Harmless Noise
A music blog from Ireland.
A music blog from Ireland.
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
This morning I saw a note on Nina Hynes‘ Facebook arguing that crowd-sourcing the funds for her new album was not an ideal way to release music. With Nina’s permission I’ve copied and pasted the correspondence below. I am posting this letter sent to me today as I find it an interesting argument against
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Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
“As a band we have never asked for more than what our records cost to make.” A crucial statement from Ten Past Seven who are currently running a FundIt campaign to raise cash for a super-special limited...
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Monday, May 30th, 2011
One of the most interesting developments in the new music industry has been to see digital communities providing the resources necessary to bankroll a new product that musicians could not otherwise find the means to do alone....
(No Ratings Yet)Friday, May 13th, 2011
Fresh from supporting ASIWYFA at their album launch in the Button Factory, Axis Of are back in Dublin tonight to perform at the Love Music Hate Racism gig in Sweeney’s. It’s your last chance to check the...
(No Ratings Yet)Saturday, April 9th, 2011
Saturday bonus! There is a gig taking place in the Button Factory tonight for a really important cause and Attention Bebe, The Gorgeous Colours, Oddsocks Revival and Thousandaires have all pitched in to help in the best...
(No Ratings Yet)Friday, March 25th, 2011
Last Saturday I was bringing my children to stay with friends and we passed Our Lady’s Hospice in Harold’s Cross. I looked up the hill towards the place where I last saw him alive and asked myself...
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Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
Hello to you, January. It’s been ages but you haven’t changed much. Still doing that grey sky/pale sunlight look I see. Suits you though. Fancy a cuppa and some tunes? Beauty is near. You might remember that...
(No Ratings Yet)Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
Spurred on by this beautiful video of Cinnte by Arthur O’Regan , I’ve escaped ‘The million/billion/trillion Fear’ this morning by delving into the lush soundscapes of Nouveaunoise‘s debut album Paraphrase Accolade. It’s an album of huge proportions...
(No Ratings Yet)Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
This one’s for the Nordies – a video by Bandwidth Films to help the Oh Yeah Centre win a special funding prize that will enable them to expand the musicians’ centre even further with the addition of...
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