play_rewind_eject_blog http://playrewindeject.com/news.cfm Tue, 01 May 2012 21:14:10 GMT http://bandzoogle.com Hear the new album 'Back to Forward' in full now! http://playrewindeject.com/news.cfm?feature=1321722&postid=2036897 I've pleased to announce that 'Back to Forward' can now be streamed in full from my bandcamp page. Click <a href="http://playrewindeject.bandcamp.com/" target="_new">here to head over there or listen to it below! I'd love to know your thoughts. &lt;a href="http://playrewindeject.bandcamp.com/album/back-to-forward"&gt;Back to Forward by play_rewind_eject&lt;/a&gt; here to head over there or listen to it below! I'd love to know your thoughts.


]]> Tue, 01 May 2012 21:14:10 GMT D08EEC74B9165BEC31CF66911888704E "Comes charging at you at such a ferocious pace that sweeps you off your feet" http://playrewindeject.com/news.cfm?feature=1321722&postid=2028244 <a href="http://www.amusicalpriority.co.uk" target="_new">Amp Magazine have given the new single 'We The People (Need the People)' a great review. You can read it <a href="http://www.amusicalpriority.co.uk/tracks_playrewindeject_wethepeople.html" target="_new">here. Thanks to Steve Tay and all the folk at Amp Mag for their continued support of what I'm doing. Thanks, PRJT Amp Magazine have given the new single 'We The People (Need the People)' a great review. You can read it here. Thanks to Steve Tay and all the folk at Amp Mag for their continued support of what I'm doing.

Thanks,
PRJT
]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:50:00 GMT D623155691E96FD92AF58DA44DE1B1D7 'We The People (Need the People)' is OUT TODAY! http://playrewindeject.com/news.cfm?feature=1321722&postid=2008966 You can now download 'We The People (Need the People)' from all good download stores like <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/we-people-need-people-single/id507878574" target="_new">Itunes and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/We-The-People-Need/dp/B007H26UFI/ref=pd_rhf_se_p_t_1" target="_new">Amazon. If you'd prefer to download it directly from my store then please visit the <a href="./music.cfm">Music page. I really appreciate all the support I've had during the making of this single and the album that it's off so thanks to you all and I hope you enjoy it! Cheers PRJT x Itunes and Amazon. If you'd prefer to download it directly from my store then please visit the Music page. I really appreciate all the support I've had during the making of this single and the album that it's off so thanks to you all and I hope you enjoy it!

Cheers
PRJT x
]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:20:09 GMT 0B05F164D80667AED4448144DEBEEA79 Admin and Rock 'n' Roll..releasing my album moves on a few steps! http://playrewindeject.com/news.cfm?feature=1321722&postid=1998855 I received the masters back from Pete Maher this morning and I'm so, so pleased with the result. They sound massive and I'm really proud of the finished product. I hope, when you all hear it, you'll like it too! Last time I posted I was talking about PR and how I was on the hunt for some promo assistance. Well I'm pleased to say that I'm using <a href="http://www.naked-press.com/" target="_new">Naked Press for my Press Release promotion for the album. They are the sister company of <a href="http://millionpr.com/" target="_new">Million PR who have worked on PR for artists like Josh Ritter and Sufjan Stevens in the past. I'm really pleased to be on board with them. Their job is to produce my press release and start getting magazines, websites etc. interested in the album, I'll keep you posted with how that progresses! When you release an album independently there is a lot of administration that needs to be taken care of, it's not exciting but in the long run it needs to be done if you want to stand a chance of earning some money and doing things 'by the book'. I spent several hours this week updating my PRS (The Performing Rights Society) account by registering my new songs and the album release. The entails entering ISRC codes, Catalogue numbers and ensuring that the release is properly registered so that radio play etc. can be monitored and royalties can be collected. It's all done now so I can forget about it! I've also sorted out the release date and digital distribution to Itunes, Amazon, Spotfiy etc. I always use <a href="http://www.recordunion.com" target="_new">Record Union for this, it's such an easy process with those guys. The album is going to be released on Monday 25th June form all good download sites! The other thing I've done, which is quite fun, is complete the artwork for the CD pressing plant. While I've decided to not do physical distribution for the release (yet) I do like to have some copies professionally pressed so I can sell them through the website and at gigs...every penny helps! That'sabout it for now, it's been a busy week but a really productive one in terms of getting these things done. Now I can sit back and relax for a few days and wait for the release of We The People, which is out on Monday! I hope you all download it ;-) it's soooo cheap! Thanks, PRJT x
Last time I posted I was talking about PR and how I was on the hunt for some promo assistance. Well I'm pleased to say that I'm using Naked Press for my Press Release promotion for the album. They are the sister company of Million PR who have worked on PR for artists like Josh Ritter and Sufjan Stevens in the past. I'm really pleased to be on board with them. Their job is to produce my press release and start getting magazines, websites etc. interested in the album, I'll keep you posted with how that progresses!

When you release an album independently there is a lot of administration that needs to be taken care of, it's not exciting but in the long run it needs to be done if you want to stand a chance of earning some money and doing things 'by the book'. I spent several hours this week updating my PRS (The Performing Rights Society) account by registering my new songs and the album release. The entails entering ISRC codes, Catalogue numbers and ensuring that the release is properly registered so that radio play etc. can be monitored and royalties can be collected. It's all done now so I can forget about it!

I've also sorted out the release date and digital distribution to Itunes, Amazon, Spotfiy etc. I always use Record Union for this, it's such an easy process with those guys. The album is going to be released on Monday 25th June form all good download sites!

The other thing I've done, which is quite fun, is complete the artwork for the CD pressing plant. While I've decided to not do physical distribution for the release (yet) I do like to have some copies professionally pressed so I can sell them through the website and at gigs...every penny helps!

That'sabout it for now, it's been a busy week but a really productive one in terms of getting these things done. Now I can sit back and relax for a few days and wait for the release of We The People, which is out on Monday! I hope you all download it ;-) it's soooo cheap!

Thanks,
PRJT x
]]> Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:30:25 GMT 6ADE75F47E1D0BEFD047289DBA0B0D0B Live at The Cavendish Arms - date change & Poster http://playrewindeject.com/news.cfm?feature=1321722&postid=1990844 Here is the poster for my next London show, it's at the Cavendish Arms in Stockwell on 15th June (moved from&nbsp;May). Check out the <a href="./gigs.cfm">gig page for more info! &nbsp; &nbsp; Here is the poster for my next London show, it's at the Cavendish Arms in Stockwell on 15th June (moved from May). Check out the gig page for more info!

 

 



]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:55:00 GMT B5673FD28103C6CD4071F2954F86D405 Please release me...how to get my 'indie' album to the masses! http://playrewindeject.com/news.cfm?feature=1321722&postid=1976394 As I write this I'm eagerly waiting to get my hands on the masters of my new album. They are currently with <a href="http://www.topfloormusic.co.uk" target="_new">Pete Maher at Topfloor Music in Brighton, I can't wait to hear them next week! He has mastered music for&nbsp;U2, The Killers, Scissor Sisters, Charlie Simpson, Jack White, Depeche Mode and Katy Perry so I know they're in good hands! This is only the first rung on the ladder of getting 'Back to Forward' released. WIth my first album I was happy to give it away for free to build up a fanbase and get people sharing my music. I did this using Spotify, <a href="http://www.jango.com/" target="_new">Jango, Twitter, Soundcloud, <a href="http://official.fm/" target="_new">Official FM and Facebook - the usual suspects! It was relatively successful and I now have a good number of mailing list subscribers and 'fans' from all over the world...from Peru to Australia! With the new album I really want to try and get my music to a wider audience and start to (whisper) earn some money from it! I'm not talking the mega bucks of U2 or Lady Gaga...just some extra funds that I can plough back into my music. I set up my own record label, Oh Mercy! Records, several years ago as it made the digital distribution/ISRC codes easier to manage and I also signed up to PRS and PPL to make sure any performance or radio play get's me some little income. This is all great but it still doesn't help the wider world know I'm here! I've got to take it a bit further...time for a check list! I've got my album, I've got my record label, I've got my royalty collection setup and I've got digital distribution in place (thanks to <a href="http://www.recordunion.com" target="_new">record union). On top of this I have my social networks and website in place. However, what I'm missing - the thing 'established' acts have - is a marketing machine, a collection of PR gurus who are out 'selling' my music to the magazines, websites, radio stations and printed press! Sure, I can do some promotion myself and I do, I send off 100's of CDs, mp3s, Soundcloud dropboxes and Emails to bloggers, webzines and internet radio stations - some of them pay off (<a href="http://www.amusicalpriority.co.uk/feature_spotlight_playrewindeject.html" target="_new">Amp Magazine) and some don't. Recently I've signed up with <a href="http://www.musicsubmit.com/" target="_new">Music Submit to help with this process and the early results are pretty good (check out my review at <a href="http://strutter.8m.com" target="_new">Strutterzine, this was down to the chaps at MS). The DIY process, while tiring and time consuming, does feel good, especially when an interview or CD review appears on-line. I'll keep doing it but if I want my music to really 'get out there' I'm going to have to get the professionals on board! So that's where I find myself at the moment. I'm currently talking to PR companies, some of them work with new artists and some of them have worked with massive stars but all of them are giving me advice on the best approach to take. It's exciting, I'm learning a lot and what I do learn I'll talk about here. This is going to be where I update you on the latest milestone(s) in my quest to get 'Back to Forward' released and promoted. Hopefully soon I'll have a PR team working for me, I might sign the all important (for songwriters at least) publishing deal...hell, I may bring out a range of tea towel merchandise...if it helps me promote me and the album I'll consider it! This blog is going to be the story of the journey...I hope it's a successful one!&nbsp; Thanks for reading and do please download 'We The People' when it comes out on 23rd April on ITunes and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/We-The-People-Need/dp/B007H26UPI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1334320039&amp;sr=8-1" target="_new">Amazon etc. ;-) PRJT Pete Maher at Topfloor Music in Brighton, I can't wait to hear them next week! He has mastered music for U2, The Killers, Scissor Sisters, Charlie Simpson, Jack White, Depeche Mode and Katy Perry so I know they're in good hands!

This is only the first rung on the ladder of getting 'Back to Forward' released. WIth my first album I was happy to give it away for free to build up a fanbase and get people sharing my music. I did this using Spotify, Jango, Twitter, Soundcloud, Official FM and Facebook - the usual suspects! It was relatively successful and I now have a good number of mailing list subscribers and 'fans' from all over the world...from Peru to Australia!

With the new album I really want to try and get my music to a wider audience and start to (whisper) earn some money from it! I'm not talking the mega bucks of U2 or Lady Gaga...just some extra funds that I can plough back into my music. I set up my own record label, Oh Mercy! Records, several years ago as it made the digital distribution/ISRC codes easier to manage and I also signed up to PRS and PPL to make sure any performance or radio play get's me some little income. This is all great but it still doesn't help the wider world know I'm here! I've got to take it a bit further...time for a check list!

I've got my album, I've got my record label, I've got my royalty collection setup and I've got digital distribution in place (thanks to record union). On top of this I have my social networks and website in place. However, what I'm missing - the thing 'established' acts have - is a marketing machine, a collection of PR gurus who are out 'selling' my music to the magazines, websites, radio stations and printed press! Sure, I can do some promotion myself and I do, I send off 100's of CDs, mp3s, Soundcloud dropboxes and Emails to bloggers, webzines and internet radio stations - some of them pay off (Amp Magazine) and some don't. Recently I've signed up with Music Submit to help with this process and the early results are pretty good (check out my review at Strutterzine, this was down to the chaps at MS). The DIY process, while tiring and time consuming, does feel good, especially when an interview or CD review appears on-line. I'll keep doing it but if I want my music to really 'get out there' I'm going to have to get the professionals on board!

So that's where I find myself at the moment. I'm currently talking to PR companies, some of them work with new artists and some of them have worked with massive stars but all of them are giving me advice on the best approach to take. It's exciting, I'm learning a lot and what I do learn I'll talk about here. This is going to be where I update you on the latest milestone(s) in my quest to get 'Back to Forward' released and promoted. Hopefully soon I'll have a PR team working for me, I might sign the all important (for songwriters at least) publishing deal...hell, I may bring out a range of tea towel merchandise...if it helps me promote me and the album I'll consider it! This blog is going to be the story of the journey...I hope it's a successful one! 

Thanks for reading and do please download 'We The People' when it comes out on 23rd April on ITunes and Amazon etc. ;-)

PRJT







]]> Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:27:56 GMT 62194E7FA2F8145ADCF6CD4053FE5CB7 The new single - We The People (Need The People) http://playrewindeject.com/news.cfm?feature=1321722&postid=1972632 &nbsp;You can hear the new single 'We The People (Need The People)' below. It is out as a digital download on Monday 23rd April from Itunes, Amazon etc. Monday 23rd April from Itunes, Amazon etc.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:36:06 GMT EB1AB07DEB3EDAB0EEC327A9DB3A9F8E More reviews... http://playrewindeject.com/news.cfm?feature=1321722&postid=1968318 &nbsp;Hi all, I've received a couple of reviews for 'Never Before but Maybe Again', Strutterzine - a Dutch Webzine - gave the album 8/10 You can <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/zine2/strutterzine/HOTNEWREVIEWS184.htm" target="_new">head over to their website and read the review (it's the last review on the page). I also had some nice words from London based <a href="http://www.koobaradio.co.uk/" target="_new">Kooba Radio, in their Easter Blog they said this about my track 'You're Like a...': &quot;This is a great independent pop song. It has has roughness where is needs it, quirky synths where it needs it, sweet melodies where it needs it and power guitar stums where it needs it.&quot; I'm getting close to finishing the new album so expect some tunes soon! Thanks, PRJT head over to their website and read the review (it's the last review on the page).

I also had some nice words from London based Kooba Radio, in their Easter Blog they said this about my track 'You're Like a...':

"This is a great independent pop song. It has has roughness where is needs it, quirky synths where it needs it, sweet melodies where it needs it and power guitar stums where it needs it."

I'm getting close to finishing the new album so expect some tunes soon!

Thanks,
PRJT

]]> Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:29:06 GMT 1D68000636CB863B5BD4B436CAFF8E11 Ipswich May Day Festival http://playrewindeject.com/news.cfm?feature=1321722&postid=1937318 I will be playing a short set at the Ipswich May Day Festival. It's likely to be around 2/2.30pm. It's taking place at Alexandra Park in Ipswich on Sunday 6th May. Check out the <a target="_new" href="http://ipswichmaydayfestival.wordpress.com/">May Day Festival Website for more info! May Day Festival Website for more info!]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:37:16 GMT C0596A43552D26D3AAE86922E11B0F7A Artist feature with AMP Magazine http://playrewindeject.com/news.cfm?feature=1321722&postid=1920793 &nbsp;The wonderful folk at <a target="_new" href="http://www.amusicalpriority.co.uk">AMP Magazine have done an artist feature on me. It includes an interview and review of my tracks. If you want to check it out then head over <a target="_new" href="http://www.amusicalpriority.co.uk/feature_spotlight_playrewindeject.html">here AMP Magazine have done an artist feature on me. It includes an interview and review of my tracks. If you want to check it out then head over here]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:16:52 GMT 241AF062D189347761A4BB269DE9E299 Acoustic slot in Cambridge http://playrewindeject.com/news.cfm?feature=1321722&postid=1918754 &nbsp;I will be playing an acoustic slot at the 'Open Stage' night at the CB2 in Cambridge. This is my first solo acoustic show in Cambridge so really looking forward to it! The show is on Saturday 5th May. Head over to the gig page for more news Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:49:16 GMT 0682F39DA48ACC6D1CC36A2AD87970F1 New London gig announced http://playrewindeject.com/news.cfm?feature=1321722&postid=1912768 &nbsp;I'm pleased to say I'm playing the awesome <a target="_new" href="http://www.thecavendisharmsstockwell.co.uk/">Cavendish Arms in Stockwell, London on Friday 25th May. It's a free entry gig and it really is a trul great looking venue. You can check out the <a href="./gigs.cfm">gig page for further details Cavendish Arms in Stockwell, London on Friday 25th May. It's a free entry gig and it really is a trul great looking venue. You can check out the gig page for further details]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:52:22 GMT 7039F4DF4A91FBD2CE1AEBF6D9011FAF Get a free Demo each day for a whole week http://playrewindeject.com/news.cfm?feature=1321722&postid=1891831 During the making of my new album I've recorded a lot of demos, some of them have grown up and turned into songs and some need a little more fairy dust before they can stride out into the real world. I thought it would be good to share some of those demos with everyone signed up to my mailing list so from Saturday 24th March I will be giving away a free download of a demo each day for a week. To make sure you receive yours then sign-up to my mailing list by entering your email address at the top of this page. I'd love your feedback on them and who knows, they may make it to proper grown up songs soon! Thanks, PRJT
To make sure you receive yours then sign-up to my mailing list by entering your email address at the top of this page.

I'd love your feedback on them and who knows, they may make it to proper grown up songs soon!

Thanks,
PRJT
]]> Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:53:40 GMT 35A08A6EB10D91A268558EECBB8FCEE3 "A cool tune with more than a few interesting twists and turns" http://playrewindeject.com/news.cfm?feature=1321722&postid=1870980 The wonderful folk at <a target="_new" href="https://twitter.com/#!/recordingmag">Recording Magazine in the USA have reviewed my track &quot;Youre Like a....&quot;. You can head over <a target="_new" href="http://www.recordingmag.com/tapereviews/2012/03/177.html">here to see the full review in all its 3 out of 5 glory! If you haven't already you can download this and other songs for FREE at the <a href="./music.cfm">music page Recording Magazine in the USA have reviewed my track "Youre Like a....". You can head over here to see the full review in all its 3 out of 5 glory!

If you haven't already you can download this and other songs for FREE at the music page

]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:49:00 GMT F341FB97B078500FB03FCAE28B73031E Vote for 'We The People' in the 'You bloom' songwriting competition http://playrewindeject.com/news.cfm?feature=1321722&postid=1837218 &nbsp;I've entered by song 'We The People (Need the People)' into the You Bloom songwriting competition. Voting starts from midnight on Monday 5th March. I'd really appreciate it if you could hop on over to&nbsp;<a target="_new" href="http://www.youbloom.com/ybsc/entry/3133/">http://www.youbloom.com/ybsc/entry/3133/&nbsp;and vote for the song. It won't take you long and you could help win me &pound;10,000! Thanks, PRJT http://www.youbloom.com/ybsc/entry/3133/ and vote for the song. It won't take you long and you could help win me £10,000!

Thanks,
PRJT
]]> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:48:36 GMT 27E388615B05C6D26D05E76FA7518EA8 'We The People (Need the People)'...hear the new single now! http://playrewindeject.com/news.cfm?feature=1321722&postid=1826227 Here is your first sneaky peak of the new single I'll be releasing soon. It's called 'We The People (Need the People)'...let me know your thoughts!
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