Phoenix Imago

Back in the UK

admin (Rob) — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:25:32 +0000

Just a quick note to say I’m back in the UK with a whole lot of music in my body waiting to be played and recorded. The new website is coming along slowly – I’m hoping to merge in some of the features by the end of the summer!

Who would’ve thought I’m actually enjoying English weather after a couple of months in Italy:-).

Best wishes,
Rob

Site working properly again

admin (Rob) — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:35:47 +0000

I think phoeniximago.com is finally back in one piece now after changing hosts. Still haven’t got the email addresses running again yet but that’s an easy one to fix… The next version of the wordpress theme is coming along nicely so we should have a face lift here sometime in the next couple of months!

Meanwhile I’m off to Italy for a couple of months (volcanoes be damned…) where I’ll do more IT stuff and some writing. When I get back I suspect I’ll be itching to do some music!

ciao,
Rob

Site admin

admin (Rob) — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:43:24 +0000

Spent most of the last week organising the site transfer from my previous provider to my new one. The new one is both cheaper and much better but it was still quite an exercise! Unfortunately some of the music links still aren’t working… Permalinks are wrong also on the blog. Another couple of days and I should have this sorted out!

The site redesign is coming on well. I’ve noticed this version looks very different on IE (ie worse no pun intended) as to Firefox so I’m going to sort that out. Also it’ll be both simpler but with more functionality ready for the next batch of music that’s coming the next few months. It’ll be nice to put the same attention into the presentation of the music via the website as I have to the music itself.

Best Wishes to you all for Easter!
Rob

Phoenix Imago Project Status

admin (Rob) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:05:34 +0000

I’ve got my single Respect finished and available for download. The bonus tracks are really quite interesting and the recording itself is by far the best thing I’ve ever created! I’m going to be contacting some independent labels over the next few months to see if their interesting in funding the next stage (the album…). It cost me 170quid in total to record this single. That included tuning my girlfriend’s parents’ piano and rehearsal and recording of drums. With economies of scale I could record a massive sounding album for very little.

As for 52tochangethworld. I want to carry on but I really want to slow down. I’m doing some really interesting research on deforestation thanks to my girlfriend for getting me into it. The Diigo group has a few links already. I want to take it slowly and do a good job so I’m going to totally ditch the song a week concept and just do them at my own pace.

Not unrelated is my real world situation where I have to make some serious money the next 6 months to stay afloat. As a result I’m doing some IT work… I’ll be improving this site dramatically for my portfolio so Phoenix Imago will reap the benefits in a way! Besides after all the music I’ve been doing lately I’m enjoying a bit of coding again for a change.

I’m now looking for a bassist or maybe a percussionist to do some guerilla gigs around London. Having said that I’m still not sure whether I want my musical base in terms of labels/musicians/gigs to be Italy or UK. Maybe both? I guess maybe I’ll try both and see what happens over this summer.

Love to you all,
Rob

Hard To Love Me

admin (Rob) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:30:40 +0000

Respect Single

admin (Rob) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:57:59 +0000

‘Respect’ has been a long time coming but worth every fretful moment! You can purchase an MP3 download here with a credit card or paypal account.

Track Listing

Click the links for lyrics and more info.

1. Respect
2. Hard To Love Me
3. Prince

Respect

admin (Rob) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:53 +0000

Prince

admin (Rob) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:25 +0000

Charity and Travel

admin (Rob) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:17:55 +0000

So I’m back in the uk now to mix and master Respect. Also I have an album’s worth of acoustic songs that I’m just itching to record. We’ll see how much of that I can do in the 3 weeks I’m here…

I’ve changed the donation section of my site. Previously I intended to give 10% of my income away but it turns out my financial situation is somewhat worse than I thought it was going to be. I’ll survive but only with every penny to keep me in fruit and veg! Hopefully more plentiful times will come again.

It also occurs to me that the sort of person who is listening to my music is probably grown up enough to make their own choices about what causes they support so no need for me to do it for them!

Spring is here and I’m loving the sun,
Rob

Food Can’t Make You Happy

admin (Rob) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:20:38 +0000