The second single is The Last Plantagenet. (If you enjoy this, please share it!)
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Single: My Thirst
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Update: Doing all the things.
Hidden Gold is now uploaded to Kunaki (for CD orders) and CD Baby (for digital distribution–the irony!). The title track now has a song page of its own (I performed it at Roses, so my “rule” is satisfied.) It goes on sale two weeks from today.
What remains now is to get ready for the release party and concert (if you are interested in coming to Paramus on Saturday the 20th, let me know), and probably put out a teaser or two to give folks a taste of what it actually sounds like.
Enjoy your weekend. I’m going to chill with the family.
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Mastering the album
I’m listening to the roughs. (In recording, “roughs” apparently are “masters” before their zits clear up.) In theory, I will have a master disc in my hands on Friday. Yes, this Friday.
The most incredible part of this project has been collaborating with so many talented people who were so eager to help make it possible. The SCA and musician communities are an unbelievably generous group of people. This isn’t my official acknowledgments, this is just sharing about what a joyful experience this has been.
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All Proceeds Will Be Donated…
As we get closer to our release date (June 20), I have been reminded by a few people that I should share about our intention around selling this album. This is a donation project (and has been since its inception). I want to sell this album, because I believe that art has value, and people appreciate that value more fully when they are asked to pay for it. But I was never sure how much money there was to be had in this niche, or indeed in recorded music in general (research update: not a lot). So instead of worrying about any money we might make, we chose to treat this as a fundraiser for a worthy cause. And for us, the cause was an easy choice, and one that ties in thematically with the album itself, and the title.
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Milestone: The Album is Finished
I just handed Hidden Gold, all 12 tracks, off to Neil, who will be mastering it for me (thanks, Neil! And thanks for all the mixing help). It’s a weird and exciting feeling. My wife is excited to have me back, and we’re off to the Wars of the Roses up in Albany.
Have a great weekend, everyone! More updates to come.
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One Month to Launch
Hidden Gold goes on sale on Saturday, June 20, one month from today. The front cover looks like this:
(Kudos to Aneleda Falconbridge for the design, and her Highness Caoilfhionn inghean Fhaoláin for the photo.)
More details soon.
I’m down in the basement today recording what should be my very last vocals for the album. I will be editing and tweaking, refining the mix, and before the family heads off to the Wars of the Roses event up in Concordia, I will have handed off my final mixes to my mastering engineer.
I have seen the album cover. (I think you’re gonna like it.) I have gotten valuable feedback from a small panel of trusted, knowledgable and very honest friends–and even more crucially, my wife, who (as Lucien reminded me) is always right and never wrong.
I’ve selected the CD manufacturer and the online distributor. And the release date is just over a month away. A long standing dream, and two and a half years of work, are almost at an end.
THISCLOSE. 🙂
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Announcement: Release Date!
We have a release date for the album! Hidden Gold will go on sale on Saturday, June 20.
Master Arden and I, along with some other talented musicians, will be celebrating the occasion with a release concert. One time only, we will be holding a house concert to perform all these songs with a live band. So if you think that sounds like an event you want to catch, please save the date.
There will be more announcements coming soon (a number of exciting developments coming to fruition!), so watch this space in the next few weeks and months. (Can you tell I’m excited?)
Drake Oranwood 