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New album, video just released. |
| MarkNicholas (01/27/08 20:51:48) Tag: default |
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Do you like music? Me too. Hooray. I also say hooray to inspirational dance movies from the 1980's, like the classic film Flashdance. That's why I did a cover of one of the most memorable songs from that movie called "Maniac". But since I can't dance, I'm afraid this is what my new music video looks like. This song was taken from my brand new album "Perversions". Since you said earlier that you liked music and all, I really think you should buy a copy of this CD. It's everywhere, like CD Baby, amazon.com, A Different Drum and stuff. It is not in onilne stores yet though. They're slow. Gotta wait a few more weeks for those. The end. -m |
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New remix album "Perversions" - coming in January |
| MarkNicholas (11/27/07 08:44:42) Tag: default |
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I'm finally done with "Perversions"! Ah... the sense of completion. It is awesome. It's already at the mastering place being mastered as I type this. Then off to manufacturing probably sometime next week. And yes, in addition to a wide variety online distribution options, I have decided that I AM printing proper and official CDs - not home burned CD-Rs. There'll be 500 copies in those sleeves that are kind of like the sleeves that vinyl records go in, only CD-sized of course, with full color printing on 'em, etc. Release date? To be on the safe side, I'm going to say the first or second week of January. It won't be any later than that... could be even sooner. I feel really good about this album. And you may notice that I just referred to it as an album. Despite this project starting out as a shorter EP, it's now longer than my last full-length album in both time and track count, and most of the songs are such different versions from the originals that when you listen to this all together, it feels competely new. (Not to mention Goodnight My Love is a totally new song, and Maniac and Green California are totally new cover songs.) I'm really very proud of this - I think it'll particularly hit home with people who were a little put off by the harder edged songs on Duchess 33 - and I guess I just think the term EP undersells it now. Anyway, I'm really excited for people to hear it. The absolute final track listing: 1. Two Sandwiches (Detroit Mix) 2. The Measure of Pleasure (Sad Bastard Mix) 3. Maniac (yes, that song from Flashdance) 4. I Wish I Wanted You (DJ Ginger Snapp's Mashup) 5. Coming Clean (Club Mix) 6. Backlash (8-Bit Mix) 7. Perverse (Original Demo) 8. Little Goth Girl (Ethereal Mix) 9. Selective Memory Loss (Pure and Simple Mix) 10. Goodnight My Love 11. Perverse (Syrian Remix) 12. Green California 13. Your Beautiful Lie (MN vs Cosmicity) And yes, I DID get licensing for California Love, so track 12 is the real deal, legal and everything. Hooray! Now to somehow pay for all of this... |
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See for yourself? |
| MarkNicholas (06/21/06 11:52:14) Tag: default |
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First, you might wanna watch this... Webisode #1 on via my website. or Webisode #1 via YouTube. Then, there's the boring real blog stuff... Just felt an update here was due, seeing as how I've been quiet for a while. What's the deal? Well, I was out of town with my day job for about a month and a half. So, music-wise, that was a bummer. On the upside, song #8 for the new album, called "I Wish", is within a week of being complete. In my opinion, it's the cleanest-sounding track so far. Almost "Pure"-era Cosmicity meets my current sound. It's a sweet blend. (And actually, album co-producer DJ Ginger Snapp (aka my wife) says she hears the influence of Mylo-style neo-club music in there, but it's really not a club track. I think she's just talking about the clean, hard-hitting sound of the recording and the type of sounds I'm using.) So, quite soon it'll be on to song #9... whichever song that turns out to be! Also, it's beginning to look more and more like "Duchess 33" will max-out at 11 songs. Hell, maybe even 10 if I feel 100% about the quality of all 10 of them. Not just 'cause I'm hitting an exhaustion point with this recording process, but also because I'm now beginning to have a strong need to actually complete something. I feel like I haven't creatively existed for far too long, and I now officially can't stand it when someone new discovers that I write music and says, "where can I get some of your stuff?" Why? Becuase I have to point them to Cosmicity material on iTunes or amazon... from 3, 4, 5 years ago... and that's not what I'm doing anymore. I'm not ashamed of my Cosmicity songs, just disappointed in myself for not having my new sound out there yet. And so it is time. This album must... nay... WILL be released asap. In other other news, I will probably be going out of town again in June and this whole "asap" delusion will seem extremely foolish. But I will not leave town until song #8 is done. I MUST keep moving forward... or I will die. And no, not like a shark or a relationship, Mister Cliche-O-Tron 3000. More like "Speed 2, Cruise Control". Sandra Bullock is fucking brilliant in that shit. |
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Album Progress |
| MarkNicholas (02/06/06 10:37:02) Tag: default |
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Would you believe me if I told you the new album was coming out THIS year. It totally is! As you may know, I'm prone to the occasional delay due to anal retentive mixing or unforeseen out-of-town trips, but right now I'm shooting for a summer release. Even a lengthy delay wouldn't push me past fall. What does this mean. It means you've got a new album in 2006 GUARANTEE. Coolness. I've just finished work on track #6. It's called "Little Goth Girl". I wrote this song very early on in my concepting for this album (October 2004), so I had to give it a pretty major overhaul to get it where my "new sound" is now. End results? Here's a comment from one of the listeners who heard the song played by DJ Ginger Snapp on IPM Radio last week: "tuned in to IPM in time to catch "Little Goth Girl", and figured I'd get a head-start on offering my two-cents, haha. I think it's definitely the best new song you've introduced as Mark Nicholas. It all just worked incredibly well. The kind of rugged, dark tone you put in your voice really complimented the music and subject matter, but of course I'd imagine that was your intention. The organ part toward the end was also a very nice touch. Anyway, cool stuff, can't wait for the album." In other news, we shot(the photos for the album cover this month. I'm trying to keep quiet about just what the concept is, but let's just say there's a hot female model involved... and me in some potentially compromising positions. Coming soon, I'm going to be asking for help from fellow electronic artists. In a couple of months I will be posting parts for a large-scale remix contest. Winning remixes will become the official DJ-exclusive mixes for this album, and will be distributed to DJs (and posted online for pay-download so that other fans can get them too.) If there are enough sweet remixes, they might even get compiled into a remix CD and included with the album. We'll have to wait and see on that one. And yeah, that's about all I have. Gotta get back to my, um... I've got this scratch-off game from Subway to play. Might win a free Cold Cut Combo. GOD I hope so. Anyway, stay tuned to this site for more news every month! PS - Dont' forget to check out the samples of my work in progress on marknicholas.org! |
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