Hello again!
Here's a quickie to let you know that just in case for some reason you can't access Grooveshark, AEGRE is adding Singularly Superb to the mad_vicar SkyDrive for listening or free download. So do visit the SkyDrive, particularly if you wish to download the tracks for listening later on a music player, or in the car, or on your computer. You Decide!! Enjoy!
Love,
mv
PS: Remember, you can access the mad_vicar SkyDrive via the www.madvicar.co.uk website, just click on the SkyDrive link.
Thursday, 24 November 2011
FREE 10th anniversary giveaway! Singularly Superb available for listening at Grooveshark!
Hello again all mv fans!
More free music! Yes! Grooveshark!
This is the situation. Between us, AEGRE and myself have discussed the mad_vicar 2011 tenth anniversary, and whilst a special boxed set with all the albums, but additionally, tons of other interesting bits and pieces (some deleted singles, collaborations, unfinished tracks, different versions of popular mv songs, that sort of thing) is on the cards - probably around Chrimble or the New Year - we wanted to do something nice in the meantime. And so the album "Singularly Superb" came about.
Singularly Superb is a collection of singles, B sides, and unreleased tracks that Dex (representing AEGRE) and I put together from the mv archives. Just for the record, I realise that earlier this year it seemed that AEGRE and I were falling out and at loggerheads. Over the last couple of months, all the gripes and worries have been ironed out, and AEGRE, Dex, and I are now of one mind and I am very happy to be associated with AEGRE. I'm getting off topic (again!) but I wanted to set the record straight about that. We are now Shiny Happy People again!
Back to Singularly Superb. The album title was suggested by Dex, and I am all blushing and tearful about it - I am usually quite modest, but that title makes me feel a bit proud! Superb eh?
So it works like this: We are currently uploading the whole thing to Grooveshark so that anyone who fancies a listen can go there and enjoy it for FREE! Just trundle over to www.grooveshark.com and search for mad_vicar, and you're set! There are 14 tracks - yes 14! count them! - for your delictation, and some of them are really long, much longer than the album versions, or remixed and fiddled about with, so enjoy!
Something I would like to point out is the final track: "The Winds of Karachai", for those who haven't heard it yet. It's supposed to be part of the track listing for mad_vicar VIII, somewhere in the middle! It's around 12 minutes long, and all the way through, if you look for it, you can hear double-tracked wind blowing. The wind is different in both left and right speakers, and fades in and out depending on what's going on with the music. Rather like the "Liquidators" album, you can hear mv himself "narrating" the track. This narration is important because (again, like "Liquidators") it explains everything. Yes, the vocals have been mucked about with, what else would you expect from a mad_vicar track?! So whilst it IS my voice, it has gone through some interesting processing to boost it and give a bit more oomph - and a bit of reverb, which as die-hard mv followers will know, I really enjoy. So summing up "Karachai" is a simple song in it's makeup, but the message is the thing. Again!
And to properly sum up, I would advise those who enjoy my music to listen to "Karachai" with an open mind, hear the explanation/narration, and understand what I am trying to achieve. My biggest piece of luck regarding my music is that the die-hard mad_vicar followers are very intelligent and excited by what I produce - at least, according to an AEGRE survey! I think this is a wonderful thing, and whilst I am always very thankful for, and grateful to, the people who listen to my music and then get in touch to tell me how much they enjoyed it. It is a very humbling thing to get an email from someone out there in the world saying "great stuff" or "liked that a lot". I ALWAYS welcome feedback and am very interested in how the listeners felt about it. DO PLEASE send comments to the blog, or via email, and I WILL get back to you.
Wandered a bit off topic there! The point is, AEGRE and I are offering "Singularly Superb" to you, the great listening public, for nothing, free, bugger all, gratis. Consider it a thank you for listening to my stuff for the last ten years. Or just a load of tunes to enjoy. Or whatever.
That location again: www.grooveshark.com and search for "mad_vicar". Get yer ears on!
All my love to all of you out there,
mv
A BIG PS: Please enjoy the new music, but remember that that perennial favourite "Porn for the Ears", which is Track 4 on "Singularly Superb" contains a great deal of rude lyrics. Don't play it to kids, grannies, or out your bedroom window first thing on a Sunday morning. Other than that, I remain really proud of it, and for some reason the live crowds bloody love it! Take care y'all, and I hope to have more news soon.
More free music! Yes! Grooveshark!
This is the situation. Between us, AEGRE and myself have discussed the mad_vicar 2011 tenth anniversary, and whilst a special boxed set with all the albums, but additionally, tons of other interesting bits and pieces (some deleted singles, collaborations, unfinished tracks, different versions of popular mv songs, that sort of thing) is on the cards - probably around Chrimble or the New Year - we wanted to do something nice in the meantime. And so the album "Singularly Superb" came about.
Singularly Superb is a collection of singles, B sides, and unreleased tracks that Dex (representing AEGRE) and I put together from the mv archives. Just for the record, I realise that earlier this year it seemed that AEGRE and I were falling out and at loggerheads. Over the last couple of months, all the gripes and worries have been ironed out, and AEGRE, Dex, and I are now of one mind and I am very happy to be associated with AEGRE. I'm getting off topic (again!) but I wanted to set the record straight about that. We are now Shiny Happy People again!
Back to Singularly Superb. The album title was suggested by Dex, and I am all blushing and tearful about it - I am usually quite modest, but that title makes me feel a bit proud! Superb eh?
So it works like this: We are currently uploading the whole thing to Grooveshark so that anyone who fancies a listen can go there and enjoy it for FREE! Just trundle over to www.grooveshark.com and search for mad_vicar, and you're set! There are 14 tracks - yes 14! count them! - for your delictation, and some of them are really long, much longer than the album versions, or remixed and fiddled about with, so enjoy!
Something I would like to point out is the final track: "The Winds of Karachai", for those who haven't heard it yet. It's supposed to be part of the track listing for mad_vicar VIII, somewhere in the middle! It's around 12 minutes long, and all the way through, if you look for it, you can hear double-tracked wind blowing. The wind is different in both left and right speakers, and fades in and out depending on what's going on with the music. Rather like the "Liquidators" album, you can hear mv himself "narrating" the track. This narration is important because (again, like "Liquidators") it explains everything. Yes, the vocals have been mucked about with, what else would you expect from a mad_vicar track?! So whilst it IS my voice, it has gone through some interesting processing to boost it and give a bit more oomph - and a bit of reverb, which as die-hard mv followers will know, I really enjoy. So summing up "Karachai" is a simple song in it's makeup, but the message is the thing. Again!
And to properly sum up, I would advise those who enjoy my music to listen to "Karachai" with an open mind, hear the explanation/narration, and understand what I am trying to achieve. My biggest piece of luck regarding my music is that the die-hard mad_vicar followers are very intelligent and excited by what I produce - at least, according to an AEGRE survey! I think this is a wonderful thing, and whilst I am always very thankful for, and grateful to, the people who listen to my music and then get in touch to tell me how much they enjoyed it. It is a very humbling thing to get an email from someone out there in the world saying "great stuff" or "liked that a lot". I ALWAYS welcome feedback and am very interested in how the listeners felt about it. DO PLEASE send comments to the blog, or via email, and I WILL get back to you.
Wandered a bit off topic there! The point is, AEGRE and I are offering "Singularly Superb" to you, the great listening public, for nothing, free, bugger all, gratis. Consider it a thank you for listening to my stuff for the last ten years. Or just a load of tunes to enjoy. Or whatever.
That location again: www.grooveshark.com and search for "mad_vicar". Get yer ears on!
All my love to all of you out there,
mv
A BIG PS: Please enjoy the new music, but remember that that perennial favourite "Porn for the Ears", which is Track 4 on "Singularly Superb" contains a great deal of rude lyrics. Don't play it to kids, grannies, or out your bedroom window first thing on a Sunday morning. Other than that, I remain really proud of it, and for some reason the live crowds bloody love it! Take care y'all, and I hope to have more news soon.
Get along to Grooveshark to hear mad_vicar 7 in all it's glory!
Hello again all mv fans!
Here is a little status report. Firstly, for those who partake of Grooveshark (www.grooveshark.com), you can find a complete version of the "7" album if you search for mad_vicar. I thought it would be nice to release it via a different outlet this time. I am hoping to upload the album to YouTube soon too, but this will involve making a "board" or "test card" type visual to make a sham video, just so I get the music uploaded quickly. It's a bit fiddly, and right now I can't call upon the collective that created the excellent videos for "Liquidators" as they are swamped with "other projects". I will explore other ways to get "7" to as many FREE outlets as possible. For the moment though, Grooveshark has the whole album and I would advise anyone who fancies a listen to mosey over that direction.
With all the love in the world, this is mad_vicar, signing off for now.
mv
Here is a little status report. Firstly, for those who partake of Grooveshark (www.grooveshark.com), you can find a complete version of the "7" album if you search for mad_vicar. I thought it would be nice to release it via a different outlet this time. I am hoping to upload the album to YouTube soon too, but this will involve making a "board" or "test card" type visual to make a sham video, just so I get the music uploaded quickly. It's a bit fiddly, and right now I can't call upon the collective that created the excellent videos for "Liquidators" as they are swamped with "other projects". I will explore other ways to get "7" to as many FREE outlets as possible. For the moment though, Grooveshark has the whole album and I would advise anyone who fancies a listen to mosey over that direction.
With all the love in the world, this is mad_vicar, signing off for now.
mv
Another scotched rumour, this time about Flotation Toy Warning!
Hello all mv fans everywhere! Whilst I am very happy that rumours abound about a collaboration with Floatation Toy Warning, I have to scotch them right here. I think the word got out because I am listening to FTW at the moment, quite a lot - in fact, FTW and mc chris are high up on the playlist right now. These rumours that get about regarding me and other cool bands are quite nice and I take them as a wonderful compliment! I don't know how they get started, but so often these days I find my main bloggy messages are scotching rumours about collaborations. Weird, but nice. So that's that bit. I shall post another in a minute about what I am really in fact actually really in real life doing. Back in a mo.
mv
mv
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
My 10th anniversary - things are a-happening!!
Hello all mv fans,
We are planning some big things for my (can you believe it?) TENTH anniversary. AEGRE is looking towards creating a boxed set of all my recordings, including unreleased and unfinished or remixed tracks. Keep watching the blog as we get ready. Nobody has mentioned a party yet though :-( Maybe Transnistria will surprise me with something?
Love yers,
mv
We are planning some big things for my (can you believe it?) TENTH anniversary. AEGRE is looking towards creating a boxed set of all my recordings, including unreleased and unfinished or remixed tracks. Keep watching the blog as we get ready. Nobody has mentioned a party yet though :-( Maybe Transnistria will surprise me with something?
Love yers,
mv
Keep Watching for New mad_vicar updates!
Hello,
It's Dex here, just to let you know that some incredible new things will be happening soon regarding mad_vicar, our favourite (and yours!) AEGRE artist. Soon... soon...
Dex.
Friday, 14 January 2011
A Short mad_vicar Holiday
Hello All mv fans!!
As you might have heard, mad_vicar is taking a short break from the studio. I think he was working on too many projects at once and this has resulted in some temporary creative "burn out". AEGRE is looking at lining up some live dates for him to play when he has recharged his batteries a little. Transnistria is probably on the schedule, as he has many friends and fans there, and is always happy playing as many live dates as he can fit in.
The discussions over a ten-year commemorative box-set continue between mad_vicar and AEGRE. As do the talks about the future of mvVIII, which may or may not see the light of day. Eight albums over ten years, along with all the singles and live appearances is a pretty heavy catalogue of work to leave to the world after retiring. We at AEGRE are happy to support whatever works best.
mvVIII is a great album in concept but might be too ambitious to achieve in the time frame available, and with 7 being slated for release soon, is unnecessary pre-retirement. We will keep you informed of course should there be any developments.
Also, watch out for the live dates.
Bye for now!
Dex.
As you might have heard, mad_vicar is taking a short break from the studio. I think he was working on too many projects at once and this has resulted in some temporary creative "burn out". AEGRE is looking at lining up some live dates for him to play when he has recharged his batteries a little. Transnistria is probably on the schedule, as he has many friends and fans there, and is always happy playing as many live dates as he can fit in.
The discussions over a ten-year commemorative box-set continue between mad_vicar and AEGRE. As do the talks about the future of mvVIII, which may or may not see the light of day. Eight albums over ten years, along with all the singles and live appearances is a pretty heavy catalogue of work to leave to the world after retiring. We at AEGRE are happy to support whatever works best.
mvVIII is a great album in concept but might be too ambitious to achieve in the time frame available, and with 7 being slated for release soon, is unnecessary pre-retirement. We will keep you informed of course should there be any developments.
Also, watch out for the live dates.
Bye for now!
Dex.
Trouble at Mill...
Hello mv followers - all one of you,
A disaster has occurred at the Marsfeldenstrasse Studios, which has affected all projects going on there. Somehow, the main computer at the facility, Bowman, has completely broken down. We thought it was the power supply unit, and replaced it was a costly new model, only for the thing to break down again. This means everything has ground to a halt - even putting the work on the ten year retrospective in jeopardy - and for the first time ever, the lights have been darkened for more than three consecutive days.
I know that Dex will try and put some positive spin on this later on because:
a) he has to, that's his job
b) he is supplied by AEGRE to do this
c) my association with AEGRE is still in effect, and will be for a few more months
Personally, I am getting fed up with non-assistance from certain quarters. I mean, on the one hand, it's good to get out of the studios for a bit, see some real daylight, and rest up. However, I am right in the middle of things at the moment and is not when I would have chosen for an impromptu holiday! I mean to say, it's fine for certain organisations to be your main cheerleaders when things are going well, then as soon as there is a problem, they don't offer any support at all. This is the sort of thing that really gets my goat you know?
Perhaps I should offer to GIVE AWAY the big Retrospective box set? I wonder if this might stir things up a bit? Considering all I really need to carry on with what I'm doing is a relatively powerful new PC. As always, I have never cared about technical points such as "revenue streams" and "profit margins". Producing, say, a couple of hundred Retrospectives, numbering them, and giving them out to friends and supporters who have been around since those heady days of Summer 2001, would make me just as happy as producing thousands of them for general sale. I'm sorry, but I honestly have never been in it for the money *unlike Supergrass :-) * and I don't care if Retrospective makes dollar one. Furthermore, and tantalisingly, new tracks were being created on the old PC - but on a separate hard drive inside, one kept solely for data. I have this hard drive, all safe and sound. I hope we all know what that means. Either way, genuine fans will get to hear them at some point, although who can say what label these tracks might end up on?
Other than that, I am not going to stay idle in the meantime. A local group has sent me a demo! How exciting! I think that they are looking for a producer and studio facilities. A preliminary listen shows that they have some promise, and need really just a bit of polish. But still, very exciting for me! I shall keep you up to date on this situation.
Also, I have been asked back to the PMR/Transnistria again. Other dates played there in the past have been proper scorchers, and so it looks like I am unexpectedly free to take up the invitation. More on this soon too.
That's more or less all my news for now. I've been listening alternately to The Who Live at Leeds, and the Sex Pistols box set, on the music player of late. Pretty diverse choices, although they are linked by the track "Substitute" which The Who wrote and released in the 60s, and the Sex Pistols did their own rather splendid version in the 70s. A connection of sorts.
Speaks to you all soon!
Take care y'all,
mv
A disaster has occurred at the Marsfeldenstrasse Studios, which has affected all projects going on there. Somehow, the main computer at the facility, Bowman, has completely broken down. We thought it was the power supply unit, and replaced it was a costly new model, only for the thing to break down again. This means everything has ground to a halt - even putting the work on the ten year retrospective in jeopardy - and for the first time ever, the lights have been darkened for more than three consecutive days.
I know that Dex will try and put some positive spin on this later on because:
a) he has to, that's his job
b) he is supplied by AEGRE to do this
c) my association with AEGRE is still in effect, and will be for a few more months
Personally, I am getting fed up with non-assistance from certain quarters. I mean, on the one hand, it's good to get out of the studios for a bit, see some real daylight, and rest up. However, I am right in the middle of things at the moment and is not when I would have chosen for an impromptu holiday! I mean to say, it's fine for certain organisations to be your main cheerleaders when things are going well, then as soon as there is a problem, they don't offer any support at all. This is the sort of thing that really gets my goat you know?
Perhaps I should offer to GIVE AWAY the big Retrospective box set? I wonder if this might stir things up a bit? Considering all I really need to carry on with what I'm doing is a relatively powerful new PC. As always, I have never cared about technical points such as "revenue streams" and "profit margins". Producing, say, a couple of hundred Retrospectives, numbering them, and giving them out to friends and supporters who have been around since those heady days of Summer 2001, would make me just as happy as producing thousands of them for general sale. I'm sorry, but I honestly have never been in it for the money *unlike Supergrass :-) * and I don't care if Retrospective makes dollar one. Furthermore, and tantalisingly, new tracks were being created on the old PC - but on a separate hard drive inside, one kept solely for data. I have this hard drive, all safe and sound. I hope we all know what that means. Either way, genuine fans will get to hear them at some point, although who can say what label these tracks might end up on?
Other than that, I am not going to stay idle in the meantime. A local group has sent me a demo! How exciting! I think that they are looking for a producer and studio facilities. A preliminary listen shows that they have some promise, and need really just a bit of polish. But still, very exciting for me! I shall keep you up to date on this situation.
Also, I have been asked back to the PMR/Transnistria again. Other dates played there in the past have been proper scorchers, and so it looks like I am unexpectedly free to take up the invitation. More on this soon too.
That's more or less all my news for now. I've been listening alternately to The Who Live at Leeds, and the Sex Pistols box set, on the music player of late. Pretty diverse choices, although they are linked by the track "Substitute" which The Who wrote and released in the 60s, and the Sex Pistols did their own rather splendid version in the 70s. A connection of sorts.
Speaks to you all soon!
Take care y'all,
mv
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