Tuesday, November 05, 2013

Corporate takeover?

OK, so this place is going to be a bit more advertis-ey and a bit more promo-ey and a bit less whine-ey and moan-ey over the next short while...This is because the new album is out and people are generally being nice about it - though I did get accused of McCartney style whimsy by one reviewer - Hurray!  Re-evaluation of Ram anyone?  I have a daughter and I wrote the first track 'Brand New Day' as a lullaby for her when she was tiny - so a slightly whimsical lullaby?  Who ever would have thought...Shouldn't be too sensitive mind, what with me promising to hang bus company owners from lamp posts and whatnot in perevious posts... 

I may try to get some new reviews up on the er, reviews page soon...quotes anyway.

People have been buying the album via Bandcamp which is good as the money goes straight into the 'doing more of this stuff'/ guitar strings don't buy themselves you know' fund...

Oh and I don't think I have proper links to the videos on here so here's one...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5tgWBGa3zQ

So...please pass stuff around so I can get more comments advertising enlargements from spammers in the Congo...though real comments are OK too...

Saturday, November 02, 2013

Smell The Blood is here!

Well...HRH, Doctor Who and assorted ex Spice girls are booked, the Very Big Bottle of Champagne is on ice, the cake is decorated, the ribbon is ready for cutting, the plunger is ready to be plunged, the charges are set, the doping tests are all positive and er, the turkey is in the oven...so everything is ready to launch the good ship THE NEW JOHN PARKES ALBUM.

So, finally, after years of adding bits and polishing bats (it spills their fruit by the way, the fruit ones anyway...) and getting a man in and filling in forms on databases and rehearsing and playing and recording and generally A LOT OF STUFF!...

We are pleased to announce that The ‘Bleeding Edge / Distant Past’ album is out of the box / the traps / the gates and begins sliding down the slipway and entering your oceanic heart with top tunes and lyrics and ooh, you know, music stuff...On Monday.  Or now really...(sorry those people queing at what are left of the record shops at midnight...)

Any road...best place to find it is probably bandcamp -    http://johnparkes.bandcamp.com where you can buy the CD or download – all very easy via Paypal – you can also give it a listen there too.

You can also check out a couple of videos...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diiAu_tcORE for the video for ‘A Strange Affair’ and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5tgWBGa3zQ for the video for ‘What To Do (One True Love)’
 
'Enjoy' as they say - but it's not about enjoyment is it?  Nor is it art!
 
Anyway, you'd be very welcome to buy the album...