tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464Sun, 14 Jan 2007 12:43:28 +0000http://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/index.htmlRichardBlogger212125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-6791543393653364140Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:36:00 +00002007-01-14T12:43:28.180ZMidemGigHi In the middle of Midem preperation I have been doing some practicing for a gig on the 16th, during the practice session today I had a moment of inspiration, or laziness and drifted away from practicing and ended up writing a new song. Well when I say a new song it's not finished, has limited lyrics and no title but the main structure is there. I need to write some lyrics now....hmm what http://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2007/01/new-song.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-8123414482734461669Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:48:00 +00002007-01-09T11:01:51.137ZDVDMidemCDLive from LondonHi It's that time again when my efforts are directed towards the Midem trade show in Cannes at the end of January. I am planning to promote the Live from London DVD and CD and the upcoming EP. It's a difficult trade show to try and get the exposure I would really like as there are so many other people there, but it's better to be present than not. I have some meetings already booked but the nexthttp://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2007/01/midem-prep.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-4237644867605635955Sat, 09 Dec 2006 14:17:00 +00002007-01-03T23:25:33.342ZinformationHi all I will be taking a rest from blogging for the rest of December as I have some maintenance to do on the blog and adding some new features. I will return in the New year. Seasons greetings and a Happy New Yearhttp://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2007/01/blog-rest.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-2483202581622156794Wed, 03 Jan 2007 23:17:00 +00002007-01-03T23:21:52.874ZCDLive from London Hi The live from London CD has been posted on the iTunes website today so individual songs or the entire CD is available for download. the link for this is; http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=210477453http://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2007/01/downloads-on-itunes.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-116566593588688751Mon, 04 Dec 2006 12:04:00 +00002007-01-01T14:24:48.568ZDVDCDLive from LondonHi Well after all the months of hard work the DVD and CD Live from London is now released. It has been a bit of a struggle at times but it has been well worth it. Although you can't buy it directly from my site it links through to Key Music Records where you can buy it there.http://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2006/12/finally-released.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-116463509027069223Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:40:00 +00002007-01-01T14:21:57.400ZDVDCDLive from LondonHi The DVD and CD's are back from the pressing plant and they look great, I am so relieved as I was sure there will be at least 1 major mistake. So far I haven't seen or heard any problems so maybe I pulled it off after all. - why all the worry. So now it's trying to finish off the store and get some press releases done. 4th December is the release date so hopefully that will give me enough timehttp://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2006/11/dvd-and-cds-are-back.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-6796143630447906609Mon, 01 Jan 2007 14:14:00 +00002007-01-01T14:15:17.251ZDVDEPTurning aroundLive from LondonHi All Well it's 2007 and I hope this going to be a big year for me, The Live from London DVD and CD are now released and I will be following this up with some promotional gigs. A new studio EP entitled Turning around is scheduled for release in February and I hope the Studio album to be released mid year. What is really important is how the power of networking is to getting recognised so there http://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2007/01/happy-new-year.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-116335898239634682Sun, 05 Nov 2006 18:54:00 +00002006-11-12T21:47:58.233ZHi Well I'm still having to make time to keep all of the website maintenance up to date, I have been so busy creating the DVD and the eShop that other things have slipped a bit. Adding blog entries is easy but other stuff can take time, it's just one of those things really. Maybe I need to get someone else to do it - yeah right who would want to :-) and back to me...http://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2006/11/maintenance.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-116277970605478490Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:14:00 +00002006-11-06T02:21:46.056ZHi I wanted to take a break from all the CD / DVD and online store creation and get back to some music. I had a rough demo of a track "Real Life" which I have been wanting to work on. It was great to get back to some music creation again, after all this what it's all about. It sounds great, well yes I know the track I am working on always sounds great but this does, it's a little bit different http://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2006/11/real-life.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-116277920076264625Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:08:00 +00002006-11-06T02:14:23.156ZHi I was fully aware that I needed to possibly create a different version of the DVD for the US market as the TV and video format differs from Europe. What has surprised me though is that I almost have to start again as the program I am using to author the DVD won't allow me to replicate the settings of project to a different format. So I have to try and duplicate the Europe DVD project for a UShttp://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2006/10/dvd-no.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-116277849769506292Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:54:00 +00002006-11-06T02:01:37.706ZHi I have started work on the Key Music site ready for selling the Live from London DVD / CD from. There is a lot of work to do but as always it's a challenge. The online store will be called Key Music Online and will have products from Key Music Records and Key Music Publishing. I hope fully will have it all finished before the CD and DVD come back from the pressing plant. and back to me...http://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2006/10/shop-creation.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-116217059379623020Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:00:00 +00002006-10-30T01:09:53.810ZHi It's all done!!!!, at last I have finished the Live from London project, the DVD and CD masters will go off to the pressing plant tomorrow and will be back in 2 weeks or so. I have a lot more work to do now, the website needs some new sections with some links to the Key Music Records website where all the buying of the CD will be done. I also have to start planning some promotional work for http://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2006/10/end.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-116094837733194945Sat, 14 Oct 2006 21:21:00 +00002006-10-15T22:39:37.350+01:00 Hi The mixing session went really well, the surround mix especially sounds great so it's all set for getting this project finished now. I expect to get this out for pressing at the end of the week. I want to check all the authoring and mastering carefully as once it's been sent then no changes can be made. I would hate to have it all come back and find a big error in either the DVD or CD. http://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2006/10/mixing-all-done.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-116069518342565527Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:05:00 +00002006-10-13T00:19:43.446+01:00Hi Today I have been preparing all the tracks ready for tomorrow as I am going into a studio in London to do a 5.1 surround mix for the "Live from London" DVD. As I have said in previous posts I have been creating all the mixes for DVD / CD but just need to check the levels and mix in a true and tested environment. I'm looking forward to it as it will be nice to hear the tracks all finished. http://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2006/10/mix-prep.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-116050137781051194Mon, 09 Oct 2006 19:23:00 +00002006-10-10T18:29:37.866+01:00Hi I have been writing another eNews issue today, it doesn't take that long to write but what does take the time is the formatting to make sure it looks ok when sent out in an email blast. The main features in this issue are the Live from London project and the new Myspace webpage. Myspace is becoming quite a marketing and networking tool for bands and artists so much so that some of the major http://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2006/10/enews-read-all-about-it.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-116024110289762568Sat, 07 Oct 2006 17:00:00 +00002006-10-07T18:14:25.393+01:00 Hi I have finished all the artwork for the "Live from London" project and have posted all of the low-res copies on the site. It takes quite a long time to check through all of the pages and layouts to make sure they are all correct. I think they look pretty good but I would say that as created them all. if you want to see the complete art workhttp://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2006/10/artwork-posted.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-116016997515844214Fri, 06 Oct 2006 21:19:00 +00002006-10-06T22:26:15.170+01:00Hi Well I have just about finished everything in the Live from London project but I want to check the final mixes at a studio in London just for piece of mind. I know I said I would have everything finished this week but after putting all this effort into this it would be a shame not to have this checked. I will try and get this done early next week.http://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2006/10/not-quite-sorted.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-116000941833069475Wed, 04 Oct 2006 22:42:00 +00002006-10-05T01:50:18.330+01:00Hi It's been a very productive day today on the "Live from London" project, all the mixing is done except for for one of the studio tracks "You're Gone" which needs some extra vocals added before the final mix. After that I have to go through all of the CD, DVD and artwork looking for any errors and that will take some time. I am aiming to get the all that checked so I can send it to the http://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2006/10/still-mixing.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-115983227169195971Mon, 02 Oct 2006 21:22:00 +00002006-10-03T00:37:51.703+01:00Hi At last it is time to do the final mix for the Live DVD and it's sounding great. The artwork is all but finished so I hope that both the CD and the DVD will finally be finished this week ready for pressing. The reason I couldn't do the final mix until now was that I had to finish all the video editing, this now means that the rough mix from the video edit could be combined with the music http://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2006/10/final-mix-time.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-115870451456424099Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:19:00 +00002006-10-01T16:21:47.266+01:00Hi Back in London after a weekend working in Amsterdam, I do like the city but I have been there so many times now that the novelty is wearing off now. Having said that it was a good trip as I caught up with some people I haven't seen for a while and made some good new contacts.http://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2006/09/im-back.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-115815813115679090Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:27:00 +00002006-10-01T16:21:19.460+01:00Hi Today I've started editing the interview I recorded last week, I think it should work out pretty well, it is very difficult sometimes editing your own words as you have to look at it from the viewers point of view. I will have to leave in all the cringe worthy stuff but maybe they're not that bad. It will probably end up being around 15mins which I think is about right.http://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2006/09/interview-editing.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-115908447260132065Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:44:00 +00002006-10-01T16:20:55.020+01:00Hi I am still editing away with the interview and it's looking great, well apart from having me all over the screen :-) . It is actually quite difficult editing yourself as you really have to concentrate on the words far more than looking at the visuals otherwise you get to wrapped up on little face twitches etc., well not that have any of course.http://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2006/09/still-editing.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-115896251785810415Fri, 22 Sep 2006 21:54:00 +00002006-10-01T16:20:17.350+01:00Hi Today I have been adding subtitles to the Live DVD, why subtitles, well all the lyrics of the tracks will come up in sync if you want to follow them rather than reading the booklet. I think it's quite a good idea but the problem is you have to manually go through and add them which is very time consuming, having said that I do think it will be worth it. So I have to go through the whole gig http://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2006/09/adding-subtitles.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-115971575284473624Sun, 01 Oct 2006 21:10:00 +00002006-10-01T16:19:56.773+01:00Hi I have been busy updating the website today, one of the main things I wanted to do was improve the news section of the site. Looking at it fresh I just thought that you didn't get enough information on the main news page, to rectify this I have embedded some of the RSS feeds from the site.http://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2006/10/website-update.htmlRichardtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14803464.post-115773577193473699Thu, 07 Sep 2006 21:57:00 +00002006-09-19T23:54:29.873+01:00Hi Today I have been recording an interview that will be included in the extras section of the live DVD. It is a similar format to the Story so far interview that is already on the website. This interview will also be edited for the website as "The story so far part 2". Also like before the interviewer was Richard Gillis a journalist friend of mine. I think it worked out OK but until I have http://www.richardhingley.com/news/blog/2006/09/dvd-interview.htmlRichard