An update, finally!

So 2010 has begun with a vengeance.
It is already late February, seemingly only seconds after we released Everything is Fine, when in fact it has been several months. Oops!

Whilst I have been home, sweltering in the Brisbane summer heat, Jamie has been freezing himself into an alto in the dark, snowy surrounds of Europe with his lovely new wife, Jennifer, who you will know as the person with the beautiful voice in a number of our songs. Despite getting married, travelling overseas and getting sick from time to time, Jamie tells me that he has had a couple of new ideas, one of which I have heard; it was inspired by his sky dive that he performed on his Buck’s day. It features massive harmony in the Sieges Even style with a fast piano backing. It’ll certainly be interesting to see where that goes!

I have a couple of songs on the go and, as usual, they’re dark, depressing and not finished. One of the pieces is a 6/8 cutie in f-sharp with parts of it reminiscent of Elton John’s or Billy Joel’s playing styles. Odd but true. The lyrical subject-matter is a discussion of religion, which will be interestingly contentious. It always is where religion and politics are concerned isn’t it? The other piece hasn’t coalesced in my head as yet so I’ll hold off talking about it until I know where it is going.

Jamie and I have also been writing a piece together, which is tentatively entitled “Midnight Train”. I like it. It leaves me feeling cold and slightly anxious of what might be creeping up behind me… who said expressionism was dead!

We’ll be in touch soon. We are working, we are trying, but sometimes – sometimes – the weeks move too quickly.

Everything is Fine Released!

We're pleased to announce that Everything is Fine has now been released! Yay! Michael already gave a summary of it in his previous post, so there's nothing left to do except download, enjoy and spread the word. You're also very welcome to tell us how good we are and perhaps even donate all of your worldly goods to us...
You can grab it on our Demos page. Direct links: mp3, ogg vorbis.

Everything is Fine!

So, on 5 September 2009, Jamie and I practically finished our latest piece called Everything is Fine. All that remains to be done is to finalise the mix. It is unlike anything we have done previously. For starters, it is actually a happy song! And, believe it or not, it has hardly any violin in it. Oh, and it has no guitar. Yay for the keys!