Announcements

New Tune Coming Soon!

October 14, 2024

Hello, folksies!

It’s been a “hot minute”, whatever that actually means. Anyway! I’ve got a bit of an update for whoever stumbled across this website. I’ve (finally) been doing some more music stuff. It’s been just over three years since I worked with some legends and made “Funk Right Off (Major C)”, since then I’ve not been doing any projects whatsoever since I decided to up and leave the UK (Grexit). This is a similar format to how I did “Isolate This!” except a bit more effort was put into mixing and mastering, especially from the experience of listening to a lot of cool stuff when I was actually doing Call That Music? I digress…

In an effort to boost traffic to conjure some advertising pennies and pretend like I have a couple of peeps interested in buying some merch (I don’t have any) – I’m going to do some forecasted (not) frequently asked questions.

When will the track be released?

I just told you! The end of the month (hopefully). Maybe when it is confirmed by the publisher that it’s set for release I’ll put it up early on my Bandcamp, so I can get my first-ever sale. I’ve been looking for something to hang up on the wall.

What is this “tune” going to be called?

I had a working title that seemed dramatic but after a good conversation with my dear chum Mark Poulter, I’ve decided to call it “OnlyGrindz” cause it does seem naughty. Great banter, still laughing.

Is this another one of those “jazz” instrumentals again?

Well, it’s a bit more rocky but, er, yes! I have had a lot of fun working with many singers over the years(!!) and I very much intend to for other projects with some lovely musos I’ve come to know over the last year and a bit.

How long have you been working on this?

I started writing this on Saturday, mixed it Sunday and Monday (it is a bank holiday). I think there’s bits of it I’ve been messing with for years trying to make it work. I actually started this because I bit the bullet, purchased a licence for Midi Guitar 2 by Jam Origin and then went down a mad rabbit hole with it. Whilst I was trying to compensate for the ultimate musician’s sin of mixing and mastering yourself by working with Mark, I also upgraded my Sonarworks Reference 4 plugin to something they’re actually supporting and that really benefitted the sound quality (it was way too loud before). So, all in all, not long at all.

Who else features on this?

Me, myself and I. Honestly, this is just a bit of fun. If I even make a single penny from this, I’ll be stunned.

If you’ve made it this far in this post, congratulations – have a biscuit. I’m looking forward to it coming out and not being paid until it hits 1,000 streams on Spotify.

Peace and joy,

Miles

Social Media Update

August 20, 2023

I’m putting this here just in case I need to refer to it in the future because you never know these days…

Following the announcement that X (formerly Twitter) plans to remove the feature to block users, I have made the decision to delete my account. In the, highly unlikely, event an account is created in my name or uses my image does not have my endorsement to do so and more importantly is not me.

Miles

Full Announcement: Isolate This!

August 25, 2020

CAUTION: This article contains NSFW language and an insight which to some may be somewhat unsettling, or may cause instant death upon reading certain parts. Don’t say you haven’t been warned.

WELL! It’s been a fucking long time since I wrote anything here and bloody hell, it won’t disappoint – well maybe you, but I’m getting quite the thrill just starting this. As you may or may not be aware aware on September 18th 2020, my second album – “Isolate This!” will be released worldwide. You’re welcome.

Now this wasn’t meant to happen, yes you read that correctly, because since about this time two years ago (or maybe it was June or July, bugger if I can remember) I began work on a second album. A great deal of work went into it. I even went to Atlanta, USA (if you’re reading this and think “oh here he goes again”, you can go fuck yourself – I digress). However, primarily because of this whole Covid-19 utter wankery and secondarily because of some behind-the-scenes BS that won’t ever be aired for at least 30 years, maybe in an autobiography (perhaps for future cats, literally) – I began work on a new, second album… which is Isolate This!

The album has 8 tracks, yes some of you who got a link off someone who wanted to get stimulated over a bit of gossip may be thinking 8 is a bit short but quite frankly you can’t spell gr8 without 8, so piss off. The whole audible escapade features some truly great moments, from Laurence Henderson’s epic solo on “Back To Business”, Eric Rupert doing some insane shit on “Nothing But Sweet Memories”, Richard Jewer laying down cool grooves on “Have It Your Way” and Sonia D singing brilliantly on a track she co-wrote called “Someday” – all of these tracks and the others on this album are, at least in my opinion, brilliant.

Isolate This! was born from this moment in our history, without sounding too fucking self-absorbed. I am glad that other artists and/or musicians were kind enough to play on it. There are a lot of people who I greatly admire and who inspire me that I would have liked to have had play on the album but I know that this will not be the last, far from it. There is, despite this period, all the time in the world.

I dedicate this album to Mark Poulter, for the years of friendship, encouragement, inspiration and guidance he has given me over many many years not just in terms of guitar playing or music, but in myself as a person as well.

Be great to one another and don’t be a cunt.

Love,

Miles