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May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

On this page you can listen to EVERY track from EVERY album that I’ve released! Yay! Just hit play on whichever of the embedded albums you want to hear! The titles of the album link to where to buy them, or there are the iTunes buttons… You can also download all of Lessons Learned From […]

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Some thoughts on ‘Free’ methodology and practice…

April 10th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s the big buzz-concept in the online world - the new currency is attention, recorded music can be duplicated at zero cost, so we should all give it away in order to promote ourselves as a brand, and the caveat often added to this is that we make our money off live shows.
OK, let’s contrast […]

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Two free albums for you to download!

March 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Oh yes, you read that right, TWO delicious free albums - volumes one and two in the ‘Lessons Learned From An Aged Feline’ series.
Part 1 can be had from Last.fm by clicking here
And for Part 2, you have to go to my Reverb Nation Page - and sign up for the mailing list there, then […]

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Creativity and Socially Networked Marketing - the good and the bad.

March 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

So much is being written about the egalitarian nature of online distribution, it would be easy to believe that all our worries as wannabe professional musicians are now over. We all know that we can get a myspace page and a facebook music page, a reverbnation widget and a last.fm page, just like the big […]

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Managing Information Streams Pt 2 - Twitter!

March 10th, 2008 · 15 Comments

Thanks so much for all the comments and feedback about the first Managing Information Streams post. Some GREAT stuff in the comments there.
I want to follow that up with what is fast becoming my favourite web-filter, and will hopefully become my primary interface with my network - Twitter.
The tech media has been full of articles […]

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All four solo albums now on Amazon.com downloads

March 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I’ve just seen that all four of my ‘proper’ release solo albums are now up on Amazon.com download store - here they are -
And Nothing But The Bass - $7.92
Not Dancing For Chicken - $8.99
Grace And Gratitude - $8.99
Behind Every Word - $8.99
that’s a pretty damn cheap way to get hold of them - and […]

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Billy Bragg, KT Tunstall, Leo Abrahams & Foy Vance live…

February 25th, 2008 · No Comments

So iTunes have started doing an annual festival - itunes live. This year they seem to have a thing for collaborations, which do often, it must be said, make a gig particularly special.
And is no doubt one of the main reasons why the genius that is Leo Abrahams was on the bill - his new […]

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The Steve ‘n’ Jeff Show - podcast available now…

February 24th, 2008 · No Comments

So the podcast is already up! - you can read Jeff’s take on it here - I had a listen to it last night, and it sounds pretty fun. We talk a fair bit about the relationship between technology and music (or more getting information out about being a musician), about some of the things […]

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New Steve Lawson and Lobelia EP to download

February 19th, 2008 · No Comments

You may remember back in December, Lobelia and I put out a limited edition CDR release of our live in Nebraska EP - 5 tracks taken from our forthcoming live album (release date TBC!)
Well, it’s now avaliable for download from the online store here - for &3.50
It’s over half an hour long, and the track […]

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Billy Bragg/KT Tunstall at HMV - the value of screwing it up…

February 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I went to a fabulous lunchtime gig yesterday - Billy Bragg and

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