http://www.yourscarecrowband.co.uk/new-music-blog new music and your scarecrow news Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:27:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recently i've been getting into recording my own music. I love going into a studio but its a long process and costs plenty so It's good to be able to record a quick demo and pop it on the site.  So today I'm unveiling our new demo section.  Getting ... http://www.yourscarecrowband.co.uk/new-music-blog/2008/11/how-to-record-your-own-music/ I'm tired of seeing top ten lists full of the standard bands such as the beatles, U2 and Radiohead. What about the  bands out there that actually have a bit of balls. In compiling this list my main criteria has been longevity, innovation and greatsoundingness.  Not the one album ... http://www.yourscarecrowband.co.uk/new-music-blog/2008/10/top-ten-bands-of-all-time-ever/ Another day another music site, this one looks pretty good though .If you're familiar with digg.com and its system of voting getting stories onto the front page then the sixty one will seem like the next step. Its a site where you listen to new music and "bump" up what ... http://www.yourscarecrowband.co.uk/new-music-blog/2008/07/new-music-the-sixty-one/ We’ve signed up to a site called sellaband.com. The premise of it is that a band signs up and uploads some music. Then visitors to the site have a listen and if they like what they hear they become a believer. Once a band has 5000 believers the site gives the ... http://www.yourscarecrowband.co.uk/new-music-blog/2008/06/sellaband/ I’ve got some new music from a couple bands that are on myspace that i’d like to heartily recommend. I’ve mainly found them through friend requests but now and then from other folk. If you’re a fan of Sigur Ros or Mogwai then there’s a good chance you might like ... http://www.yourscarecrowband.co.uk/new-music-blog/2008/06/new-music-ambient/ I went to see Nada Surf in the Garage on Saturday night. This was my third time seeing them and they were absolutely fantastic. I cant recommend this band enough. Big highlight for me was “Killians Red” and “These Bones” which shows that their new music is just as good ... http://www.yourscarecrowband.co.uk/new-music-blog/2008/06/nada-surf-in-glasgow/ If you’ve heard of Nada Surf this is good news. If not, this is good news. They’ve put their superb new album ‘lucky’ on their myspace page. Oh, actually, i’ve just had a look and they’ve taken it off. Bastards. That was a good ploy. They got me hooked ... http://www.yourscarecrowband.co.uk/new-music-blog/2008/06/new-music-from-nada-surf/ Honcho records from Stornoway have just released their latest collection of Western Isles new music called “No Bad Yourself”. It features 26 different bands and artists including ourselves over 2 CD’s. It’s the follow up to previous island collections “How much more black can it be” and “Local man ... http://www.yourscarecrowband.co.uk/new-music-blog/2008/06/no-bad-yourself/ Went to see Mark Kozelek (Red house painters & Sun kil moon) last night in Oran Mor and he was fabulous. I’ve got a red house painters retrospective album which I bought after hearing it being played in Brunswick cellars (pub in Glasgow) on a friday afternoon waiting for my ... http://www.yourscarecrowband.co.uk/new-music-blog/2008/06/mark-kozelek/ I’ve added a new mp3 of the song “Welcome Sight” to our music page. It’s an acoustic version recorded today. I said a while ago that we would be releasing tightly plus another few songs on itunes but these are also now available on our music page to download for ... http://www.yourscarecrowband.co.uk/new-music-blog/2008/06/free-music-download/