November 2011
1 post
I love the advice I got from a digital...
Headline: You can have a Top 40 hit without any marketing budget…
It’s simple, do a song that has the same title as other popular songs, people will find you by mistake. Great advice that!
So I can finally reveal the song titles from our forthcoming album. Feed the World
Thriller Candle in the wind Unchained Melody Bohemian Rhapsody Wonderwall Dancing Queen Love Is All Around I Should...
October 2011
2 posts
Erasure - Tomorrow's World, a little review
I was dubious about Frankmusik as the producer, I’d heard of him when it was initially mentioned but I couldn’t name any of his tracks, I went and had a listen to his material but nothing really grabbed me about it. I often wondered what the role of a producer would bring to a project, but that really depends on the producer (obviously). Frankmusik may well produce his own music but...
April 2011
2 posts
iTunes v Spotify an indie artists view.
Thank you Ditto (finally) and thank you Twitter once again for demonstrating customer power works.
I finally now have a comparison between Spotify and iTunes, as a true indie DIY artists any avenue for getting royalties is a godsend. It keeps my NK bank account topped up for buying new toys for the studio and pays to release physical formats.
We added WIRED to Spotify in September 2009, for me...
Fed up with Ditto Music?... Ditto
After months and months of trying to get Ditto Music to give me stats on our release that’s been on Spotify for a few years, I’ve given up. I’ve emailed, called and always get the same response. “Our system is being updated your release will be on there, just give it a few more days”. We may be owed £££’s or nothing at all, but the problem is I have no way of...
January 2011
2 posts
I just love...
Software.
I was recommended Evernote yesterday, after a quick and simple install to the desktop and iPhone/iPad the app was ready and syncing immediately.
For ages I’ve used an App called Yojimbo, this is for general note taking, gathering thoughts, passwords and clippings from the web etc. I got quite excited when they bought a version for the iPad out, but alas no version for iPhone and...
Memory loss
Who else forgets about the various blogs etc that they have? I’d forgotten about tumblr might have to start using again.
September 2010
2 posts
Ping'in ell
So PING sounded great, one of the first headlines I read was “Ping, final nail in the coffin for Myspace” I hate Myspace so couldn’t wait to download iTunes 10 and get cracking.
First of all it didn’t like my photo, a jpg on my desktop. OK so many people wouldn’t necessarily like a picture of me but I’m sure Apple aren’t that biased. No matter what type...
Ping
Wondering if us indie artists will get to control our iTunes artist profiles for Ping, Anyone know?
July 2010
13 posts
Rip it up...
and start again.
Major reworking of Dreams tonight and I’m rather glad I did. A much improved version now exists. Two weeks of persevering has paid off.
It's Magic
Apple went and released the Magic Track Pad today, genuinely this is going to be really useful in the studio simply for using the interface within Logic Pro. I prefer using a track pad rather than a mouse and was once tempted by a Microsoft keyboard with a track pad built it, but clearly came to my senses. Hopefully the Apple store wick have these tomorrow.
and here is the proof…
Hair Straighteners
I happened to mention in a tweet that I use hair straighteners, I have since received some abuse over that. For the record I have wavy hair and they help maintain my haircut. My hairdresser convinced me to buy them (from her). They were quite expensive and are made by GHD . (BTW my friend Mai designed the GHD website).
I do get funny looks when I use them in the gym, the last guy to say something...
Massage
Just off for a Swedish deep tissue massage, expecting pain. I wrenched my back on the treadmill after my iPhone flew off whilst running.
Infest Schedule →
Master Chef
Nice to see Richard Farleigh (ex Dragon) on Master Chef later. I was on a cooking course at Rick Steins with him, spent most of the day trying to think of a killer business idea. I bet he cooks fish.
iPhone Case
Having nearly smashed my lovely new iPhone on the treadmill the other day I’ve been looking for a robust yet well designed/styled case. Elementment Case seem to have such a thing. Only available as pre-order for now but I must say they look rather nice and sturdy. Links:
Wedding Bells
For the third time in my life I’m researching wedding services… This time for a design project
Filemaker for iPad / iPhone →
I’ve used and developed Filemaker solutions for about 20 years. Un.titled’s CRM and accounts system has evolved over the last few years. We actually purchased a design company management solution a few years ago called Traffic which was also based in Filemaker. After a few months of using it I decided it was probably easier to develop something that fit around our business rather than...
Personal Blog
Rather than cluttering the NK blog with randomness I thought I’d set this personal one up. Tumblr seems pretty cool