandcamp for free!

Just click “download” and enter “0.00” as the price you wish to pay and then you can download it in any format you like!

If anyone has any problems downloading the track from Bandcamp, just send me your email address in a private message and I will email the track in mp3 format to you. 
(Other formats are usually too big for standard email)

I’d just like to make it clear that I have only a very small change to the mix, and it doesn’t really add anything new to the song. 
So if you don’t want to download the track again, then I totally understand.

This alternative version is the only version of the song that will be available in the future.

Thank you!

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Hi everyone!

It’s been a really long time since I’ve written a blog on here, this is just an update regarding what’s happening in regards to the EPs I keep talking about.

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to finish the EPs in time for the end of 2012 like I had originally planned, but they will be released in 2013.

As I’ve mentioned in earlier blogs, I’ve been working on two EPs. 
They have the working titles of Morality and Immorality.  
I’m hoping to release Morality by the end of January, and I hope to release Immorality in February or March. 

This is may change, but as of now, Morality features five songs and Immorality features four songs. 
They are all brand new songs!
Morality features an extended and “produced” version of The Flame; an acoustic version of this song was released on my SoundCloud page earlier this year. 

Similarly to Era earlier this year, both of these EPs will be released and available to download on my bandcamp page. 

After the release of these records, I don’t really have anything else planned as of now.
I’ve got lots of ideas for new projects though, so I’ll keep you all updated!

Era is still available to download if you haven’t got it yet!
You can stream it in full and download it from my bandcamp page!
Click here to get Era!!!

I may or may not post another blog before the end of 2012, so I want to wish you all a happy holidays and a happy new year in advance!
I also want to say a big thank you to all those who have supported me this year!
I’m eternally grateful to you!

Thank you so much for reading this blog, please check out my music if you haven’t already done so!

Thanks,

Josh :-) 

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I promise that I’ll get back on track with the blogs and stuff soon.

I’ve got a few things coming up within the next few months and I need to tell you all about them!

In the meantime… GO GET ERA!!!!

And if you already have Era, please tell you friends about it!

Thank you!

Josh :-)

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Hi everyone!

This blog is an update on what’s going on regarding Era, my first compilation/album/whatever you want to call it.

For once, I’ve (sort of) managed to stick to my plan meaning that Era should be released this month!!!
I’m not entirely sure when, but I’ll be sure to let you know.
All that is left to be done is artwork design, my sister and I are currently working that out. 

For those who don’t know, Era is a compilation of my songs that have been released over the past year and a half.
Two of the songs feature totally new vocal recordings, and all of the songs have been remastered. I have also re-recorded sections of vocals throughout the other songs.  Two brand new songs are will also be included in the compilation. 

Here is the Era tracklist

1. Save Me From My Secrets *
2. Missing Pieces *
3. Learn To Fly ^
4. I Can’t Stop Writing Songs About You ^
5. I Caught You Staring At Me ^
6. An Open Letter To An Unnamed Person 
7. So-Called Angel ^
8. Falls Apart
9. Couple On Show ^
10. Going Out In Style (Hats Off)

* - re-recording
^ - remaster

The unmarked songs are new and previously unreleased.
Except for Falls Apart, which was released last month as a free single from Era.

I chose to re-record the vocals for some of the songs are I grew to dislike my original recordings, and the songs have been remastered as the audio quality differs greatly between each of the originally released tracks. 
The audio quality of all the tracks now match so that they can be listened to clearly, without you having to make any adjustments to your volume levels on whatever you chose to play the tracks on.

Era will be available to listen to and download free of charge from my bandcamp page. You should also have the option to invest an amount of money of your choice for the record if you believe that my music is worth paying for. 
You will also be able to choose what format the audio files you download are.

This compilation is really designed for the fans that enjoy listening to albums of music.
I have carefully arranged the tracklist to ensure that it flows well as an album.
At some point, I will replace the original tracks on SoundCloud with the re-recordings and remasters, but the two new songs are exclusive to Era and will not available anywhere else.

Thank you for reading this!
I’ll keep you updated on my Twitter and Facebook pages with any more news!

Thanks,

Josh :-) 

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Hi everyone!

First off, I apologise for not writing a blog in quite a while, the reason for this is because I plan to start making video blogs soon.
However, I’m not too sure how to do that as I don’t have any good video editing software.
If anybody can recommend any free or inexpensive video editing software that is compatible with Windows, please get in touch!

Anyway, I’ll get on to my announcement now.

If you’ve “liked” my Facebook page then you may have seen a post saying that I’ve made a Bandcamp profile, but there is currently nothing on it so I haven’t posted any links yet. 

Well, I’ve decided that my first release on Bandcamp will a compilation of songs.
The compilation will be called Era and will contain the majority of my free download songs, as well as two (possible three) new songs!
However, they won’t be the same audio files that I have already released.
I’m re-recording my vocals for Save Me From My Secrets and Missing Pieces and I’m re-mastering all of the other free download songs that will appear in this compilation.

I’ve often mentioned that I’d like to re-record Save Me… and Missing Pieces as I just don’t like my vocal performance on either song, but until now I’ve never found a reason to do that.
I also feel that all my songs, with the exception of Here With Me as my friend Chris mixed that, are not as high quality as they could be.
I didn’t have much knowledge of mixing tracks when I made those songs, but know after finishing my music technology course at college, I feel much more confident with my mixing skills and I want the audio quality of those songs to match everything I release in the future.    

I haven’t decided on a definite track list yet, but the songs that will be included in the compilation are…

• Save Me From My Secrets
• Missing Pieces
• I Can’t Stop Writing Songs About You
• I Caught You Staring At Me
• So-Called Angel 
• Learn To Fly
• Couple On Show

The two new songs that will be featured in this compilation are the new version of Falls Apart and a brand new song called Going Out In Style.
(I may possibly include another brand new song, but as of know I haven’t written anything)

I’ve chosen to create this compilation now as I realised that all of these songs were written about or inspired by people who used to be in my life but aren’t any more.
Some of these songs are several years old, and some were released over a year ago. A lot his changed in my life the past few months, and I’m preparing for even more changes to occur.
So I felt that it was important for me to mark the end of this chapter of my writing.
There are still songs hidden away that are inspired by those people I mentioned earlier which may be released one day, but I think it’s unlikely I will ever write about them again. 

I feel that the first chapter of my musical lifetime has ended, I’m doing lots of new things such as side-projects with other musicians and writing lyrics and composing in new ways.
I don’t know if you’ll hear a distinctive change in the music when I release it, but I’m hoping that you’ll hear growth in it.
Like any other artist, I want to leave behind bodies of work that I can look back upon and say that each one represents a period in my lifetime.
This compilation will be my first full body of work. 

This blog is much longer than I planned, I’ll talk a bit more about the release nearer the time as I’m still preparing the tracks.
I’m hoping that this compilation will be released by the end of august.

Thank you so much for reading this blog, please check out my music if you haven’t already done so!

Thanks,

Josh :-) 

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