Dan Tindall: News and Views

My new EP 'Kill The Machine' is available through Binary Releases - an online digital distribution group currently consisting of an online store for digital downloads and 3 separate record labels - on their Binary Indy label.

Click here to see it for yourself - registration gets you one free track!

More soon!

Kill The Machine EP  by  Dan Tindall
New 4 song EP - preview from SoundCloud - more info later....

Brand new release from S.W. Campbell - 'Some Assembly Required' - a fantastic 5 song EP - visit the Prosity Records website to read more and download for free!

The 'Post-Industrial Polka' LP is now available free from Prosity Records...you can also download it for free from my Purchase Music page.

The Zip file contains 11 songs plus CD cover.

The second release by The Nasty Angels on Prosity Records features some more great songs by vocalist/guitarist Robby Morrow which are in part a combination of wit and informed observation (as if John Cooper Clarke, Billy Bragg and John Lennon all got together and went on a road trip), and part acoustic lo-fi exuberance. How could anyone resist?

Download link
Zip file contains 5 songs plus cover art and original notes


1. Santa Monica

2. Cowboy Drunk

3. Wednesday (in the kitchen)

4. Midnight Cowboy

5. America

Couple of new poems added...on the 'Poetry' page...!

Right now (well, not this very second, obviously, as I am typing these words...) I am recording some new tunes, as well as looking for opportunities for Prosity Records (and new artists, for that matter) - it is good to be busy, but better to be fulfilled...anyway, some new stuff is on the way!

The world is a strange place, full of mystery and wonder, and often given to throwing a spanner in the works...it is also a world full of misery and corruption, and deadly hypocrisy - often this brings us all to a sudden halt, whether we like it or not. Some will say that their god is in judgment, but the gods are not that fickle, nor are they cruel. Humans make their own disasters, and should relish them for what they are...a comedy of the tragic nature of life...

I have re-released the Black Butterfly EP through Prosity Records - Click here to go to the release page - and while you're there check out the fantastic 'Immortality' EP by the Nasty Angels!

Please take some time and visit my latest project Prosity Records - an acoustic netlabel offering free music under Creative Commons terms.

The first release is the fantastic 'Immortality' EP by acoustic duo 'The Nasty Angels' - 5 great songs!

Harrisburg LP
Click the link above to download the 10 song LP 'Harrisburg' - the zip file includes cover art.

If there's one good thing about having this website (actually, there are several, but anyway...) it is that I have my own space on the mighty interweb where I can keep my little musical project (i.e. me and my tunes!) all in one place and not have to worry about the prospect of it changing its format, or limiting me to 2 tunes (and forget about external links!), and then just going bust: or just drifting into oblivion - this happens all the time, usually because independent OMDs try to imitate the business models of the commercial world, instead of looking to new models and new methods. It saddens me, but there you go - everybody wants to be a meaningless celebrity, it seems, forgetting that creativity is the mother of progress, not brainless posturing.

Anyway, on a more cheerful note, one of the benefits of this website is that I can offer music for free, and allow people to download songs and artwork as a zipped file (or simply as single tracks, of course, from the music/download page) - and I have been most surprised and delighted by the number of downloads there have been for 'Blue Skye', especially considering the relatively low key promotion...I hope to offer some more all-at-once downloads, both for new tunes, and for some older material which never really got proper 'release'. Watch this space etc.

There was something else, but it has quite slipped my mind...! :)

Blue Skye EP
You can now download a free 4 song EP 'Blue Skye' in MP3 format using the link above (it's also at the top of the page)

Tracklisting

1. Blue Skye
2. Eye For An Eye
3. You Might Surely Say
4. Rain Come Down

You can preview lots of new tunes on the music page (and lots of older ones too, of course!)

Dan :)

A new song - Acoustic LoFi Folk-tastic!

Two more new songs uploaded - 'Rain Come Down' and 'You Might Surely Say' - in the player, and on the music page...

Added a new tune - 'Eye For An Eye' - it's in the music player and at the top of the music page.

Man, guitar, harmonica - just some acoustic LoFi folk!

Added a few new poems - otherwise I have been a little distracted of late - but fear not, some new tunes (and maybe a CD) before the year's end!

I have uploaded a couple of the new tunes to a digital download site called 'indiestore' - I shall be updating and revising these every so often - currently featured are 'Blue Skye' and 'One More Smoke'.

Downloads from Indiestore
For those looking for high-quality versions of new tracks for radio play, you can register and download a couple of tunes from Airplay Direct - there's a third track there 'Eye For An Eye' - as yet not otherwise released....

'Blue Skye' and 'One More Smoke' - man, guitar, harmonica - you know you love it!

A few things to mention -

'Post-Industrial Polka is now a free download from this website (go to the 'listen/download' page).

I have some new tunes recorded - very much live and uncomplicated - just man, guitar harmonica. I'm still working on a few ideas, but if you visit the Cloud Appreciation Society you will find a brand new tune 'Blue Skye' on their music page. I do intend to get some new tunes released more generally in the near future.

CDBaby now offers single downloads as an option from their own website - the prices I have set for full album downloads is a mere $5 - single downloads are currently 99c for the more recent releases, 50c for the tracks on 'You Know How It Goes'.

On the subject of YKHIG - I believe there is only one left for sale (and that really will be the last one!) - so go on, it might be a collectors item one day...if it should be the only CD left on the planet!

More later...

The glitches has been fixed (thanks guys!) and some new links and poems added.

I have a few new tunes recorded using my Zoom H2 recorder - basically one-shot recordings to demo tunes and practice guitar and harmonica...some have come out okay, some need work, some need to be thrown out for the wolves to devour! Hopefully I'll get one or two posted sooner or later - stay tuned, as they say...

Some new additions to the website - an automatic flash player, a poetry page, and some photos that don't display!

I may have to change a few things round - and if the music player annoys you, you can turn it off!

Any feedback appreciated!

For those looking for high-quality versions of new tracks for radio play, you can register and download a couple of tunes from Airplay Direct - if there is sufficient demand for otherwise unavailable tracks I may upload a few other tunes, so let me know!

Got a few 'live' demo tracks done over the last few days - recorded using a Zoom H2 - it's a weird experience to record without headphones and mic stands, without wires and all that stuff...obviously there's still a need to listen to what's being recorded to make sure it's a balanced sound...but after that, it's just sitting playing guitar and harp!

I have a few more tunes to try - if any of them seem any good, I shall upload them for listening...more on this later!

...the way time can just drift along...I really ought to get some tunes done, look for opportunities online and otherwise...I could even update my photos (the front cover for 'Harrisburg' is now in the photo section, if you're interested - the tracklisting is as listed on the music page)...but mostly, I just can't be bothered!