Hope you had a great Christmas and Santa was good to you. :-)

 

The Free Candy Sessions: New Year Hooley

I'm playing tomorrow evening (Friday) - along with the Blackwoods - at the 'New Year Hooley' - at the Roxy 171 (171 Great Western Road). It would be good to see you there, if you fancy a night out?

In the Blackwoods tomorrow evening will be my brother Peter (playing with me for the first time in about 4 years) and Dinny. Dinny will also be playing a set - so it's not to be missed.

 

Re: CD news

The new songs are finished and mixed and are now with the mastering studio; which is a relief for me as it means I no longer have the opportunity to mess around with them.

Now I can move on to putting all the design elements together and getting the physical CDs manufactured.

I think you will like this latest record; the songs are the best I've written. I'm excited about finally releasing them into the wild. If you are local to Glasgow - don't forget to put the release party date in your diary: 25th February 2012 at Brell Ashton Lane, Glasgow. :-)

All the best for 2012,
Jim

>p> The work on the next album is gathering pace; with lots of help from friends and family. My brother Peter has been providing backing vocals and unusual percussion on quite a few tracks. He added a beat to the song, 'Fancy wooden box' by hitting his settee with a mallet! He also added some cowbell like sounds using an old Fray Bentos tin; not sure that will make the cut though.

There's home recording and then there is 'recording your home'; perhaps we are now straying into the later. These latest percussion instruments are added to my earlier use of a CD case, pen and shoe box to add a beat to 'Rain don't fall'.

You might be thinking this is all going to sound terrible - but I assure you - it's sounding great. This will be my very best album of songs yet. I can't wait to let you hear it.

All the best,
Jim

Parkin's Place

We hope you'll also support the three or four evenings planned between now and Christmas at the Fraser Centre. Here are some dates for your diary:

Saturday, September 3rd

Jim Byrne

plus Parkin's Place own talented singers and musicians: Joe Murray, David Murray, Karen McCabe and Mary Lou Graham

Tickets (£8 and £6 concession) are now on sale at Iron Chef

Full details on the new-look Parkin's Place website