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Hi!
Both myself and cdbaby.com have been caught napping by the sudden rush to buy my new album – Another Way To Say Goodbye. cdbaby sold out of their stocks in one day. Which is both good and bad I guess. Anyway, I have sent some new stock to them today, but it will take a week or so for it to get to them in the US, in the meantime you can always buy the cd directly from my website here (which is a little cheaper for you and also means that I get paid a little more).
In other news a number of radio stations have been emailing me asking for copies of the cd to play on the air, so expect to be hearing some of the record on your nearest quality radio program soon! If you have a radio program and you think that you might want to play some of my tunes, drop me an email with some details.
take it easy
Lucas
Hey everyone!
I got a bit suspicious this morning when I started to see several orders for my new record suddenly coming through from the Netherlands. Don’t get me wrong, I was happy. Hell, I was ecstatic, but a little puzzled. I tried to ignore it and get on with what I was doing at the time, but it kept nagging at the back of my mind. ‘Why all of this interest all of sudden from the Netherlands…?’ So I did a little internet snooping.
It turns out my new record – Another Way To Say Goodbye – has just been reviewed at www.altcountry.nl (god bless google translate!) and they have given the record a full 5 stars, calling it, amongst other very nice things, a ‘truly impressive record’.
It made me mighty glad, I can tell you.
But don’t let them tell you what to think. Make up your own mind. Buy the record now from the music page here on the website.
And if you are in Stockholm on Tuesday 9th February, come down to Obaren, Stureplan where I’ll be playing live with the band from 10pm. Free entry! Hope to see you there.
Lucas
Thanks to everyone who came down to the release gig for the new album – Another Way To Say Goodbye – on thursday. I had a great night, everyone in the band had a great night, and judging from the reactions from the crowd both during the gig and afterwards it seemed everyone else did as well.
We also got the chance to play a few new songs for the first time live and that felt great.
So, now the record is out there. Go and buy a copy right now! It’s great. Or come down to coming gigs and grab a copy. We are playing at Obaren on the 9th february.
Lucas
Hej!
Howdy!
Been a while between blogs. My apologies. Lots going on and all that.
The first review of my new album ‘Another Way To Say Goodbye’ has turned up in a German music zine called Waste of Mind. It is pretty neat. They gave the record 8/10, which is not too shabby. German-speakers can read the review at wasteofmind.de everybody else can either guess what they have written about, or use Google translate to get a garbled sense of how much they dig the record.
Alternately, you can go to cdbaby and get your own copy and make up your own mind.
The album is officially released on 7th January, and Stockholmers – and everybody else for that matter – are very welcome to come down to Underbara Bar on the 7th for our Album Release Party. We will be playing live and there will be copies of the record available at severely discounted prices. Yay!
In other news, we are busy sending out copies for review all over the place, and generally gearing up for the release. Hoping and working for a busy 2010!
You can also listen to my music at lots of other places all over the internet. If you want to check out some other places, go to bandcamp.com and surf to my page there or the 61 or last.fm and probably some other places too, that I am not even aware of yet.
anyway, hope you are listening and liking.
love
Lucas
Hey!
While we have been waiting for the record to get pressed and come back to us I have been working on a bunch of new songs and yesterday I went into the studio and presented them to the band. We had a great time and I can tell you already, these new songs are gonna be amazing by the time we are finished with them. There are also a few more up-tempo numbers than have previously been the case, giving Nicke an excuse to make all kinds of peculiar noises on his guitar as is his wont.
I don’t know when we will get around to recording them yet. Much depends on how it goes with the release of the coming record – scheduled for the beginning of January. But keep your eyes peeled for coming gigs because we are already looking forward to slotting some of the new numbers into the repertoire.
In other news: according to the pressing company we should receive shipment of the debut record, ‘Another Way To Say Goodbye’, by the 5th November, which means that advanced copies and review copies will be available shortly after that date.
love
Lucas
Howdy!
I am very pleased to announce that I have new management in the form of the immensely capable and ridiculously savvy Dan Morelle. Dan has been working concertedly in the background for some months now but the deal is now sealed, which bodes well for the coming release of my debut album ‘Another Way To Say Goodbye’.
As I have mentioned previously the release of the album looks set to be put back a month or so due to problems at the pressing company and subsequent clashes with the Christmas period. Official release will likely be sometime in the beginning of January 2010.
That said, depending on when we get our hands on the actual records there may be some advanced copies available at gigs and various internet backdoors for those who simply cannot wait.
All bookings and other management issues can now be taken up directly with Dan via the following:
tel: +44 207 193 4696
email: dan [at] lucasdawson.com
skype: danmorelle
take it easy,
Lucas
Howdy all!
Thanks to everyone who made it down to our latest Stockholm gig at Landet. It was a great gig and we were all superhappy campers – well, except me, who had some monitor trouble and felt considerable panic for the duration of the show that I was singing out of tune. Thankfully it turns out that I wasn’t, but it could have been interesting.
But it was great to be able to rock out a bit with the band.
There were a lot of questions after the gig about when the new record is coming out. It was supposed to be ready a couple of weeks ago but the the pressing company sent the control printouts into orbit – I don’t know what happened to them but they disappeared and then it took a couple of weeks for them to get new ones to us. But, I have just now confirmed the order and we should have copies within a few weeks I guess, barring any future problems.
The timing of the arrival of the record makes everything a bit tricky in terms of release date. We were planning a release in early November, but now that the cd’s are delayed we are considering moving this date back. The major problem according to our management is that this brings us into conflict with all of the christmas releases. Apparently it is difficult to compete with old Bing Crosby compilations and so on. Understandably. So, the upshot is we are not exactly sure when te record will be released right now, but it might not be until January.
We might offer advance copies at gigs and stuff before this. But we will keep you informed.
In the mean time we are busy getting a whole bunch of new material ready, winding up the marketing machine, and gigging around.
love
Lucas
Hey!
the gig at Landet on Wednesday has been advertised here as having the wrong price. Apparently the price on the door is even lower. Yay!
It only costs 40 kr at the door instead of the 50 kr I had previously announced.
Ten more reasons to come on down!
Lucas
Howdy!
So Sven and I went down to Teater Pero on friday and played in a very stripped down arrangement – bass, piano and some vocals (including Sven with some lovely falsetto backing vox). It felt great. It felt right. It was a great gig in a great theater. And it gave us a taste for more gigs of the same type. So, we are pretty happy campers.
A big thanks to Sophie who arranged the whole evening, and to Love Olzon and Lars Eriksson – and Lars’ band who were smoking hot! See you all at Landet on wednesday 7th October. I am still hopeful that we will have some pre-release copies of my debut album – ‘Another Way To Say Goodbye’ – ready. The record is at the pressing company, so it is very much in their hands whether or not it will arrive in time.
love
Lucas
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