Noochoon

04/01/2025

This is not realistic if musicians' rights are to be effectively protected. A jail sentence and a financial penalty,please!

Skylar Dalziel’s hard drives showed access to about 290,000 tracks from artists also including Shawn Mendes, police say

25/10/2024

I've decided there's a limit to what Social Media can achieve in the world. I've always felt it might be true, but now I know.

07/09/2024

Noochoon is opening up a niche arrangement and production service in New Brighton - psychedelic capital of the North West. Quick interpretation of your song ideas with the option for a full-on development in whatever genre or future genre meets your needs!

07/08/2024

My recent posts suggesting we got immediate phony bot responses

07/08/2024

Rarely used Twitter - hope soon it is X-Twitter. Just deleted my account. What a load of super-inflated nonsense.

27/06/2024

Taking a month off teaching piano in August to work on my album.
Misinjin is a music entity in its formative stages at the moment - my last album with Hookstick revolved around known genres and sounds - which I really enjoyed, all very familiar, but I'm now bringing together all my thoughts of the last few years to try and write stuff which is more about what I'm actually feeling, here, in this place. A lot of grit and unexpected twists. It's psychedelic, in the sense that I think that's how my brain works anyway, and a bit on the absurd side, so a few cheeky laughs (all coping mechanisms, I would call them!)
Lots of messages, but keeping away from too much emotional self-indulgence. I hope it's a good strong look at some things that matter.

Been lucky that I can use AI voices to visualise these tracks whilst I plan out the funding and the eternal quest for a significant singer. Having said that, I think there's a great one on my doorstep, just have to get the modus operandi straight.

So another month just to get my students on the right path (whichever one that is for them!) and then a month of hedonism and free thinking. It's definitely it's own thing and every time someone says there's a bit they don't like, I vamp it up

16/06/2024

The greatest of pleasure in helping RISKYNIK to get his Gormenghast EP released.
Out now on Noochoon, Band Camp and soon to be on all streaming platforms

27/05/2024

Another two days putting down vocals for my songs. It's just been so rewarding and an amazing experience to leap forward in my album - really helps with confidence in the end product - vocals are so important! They're not, of course, the finished vocals, but they making the feel of the songs come alive, which helps with all the other stuff!

25/05/2024

Okay , I am now undertaking a track voicing project and have around 18 tracks to re-voice. It's quite a tricky but will help a new singer, when finished. Going to be a lot of work, but also a lot of fun! Some tracks from new Misinjin psychedelic work and some from Henry's Machine or later soul based ideas. And one crazy track I wrote in Spain called "Mrs Happy Bang Bang" after a lovely neighbour!
Am having lots of fun!

17/05/2024

More small but great developments at the studio here in New Brighton, working plans for some great little local projects. A combination of a local project and the Misinjin album in the pipeline.

08/05/2024

Great news! We are starting work with an established vocal artist in South Africa in conjunction with our well known crew to develop new tracks for release over there (and also here!)
It's a new thing to be working at creating songs to topic and effectively getting commissioned! Sounds like the birth of a new way of work - always exciting!
for more info!

27/04/2024

Work is now speeding up to create a songwriting hub from the piano studio at Noochoon. We have started work with a number of singers to progress the wealth of music we have available in a commercial direction. In the midst of AI developments, this project is an exciting and challenging one, spilling out into various areas - genres include soul, psychedelia, modern prog and of course pop styles of all kinds.
Future plans (some in place) are to work with established artists and video creators.
With several talented singers working with us, we are looking forward to a bright future sustaining the creativity of human-led music.

02/01/2024

If live music is the only way forward fir creative musicians, and the venues are closing....

UK grassroots music venues have provided a platform to young music talent for decades - it is where The Beatles and Ed Sheeran all found their feet before moving on to stardom.

15/12/2023

This is spot on. The whole industry needs a fresh look at how music is actually evolving outside a purely commercial arena.

Nile Rodgers has hit out at the state of streaming services and the modern music industry.

11/12/2023

Moving slowly towards a new and challenging music project, currently likely to take off in early 2024.

Noochoon will be restructuring to provide commercial music for a variety of commercial and social needs, more information becoming available over the next few weeks. Watch This Space!

02/05/2023

Arnold Layne - The first Pink Floyd single was released in the USA today - 24th April 1967

This is a rarely seen review from Cash Box magazine on the 13th May 1967