Colin Masson New Album

About six months ago I posted on this forum hoping to raise some interest in an album that I had released some time before, which nobody had taken any notice of.  Namely "The Mad Monk And the Mountain. " I asked if anybody would be interested in reviewing it, and sure enough a lot of people responded.  Now, I had built up a fair degree of cynicism over the years as my relationship with one or two record companies had not always been completely satisfactory, so I wasn't sure how this would all pan out.

I have to say that the kindness and the support I have received on this site has hugely exceeded my expectations, and the returns I made on "The Mad Monk And the Mountain. " were more than anything that I have managed in the last 20 years.  I truly owe this forum and its members an enormous vote of thanks.

When I finished Mad Monk I was on the verge of giving up music altogether, but now, I may not be giving up the day job but it has totally revitalised my enthusiasm.

So I am able to say that with great pleasure that I'm about to release a new album.  With luck it should be out around about the end of June, but knowing how things don't always go according to plan it may be a little later.  The album is called "The Southern Cross" and you can find further information about it here.
 
http://www.myspace.com/563115514/blog/543158719


If anybody would like to review it please let me know and I'll try to get a whole lot out in one big job lot.  To all of you, and you know who you are, many thanks again!

Colin

Same here, Colin. I would be more than happy to give an honest review.

Many thanks for the great feedback Colin, it's great to hear what you have to say there.

"Do you have an official website, or would you like the myspace one above added to your Progarchives page?"
I do have my own site, here is the link

http://www.colinmasson.co.uk

Please link here as I will be updating very soon (One or two technical issues connected to getting a new computer) this is my preferred site, but you can use the myspace link as well.


Edited by Colin Masson - June 04 2011 at 18:05

I'd definitely be interested in hearing this one! I really loved your previous album. 

Epignosis wrote: I still owe a review of the first album.

In which case I must be working too hard

TheGazzardian wrote: Colin - I am definitely willing to review the album!

I will send you one as soon as it is finished 

lazland wrote: Same here, Colin. I would be more than happy to give an honest review.

I will be happy to send you a CD.

Hello everybody
I'm sorry to come to you at this late stage, (he says with the shamefaced expression), unfortunately I'm not going to meet my deadline.  I haven't posted earlier because I been trying very hard to get everything done, but it's become apparent to me that I am not going to be able to do it.
As things stand, all of the tracks are recorded.  One track still requires a small piece of acoustic guitar to be replaced as I over-compressed the previous version.  Other than that the instruments are done. There is still one set of vocals that Cathy will be doing on one of the tracks, which I intend to do with her next weekend. So hopefully by the end of this next week it really will be finished as far as the recording is concerned.  Thereafter however I still have to do the artwork (which for me is almost as important as the music).  And I need to master it, and listen to the master for long enough to know that it is all right before I let it loose.Which will probably take a week or so.  Now on the 26th of July and I'm due to go over a fortnight to Switzerland (hooray).  So my current hope is that it will be finished before I go.  However as I won't be around I think that it would be best if I said that it would be officially released upon my return which will be in the second week of August.  Then I can deal with any enquiries or queries come up as a result.
I'm ever so sorry to hope you're not too disappointed.  As a consolation prize here is one of the tracks of the album it is the shortest but it's also my favourite please enjoy!