Thanks, Thanking's and Go Raibh Maith Agat's.....

Just a quick post to say thanks very much to SmoothJazz.com "The World's Smooth Jazz Radio Station since 2000!" and 'Sound Fusion Radio' (London) for adding a number of tracks to their playlist. 

Thanks to Aja at UK based Jazz & Soul radio show 'Ketch A Vibe' for featuring 'Stop, Start, Rewind' off the new E.P. on their April 14th edition of the show. The podcast of which can be check'd out at the following link : Ketch A Vibe 282, April 14th.

The show is syndicated each week to the following radio stations.

BluesJazz Radio (NC/ USA)

XRP Radio (Birmingham UK)
Play FM (Austria) 
Electric Lion Radio (London UK)
Cruise FM (London UK)
Impact Radio (Italy)
Hearthis (Germany)

Ketch A Vibe 282 by Anthony Aja Allsop on hearthis.at

Also, thanks very much to Wayne Fleming for featuring various tracks on his 'T-Phunk Funk, Soul & Northern Soul Show' on TCRFM 92.3 (Ireland) the last two weeks. Much appreciated indeed.

The Patterns Keep Repeating, While The Drums They Keep On Beating....

Hello Twenty-Sixteen,
How you been getting on so far?

Really, sweet.. 

Me? Yea, I'm good. Just finished this new Minimalist, Trip-Hop track called, 
'The Patterns Keep Repeating, While The Drums They Keep On Beating'. Check it out later if you like.




You going to the 'Irish Garden Snails Exhibition' this weekend at The Hunt Museum?

Cool, yea, talk to yea there.

Potato Peelings and Sentimental Feelings III....

Here at 'Potato Print Productions', "the alternative greeting card company that say's the things mainstream greeting card companies won't." We've yet again been busy expanding our range of cards for a new year, in order to cater to a wider array of antisocial and dysfunctional needs. Needs both you and your loved one's may pleasantly find the solution to within our ever expanding range. Below are a sample 
of some of our new cards for the coming year..... 

THE 'GOOD LUCK' EXAM CARD

THE 'BEST OF LUCK - YOUR FIRED' CARD

THE 'HAPPY 60TH ANNIVERSARY' CARD

THE 'GENUINELY SENTIMENTAL' FATHERS DAY CARD

If you find that any of the above cards meet your 'socially obligated' needs and are suitably sentimental for your most treasured of family and personal occasions. They can be found as part of a much wider selection of cards available for purchase at.....

www.PotatoPrintProductions.ie

Happy Christmas!!!

Firefly....

Here's a new 'Alternative / Funk Rock' track called 'Firefly'. It's short and sweet, with a bunch of shimmery Spanish guitars, some Slap Bass and a little horn section to boot.



Talk to yea later.

'Every Ending Is A New Beginning.... Stepping Into The Near Future!'....

Here's a brand new laid back and chilled out piece of 'Jazz Funk' fusion entitled, 'Every Ending Is A New Beginning.... Stepping Into The Near Future!'.....

 
Thanks very much to UK based Jazz & Soul radio show 'Ketch A Vibe' for featuring 'Every Ending Is A New Beginning.... Stepping Into The Near Future!' on their June 13th edition of the show. 

The show is syndicated each week to the following radio stations.

BluesJazz Radio (NC/ USA)

The Coast Radio  (NJ /USA) 
XRP Radio (Birmingham UK)
Samurai FM (Japan) 
Digest Music Radio (Montenegro ME)
Play FM (Austria) 
Electric Lion Radio (London UK)
Cruise FM (London UK & Spain)
Impact Radio (Italy)
Gaudeamus FM 93,6 FM (UK, Eastern Europe, Lithuania)

Guest Shows & Mixes on :

Radio Cardiff FM (Wales)
Radio Krimi (France)
Canora Radio (Madrid, Spain)
Pulse FM (UK)
Rhythm & Soul Radio (USA)

Claymore Wants to Get Laid More....

So I was talking to my good friend Claymore the other day. He's a really sound guy and we go back a long way. He was telling me he recently created a profile on the dating website 'Plenty of Fish', but wasn't really having much luck so far. So I figured I'd do what any good, well intentioned, interfering friend would do and take it upon myself to share his profile on my blog without asking his permission. 

If your a young woman or know of a young woman who's looking for a really sweet, sincere fellow with a heart of gold, then take the time to click on little old Claymore's profile below. He's a catch!

If you find you take a shine to Claymore or if your just up for a free fish and chip at The Golden Grill do give him a shout over at 'Plenty of Fish', I'm sure he'd be delighted to hear from you. But don't tell him you saw his profile here, he's a very sensitive little fellow at times.... 

Anyway's, I'm off to practise me some Slap Bass! Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Potato Peelings and Sentimental Feelings II....

Here at 'Potato Print Productions', "the alternative greeting card company that say's the things mainstream greeting card companies won't." We've been busy expanding our range of cards for 2015, in order to cater to a wider array of antisocial and dysfunctional needs. Needs both you and your loved one's may pleasantly find the solution to within our ever expanding range. Below are a sample of some of our new cards for the coming year..... 

THE TERMINALLY ILL 'GET WELL SOON' CARD

Here's a card for those of you that are worried about a friend or relative dealing with suicidal thoughts.....

THE SUICIDAL CHRISTMAS CARD

THE 'I'M SORRY' APOLOGIES CARD

THE 'DOMESTIC ABUSE' WEDDING THANK YOU CARD

And finally, here's a card for those of you dealing with or who know someone dealing with casual substance abuse....

THE 'MASHED POTATOES' BIRTHDAY CARD

If you find that any of the above cards meet your 'socially obligated' needs and are suitably sentimental for your most treasured of family and personal occasions. They can be found as part of a much wider selection of cards available for purchase at.....

www.PotatoPrintProductions.ie

Happy New Year!

'Stop, Start, Rewind.'....

This one took a while, but I've just finished my first new track since the last new track. It's got a lovely little string section, a 1970's JVC HR-3300 video cassette recorder and lot's of terrible smashie sounds. For best effect, it should be listened to loudly on speakers, unless you've a small child or pet in the general vicinity. In which case it should be listened to loudly on headphones! 



Enjoy!

Peace Out...
Mark.

[ Thanks to 'Limerick Sounds' and 'Trip-Hop-Monterrey' for sharing the track ]

Atoms for Henrietta (Spinning Carousel's in Her Mind) E.P. ....

The Near Future! Atoms for Henrietta

'Atoms for Henrietta (Spinning Carousel's In Her Mind) E.P.' is the follow up to 2010's 'A Little Understanding E.P.'. It took a while, but what can I say, thing's have been fairly hectic down at the penguin sanctuary the last few years..... 

Anyway's, it's a twenty three plus minute Trip-Hop journey that take's you through the bustling street's of New York, the crowded rush hour platforms of a European railway station. Accidentally stumbles upon an extraterrestrial abduction, for no particular reason. Plummets into the deepest, darkest depths of Willie Nelson's dementia stricken mind, for a very specific reason. Shoot's out across the funky Australian 'Outback', and ends the trip with a nice big bag of penny sweets and a bucket of sherbet dip high up in the frozen mountains of the Himalayas.

Just press play below and away we go.....

Additionally, if you feel compelled to add 'Atoms for Henrietta' to your own personal 

music collection, you can do so by purchasing it from The Near Future! Bandcamp page, at the following link.... Click me, you know you wanna

It come's with a bunch of extra item's which include amongst other things the very fine video above and a video of myself doing a stirring duet of 'The Wind Beneath My Wings' with one of the penguins down the sanctuary!

'Nomads Moving North, tracking footprints through The Land of Snows'....

Here's another new Trip-Hop track I've just finished. This time with a slightly orchestral feel, incorporating a string quartet and an oboe. At least I think it's an oboe, it could be a saxophone? I don't know, whatever.... It's in tribute to the ancient nomadic people's and the wandering yogis of the beautiful but troubled 'Land of Snows', Tibet. 



Inspired, in part, by the documentary, 'Yogis of Tibet'. Anyways, as the Dalai Lama says....

Namaste, namaste, 
Hot-cross buns and a cup'a tae. 

Peace out....
Mark :)

'Lost In Time on Platform Nine (Is This All There Is)'.....

Here's a new Jazzy Trip-Hop track I've been working on for a while entitled 'Lost In Time on Platform Nine (Is This All There Is)'. It's an adaptation of, and also take's it's title from, another piece of music I've no intention of ever composing....

Sincerely,
M. Hayes. 

'The Adventures of Dollypartasaurus' Theme Tune.....

So I've been quiet busy the last few weeks writing and arranging music for different projects. One of the piece's being a short 'Neo-classical Metal' styled instrumental, to be used as the theme tune for a new television show entitled 'The Adventures of Dollypartasaurus'. Which is described by the production company as follows....

"A fun filled, action packed and animated, educational television show for children (and possibly mentally challenged adults), which follows the adventures of a prehistoric 'Country and Western' singing dinosaur, through the deepest, darkest depths of Willie Nelson's dementia stricken mind....."

Dolly Parton

The show is to be aired sometime in 2016 on an all new community based television station in the 'Samarqand Provence' of Uzbekistan, as part of the governments new "comprehensive child eduction strategy on mental health issues". 

Above is a promotional photo courtesy of the production company and below is the finished audio track. T'is a nifty little number, the type of thing Yngwie Malmsteen might hum to himself whilst flicking through 'Cosmopolitan' or ironing his XXL Leather Pants in the morning. Check it out if yea like....



And finally, if you live in Uzbekistan watch out for 'The Adventures of Dollypartasaurus' on a television screen near you, in.....

The Near Future!

'Sounds From Inside The Sun'....

New Trip-Hop track with an Electronic feel, inspired by the vast, expansive and fascinating subjects of  'Extraterrestrial Life, Close Encounters, UFO's and Abductions'. All of which I happen to not have the slightest fucking interest in whatsoever.....

So what's with Bodybuilding Magazines?

So, I was in my local Health Food Store buying some Fish Oil and Multivitamin 
supplements the other day and I started scanning through one of the bodybuilding magazine's in the book section. Now just being your average Joe that goes to the gym once or twice a week, the whole culture of bodybuilding isn't something I know a lot about. But having said that it seemed to me that some of the magazine's articles and product adverts were a bit odd? So much so that I bought the magazine just to scan some of the page's and put them up here....     

So what's all this about then?

Greg Plitt

Viagra bodybuilding

Greg Plitt

Australia Tourism Commercial

The following video presentation was commissioned by the National Tourism Board of Australia and subsequently rejected on the grounds that.... 'both culturally and geographically it fails miserably in portraying the people, landscape and wildlife of Australia in an accurate and realistic manner. As an organisation we have no intention whatsoever of using this video to attract tourism to our country.' 

Here it is anyway....



Video editing and jpeg animation made with 'Windows Movie Maker 6.0.6002' and 'Photoshop CS2'. 

'The Marsupials Strut'....

Here's a new Funky, Jazzy, Trip-Hopping Piano Instrumental inspired by the Outback and the Down Under. The accompanying video to which I'm editing at the moment.



In case your wondering the sounds in the intro, outro and in the background throughout the track are a combination of separately recorded Didgeridoo's, in various keys, cut and arranged together to make a sort of collage of noise on which the songs arrangement is then built.