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Lest We Forget
I had a moving experience in Atherton, Queensland in August. I happened to be camping in the War Memorial grounds at Rocky Creek, which council make available – awesome. By chance there was a memorial and dedication of new plaques happening on Sunday morning. It was a very nice event. For me events like this […]
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My album “Over” is now on Apple Music
My album “Over” is now available on Apple Music (iTunes would have sounded cooler eh?! lol) https://music.apple.com/us/album/over/1611329891 If you are an Apple Music user please like it and share the link with other Apple Music users – thanks so much !
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My album “Over” is now on Audiomack
My album “Over” is now fully available on Audiomack 🙂 https://audiomack.com/stuartmealor/album/over If you are an Audiomack user please like it, and share the album link with other Audiomack users – thanks so much !
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My album “Over” is now on Deezer
My album “Over” is now fully available on Deezer 🙂 https://deezer.page.link/KpqjJAKmWP8eB1t1A If you are a Deezer user please like it, and share the album link with other Deezer users – thanks so much !
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My album “Over” is now on Spotify
My album “Over” is now fully available on Spotify 🙂 https://open.spotify.com/album/24i3ztO20fhuhq9wvyTuD0 If you are a Spotify user please like it, and share the album link with other Spotify users – thanks so much !
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Queen – still having influence
One of my favourite bands of all time was Queen. I was reminded just how much impact they have had on popular music while watching some NASCAR on TV last week. During a commercial break there were around 6 adverts. And 3 of these featured music by Queen ! We will rock you – being…
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Little Girl Blue
Tonight I finally made time to watch Little Girl Blue, the film about Janis Joplin [Janis: Little Girl Blue – Feature length documentary, Dir. Amy Berg 2015]. I’ve really liked Janis since I was about 17. I can still remember the very first time I saw and heard her singing. What an impact. It was…
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New album for 2022 – Love and Hate
So this is now the working title for my new album in 2022. It’s essentially a progression of the material on the Over album, but I’m aiming for the songwriting and production to be another step up. I’m still learning lots about audio mastering, and of course continuing to improve arrangement and mixing. I’ve also…
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Ella interview clips
Someone asked me where I got the audio clips of Ella Fitzgerald talking for the Ella track. They are taken from two short films available on YouTube: Ella Fitzgerald interview in 1974 while visiting Helsinki – https://youtu.be/OnE4qQyle-M Ella Fitzgerald Interview in 1974 with Brian Linehan’s City Lights – https://youtu.be/dunLgfk3XWI Both are worth watching, as Ella’s…
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Recording Oxygène
I just read that Jean-Michel Jarre composed and recorded Oxygène over a period of around four months during 1976, using limited equipment, in a make-shift studio set up in his kitchen. In some ways I think this inspired and enabled so many of us bedroom / garage electronic musicians. Even a modest laptop and sound…