Late last year I recorded a session with the lovely people at STUDIO 113 in Coventry. Here is the video of the session…
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Happy New Year! I hope you had a lovely new years eve and that the beginning of year has started well for you. As a new year gift here is a FREE download of my cover ‘You’ve Got the Love’. I hope you like it… As 2011 comes towards an end my music has been picking up some little awards. THIS IS A POPSCENE have awarded my Whole Picture EP their ‘EP of the Year’ which I am very excited about. I recorded a little thank you message for them… This is a Popscene described the EP: “Like a Jack Johnson/Noah & The Whale/Louis Theroux hybrid, packaging (of the EP) delivers in the style stakes the CD exceeds all expectations in terms of substance. This charming collection of well crafted radio friendly songs is certainly ready for the mainstream.” Thanks alot guys! 957 PLAY FM in Indonesian have put my song Whole Picture as the number 48 in their top 100 songs of 2011 which is just above Snow Patrol… As my Christmas gift to you I have a recorded a little video of my version of Silent Night to accompany with my FREE Christmas songs. I hope you like it… Remember you can download all the song below for FREE, just click on the download button. Happy Christmas one and all…
The lovely people at ALT SOUNDS have written a big feature about my music and the creative things I do. They even describe me as a “creative, interactive genius” which is very flattering! You can read the feature HERE. This is photo which was taken by Rob from REDWOOD PHOTOGRAPHY at last week’s house show gig. I will post a blog all about the gig very soon…
A couple of weeks ago I popped into BBC Coventry and Warwickshire to talk to Hannah Tobin from the Introducing team. The interview was aired last night and you can listen on IPlayer HERE. The first part of the interview is 10 minutes in to the show and the second part of 47 minutes in. Beyond the Flags and Left to Hide both got played on the show. I shall add the interview on to Soundcloud soon! A few weeks ago I filmed this video in my back garden with my friend Kathy Normington. She makes videos and films under the name JUST KISS MY FROG. We had great fun making the video and I hope you like it. I have recorded three special Christmas covers for you to download for FREE. I have rerecorded Silent Night and White Christmas which I released last year and this year I have also recorded Jingle Bells. I do hope you like them. Please share them with your friends. I have also added a number of live dates in December on my LIVE GIGS page as well as some some lovely dates in the new year. I will be playing at Warwick Arts Centre in February with the brilliant Chris Tye and at Ditch the TV in March with Paper Aeroplanes. Finally ALT SOUNDS have recently written some very kind words about my ‘Whole Picture EP. Read the review HERE As you know last month I asked you about remixing my music. Well I have had some amazing remixes shared with me and 6 of these will be released in January with a remix of ‘Something Worth Keeping’ being a single. I would like your help to make the video. The song is a lot about things that are precious and worth keeping and so if you have photos or video footage that you are happy for me to use in the video that please email them to me at mr[dot]stylusboy[at]gmail[dot]com . I really love ‘retro’ style photography and film and slightly abstract images. These images could be objects, places or even people but please only send me image you are happy for me to share with everyone. You will be given a ‘thank you’ at the end of the video. I am very excited about this project!
My cover of Duke Special’s ‘Slip of a Girl’ has been really enjoyed by lots of people and so here it is to download. Please share it… A couple of a days ago I played a very special house show where I performed a cover of Duke Special’s Slip of a Girl by special request. Here is a live video of the song: Read the blog post all about the gig HERE
The lovely people at Glasgow PodcArt have written a great review of ‘Whole Picture EP’. They say: “The EP opens with the title track ‘Whole Picture‘ and immediately you’re struck by the wholly positive energy the high-tempo brings. The drums skip along nicely, alongside a great acoustic guitar. Supporting the whole sound is a really good bass guitar. Vocally it’s pretty special too where Jones’ voice is instantly likable and with the addition of Rachel Grisedale’s accompanying vocals, the sound takes on a warm, rich feel. It’s a really impressive, upbeat and positive opening.” Read the full review HERE.
I thought it would be really interesting to ask people to remix all the songs from ‘Whole Picture EP’ so this is what I am doing. I have been in touch with several people who are already busy on remixes which is very exciting. I thought I would also offer anyone else who would like a go the individual tracks (stems) to Whole Picture. You can download my vocal, Rachel’s vocal and my guitar via my DROPBOX (VOCAL STEM, VOCAL 2 STEM, GUITAR STEM) (click on the links). Here is the original version: If you haven’t got a Dropbox account it only takes a few minutes and is a useful thing to have anyway! If you do want the stems and have any problems please do just get in touch. If you make a remix please share it with me privately via Dropbox, Soundcloud or any other site. I would love to hear what you can create. I will pick three remixes of Whole Picture to be released. The deadline for your remixes is November 5th (just in time for Bonfire night!). Happy remixing and I can’t wait to see what you can create! American music website, TheMusicwelove.net have recently interviewed Stylusboy. You can read the in depth interview on their website and find out all about how Stylusboy writes songs, the music that has influenced him and his future plans.
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