Magor Open Mic Is Back!
In case you missed the news, Magor Open Mic is BACK, with the first one taking place 8 weeks tonight! So put Friday 8th November in your diary and we'll see you at The Golden Lion in Magor (NP26 3HY), where you can either "Be A Legend At Your Local" or "See A Legend At Your Local".
Hollywood & Vine (Live) - Kevin Dyer
Kevin Dyer's forthcoming 2002 debut album re-release "Time For Conversation" (2024 Remastered Edition) is going to be preceded by a set of singles with previously unreleased bonus material from the InCompany vaults! The first single, Hollywood & Vine, will include a live version from KD's 2004 "You've Come To Play" tour - here's a sneak preview! Sound On!
Editing And Mixing Hollywood And Vine Live
Editing and mixing some extra tracks for the singles that are going to lead up to the Kevin Dyer "Time For Conversation" re-issue. Such as this live version of Hollywood & Vine, dug out from a 2004 concert recording.
Running In Circles (1992 Version)
#ThrowbackThursday as promised - here is the original 1992 version of the song ("Running In Circles") featured in the 2020 Lockdown Reunion video we posted a few days ago - along with some photos from that era (photoshoots and in the recording studio). Big respect to Steve Jay who used to run the recording studio (Merlyns Cave), check out some of the classic 90's studio gear in the photos!
Hollywood And Vine - Promo Lyric Video - Kevin Dyer
"Hollywood And Vine" is the opening track from Kevin Dyer's 2002 Debut Album "Time For Conversation". Back then, lyrics videos weren't a thing - but as we gear up here at InCompany Multimedia for the digital release of the 2024 Remastered Edition, now they are a thing! Here's a sneak preview! Warning - may contain photos from "back in the day" :-)
Kevin Dyer - Time For Conversation (2024 Remaster) Sampler
This is where the solo artist journey began for singer/songwriter Kevin "KD" Dyer ... his 2002 debut album "Time For Conversation" was a strictly-acoustic affair and released as a limited run of CDs and is now considered quite a rarity! Now finally, after 22 years, the 2024 Remaster is getting a digital release on the InCompany label (release date TBC).
KEVIN DYER - TIME FOR CONVERSATION (2024 REMASTER)
Track Listing: Hollywood And Vine - What The Streets Really Need - Bewitchin' Women - Black Sand Beach - The Empress - Rolling Stone - Fade To Black - Don't Come Crying To Me - Whirlwind - Harder They Fall
Bass ... the Vinyl Frontier ... so awesome to be working again (it's been a while!) producing the very talented Kevin Dyer, who last dropped an album back in 2005 ("The Morning Brings A Light" - go look it up on your preferred Digital Music Provider).
2 years to this very day was the Platinum Jubilee edition of our Magor Open Mic at The Golden Lion (in Magor of course) and as you can see it was a pretty lively one!
The pub seems to be closed at the moment, but there is talk on the "local socials" of new owners taking it on in July - could we see the return of the Magor Open Mic?
Ever wondered what "11 tracks of Ugga Ugga Ooh!" sounds like?
Production notes from 2004 track "Caveman Club" for the act "Kameleon" (written by David Norton).
"No More Tears" - Acoustic Cover by Adam Gold
A new feature ... #CoverOurClients ... covering some of the songs we've produced over the years for the various artists we've been lucky to work - and giving a bit more background.
This is a song called "No More Tears" by one of our favourite vocalists "Nikitah" - she arrived at our first production session back in 2002 with the vocal melody and lyrics pretty much in their finished form.
We cut a basic demo at that initial session with just piano, drums (both from a Emu Proteus 2000) and a lead vocal - as is often the case there is something quite haunting about that demo version that maybe is lost in the completed track.
One thing special about "No More Tears" is that it was the first production that was done 100% in our own studio, which was set up in various bedrooms of the house at that early stage.
If we can get permission, we will upload some snippets of the demo version and completed track. We've also still got the multitracks on archive so could be interesting to take you through some of the sounds that were being used in the early noughties!
Magor Open Mic - October 2023
Tonight is the October 2023 edition of Magor Open Mic - and this month we have a guest compere for you - the awesome Mark Hitchins. So whether you want to just enjoy some live music or get up and perform yourself, make your way down to The Golden Lion in Magor tonight (Thursday 26th October) at 8pm. Get in touch with us here at InCompany Multimedia if you'd like to prebook a slot.
