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New site, new blog home, new shop…

May 7th, 2008 · 5 Comments

As you’ll have seen by now (unless you’re reading this in an RSS reader), there’ve been a lot of changes round here - the design of stevelawson.net has now shifted into wordpress, the shop is still zencart, but has been given a facelift and most significantly, the blog is now hosted here too, integrated into […]

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Tags: Geek · site updates

More amazing free music

April 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Right, I’ve got loads of fascinating stuff to blog about (no, really), but that can wait, cos right now, I’ve got loads of great free music to tell you about. First up, Lobelia is giving away a whole album of voice ‘n’ piano stuff on Reverb Nation. The album, called 040515 (the date it was […]

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Tags: Musing on Music · cool links · music reviews · website recommendations

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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Tags: cool links · the future of music · tips for musicians

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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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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Tags: Music News · Musing on Music · cool links · site updates · the future of music

Last Steve and Lobelia video for today… I think…

February 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Here goes another round of ‘name that tune’…

as Rolf would say ‘can you guess what it is yet?’
If you’ve been enjoying the video clips from today, you can now buy the ‘Steve Lawson and Lobelia live in Nebraska EP’ as a 256kbps (vbr) download from the online shop at stevelawson.net… It’s fab. :o)

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Tags: Music News · cool links · looping

busy busy busy

December 12th, 2007 · No Comments

It’s all go here!
We’ll start with last weekend - two gigs, Saturday/Sunday.
Saturday’s was a gig with Lobelia in Brighton at the Sanctuary Cafe, opening for MAP - that’s and Peter Harris - both incredible acoustic guitarists, writers of sublime melodies and fantastic performers. Also on the bill before us was a marvellous singer/songwriter, Conrad […]

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Tags: Music News · Random Catchup · teaching news

Lessons Learned Pt 2 - free to stream/download… or donate?

December 6th, 2007 · No Comments

For quite a while now, Lessons Learned From An Aged Feline Pt 2 has been free to download from last.fm - I’m not sure how many people have downloaded it, but it’s there.
Anyway, here are all the tracks, streamable in their entirety from here, and by clicking the ‘download free track’ link in the player […]

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Tags: Music News · cool links · the future of music

Early Christmas presents - your virtual gifts here…

November 20th, 2007 · No Comments

It’s something we’ve done in a small way over in the forum for a couple of years, but I thought I’d copy it over here as a comment thread this year - giving Christmas presents is often expensive and perhaps almost as often, pointless. You spend ages trying to find something that is adequate as […]

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Tags: Random Catchup · cool links · the future of music · tips for musicians · website recommendations

recorded music as an advert for gigs - the death of an artform?

October 19th, 2007 · 1 Comment

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Tags: Musing on Music · the future of music