You Are Allowed To Enjoy This...the Podcast!

This is my review of the latest album by Yes. You can view the video to this at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-zeDG2nnqQ

And now for something completely different... This is me reading the first chapter of my novel "Dead Rock Star". I've never done this before, so please excuse the bits where I flub things up and get a little off-kilter. This novel is now available to purchase in eBook format (Kindle compatible) at the following online stores at a unfeasibly low, low introductory price: http://www.lulu.com/product/ebook/dead-rock-star/16116045 Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0057H6XC0 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0057H6XC0 And coming soon to iBookstore! If you like it, drop me a comment on my website www.darrenlock.com and I'll record the second chapter (not sure if that's more of a threat than a treat).

In this podcast, I describe how I self-published my own eBook on iBookstore and Amazon Kindle Marketplace.

And here is the MP3 audio of my improvisation. For more music fun, visit: http://www.darrenlock.com

And here is the MP3 of the performnace. Enjoy!

This is a rough idea I put down recently. I haven't done any serious recording for about five months, so whenever I return to active recording duty I always just mess around playing the simplest things just so I can get my fingers back into some sort of shape. Hence this song is as basic as it gets - however, good songs sometimes come from these basic frameworks. This recording also marks my debut recording using my iMac DAW and was put down using Logic Studio.

This is a short improvised piece I recorded with the Roland RC-30 Loopstation.

This is a short improvised piece I recorded with the Roland RC-30 Loopstation.

This is a short improvised piece I recorded with the Roland RC-50 looping pedal. This was recorded live in one take using the bass guitar only.

Here is an improvised soundscape. Watch the performance at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te2RrbB0jc0

Here is an improvised soundscape. Watch the performance at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0kT_H8Asek

A short song for the kids from the album "The Luckiest Man in the World". More details at: http://www.darrenlock.com/mt/archives/2010/10/in-starry-trees.html

A short instrumental

This is a new song from my album "The Luckiest Man in the World"

This is a new instrumental piece I've recorded with the tentative title "Stinkhorn".

In this podcast, Darren talks about his "Bad Cover Version" project in which he does his best to record really awful renditions of popular favourites. Tracks include "Heroes" by David Bowie, "The Bucket" by Kings of Leon, "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" by Fairport Convention, "Are Friends Electric?" by Tubeway Army, "Something to Do" by Adrian Belew, "Sabotage" by The Beastie Boys, "Willow's Song" from The Wicker Man movie, "King's Lead Hat" by Brian Eno, "Wannabe" by The Spice Girls, "Girl Like You" by Edwyn Collins, "Lucky Man" by The Verve, "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division and "Sunrise" by Pulp.

In this podcast, Darren talks about archiving his numerous master tapes covering his "4-track years" from 1992-1996 and features some of the less offensively bad music he has found in the archive.

This instrumental was born out of a three-pass improvisation, which was recorded and uploaded onto YouTube - so this was recorded "as live". You can see the video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQS2_klGHJc

This is a new recording I've made for a forthcoming album, possibly called "The Luckiest Man in the World".

This is a new recording I've made for a forthcoming album, possibly called "The Luckiest Man in the World".