Informal video, like a docu/diary or “cinema vérité” if you wish, but we go along with this knockout group as they perform in London, England.
Their “Altered State” acoustic album will feature renditions of some of the top tracks off their full rocking band iTunes album “Voodoo Suite Sessions” ; and the acoustic “Altered State” is out this month – and I will certainly post when, BUT give these guys a listen now, here on this YouTube video, and then you can catch some of their tunes in Studio Quality from the album on Reverbnation. It doesn't get much better if you like excellence – remember Excellence? Here is the link to the YouTube vid And to hear a playlist FREE of their best on Reverbnation (where they've been in the Top Rankings, as high as Number 4 Worldwide, I think. Anyway, well they've been in Top 20 Territory for about 10 months !!!) More announcements coming VERY soon, and some about Masters, too. Maybe it is time to “DO”.
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Love that song, and on a good day with the wind behind me, I can almost sing it ... but anyway.
Here's where we're at now – my friends at MAMMA FREEDOM in Manchester, England are, right now, putting instrumentation and production on my composition “Stopped Making Plans”. And here they are in the Voodoo Suite Studios. This song is actually more recent than “Homeless In New York” which will be coming out on the Sonic Generals' album quite soon. If anyone in Masters is involved with charities relating to homelessness – well, I know producer and music director Alexander Johnston is thinking of making the song available to those charities. The Sonic Generals album “Soul Riders” is crammed packed with outstanding performers, and I myself can't wait to hear the final product. Of course, at the foundation of the Sonic Generals is the stellar powerhouse R&B soul group Mamma Freedom who have been winning over fans in London recently at the Jazz Café and soon to return to play The Windmill in Brixton on 19 Sep. And their acoustic album “Altered State” will be out in August, and features several of the top tracks off their “Voodoo Suite Sessions” which is out on iTunes with the full R&B Soul treatment. But JV Johnston, the lead singer, has got a great – really great - jazzy, soulful voice, so with just acoustic I think this album will be a really cool, smooth mood-maker. Now getting back to Masters Swimming. How come I didn't show in the Top Tens and all that stuff swimming Masters-wise? Well mostly cos if you ain't French, the French are NOT going to inform anyone outside France of whatever you do. More blogs coming now. Cos it's time to Do ! LET'S GET TO #1 IN THE WORLD!! CURRENTLY #1 UK and #5 WORLD!!!My Mates in Mamma Freedom with their new album “Voodoo Suite Sessions” iTunes – Top Ten World on ReverbNation and going to Number .... ONE !!!!
C'mon, folks, go to their ReverbNation list of FREE songs and give them a (full – to the end) play. Mamma Freedom are currently #5 in the World and #1in the UK !! We want them in their rightful first place i.e. Number ONE – WORLD, and you can help by giving any one of their songs a Full Listen (they only count, statistics-wise, if you listen right to the end). I think you'll want to hear more, but it would really help and I am sure the Mamma Freedom boys would love you for it. AND here is the link to their ReverbNation stuff: http://www.reverbnation.com/mammafreedom For me “Done and Dusted”, “Things I've Learned So Far” and “This is the Time” are favourites, oh and “Revolver” and I ain't talking guns .... but these guys are good, you choose. Appreciate it … Now, also big news for the Sonic Generals. Work and recording has begun in earnest for the debut album “Soul Riders” so I hope you can give us a “Like” on Facebook and check out the new pics from inside the studio. But, for the moment, please DO give the Mamma Freedom boys a listen – FREE, remember, and they are honkingly good musicians !! Thanks, Talk Soon … Sonic Generals Facebook page is: http://www.facebook.com/thesonicgenerals My Friends from Manchester, UK have released their long awaited funk/rock/blues/soul album and my suggestion is to give it a thorough listen, cos they are outstanding. A fabulous band about to get very famous !!!
Now Number One in Reverbnation UK Soul R&B charts and breaking BIG !!!! Become a “friend” on Facebook – tell 'em I sent you. YES ... they DO know me. Here's the info: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/voodoo-suite-sessions-vol./id929288842 And whilst I'm here, I'll mention my own little video. This one seemed to be good enough for Sir Paul McCartney and his Meat Free Monday YouTube Channel. It's available on their Favourites playlist. Masters Swimmers USA and Worldwide!
My Swim Video is, to use a song title, “Done and Dusted” - which happens to be a track from Mamma Freedom's upcoming new album: "The Voodoo Suite Sessions - Vol. 1". Release info is, I believe, just days away. Anyway, I wanted to ask that you give their Facebook page a “Like” and this video is by way of my “thank you” to those who do, or have already done so. It was really hard for me swimming in that 30ºC water, with the 31ºC degree weather and glorious sunshine, but I braved it to do this, and I hope there are some points of interest for Masters and swimmers at all levels. Anyway here's the video: Actually Swimming OK, here we go – almost show-time for the release of Mamma Freedom's Voodoo Suite album AND I am going to make you an offer you can't refuse.
If you go and “Like” the Mamma Freedom's page on Facebook, I will reciprocate by posting a link to a Private YouTube Video of myself in the pool ... and a small “concept” piece with regards to Masters competition. And if you're Simon Cowell or some big music industry pro, I will advise (privately via e-mail) how to get rid of that gut you are trying to ignore or hide. Yes I DO know how; and in the video you can check out whether I'm rubbish or not. So c'mon, “Like” Mamma Freedom on Facebook – I mean, what's the downside? This is a fabulously talented band of true musicians and their sound is outstanding!!! I think they've got tracks on their Facebook page you can listen to ... so c'mon, people – it's just a click; and then you get to see if I'm all talk, or not, in the pool. And I should also say I, myself, have “Kyle Harrison: Movie Star” on Kindle books on a Countdown Deal on Amazon's US site – 99 cents, for goodness' sake, what does it take? I'd give you a link but from past experience I note apathy abounds and scepticism continues ... until, of course, I am nominated for a Booker and then life changes – yeah, it's all perception and PR. OK, OK, I relent … here's the link: http://amzn.com/B00KQTFT But do give Mamma Freedom a Like – this is a band beyond your current pop experience and, eventually, talent and ability SHOULD be rewarded. Rant over … but if you want to see me in the pool on 14 September, please “Like” these guys on Facebook. Yes I did intend,
and things did forfend, but not to offend in the end, I must tell all Twas the tumbling of my wife that has thrown in so much strife In short, she broke her leg. So you can guess Who is now doing some of the myriad things she was taking care of … Yes, you guessed it … no-one. I'm not THAT good or capable. However I digress (God, got it right his time … well you can only use a joke so many times, right?) So, again … maybe on a second use of “so” thusly I should just put “so, so” as shorthand to say I know I'm overusing “so”. Anyway, anyway … (there's another). Here is my post to Blog today and it is a simple tune with a profound issue at the core of the composition. Any hugely famous, mega-successful artists out there who want to add their voice on in the ensuing instrumental verses …. go for it and send me the MP3s so I can post. Looking forward to hearing: Bonnie Raitt, Norah Jones, Keith Richards, Zucchero and, in the world of complete fantasy, Mr Bob Dylan. Gotta be some big time muso producer types out there … and yes I am supposed to be “flat voiced” here. This is not Oklahoma. Here's the link … it's over on my Facebook page … and would it kill you to give it a “Like” ??? To all my U.S friends and fellow USMS members:
Tomorrow being the 4th of July, I have my kindle e-book “Kyle Harrison: Movie Star” on sale at $1.99. The “blurb” says it's 67 pages or such but that really isn't quite true. For example, before I put my “Riding a Strong Wind” into paperback format, they said it was 137 pages on Kindle. Well now the paperback is out and I'm holding 210 pages in my hands. So you can almost double Kindle's count. Anyway, it's not a big deal. The action is almost all Hollywood. In fact, so much so, you'd almost think I'd actually been there and been on a movie set ….. Would love to hear from anyone as to whether you're at all interested in the idea I had of videoing my “Stopwatch sprints workout”. I mean c'mon feed me back some encouragement here … that water is cold. Well actually it's around 31ºC but I like it Warm !!! Happy Fourth !! So I was thinking, and wondering, and I was wondering How.
How could I get a bit more interest in getting fitter? How could I re-ignite a smidgen of the interest I had as a younger (just a little) competitor, and I came up with this Brilliant idea: to use the Stopwatch!!! Now probably, all you club swimmers have pace-clocks and coaches who time you on the occasional sprint in workouts. They (the coaches) probably also give you that invaluable bit of instruction when you're in a race; you know the bit where they walk alongside you, busting your gut there in the pool, and shout from their deck-side position the breakthrough concept, “Up, UP!!” Bet you'd have never thought of that yourself, would you?? Anyway I digest ... no, I who have no-one ... no I ... I who have nothing … oh hang on, I'm off on a tangential frivolity. Anyway (again) getting back to the Brilliant Stopwatch Diet or Training or whatever, I'm going to see if doing less but timing it, will work. So here's the plan – Rather than swimming endlessly up and down and being bored out of my skull, I'm going to swim pretty much Just Sprints, apart from a little warm up, loosen up and all that usual jazz. And I'm going to video it, Right here in River City … well actually Not right here in River City, but here at a small private pool, that I am allowed to use. So maybe it will work and maybe not. But I will explain very briefly the concept when I do the video. Will probably film it in mid-July, cos I like the water to be warm, and the weather to be warm and your welcome to be warm and … now I've run out of things to be warm .... Tomorrow the East End Film Festival starts in London, England. And who is in the short list of 6 soundtracks for “Best Soundtrack” …. well it's the Sonic Generals … and who is in the Sonic Generals ???
Oh c'mon you can get the names from their Facebook page but included in the line-up 'tis one Robertson Tait ! Now I must confess that on the particular track used in the movie “Hackney's Finest” (a gritty tale) I was not involved. However, Ashleigh Eymann and Ishkan-Adrian Cree did a knockout, stompingly good job. Anyway, the festival starts tomorrow and it will be quite a big deal. It goes for two weeks, I think, and there are some heavy names from the movie biz involved. Now book-wise, my “Kyle Harrison: Movie Star” has started out quite brightly on Amazon, but I always can use all the help I can get. So if you like dryish humour and a bit of romance-laced action, Kyle might be your cup of tea. The book is only on Amazon Kindle (for now) and it is longer than their estimated 67 pages. Y'know, my “Riding a Strong Wind” they had estimated as 136 pages or so and the paperback proof version I am looking at is 210 pages …. So you can see the relationship to reality. And before I leave that subject, I will say that it would help greatly if I could get some reviews on “Kyle” as it changes everything profile-wise on Amazon. Swimming I have re-started, God is that a pain. I guess when you've been doing something for a long time it does eventually get a tad tedious. I mean, for me, and I'm sure most other competitive swimmers, there is no “go relax round a pool” or “just laze about in the pool”. Can't be done ...wouldn't know what to do. If it's a pool, it's for swimming laps in, and if I'm swimming laps, then I have to do some legs-only, arms only, sprints, etc. etc. So being thus compelled, it is a pain in that I have to work when I get in there, and being vaingloriously lazy, 'tis tedious. And then, of course, the recognition that one is slower than one wishes starts the whole “try harder” thing and before you know it, we're dissatisfied and planning on upping the intensity and the distance. Obsessive I call it, but it never returns my calls, so I just shrug. “Kyle Harrison” is suitable for eighteens on up, and there is no graphic material or course language; it's a light, humorous, read with a touch of romance. I don't “pad” my writing or try to stretch it out to fill pages, so I hope and believe that the story moves along in a style compatible with the main character's personality, a charismatic young Scottish actor making his mark in Hollywood. |
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