So, my distributor has decided they will no longer host my music on their streaming services. Their loss.

I don’t want to go too much into it (I don’t understand it), but I do have one request of my listeners and that is; if you want to hear my music, please visit the bandcamp pages below. My music will soon fall off of all other streaming sites anyway, but in the meantime plays of my music on those sites will pay other people money and not me…

The ‘[4D] Recordings’ label plan was all worth a try to attempt a unifying my projects and opening up an audience, but this event has absolutely killed my enthusiasm and momentum (again). It has been a massive personal set back. My confidence doesn’t take much to knock and this event has made me (again) question why I’m doing what I’m doing.

If you set your heart on a project, go for it, and it goes wrong – that’s one thing. That’s just life. If you go after a project because you simply think you ‘should’ be doing it or don’t know what else to do, because this is what you always used to do and it used to once bring joy…and yet now it brings you no real joy in doing it… you’ve got to question ‘why do it at all’?

I made two new albums this year and set about revisiting some old favourites from my back catalogue. The revisits and the making something new, were kinda fun. The distribution, the promotion and the ultimate rejection that has always inevitably followed, was not fun. I won’t be pursuing sales and streams any more, for sure.

If making stays fun, that will carry on, but…this concerted effort to release and provide constant content won’t be continuing. Some of my favourite bands take decades to release something new, and I will wait for them.

The next album from me was set for an October 27th release (surprise!), and that is still going to happen. The only difference being that I have to now release it myself, and it will only be available on channels I control (listed below). There will be some posts about it all in proper soon.

With that in mind…It is back to the original setup! Make an album and send it out to die alone on the internet.

My music exists on bandcamp only from now on! (It was always the superior and most supportive website anyway.)

The Silent Committee

Pyxis

Violet’s Gone

New videos on Vimeo and YouTube.

New news stories and occasional archival material on the blog. (that’s this site!)

New pictures and stories on Instagram.

I’m sorry if this was a sad read, but I am feeling quite despondent about it at present. I think I want to make music and I think I want to still share it. In the weeklyep podcast that accompanied my Maybrain record, I stated that music should be made just to make yourself happy, and that if anyone else picks it up and likes it, that’s a happier bonus.

If you’re reading this and are a supporter of what I do, then you have my utmost thanks and appreciation for being there.

Much love

CFx

Folk and blues in the afternoon.

I really miss The Fishmarket art gallery in Northampton. It was an incredible creative space with a thriving community of creatives, exhibition pieces, small shops etc. My little involvement was in taking over the hosting of Folk/Blues in the afternoon on Sundays throughout 2011.

The cafe inside the gallery The Nook was a cool hangout and was our venue. A small purpose built stage that could comfortably fit a full band and yet manage to not look empty with a solo performer. As well as organising the event, I photographed many of the acts playing and recorded the soundboard audio a handful of their live sets too for them to use on their respective facebook/myspace/youtube channels (free of charge, cause I’m a nice guy.) I also drank ridiculous quantities of tea.

We hosted some great performers including Kings Gambit, Gregg Cave, Joe B. Humbled, Kismet Hardy, The Rogue State Circus, Aisha Daisy, Jimtom Say?, Enki, Jonny Tudor, Rozism, Stevie Jones, The Abrahams, Debbie Frayling, Corrine Lucy. Many others, I can’t list them all.

We looked set to continue with the program but sadly the Northampton county council had other plans and announced the demolition of the art gallery in place of a not-fit-for-purpose bus station (that 12 years later, still doesn’t do the job!)