The first flicker podcast
It’s all go on the digital distribution front at this site. First off, there’s a new EP (Minimus) containing five new Flicker tracks, and available exclusively from the iTunes Music Store.
Then, there’s a new podcast, intended to showcase new music from us. In this first edition, you can listen to lengthy excerpts from all tracks included in the above mentioned EP.
We decided that it is important that anyone interested in our material can hear significantly more than the 30 seconds currently afforded by iTunes. This is particularly important with club focussed music, where lengthy intros facilitate equally lengthy and seamless DJ mixes. Slow-build arrangements don’t necessarily reveal the true nature of the track in the opening bars, or in fact, in any given 30 second sample.
It’s always been true that the medium has dictated the format and length of mass produced music (from wax cylinders through to compact discs) but in this instance, the promotional method is creating an artificial limitation – the medium is not at fault. It is as if when writing material, you should now produce the musical equivilent of the elevator pitch to have the greatest chance of commercial success.
Were we to write and arrange our material so that the first 30 seconds gives the casual listener a more representative sample of what’s to come, we would then risk rendering the material less appropriate for the intended context – a club (which of course is creating another restriction on form, but one that we choose intentionally). Anyway, all this technology is supposed to be about creativity and freedom of expression, right?
So, subscribing to this podcast will allow those interested, to hear representative samples of all the available music, and stay up-to-date with all of our future releases. Enjoy.
Updated
Why I didn’t think of this before, I’ve no idea (thanks to Ian for the suggestion). So, here is a tracklisting, and links to all of the tracks included in the podcast:
Track 01. Minimus. Buy this track via iTunes
Track 02. Bring You Two. Buy this track via iTunes
Track 03. Dumb Key. Buy this track via iTunes
Track 04. Key Dumb. Buy this track via iTunes
Track 05. Skidmark. Buy this track via iTunes
For what it’s worth – The music in the intro is an old (unfinished) track called ‘It’s Over’, dusted off for use because it somehow seemed right in the context. Who knows, maybe one day it’ll turn into a fully blown track itself.
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December 2nd, 2006 at 12:51 pm
Awesome idea, elevator pitch for music
1st track minimus – is damm fat and heavy
2nd track bring you too – is a nice rich leader track
3rd and 4th tracks are not quite my style
5th track skidmark – is another fatt track perfect for playing in a bar, warm and smooth!
December 2nd, 2006 at 12:55 pm
Flicker music podcast…
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My friend Paul Crowley has created a flipping awesome podcast for his and Gareth Cole’s exclusively online music lablel Flicker Tracks.Yes Flicker with an E not without the E. …
December 2nd, 2006 at 10:07 pm
Ian, you are very kind. Your comments about the podcast and the music itself were very much appreciated. I was really unsure what kind of a response I’d get to what is effectively (if we’re completely honest) a promotional tool. Still, I hope my original post justifies matters somewhat, and that it will expose our music to anyone who’s potentially interested.
I’m also going to respond to your (now) incredibly obvious suggestion and add tracklisting and links to the original post. Why I didn’t think of that, I really don’t know!
December 4th, 2006 at 2:47 pm
That’s great crow. Nice one
December 5th, 2006 at 2:13 pm
Hey great stuff Paul – don’t know how you’ve found the time fella…. keep it unreal.