by eyes cast down | Dec 16, 2014 | Releases, Working That Studio
Guest blogger alert: It’s a pleasure to turn the page over to my collaborator Chris Russell, for his perspective on making the Memory Palace album: The journey to this palace has been a long, rewarding and sometimes frustrating journey. But so worth it in the...
by eyes cast down | Dec 1, 2014 | Album Reviews, Releases
Many thanks to Bert for his close attention and support! His original post is here. (I added the links.) ***** The origins for “Memory Palace” go back to Christmas 2010, when Greg Moorcroft (aka eyes cast down) approached Chris Russell with the idea of...
by eyes cast down | Nov 13, 2014 | Releases
What’s a memory palace? According to Wikipedia, it’s an ancient “method of memory enhancement which uses visualization to organize and recall information.” It was especially useful to students and orators in pre-printing-press times. I’ve...
by eyes cast down | Apr 12, 2013 | Album Reviews, Releases
Updated April 21… Many thanks to John Shanahan (Hypnagogue), Chuck van Zyl (Star’s End) and Bert Strolenberg (Sonic Immersion) for their generous reviews of The Separate Ones! John writes: Given that the recording of The Separate Ones, the debut...
by eyes cast down | Feb 22, 2013 | Releases
My first album, The Separate Ones, is complete at last. What a joy. What a relief! The album’s release comes seven years (to the day) after composition began on the first piece, as music is (sorry to say) my very part-time vocation. All the clichés about a first...