Faerie Tales & Other Stories released

Hi,

As this post title says… my new album, Faerie Tales & Other Stories, is now released.

Go to the albums page (http://purplerhapsody.co.uk/albums.html) and listen to all 15 tracks if you want. And, if you like it you can even buy the CD!

In a couple of weeks the album will also be available from iTunes, Amazon MP3, CD Baby, etc but they need time to add it to their databases. I’ve asked them to give it a release date of September 1st so I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed for then.

So… I really hope you enjoy the album – please come back and comment to let me know what you think.

Cheers!

Terry.

Update – Empty Stage now available

I promised you an update and here it is…!

Empty Stage is now available to download from iTunes, Amazon, and CDBaby – more download stores will be coming soon and it will also make it’s way onto Napster, Rhapsody, etc.

You can listen to it on the Purple Rhapsody home page, on MySpace, or on the player below.

Empty Stage by Purple Rhapsody

Enjoy!

Cheers,

Terry.

Empty Stage – being released as a single

Hi,

There has been a huge amount of interest and praise for Empty Stage since I first put it online last year. I was going to include it on my next album (Faerie Tales and Other Stories) but it didn’t really fit in with the rest of the tracks.

So, I’m releasing it as a single.

It’s just been submitted to CD Baby and should be available on iTunes in 2-5 weeks (!), and on other sites anywhere from 2 weeks to 4 months (!!!!).

You can listen to it on ReverbNation and SoundClick free and I’ll post an update when it’s available to buy.

Cheers,

Terry.

My Music is on Jango.com?

I was surprised to find my music on Jango.com while surfing the web the other week. They’ve managed to get one of my tracks – Empty Stage – on there but I know that I didn’t upload it and I hadn’t signed up to them.

I’m not complaining! Any outlet for my music is welcome… but I am curious as to how they got my details. The profile picture they’ve got is from my ReverbNation page but I didn’t think ReverbNation would have allowed another site to stream my music…

Anyway, I’ve associated myself with the account and updated some Bio details on there but if anyone knows where they source their music from I’d be grateful if they could explain it to me!

Cheers,

Terry.

Planet Rock Radio - about to be Purple-ised

Well.. maybe the title of this blog entry is a bit premature…

Hmm.. well… very premature…..

I’ve just sent off a copy of Endless Lives to Rick Wakeman at Planet Rock Radio, he has a great Saturday morning show that plays some great music.

A friend recently told me…”PMA!! PMA!!” and unless this is some new abbreviation for some female ‘condition’ I think she meant Positive Mental Attitude. So it’s in that spirit that I titled this blog.

Anyway… please think positive thoughts for me and my music as it wings it’s way to Planet Rock and hopefully into the hands of Rick… and with even more hope into his CD player!

Cheers,

Terry.

Thanks… and an update

Hi,

First off, thanks to everyone that has listened to my new album. I really do appreciate the time you’ve taken to listen to my music!

I haven’t had many comments - positive or negative - and I’m on a continuing quest to improve my music so please please please can I ask you to spend another 30 seconds of your time letting me know what you thought, whether good or bad?

And a quick update - I’ve just packaged up the CDs to be sent off to CD Baby so they can be processed for iTunes, Amazon MP3, Napster, etc so hopefully within a couple of weeks (fingers crossed!) the digital distribution side will be completed too.

Thanks again,

Terry.

New album imminent

Just a short note to let you know that activities are proceeding to get the next Purple Rhapsody album available.

Endless Lives is now registered at CD Baby and the master disc has been sent to the Duplication Centre for copies to be made.

A couple of tracks from Endless Lives are available to listen to on the Purple Rhapsody MySpace page with more to follow soon.

Cheers,

Terry.

Endless Lives - Cover

Hi,

As always I’m really bad at keeping up with my blog… but the good news is that my next album, Endless Lives, is really close to being ready for release.

So close, in fact, that I’ve been working on the cover.

You can view it on my Facebook photos page  and on Photobucket

Let me know what you think (if anything!).

Cheers,

Terry.

Joined ReverbNation

Hi,

There’s been a bit of a lack of blogging due to holidays (click for pics), and family health issues. Also, work has been hectic and there just haven’t been enough hours in the day (or days in the week) to get everything done.

Anyway, that’s enough excuses. Even though I expect to carry on being busy I can’t neglect my music! So I’ve just joined ReverbNation and uploaded the whole of In Dreams for you to listen to at your leisure. If you’d like updates from me please join my mailing list by filling out the box below and you’ll get updates whenever I upload new music, send out information, and there will be some fan exclusive downloads coming soon too!

Thanks in advance….

Terry.

Music Publishing - Wish me luck!

Today I got together 5 tracks from the 2 abums I’ve been working on recently and packaged them up to send them off to some music publishers. I’m hoping to succeed with 3 steps:

1. They’ll actually listen to the music
2. They’ll like it and so will want to add me to their library
3. Other people like it and decide to license it for films, TV, and other media

If I get step 1 completed I’ll be happy… step 2 and I’ll be over the moon… and with all the confidence and fate-tempting attitude in the world when step 3 happens my life’s ambitions will be complete (so I’ll need to dream up some others).

The companies I’ve sent my material off to are NorthStar Music, Bucks Music, Boom! Music, and Rhythm & Muse.

Keep your fingers crossed for me… please?