Posted 22nd August 2009
Hello all, It seems like a very long time since I last updated my blog yet I think it's been about 2 months. I've pretty much never stopped working during this period and so apologies about the lack of blogs.
It's a bit ironic really as when I did have time to blog every day/week it was when I didn't really have anything to tell you, now that I have 101 things to tell you about upcoming albums/singles/websites I'm somehow not finding the time. I guess it's like homework, you let it pile up and then it becomes too much to handle so you avoid it! 
Really exciting news now though, my debut album "Ambients" has a final release date. Ambients will be made available digitally (iTunes/Amazon etc) on 31st of October 2009. Halloween! You can view the final cover artwork to the side there.
Please note that the CD copy mentioned below may not be available to purchase if we get too many press requests (ie: we run out of CDs) but if you can comment on this journal/message me to tell me that you'd like a CD copy then I'll gauge the demand and try and get more printed.
Somehow being able to have something as freakin' awesome as a Halloween release date makes me kinda glad there's been so many setbacks/distractions over the last couple of months. I admit though that 90% of those setbacks have been my fault as, following Ghostsmut's amazing work on mastering the album in Edinburgh, I still wasn't totally happy with it and it took me like 2 months to pull it off the shelf and finalise the mixes to be (in my mind) perfect.
Obviously because of this upcoming release I've had to shift things around a fair bit, basically the "Chernobyl EP/OST/whatever-it-is-called-now" is on hold yet again, and the next single "Getting Safer" will be released AFTER the album sometime in November.
Still to do...
If you look to the side you'll be able to see what my current To Do list looks like for the upcoming 2 months until Halloween. It's slightly daunting, but as a lot of it is dependant on other people/getting things back etc, I should have a few nice pauses between steps with which to blog/keep in touch.
I was meaning to do a VBlog today but that may have to wait until tomorrow as I have to meet up with an old friend for dinner (I'm having to miss her wedding next month so it's the least I can do!).
Thank you very much to everyone who is following me on Twitter and helping me out, over the last month I've been posting lots of nice tidbits on there such as the "in production" artwork for the album and allowing people to suggest things to help me get it right.
Help me out
Basically releasing this album is a daunting task so I really need help from fellow artists and fans in order to get me through it, if you can do any of the following things for me I would be very appreciative:
1. Help me get the word out. If you know someone who might be interested in my music and the upcoming album/singles, tell them about me, send them a link to the MySpace or the Facebook.
2. Help me get radio play/press coverage. If you're a DJ or music critic and you'd like to be added to the list of press to receive the album for review, get in touch and I'll look into it.
3. Join the Facebook group. If you're on Facebook then please join the group I set up to promote/inform everyone about Ambients, click here to join the Ambients group on Facebook.
4. Follow me on Twitter. I talk a lot about stuff on Twitter as well as posting new song demos/ideas, links to early artwork etc. If you want to know everything that's going on before I can be bothered to write a blog entry, sign up and follow me: http://www.twitter.com/synoiz
Right now that that's over with I've got to get washed and showered for this meal! Hope you're all doing well, Graeme
