...Sean Terrington Wright Latest News...

Heave Ho! Sean T Wright Releases Album 58 in 58 Months

2012-01-27T23:39:00.000-08:00

The new album from Sean T Wright is called "Pirates & Poets". It's his 58th album in 58 months. The album has an experimental rock/blues vibe, with pirate and poet motifs running throughout. Vocally, he's delivered his deepest performances on record, navigating Tom Wait's/Louis Armstrong waters.

You can download the album free, just follow the link.

Album 57 in 57 months from Sean T Wright

2011-12-30T07:29:00.000-08:00

There's a new album out from Sean T Wright called HOLD YOUR BREATH. It's album 57 in 57 months. It's a kind of cacophony of ambient, experimental rock n roll, shaken with folk blues backbeats, and wandering vocals. It's free to download.

Sean T Wright Featured at MP3 dot Com -

2011-12-21T08:36:00.000-08:00

MP3.Com have featured a Sean Terrington Wright acoustic recording of the classic Christmas song "Silent Night" as their MP3 Download Of The Day. Check it out.

Sean T Wright releases 56 albums in 56 months

2011-11-30T08:36:00.000-08:00

This month's album from Sean Terrington Wright is an acoustic album called PEACE WITHIN. It explores themes of time, space, love and light. It's Wright's 56th album in 56 months. Download for free here.

Sean T Wright's 55th album in 55 months

2011-10-31T10:07:00.000-07:00

This month's album from Sean Terrington Wright is very different to his previous albums. It's modern and sparky, edgy and melodic, yet lo-fi experimental. Sounds blur and merge. The new album is called "Lo-Fi Noise" - his 55th album in 55 months.

You can download the album free, just follow the link.

Sean T Wright releases 54th album in 54 months.

2011-09-30T08:58:00.000-07:00

Sean Terrington Wright's 54th album in 54 months is called VOX POP. 12 new tracks, with an electro-pop feel. Dedicated to the memory of Brian Haw. You can download it free at: www.seantwright.com Enjoy!

Sean T Wright MP3.com's Song Of The Day

2011-09-21T11:45:00.000-07:00

Free MP3 of the Day
Sean Wright, “Looking Out For You”
SEP 21, 2011 6:00 AM by Michael Verity

http://mp3.com/free-mp3/sean-wright-looking-out-for-you/

When we posted out first Free MP3 of the Day from Sean Wright, we said he sounded a little like Bob Dylan with a “countrified growl” (“Blow These Blues Away”). This time around, his sound is much more tender as we share “Looking Out For You” from his Acoustic Arcade album.

Though more gently rendered than our last offering, there’s still plenty of country-folk in “Looking Out For You,” a song that reminds us not a little bit of Richard Farina mixed with a bit of the tongue-in-cheek satire of the great country songwriter, Lee Hazlewood.
You might also remember that Wright is a novelist and, as of our last writing, is still endeavoring to produce an album per month, something he’s done since April 2007

Sean T Wright Releases 53rd album in 53 months!

2011-08-27T03:59:00.000-07:00

My 53rd album in as many months is called - HERE LIES HOPE. It contains 12 new acoustic songs. You can download it for free at www.seantwright.com I had a blast writing and recording the new songs. I hope you enjoy them. Spread the word about my free music.

Sean T Wright Song Of The Day at MP3.com

2011-08-17T11:44:00.000-07:00

Free MP3 of the Day
Sean Wright, “Blow These Blues Away”
AUG 16, 2011 6:00 AM by Michael Verity

http://mp3.com/free-mp3/sean-wright-blow-these-blues-away/

According to Sean Wright‘s Last.fm biography, he’s endeavored to record and release a new collection of songs every month since April 2007. As near as we can tell, he’s been good to his word.
What’s more, all of the albums he’s recording and releasing are available for free through a variety of venues on the internet.
An interesting approach from a guy who counts among his influences everything from ’60s folk to ’70s classic rock to ’80s country.
That’s what we hear in “Blow These Blues Away” from the very first twang of the Telecaster. Wright has the gutsy growl of a countrified Bob Dylan and the skill at turning phrase as solid as anyone turning out tunes in Nashville.
No wonder this prolific singer and songwriter (who’s also a record producer and novelist) is sought out by a dozen or more collaborators. Our only disappointment is that he’s not a practicing attorney and world-renowned pastry chef, as well. Maybe he’ll do that next year.

Sean T Wright Watercolours & Ink and Wash

2011-08-15T06:34:00.000-07:00

Watercolour paintings by Sean T Wright

2011-07-31T11:13:00.000-07:00

Sean T Wright Releases Album 52 in 52 Months

2011-07-31T10:50:00.000-07:00

Sean Terrington Wright's 52nd album in 52 months. Officially released 31st July 2011. Revolving around the same themed melody, mixing the simple beauty of natural sounds with the surreal man-made sounds of ambient synths, this album was created to sooth the soul. Download free now.

Sean T Wright - released album 51 in 51 months

2011-06-30T12:33:00.000-07:00

The new album from Sean Terrington Wright is called "Neverbend". It's his 51st album in 51 months. He's returned to a classic melodic rock feel, using warm classic drum sounds, bass guitar, and electric guitars, mixed with plenty of vocal harmonies.

You can download the album free, just follow the link.

Sean T Wright - 50 albums in 50 months!

2011-05-28T03:43:00.000-07:00

Yeah! I made it! 50!

The new album is called "50:50". What else could my 50th album release in 50 months be called? I've returned to an acoustic feel, using all manner of percussion that includes wood blocks, tables, and chairs - as well as more traditional acoustic guitars. I'm really elated with the way it turned out.

You can download the album free, just follow the link. Thanks for supporting my music by listening, downloading, and sharing.

Take care now, and very best wishes

Sean T Wright

Album 49 in 49 Months From Sean T Wright

2011-04-30T23:39:00.000-07:00

I have been intrigued for years by the zoo hypothesis, which is one of a number of suggestions that have been advanced in response to the Fermi paradox, regarding the apparent absence of evidence in support of the existence of advanced extraterrestrial life. According to this hypothesis, aliens would generally avoid making their presence known to humanity, or avoid exerting an influence on human development, somewhat akin to zookeepers observing animals in a zoo, or experimental scientists observing a study that closer examination would ruin.

So this last month has kept me busy writing and recording 12 new songs. The new album is called "Zoo Orbit". It's my 49th album in 49 months, taking me one step closer to my 50 in 50 months. I've returned to an acoustic and rock feel, using synths, electric guitars, drums, and acoustic guitars! I'm really delighted with the way it turned out. Listen to the album and download an MP3 version for free.

Sean T Wright Releases Album 48 in 48 months!

2011-03-30T09:20:00.000-07:00

I'm proud to announce my 48th album release in 48 months - that's 4 years non-stop! The album is called DANCE TO THE HANDS OF THE CLOCK. It's an all acoustic album, with 12 brand new Sean T Wright songs. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for spreading the word, sharing, downloading, and copying. Download and listen now.

Sean T Wright & Yvalain Collab No.#1 on Jamendo.

2011-03-27T09:29:00.000-07:00

Yvlain has released a double track single collaboration - featuring me singing vocals on both tracks. It is No.#1 this week on Jamendo, the world's foremost free, legal music site. Thanks to everyone supporting the release. You can download and listen to the two songs here.

Sean T Wright's New single No.#2 on Jamendo Chart

2011-03-01T23:06:00.000-08:00

Thanks to everyone listening, downloading, and reviewing. My latest single "Keep Searching" is No.#2 on Jamendo's singles chart for this month. Listen, download for free at Jamendo.

Kapow! Sean T Wright Album 47 In 47 Months

2011-02-27T03:48:00.000-08:00

Hi there -

For a long time I've been intrigued by the animal symbology associated with the Chinese New Year. People will pour out their money to buy presents, decoration, material, food, and clothing. It is also the tradition that every family thoroughly cleans the house to sweep away any ill-fortune in hopes to make way for good incoming luck.

The title track KAPOW! (I can do magic) was inspired by old footage of Chinese New Year celebrations. The fire crackers reminded me of magic for some reason. This train of thought led to the very real magic of bringing those long dead folk back to life through the medium of music and film. You can watch the film, with the title track at the bottom of this post.

So this last month has kept me busy writing and recording 12 new songs. The new album is called "Kapow!". It's my 47th album in 47 months, taking me one step closer to my 50 in 50 months. I've returned to a rock-pop feel, electric guitars, drums, bass, and subtle lo-fi noise effects on a couple of tracks. I'm really happy with the way it turned out.

You can download the album free.

Take care now, and very best wishes, and Happy New Year of the Rabbit!

Sean T Wright

Sean Wright's New Album Inspired By Quarks & the Quantum Worlds

2011-01-22T03:27:00.000-08:00

For many years I've been fascinated with the symbology and beliefs that join various cultures around the world. In particular, the use of the tree as a symbol of renewal, an anchor between the seen and unseen worlds of reality. The theories and relatively recent discoveries of the inner workings of our world via quantum physics, with all the strangeness and charm of quarks and leptons, throw up mind-boggling possibilities of parallel dimensions. These discoveries excite me.

So this last month has kept me busy writing and recording 12 new songs. The new album is called "Tree Of Life". It's my 46th album in 46 months, taking me one step closer to my 50 in 50 months. I've returned to an electronic rock feel, using synths, electric guitars, drums, and even the pulse, or heartbeat if you will, of a dying star! I'm really happy with the way it turned out.

You can download the album free, just follow the link below.

New Sean T Wright live album No.#4 on Jamendo Chart

2011-01-09T01:27:00.000-08:00

Thanks to everyone listening, reviewing, and downloading - my latest album "Live at the Epoxy Resin." It's this week's No. #4 on Jamendo, the world's foremost legal, free download site for new music indie. Download and/or listen for free here.

Sean T Wright's: Stuckists Against The Tate Gallery Fairground Attraction, 2011

2011-01-05T13:39:00.000-08:00

If you like real art, as opposed to fake art peddled by the Turner Prize via the Tate Gallery, then check out my Gallery of Paintings. Fake art is created by the likes of Damien Hirst (preserved sheep) and Tracey Emin (unmade bed), and called Young Brit Art. Real artists paint pictures, not stuff sheep!

"Stuckists Against The Tate Gallery Fairground Attraction", 2011 (Oil & acrylic on board)by Sean Terrington

RWD : TAPE: Sean Wright

2011-01-03T01:35:00.000-08:00

RWD : TAPE: Sean Wright: "Kings Lynn, UK - Wright views himself as an explorer, whose goal is to find undiscovered songwriting territory, to create lasting art in the 21st century..."

Sean T Wright's 45th album in 45 months out now!

2010-12-31T03:47:00.000-08:00

New album now out -12 Pink Notes

My 45th album in 45 months. This improvised, experimental, acoustic album was written and recorded live, in one take, on 16th November 2010. A musical stream of consciousness, prompted only by a random selection of 12 pink post-it notes, each containing a single word. It took 47 non-stop minutes. There were no planned lyrics, no planned melodies, or chords structures. It just happened! It was a remarkable event. Official release date 31st December 2010.

www.seantwright.com

Week 9: Ariel Hyatt's Music Success In Nine Weeks

2010-12-18T02:17:00.000-08:00

BLAST OFF!
I have had a blast over the past nine weeks. Really! The Music Success In Nine Weeks book is must buy for musicians old and new! I've learned so much about myself. I've discovered loads of great advice from Ariel Hyatt, connected with loads more indie musicians via the Mastermind forum, and loved the buzz created by the focused action Ariel's blog challenge created. Thank you Ariel and team!

But I've got a few things I want to get off my chest. Personal things. I feel I began this challenge from a very different perspective/life experiences than most indie musicians. I'm not sure whether I was at an advantage, or not.

MY CONTEXT
Firstly, I've been around a long time! My debut album came out in 1976! I've released over 100 albums of my music. I have almost 1 million free downloads to my name. I've collaborated with major artists, producers, and songwriters. In the past I've been managed by major industry names in the USA. 30 years ago I had a major publishing deal with Peer Music. My music has been praised by fine musicians from all over the world. As long ago as 1979 the NME hailed me as a DIY artist worth popularizing. I've played thousands of gigs over the years in pubs, clubs, coffee houses, at wedding functions, private functions, small, medium, and large sized venues. I've toured with bands across Europe and played to thousands in the USA. I've also played live to audiences of one (the barman!) to performing to a crowd of almost 20,000! I've done MTV, countless radio shows, interviews, local and national press, featured on national BBC TV in UK, which culminated with an historic live show at Trafalgar Square, London, in 2007, with multi-million selling Asian pop icon, Najam Sheraz. That show was aired live to millions worldwide via Geo TV. It celebrated the 60th anniversary of Independence of a nation.

Never one to rest on my laurels I began the insane album-a-month project in April 2007. My aim: write, record, and release 50 albums in 50 months! At the end of May 2011, I am confident that I will achieve my goal.

And after 35 years making music, I'm still tweaking, still learning, still connecting with folk around the world!

But enough about Sean T Wright. I want to share Ariel's final few points for Week 9 of here challenge. I think she summarizes so many things so well. We ARE part of a music revolution, no doubt. So listen up!!!!

OVER TO ARIEL HYATT
First: Do you have fan base to sell to?
This means:
A) An email list
B) An active Facebook community
C) Twitter Followers
D) Blog readers (and your blog cross posted on MySpace, Last.fm,
Facebook)
I consider a real fan base a MINIMUM of between all sites with a minimum of 1,000 on your email list but 5,000 – 10,000 is a great goal number to work towards across all sites.

Second: What is your product line?
Do you only sell CDs and MP3s?
Do you have assorted merchandise?
A fan club / monthly offerings?
Do you tell your mailing list you are available to play private events
and parties or weddings or BBQs?

Third: Are your monthly newsletters well designed, consistent and trackable?
If not you should switch to a service helps you create them and tracks how many people open them. I love Reverb Nation (use their AWESOME Exclusive Downloads Widget) http://www.tinyurl.com/reverbfreebribe.
If you can’t stand the idea of designing and managing the html use Bandletter.com – for a monthly fee they will do it all for you!
Fourth: Have you asked your fans what they want to buy?
Interview them and ask!

Your fans may want coffee mugs or yoga mats and unless you ask you will never know.
For Newsletters: Survey Monkey
Use http://www.surveymonkey.com/ To run a survey on your newsletter list
For Twitter: Twtpoll
Use http://twtpoll.com to send a survey via Twitter
For Facebook: Poll Daddy Poll
Use http://bit.ly/5RCBTY to send a poll to your Facebook or Facebook Fan Page!

Sixth: Do you have another talent that your fans don’t know about?
Remember the story about Amelia who sells real estate?
Do you paint?
Do you write?
Is there another way you make money that your fans may want to know
about?

Seventh: Can you create some sort of monthly continuum program that your fans might pay a monthly premium for?

How about a live track of the month club or a special new song you are working on? Would your fans pay $2 a month for that? (If you think so
that’s $24 per fan and that adds up.
Read all about how artist Matthew Ebel acheived this here! http://tinyurl.com/1000truefans-ebel

So to recap:
1 Build your email list!! Every day think about who you can get on your list.
2 Communicate regularly and consistently using html emails.
3. Ask when your list gets to be at least 1,000 strong ASK them what they may like from you and how much they will pay.
4. Create products and fan clubs and house concerts to satisfy your fans!
5. Count your money $$ Cha Ching!

AND FINALLY - KAPOW!
I re-read my early blog posts connected with Ariel's challenge. I guess I reaffirmed what I already knew: you're never too old to learn! You just need to be open! I love a challenge! Write, record, and release 50 albums in 50 months! Yep, I'm motivated by the seemingly impossible! From that first blog I wrote...

So, I've set myself 6 realistic goals for the near future (the next six months), and of course, one rather massive over-arching goal.

Goal 1: Creativity - write, record, and mix at least 3 new songs every week.

Goal 2: Health - I need more sleep, and I MUST drink more water.

Goal 3: Marketing & PR - get together list of contact information for relevant blogs, industry people, and new collaborators.

Goal 4: Education - Read up on music industry blogs to stay current, inspired, and informed. I know I could do more with bloggers, but just haven't focused on them enough.

Goal 5: Musicianship - Commit several hours a week for listening to new & old music, learning new music software.

Goal 6: Socializing - Hang out with family & friends, meet new people (online and offline), and communicate on and off-line the newest and coolest things I'm doing as a trail-blazing singer-songwriter.

And the Biggie! Goal 7!
Complete my 50 albums in 50 months challenge!

I want to let you know, folks, writing this stuff down really works. I see this list every day next to my computer! I'm getting there! I'm really getting there!

PS - You might like to know about this too

NETWORKING: Week 8 in Ariel’s “Music Success in Nine Weeks”

2010-12-17T09:52:00.000-08:00

BEAUTIFUL WORLD
You've got to get out there into the big, wide beautiful world and let folk know you exist. Press the flesh, talk face to face, do the leg work. For many musicians this is the hardest part. I remember years ago being overawed by this prospect, but all that changed in the late seventies for me. My first single (45rpm vinyl) was released in 1978 by the London indie label Ellie Jay. I had to promo it, right?

Yeah, I've been around a long, long time!

It was way before the internet. Music promo was by word of mouth, live shows, blitzing towns with posters, hassling for local and national press, and sending endless cassette demos to invisible A&R guys. You had to get out there and let people know you existed.

When you got a few fans, you tried your hardest to keep them. When you talked to them afterward the show, you'd find out where they'd come from. Before email, I used to keep in contact via snail mail fan club, issuing quarterly newsletters paid by fan subscriptions. Money was invested in t-shirts, signed photos, and exclusive demo cassettes.

STRATEGIES NEW AND OLD
I used to trade cassette tapes of my music with other musicians, too - a great way to interact with other like-minded people. remember: many fans will also be fellow musicians.

In fact, the more I think about today's marketing strategies, the basic principle of letting people know you have created new important music is still unchanged, except the means of delivering info today is way quicker and costs next to nothing.

For an indie artist back then, true fans meant every thing. The folks who'd busted a gut to get to your gig, hitching rides, or catching trains, or driving miles in a car, certainly had my complete appreciation and earned time to talk music.

I always did and always will think of those folk as part of my extended family. Networking is a must. Meeting people face to face creates a different, lasting impression. Not just the fan level, but at other levels too. Making contacts in the music business in general is important, but I want to go beyond the confines of the industry.

NICHE
This aspect is definitely different from the old days. Branching into different niche markets is something I haven't done much via personal networking, but via the internet - through Jamendo and youtube especially, I've made a lot of interesting connections, leading to folk using my music for all kinds of projects.

These are indeed exciting times. I shall continue to seek opportunties in this direction in the future, as well as talk about my music whenever the opportunity arises. I think there's a fine line between enthusiastically engaging people in conversations about your music, and overtly boring their pants off! Be warned! Don't turn potential fans away by overkill and hyperbole in social situations. If your music is quality it speaks for itself. The trick is to get folk listening, then downloading, then spreading the word.

BUILDING THE EMAIL LIST: Week 7 in Ariel’s “Music Success in Nine Weeks”

2010-12-14T11:00:00.000-08:00

MY TUPPENCE WORTH
Building an email list takes time, no doubt. Ariel has some great advice, that's easy to overlook, but worth following. Before I get to it, I'd like to share a couple of ways I've used to gather email addresses of folk interested in my music.

The main one is giving away music in exchange for an email address. You have to make it clear and obvious that you're giving some or all of your MP3s away for free in exchanged for an email address. I do this on my home page, with links to free songs and albums. I also have a counter on my home page of how many free downloads I've given away on the internet. My giveaways have proved to be amazingly successful, with almost a million free downloads of my songs in the past 4 years!

The second way is through music websites such as Last FM, Jamendo, Myspace, Reverbnation and the like. They have been invaluable hubs where fans are grown and nurtured. I have over 35,000 direct email address from a wide variety of sources I've gathered over the years. I keep contact about once a month via a newsletter on my latest album releases and must know news.

ADD FRIENDS & FAMILY, & GET ORGANISED (And be sure to offer a free MP3.)

Great advice from Ariel - and certainly one not to be overlooked. Ariel talks about creating a separate in-box for potential email sign-ups. It's a must do!

Name it – “Newsletter Readers” and throughout the week when you get an email from someone who you think would make a nice addition to the list simply move it into that specific box.

I like Ariel's tip: You can also add to your email list by putting a widget on your homepage inviting fans to opt in this widget. It can also live on your MySpace and Facebook pages.

Ariel also talks about text message gathering of emails at shows, gathering emails directly at gigs via a clipboard, and following up on folk who have bought your music via CD Baby and the like.

Sean T Wright's New Album Inspired By Vencian Vacation

2010-11-27T05:44:00.000-08:00

Hi there -

Earlier this month I spent a few days in Venice, Italy, arguably the world's most romantic city! It wasn't my first visit to this glorious wonder, but it was the first time I'd visited in the rain! For 3 days solid, nothing but rain. Typically, on the last day, as I dragged my suitcase across the Rialto Bridge, you can guess what happened: sunshine!

The upside? Apart from the gondolas, the maze of mysterious alleyways, and unforgettable atmosphere of Vencian life? Lots of song ideas and lyrics. Loads of inspiration! So this last month has kept me busy writing and recording 12 new songs. The new album is called "Feathers & Dust". It's my 44th album in 44 months, taking me one step closer to my 50 in 50 months. I've returned to an acoustic feel, using just acoustic guitars, bass guitar, and vocals, with a few licks of harmonica! I'm really pleased with the way this one turned out.

You can download the album free, just follow the link below.
Take care now, and very best wishes

Sean T Wright

www.seantwright.com

One man, one vision: write, record, and release 50 albums in 50 months!

Sean T Wright's Newsletter - Week 6 in Ariel Hyatt's Music Success In Nine Weeks Challenge

2010-11-22T00:09:00.000-08:00

Ariel's very cool advice this week is about Newsletters. She breaks it down into 3 easy to access parts.

PART 1. GREETING - You as a person - An introduction from you and a
wrap-up of what you have been up to (something personal – a vacation,
family time, what you have been reading and why you like it, etc).

SEAN T WRIGHT'S GREETING!.

Hi there -

Earlier this month I spent a few days in Venice, Italy, arguably the world's most romantic city! It wasn't my first visit to this glorious wonder, but it was the first time I'd visted in the rain! For 3 days solid, nothing but rain. Typically, on the last day, as I dragged my suitcase across the Rialto Bridge, you can guess what happened: blazing sunshine!

PART 2. GUTS - You as a musician - What the band has been up to /
what you as a musician has been up to – are you in the studio, writing,
touring, gigging etc.?

HERE'S MY GUTS!

The upside? Apart from the gondolas, the maze of mysterious alleyways, and unforgettable atmosphere of Vencian life? Lots of song ideas and lyrics. Loads of inspiration! So this last month has kept me busy writing and recording 12 new songs. The new album is called "Feathers & Dust". It's my 44th album in 44 months, taking me one step closer to my 50 in 50 months. I've returned to an acoustic feel, using just acoustic guitars, bass guitar, and vocals, with a few licks of harmonica! I'm really pleased with the way this one turned out.

PART 3. GETTING - A Call to Action / Special Offer – if you are just
getting into sending your email list regularly DO NOT ask for money for
at least a few months – Start by having your call to action be free!

SEAN T WRIGHT'S CALL TO ACTION!

You can download the album free, just follow the link below.
Take care now, and very best wishes

Sean T Wright

To download the album "Feathers & Dust" for free, go to www.seantwright.com/

Sean T Wright Talks Blogging: Ariel Hyatt's Week 5 music success in nine weeks blog challenge,

2010-11-15T00:07:00.000-08:00

IT'S GOTTA BE DONE SO ENJOY IT!
Ariel says: she knows that blogging seems like yet another unbearable thing to take on. Well, perhaps it is if you hadn't realised that it's another important strand in today's life as an indie artist. To me it's a means of wider expression, something Twitter and Facebook don't account for in their limited formats. In a good blog, you can really sell yourself to fans, potential followers, and other bloggers. It's gotta be done, so enjoy it!

Ariel says that there are 2 ways to approach life in the Blogsphere.

1. Become a reader and commenter
2. Become a reader, commenter and blogger yourself!

I agree, though making time for reading and commenting is one area I have largely neglected. I'm very busy writing, recording, and releasing an album-a-month, writing my own blog, and keeping alive connections on Jamendo, Facebook, Twitter and the like. It's an area I must work harder on. It's an area of my music promo I will work harder on. But it's important to understand the rules of the blogging game.

Ariel asks: Q: How Do You Play Ball with the Bloggers ?
A: Become a reader and commenter

She suggests that you try to get familiar with the blogging world by reading blogs and posting comments on blogs you like. A great place to source those fav blogs is http://HypeM.com , where you can search for artists or music you associate yourself with, then start posting on those sites that flick your switch.

NAILING YOUR BLOGS

Ariel is very adamant that - THIS IS THE WAY TO GET KNOWN IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD!

I have to try it. She talks about finding 50 blogs to target. To me, in this moment in my hectic schedule, 50 blog targets seems too big. I'm going to go for 20, then spread out from there if I notice successes via my superb Bandzoogle.com stats info.

My fav artists are John Lennon (dead), The Beatles (defunct but still hugely popular), Neil Young (very much alive), David Bowie (less prominent that in 70s and 80s). I love Hall and Oates (still active), Bob Dylan (very active), and Nivana (defunct). My musical tastes vary greatly, though I think I should go with blogs that have music/bands influenced by The Beatles, Dylan, and Neil Young.

Ariel wrote a long article on blogging and it is a must read if you're new or experienced as a blogger. http://arielpublicity.com/2009/07/09/blog-reading-101-lurk-leap/

AND FINALLY...
Ariel's big advice, and so true:

If you are posting on a blog who has not already covered
you DO NOT HYPE YOURSELF. Bloggers hate it! Instead, you can leave
comments about something they wrote and include your sig file with your
name, band name and a link to your website. This is a subtle way of
letting the blogger know you are a musician without saying: HEY! REVIEW
ME! If they like your observations about them and what they write, they
just may.

Sean T Wright Talks Social Media For Musicians: Week 4 Ariel Hyatt's Music Success in Nine Weeks blog challenge,

2010-11-08T00:07:00.000-08:00

FOREST OF MONKEYS

There's no doubt in my mind whatsoever that having a presence on social media sites is a must in today's internet-driven marketplace. If you haven't got a social media presence you'd stand out like a panda bear in a forest of monkeys. As Ariel says in her book MSi9W, the days of the static "brochure website" for a band or artist are over. I agree. In order to survive and vitally - get heard, an artist must talk with fans, reach out to potential followers, and engage them within the social media context. The likes of Facebook and Twitter have created opportunities for musicians like never before.

ALL ABOARD!
I've been onboard with Social Media for over 5 years now, so I guess I was there in the early days of its rise! Yeah! I hooked up to Myspace in 2006 & Last FM in 2005 and the stats show that those sites have achieved over 250,000 plays of my music. Think about that for a moment. That's 250,000 plays I wouldn't have had if I hadn't been bothered to sign up! That's the really important bit: you gotta sign up! You have got to do the leg work. Everyone starts from zero plays and zero profile views and zero listeners. Everyone!

JAMENDO A-GO-GO!
Another great social media site is Jamendo. I signed up just over two years ago and have been blown away by the success of my music there. Gonna repeat now cuz to my mind it makes an impression: In just two years, on Jamendo (the world's foremost legal free website) there's been over 64,000 downloads of my songs, and more than 115,000 plays. I've had three No.#1 singles, and four No.#1 albums on Jamendo, who have over 40,000 free albums from tens of thousands of indie artists.

GOING VIRAL
The knock on effect is cool, too. My music gets streamed in shops, clubs, restuarants, malls, and gets licensed for a variety of multimedia projects. Folk have used my music in their youtube video projects, both private and commercial. Indeed Russia's biggest online game provider, Nival Network, are using 3 of my songs, with combined plays of over 60,000 in the past two and a half months alone. It's very satisfying as an indie artist to see my music spread like this via the interwebs. Who knows, perhaps one day it will go viral!

DEVELOPING THE PODCAST
One area I want to develop is podcasting. I've begun to research itunes podcasting and the Podsafe notion. Finding time to create meaningful and quality content is the key issue for me. I am amazed at the many ways folk are presenting their podcast shows. But I'm determined to make my presence felt in the podcasting world. I just need the right angle to lever my way in!

SOCIAL MEDIA PLACES I HANG OUT:

http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/Sean_Wright

http://www.last.fm/label/Sean+Wright

http://www.twitter.com/Sean_T_Wright

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sean-T-Wright/161667027335

http://www.reverbnation.com/seanwright

http://www.myspace.com/seanwrightmusicstuff

http://www.myspace.com/thecrowswing

Sean T Wright Optimizes His Website: Week 3 Ariel Hyatt's Music Success in Nine Weeks Blog Challenge

2010-11-01T00:21:00.000-07:00

FANS FOR KEEPS
Ariel says that the number one reason artists should hire a publicist, is not because it sells albums (because if PR sold albums she'd be a heck of a lot richer) but because it helps increase awareness around your name, your music, and your brand. It's a sound logical idea, which to my mind ultimately affiliates well with the 1000 true fans notion, too. In short, people need to know you exist.

Years ago, way before the internet was used as a promo tool, musicians were familiar with the bedroom rock star. You know the guy. He sits there on the end of his bed making music, rehearsing relentlessly, thinking that someday he'll become great. He may very well become a great musician, but he doesn't take the next vital step! Mistakenly, he thinks he'll get discovered by a rich record company exec, who just happens to hear his guitar blasting out as he cruises by in his Rolls Royce... and bingo! Stardom, fortune, and all the rest of it.

IT NEVER HAPPENS.

Back in the mid-80s I had a publishing deal with Peer Music, Denmark St, in London's famous Tin Pan Alley. I remember being told by an MD at the company an intriguing story. It involved Cat Stevens and his ultimate promo tool before he "got discovered." He found the home address of a top producer and camped on his doorstep all day, waiting for him to return home from the studio. Apparently this all day vigil went on for a number of days until the producer agreed to listen to Cat Stevens' songs. The rest is history!

The point? Get noticed! I'm not sure of the merit in following what Cat Stevens did. The game has changed. Having an online presence in its many forms takes you directly to potential fans. Pre-internet days, this wasn't an option. Having been a pro artist pre-internet days (I had major publishing deal/and was managed by a legendary Hollywood producer), I can say with confidence that it's much easier to get noticed nowadays. Back then, I toured relentlessly, paid silly money for pro studio time, played numerous showcase gigs for record industry types. I sent out song demos to every name in the industry to try and get noticed. I phoned and phoned and phoned! Hustle, hustle, hustle. It cost money. It took time. It took self belief and you entered, what I called last week, The Land of Music Addiction. Eventually I did get noticed, but it was a hard, hard physical, mental and emotional slog!

Today's online tools open up a new world of promo possibilities. But you can make good music and be a music success without ever leaving your computer! No joke! So to my mind, the next question is: will you be a lasting success with enough fans to sustain you? (more on this in a later post).

So, once you get some attention, the idea is to keep it! Fans, followers, people interested in your music have to want to come back. Ariel talks about optimizing your website and setting it up so that it is a vehicle for building your email list; creating two-way communication. It's the best way to keep fans returning: talk to them.

THE RULES

Ariel also breaks it down into straight-forward steps. Which got me thinking - do I follow these simple rules of thumb?

6 Steps to Maximizing Your Website:
Follow these rules and start getting casual visitors to become fans.

1. Add Your Pitch to Your Homepage
Last week I created it and have added my pitch to my homepage and to all of my websites: MySpace, Facebook etc.

2. Your Site Must Load in LESS than 3.5 Seconds
Ariel says that recent studies show that people have the attention span of gnats and that if people have to wait more than 3.5 seconds for a site to load, they’re moving on to another site. So, time your site and make sure it loads in less than 3.5 seconds. Ariel found out that Google can help at its Webmastercentral, where you can find out about your site's page load speed.

My load speed was 2.9 seconds!

3. NO Flash Intros
Flash intros are popular but IAriel urges you to skip the temptation to have one! You
want to have a clean, easy-to-load page that instantly connects you and your
information directly to your fans; not a Flash intro, which is unreadable to search
engines.; meaning you will not be findable in Google, which is critical to your
online strategy and your online success. Apparently, the newest version of
Flash is readable by search engines but Ariel suggests skipping it all together.

4. Have a Consistent Look and Feel Throughout the Net
Ariel talks about your site should having the same color scheme and theme throughout the entire thing so that visitors do not think they have landed on another site while surfing through yours. Studies show that when people feel uncomfortable online they
move on and they feel uncomfortable when the consistency changes. The same
goes for Social Networking sites – make sure your MySpace theme matches your
site. If your site is blue, your MySpace page should also be blue.

This makes perfect sense to me.

5. Give Away an Exclusive, Free MP3 / Video
Satisfy the WIIFM – What’s In It For Me? (your fan’s little voice)
Every consumer (read: fan) on earth, when confronted with the option to buy
something, is thinking: WIIFM? / What’s In It For Me - is driving your fans at all
times! So therefore, you must offer them something they can’t refuse.
People can’t refuse free stuff – so offer free stuff on your homepage!
You must create a bribe on your homepage to encourage people to sign up to
your email list, which should be prominently highlighted on your homepage.
This bribe should be exclusive only to your homepage, and should not be
available anywhere else online.

This free offering is a gift that people receive when they sign up to your monthly
newsletter, as your way of saying “Thank you for being my fan!” The last thing you want to do is put a box in your page saying, “Sign up for our email list so we can send you more email,” which is basically what that says. Instead, try giving something away as an incentive to get people to sign up to your email list. A free MP3 says, “Thank you fan, we appreciate you signing up for our mailing list!”

I've been doing this for years: giving music away as an MP3. In fact, I give ALL of my songs away for free in MP3 format. It's proven a huge success as a marketing tool, because I am very close to 1 million free download giveways! I give away music all over the net. Last FM, where I've been No.#1 artist in the free download tag for over three years now. I have a substantial fanbase there, with 13,000 fans, listening over 125,000 times to my music. Facebook, Reverbnation, Audiosafe, Bandcamp, and many more places. In just two years, on Jamendo (the world's foremost legal free website) there's been over 64,000 downloads of my songs, and more than 110,000 plays. From this folk have used my music in their youtube video projects. In fact Russia's biggest online game provider, Nival Network, are using 3 of my songs, with combined plays of over 60,000 in the past two and a half months. It's very satisfying as an indie artist to see my music spread like this via the internet.

6. Make It Clear and Set , Them at Ease
Ariel says you want to make sure that it is very obvious to your visitors that the moment they sign up to your mailing list they will be receiving their free MP3 or video, and that they’re also getting signed up to your newsletter. Also, on your homepage, you should put in small letters: “We will never sell, rent or lend your email addresses to anyone else ever,” so that people can be assured that their email addresses are safe with you.

Yep, I have that covered!

AND FINALLY

I know Ariel stresses the importance of optimizing your website presence, giving over a whole chapter to the subject. I agree 100%! I want to add that before I read Ariel's book, I was already doing most of the steps she recommends, and take it from me - they work! See you next time for - Week 4: Social Media For Musicians

Sean T Wright's Perfect Pitch: Week 2 Music Success in Nine Weeks blog challenge,

2010-10-25T10:22:00.000-07:00

TRY, TRY, TRY AGAIN
This is tricky. Trying to come up with the perfect pitch. I followed Ariel's advice to the letter. She breaks it down into four areas.

1. Music genres: Acoustic, folk, rock.

2. Sound alikes from other's point of view: John Lennon, David Bowie, Neil Young, Harry Nilsson, Elvis Costello, Marc Bolan (T.Rex), The Beatles, Iggy Pop, Bob Dylan, and Lou Reed

3. Authors, artists, films that have influenced me: Martin Luther King, JM Barrie (Peter Pan), Mahatma Ghandi, Wizard of Oz (film), Star Trek (everything), Babylon 5, The Matrix, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Hall and Oates, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, The Eagles, Jimmy Hendrix, and Neil Young.

4. Feelings and vibes I want my music to convey: peace, love, forgiveness, timelessness, classic, quality, emotional, idealistic: I have a dream... and honest

Then I circled the one's that resonated the most with me. John Lennon, Neil Young, Peter Pan, peace, timelessness, idealistic: I have a dream...

Now I was getting somewhere.

PERFECT PITCH MARK 1
Ariel recommends a cool website called 15 Second Pitch. Coincidently, a couple of months ago, (before I'd read about Ariel's recommendation), I'd already stumbled upon a www.15secondpitch.com.

You are led logically through a series of questions. Those questions generate the perfect pitch in under 150 words. It is great for structuring your thoughts in a focused way.

Here's my first attempt back then: I'm a singer song-writer specializing in emotionally-charged folk-rock songs - think John Lennon meets Neil Young crashing head-on into the Gates of Hell. My goal is to release 50 albums in 50 months. At the end of Sept 2010, I released album #42. I am a pioneer of modern, fast recording techniques. I merge old school recording with wizzy new technologies. No other artist, dead or alive, has ever released as many albums in such a short time span - Sean T Wright: One man, one 50-50 vison!

LOVE IT!
Ariel's right when she says, you've got to love your pitch. If you don't love it, how are you going to communicate it with enthusiasm to others? I decided it was too long, and parts of it were too reliant on facts. In short, it didn't evoke deep emotions.

So I went through a second, then third, fourth, and fifth phase. I hacked them, twisted, turned, rewrote and reassembled everything! Ultimately I shortened the original pitch. I also asked folk on Ariel's Mastermind forum to help out, and got some great viewpoints.

Eventually I settled for Imagine John Lennon and Neil Young meet Peter Pan on the shores of Neverland.

I loved it. And I'll tell you why. It's me! Listen to this song, for example.

Curl Into A Ball by Sean T Wright

So I tried it out in the mirror and laughed. It sounded good to my ears. Then I followed Ariel's instructions:

1. On your website’s homepage (yes, on the HOMEPAGE, and on as many pages
as you can (at the top of your bio, and on any page your fans may land on – not
buried in the site).
2. On your MySpace page.
3. On your Facebook page.
4. On all social-networking sites that you use and anywhere else you have an
online presence.

I even used my perfect pitch with some graphics and started to plaster them across the net when I got the opportunity.

USP:THE FINAL FRONTIER
So all is good, I feel, with the perfect pitch at this moment in time. I still need to consider my USP, though. I think my USP (Unique Selling Point) is buried in my original pitch: "No other artist, dead or alive, has ever released as many albums in such a short time span - Sean T Wright: One man, one 50-50 vison!"

I think it sums up my music for the past three and half years.

What do you think?

Sean T Wright's Week 1 with Ariel Hyatt's Music Success In Nine Weeks

2010-10-18T00:01:00.000-07:00

THINKING
I've been thinking! Dangerous, I know, but I've got to get it out. I think I'm part of this Music Success in Nine Weeks challenge because I need tweaking! But I'm not 100% sure. Doubts float like slowly deflating hot air balloons. I have to work this through. I need an expert's opinion. Have I got a terminal case of the Tweaks? Really, if you haven't heard about it before, it's a bad, infectious condition. Not quite as serious as Twitteritis, but pretty bad. Oh and by the way, don't think these sad, serious cases are isolated. Far from it. When you've been around as long as I have in the music biz, then some day it'll get you for sure! The Tweeks!

But I think I need a second opinion - a kind of cyber pr doctor! And I think I need lists, lots of them, and goals to shoot at! Then maybe a cure for the Tweaks will be at hand. Ariel says:

Keep a few separate lists:
MUSIC GOALS – Next 12 Months.
MUSIC GOALS – In your lifetime.
MONEY GOALS – Next 12 months.
LIFETIME GOALS – What do you want in your whole life.

Lists are good! Honestly! I live by lists. My brain is small, and my memory even smaller. Yep, lists are cool.

Here's some stuff you should know. I'm a great believer in contexts. I'm not starting the blog challenge from scratch. That's the problem, you see. It gives rise to the Tweaks. I've been making albums since 1976. I'm hardly the new kid on the block. But I'm open to learn. So I bought Ariel's book in the hopes that I could understand this terrible Tweak thing better. Are there others out there with this awful affliction? Are you one?

READING
I began to read. I smile. It seems I'm not alone. Ariel Hyatt has got a bad case of the Tweaks, too! No joke. Seriously. Only she has it under control. She has succeeded in somehow breaking the thing into manageable steps. I read Chapter 1, then 2, then 3... I have a good feeling about the book. I've read the reviews, read previous challengers' blogs, and watched some videos where Ariel gives tips and advice. Ariel speaks a bucket-load of sense. I have high hopes that my condition might be cured once and for all. If not cured, then understood better. So I've been getting ready for my music medical with Ariel Hyatt's Cyber PR Blog Challenge, Wave 3, which kicked off on 11th October.

PREPARING
How am I getting ready? Well, I've been working out, musically speaking. I'm way too old for all that sit-up and press-up nonsense. That's the quickest way to a hernia or serious muscle strain when you reach my age! I think it best if I exercise my vocals cords, (and the dog!) and take stock of a long and winding road thus far travelled.

Week 1: Getting Mentally Prepared

The first week of Ariel's Music Success in Nine Weeks program is all about setting goals, and getting into the right mindset. The music business is not for the lazy or weak-hearted, and you need to be prepared for the long haul. This means getting your head together for success, creating realistic goals that you can work towards. Okay! I'm fired up. Let's do it!

You'd think I'd be happy, right, except for the Tweaks? I have not one but two successful Myspace accounts. I have Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Last FM, Reverbnation, ilike, Bebo, Bandcamp, Podsafe, Spotify, and my own website www.seantwright.com all up and running. A wide social network.

Happy? I should be. Like Ariel says, set goals! Write them down! A must, a big must, and display them where you can see them. I've set hundreds of goals over the years, and achieved many of them. Not all of them, but many of them. Some beyond my wildest dreams. For example, playing live at Trafalgar Square, London, on the 28th July 2007 with Asian pop icon, Najam Sheraz (left to right: Signe Andersen, Najam Sheraz, and Sean T Wright live at Trafalgar Sq, London). The 18,000+ crowd was the largest at the venue since Nelson Mandela's speech on the Abolition of Child Poverty in February 2005. The Pakistan Festival - which celebrated 60 years of independence - was beamed via satellite to millions worldwide by Geo TV.

So why did I sign up for the Music Success in Nine Weeks Challenge? Apart from seeking a cure for the Tweaks? I'll come to it in a minute.

You see, Ariel's Week 1 talks about being in for the long haul, with day to day successes, short, medium, and long term goals - and she's right. But how long is a long haul? Ariel writes about giving these goals form and substance, in terms of tangible dates and time limits. And, for me, the BIG mental push: write them as if they're already happening! Positive thinking, right? Self belief!

BELIEVING
I have lots of self-belief. My music is an echo that comes from deep inside my soul. It exits from my mouth, my fingertips, my heart like a wave of electric blue emotion. It heals me, and I hope it heals others, too. I've been writing, recording, and releasing songs for over 35 years! In that time, I've been fortunate enough to have collaborated with notables such as Kim Fowley (Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Alice Cooper), Najam Sheraz (multi-million selling Asian singer), Mark Linkous (aka Sparklehorse), the enigmatic Mark Tinley (Duran Duran, The Dandy Warhols, The Stranglers, Gary Numan, Adamski), and many fine indie songwriters within the interwebs. Over time, I've built up relationships. Lots of them. I think it's worth saying again: I've built up relationships over time with fans and collaborators.

I should be satisfied, right? I've already created a high level of music success in a career that began in 1976. But I also have... well, you know - let's not mention the T word! I need help!

WORKING
I want to backtrack a minute, if I may. Thanks for your patience. Ariel writes about having the right mindset. Again she is spot on. Determination! The music business is certainly not for the mushy-minded or horizontal hippie. But I'd like to add, if I may, that the right mindset borders on...

No, come on let's be truthful here. Actually the right mindset crashes through the barricaded border of the Land of Music Addiction, a driving, focused addiction! It keeps dragging you back to the studio, to your computer, and to the road day after day, year after year! There, I've said it! Phew! Glad I got that one out.

Yes, the Land of Music Addiction is a place I know well. So, as I was about to say, my music is already out there on a rather large internet scale because of that addiction and because of goal-setting. Over 90,000 combined Myspace/Facebook/Twitter/Reverbnation/Last FM/Jamendo fans and friends. Almost a million free downloads via Jamendo, Last FM, Garageband (sadly now defunct), scores of P2P sites, and my own website. Three No#1 singles on Jamendo, and four No. #1 albums on Jamendo - the world's foremost free, legal download site that hosts over 40,000 albums. I think that's some kind of online success. But it took longer than nine weeks. Indeed, my latest single "Beautiful World" is this month's No.#1 single on Jamendo.

It didn't happen on its own either. Or over night. I've worked hard over the years. Other folk have supported, downloaded, recommended, reviewed, listened, playlisted, and hustled on my behalf. Of course, without them it wouldn't have happened. It's a two way street. And, moreover, I have a TO DO book!

STEPPING
Ariel talks about small step, realistic goals that can be worked towards. This, I feel, is key if you want success beyond a couple of years. Everything you do online (not to mention finding time for writing, recording, releasing your songs) takes time and committment. One step at a time, right? All of those little baby steps eventually form leaps and bounds.

So, I've set myself 6 realistic goals for the near future (the next six months), and of course, one rather massive over-arching goal.

Goal 1: Creativity - write, record, and mix at least 3 new songs every week.

Goal 2: Health - I need more sleep, and I MUST drink more water.

Goal 3: Marketing & PR - get together list of contact information for relevant blogs, industry people, and new collaborators.

Goal 4: Education - Read up on music industry blogs to stay current, inspired, and informed. I know I could do more with bloggers, but just haven't focussed on them enough.

Goal 5: Musicianship - Commit several hours a week for listening to new & old music, learning new music software.

Goal 6: Socializing - Hang out with family & friends, meet new people (online and offline), and communicate on and off-line the newest and coolest things I'm doing as a trail-blazing singer-songwriter.

And the Biggie! Goal 7!
Complete my 50 albums in 50 months challenge!

UNDERSTANDING
I'm asking myself a reflective question now. So you might want to skip away for a minute, put the kettle on, multi-task maybe? I feel the need to comprehend. Why did I begin back in April 2007 releasing a new album every month? When I reached 12 albums in 12 months, I thought that I would explode - mentally, emotionally, creatively. A lot of my muscian friends thought I was crazy; many thought it impossible. I agreed with them, but decided to plough on regardless. So much time, so much committment! But when I got to 12 albums in 12 months I didn't explode. The impulse and addiction was still as strong as ever! I carried on. So I set a new goal: 24 albums in 24 months! I'd been there already, for a whole year. It was a thirst. I had to quench it. Like a man in a desert searching for his next drink. Yes! 24 in 24! So, what about 36 albums in 36 months? I was up for it! And I achieved it in March 2010!

In my mind's eye, the goal-setting Ariel writes about had already grown to enormous proportions. What on earth was I thinking when I set myself another seemingly impossible goal of continuing to write, record, and release 50 albums in 50 months?

Now that's a question I have been trying to figure for a while. You think I'd be happy, right? Job done? Retire away somewhere in a mountain retreat and... hmmm. One problem: The Tweaks!

Gotta keep going. Like a long distance runner! Gotta keep going. I love the feeling of completing each album. A lot of people love what I'm doing, new material every month, for free!

Now what does the complete addict do when he says he's going to quit, but really knows he never will? If he's honest, he knows he just has to keep on, keeping on, just to see what's around that next experiential corner, right?

Bingo! Well, I now know why I signed up for the Music Success in Nine Weeks challenge. You see, I'm curious to see if all of my previous internet music success, which thus far I have mostly initiated alone (but crucially relied on others to support and spread the word), can be taken to another level.

I'm curious to what may lie around the corner of the Music Success in Nine Weeks Challenge. I know for sure that I owe my musical heritage and influences to those who have gone before me. But what I am doing with my music is truly unique. It's my unique selling point (USP). No, I don't have a unique sound that's impossible to describe. My music is steeped in history, owes its very existence to those musicians who have inspired me all my life.

But, musically, I know one thing for sure: I am an explorer, whose goal is to find undiscovered songwriting territory, to create lasting Art, in the 21st Century, by pushing myself further than any songwriter has ever pushed in the history of songwriting in such a short span of time.

50 albums in 50 months? No-one! No-one on the face of this planet has ever been there! Write, record, release! Every month. For 50 months. That's one huge mountain of a goal, right?

Although achieving over 100 album releases since 1976, over 2.5 million plays/listens/streams on the internet, and almost 1 million free downloads, is pretty substantial, I can't stop. In spite of the Tweaks.

IMPACTING
Tweaks aside, (and getting slightly serious for a moment), I'll not deny, I want to know if I can climb that mountain, reach that summit of 50 albums in 50 months. Some days I feel like Neil Armstrong or the Wright Bros. Seriously. It's been a long, hard road. Other days I sound like Homer Simpson: doh! For three and half years now, I have flown this Album-A-Month Man flag. 42 new, original albums written in 42 months. Now, as my good friend Mark Ty-Wharton (aka Mark Tinley) says: it's time to create an impact!

The Music Success in Nine Weeks challenge is going to create that impact, that final push for the summit. As my main goal that's why I'm doing the challenge - to complete 50 in 50 months, and let as many people know about my remarkable journey as possible!

See you next time, for Week 2: Your Perfect Pitch.

40,000 youtube plays for Sean Wright's Billy Ray's Circus Of Life

2010-10-15T00:01:00.000-07:00

Remember a month back I wrote about zzimu.com in Russia! They are featuring several of my songs to promo their online platform games. http://www.zzima.com/dragonica/

One of the songs promo clips on youtube has now reach over 40,000 plays. The speeded up track still makes me laugh. Don't forget to check out the original, too:

Billy Ray's Circus Of Life by Sean Wright, featuring Yvalain:

ORIGINAL VIDEO:

Sean Wright's "Beautiful World" Jamendo No.#1 For Month of October

2010-10-03T04:43:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone who helped make "Beautiful World" Jamendo's No.#1 single for the Month of October 2010.

It's been a great year! With two previous No.#1 singles on Jamendo, ("Billy Ray's Circus Of Life" featuring Yvalain & "You're Calling Mgesso Watsowsen" co-written with Makwabid) I feel really honoured by the fantastic support.

"Beautiful World" encapsulates a deep heartfelt emotion of the precious, beauty of our world. It takes me back to my earliest influences - Hall & Oates, Neil Young, and The Beatles.

Free music for professional licensing

Sean T Wright Talks With The Living Archive Of Undeground Music

2010-10-02T01:36:00.001-07:00

I recently talked about my early experiences with Don Campau of The Living Archive Of Underground Music.

I worked in construction as a labourer, digging holes in the ground with a Jackhammer, 7 days a week, all the hours I could get. I eventually got together enough money to buy pro studio time in a happening new wave/punk studio called Spaceward, recording my first single, released in 1978 on 45rpm vinyl, called "Strange Situation." I sent it to John Peel and... Read more here.

42nd album in 42 months from Sean Wright

2010-09-30T23:18:00.000-07:00

Really excited! My 42nd album in 42 months is called JAGGED LOVE. Big thanks to all the songwriting collabs! Listen and download free at www.seantwright.com

New Video: Halo by Sean T Wright

2010-09-25T03:49:00.000-07:00

Yeah! New Sean Wright video "Halo." From the free download album "Don't Want To Come Out Of My Headphones."

Thank You Nile Rodgers! I'm Picking Myself Up Off The Floor!

2010-09-24T11:36:00.000-07:00

Just discovered that music legend Nile Rodgers is following me on twitter! Think Madonna, Duran Duran, Bowie, Eric Clapton, Diana Ross, Robert Plant, Steve Winwood, Stevie Nicks, Kid Rock, Ben E. King, Chaka Khan, Peter Gabriel, Jeff Beck, and many more major artists. Picks self up off the floor. Think I need to go and write a song to calm down a bit. Wow!

Writing With Najam

2010-09-13T13:35:00.000-07:00

Whew! What a busy weekend. And what a great humanitarian cause! After receiving an early rough demo, I've been working on some lyrics with my good friend, Asian pop icon, and peace activist Najam Sheraz for his International flood relief song project. I understand that this song is developing into a major global project. So watch this space!

Make Use Of Recommends Sean Wright's New Album

2010-09-13T11:38:00.000-07:00

Hey, a big thanks to Tina at Make Use Of dot com for featuring my latest album BOX THEM UP in their 10 Free MP3 Albums To Download [Sound Sunday] recommendations. Check out the story here.

Sean Wright 's New Release No.1 on Jamendo

2010-09-12T07:15:00.000-07:00

A great big thank you to everyone who helped make my new single release #No.1 this week on Jamendo. “Beautiful World” is a simple, old-style acoustic song, where the listener is transported around this beautiful world of ours. Remember you can download it, re-mix, use for your own personal or business projects for free. Enjoy!

Free music for professional licensing

Box Them Up - Sean Wright's 41st album in 41 months

2010-08-31T10:04:00.000-07:00

Here's my 41st album release in 41 months. It's called BOX THEM UP. Free to download and listen to: www.seantwright.com

Airplay On Blog Talk Radio

2010-08-07T09:56:00.000-07:00

Blog Talk Radio have featured the song YOU'RE CALLING MGESSO WATSOWSEN that I co-wrote with Makwabid. Thanks guys. Here's the link.

Album 40 in 40 months from Sean T Wright

2010-07-31T00:01:00.000-07:00

My 40th album release in 40 months is called DON'T WANT TO COME OUT OF MY HEADPHONES. Free to listen to and download at www.seantwright.com

Sean Wright & Makwabid 4 weeks at No.1 on Jamendo

2010-07-28T00:41:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone listening and downloading! It's the fourth week at No.1 on Jamendo's Creative Commons attribution licensed chart. Free MP3 downloads for any purpose, as long as credit is given to original artist of the music.

Sean T Wright Up The Creek Album Review

2010-07-26T23:02:00.000-07:00

My latest album UP THE CREEK (album #39 in 39 months) has been recommended by Make Use Of - check out the review here. Thanks Tina Sieber.

Sean Wright songs featured by Russian Online Games Creator

2010-07-25T00:45:00.000-07:00

Thanks to zzimu.com in Russia! They are featuring several Sean Wright songs to promo their online platform games. http://www.zzima.com/dragonica/

You can also catch the songs and promo clips on youtube:

Billy Ray's Circus Of Life by Sean Wright, featuring Yvalain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYAEDIrYANw&hd=1

You're Caling Mgesso Watsowsen by Sean Wright & Makwabid
http://www.youtube.com/user/ZZimaGame#p/u/14/H5_TqZHu-1o

Beneath The Waves by Sean Wright
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aQ50WhP490

Album #39 in 39 months from Sean Wright

2010-06-30T07:37:00.000-07:00

This month's album release is called UP THE CREEK. It's my 39th album release in 39 months. Download for FREE legally. Spread, share, copy... Creative Commons licensed Attribution 3.0.

New Sean Wright Single Out Now For Free Download

2010-06-22T10:19:00.000-07:00

I've teamed up with Makwabid to bring you a new FREE DOWNLOAD single YOU'RE CALLING MGESSO WATSOWSEN. ENJOY!

Free music for professional licensing

Sean Wright Collaborates With Makwabid

2010-06-18T11:16:00.000-07:00

I'm collaborating with singer songer-writer Makawbid at the moment.

MAKWABID, a singer/songwriter of the Abenaki Nation in the Northeastern U.S. He credits his Ancestors and Traditional Elders of his people with the inspiration to write, arrange and record these thirteen songs, a sacred number, and no accident. He is a Mikw8baid - a Rememberer - one who has been given the responsibility of relearning and keeping alive Abenaki language and Traditional knowledge to pass on to Seven Generations.

Makwabid is the first in his maternal line to speak aln8ba8dwa (Western Abenaki) for a hundred years. Eleven years ago he was introduced to a spiritual Grandmother of his People, who had been told of his coming. When she took his hand, his life changed forever. He began to relearn the ancient language, and has written at least a dozen Traditional songs that have been performed and heard by thousands at Native PowWows and Gatherings in New England.

Check out Makwabid's debut album.

SENSATIONS - album #38 in 38 months from Sean Wright

2010-05-26T08:12:00.000-07:00

My 38th album release in 38 months is called SENSATIONS. Cover photo by Sabino, Creative Commons license. Big thanks to collab songwriters Nick Samuelson, Mark Linkous, CTS, and FAWMERS subject zero, Bikki, Klaire, & Julie. Listen and download FREE.

New album From Sean Wright called Sparklehorse

2010-04-29T22:51:00.000-07:00

My 37th album in 37 months is called Sparklehorse, a tribute to my friend and the songwriting genius Mark Linkous, who sadly died last month. Listen to and download for free.

The Lo-Fi Years - Sean Wright discovers old master tapes

2010-04-06T07:56:00.000-07:00

I've discovered a remarkable find in my attic - 36 hours of lost songs! These master tapes date back to 1987, and are mostly lo-fi Tascam porta studio recordings. I plan to convert these to MP3 format and share them on my website for free. I've called them "THE LO-FI YEARS".

Sean Wright Reaches 3 Year Songwriting Goal

2010-03-31T10:01:00.000-07:00

Three years ago, I began writing, recording, and releasing an album every month. In March 2010, I achieved a personal goal: 36 albums of new songs released in 36 months. That equates to 432 songs. I have been told that I am the most prolific songwriting in the shortest time in music. Perhaps. I don't know. What matters to me is you, the listener! I want to say a BIG thank you to all the kind folk who have supported my musical marathon by downloading and listening to my songs, over 500,000 FREE downloads in 3 years on my official site, Jamendo, Last Fm, Myspace, and others!

www.seantwright.com

Here's a recap of what folk have said:

Album-a-Month Project Praise

Sean Wright's album-a-month project began in April 2007 and quickly garnered a huge fan-base and public support from major musicbiz producers, sound engineers, and musicians. Top online music news source, No Rock And Roll Fun ran an article, claiming that Wright was "possibly the hardest-working man in showbiz." What made Wright's project even more appealing was his artistic decision to offer his whole catalogue of songs as free MP3 downloads.

Producer, Alexander Nevermind's support of Wright's album-a-month project has been unflinching and vocal, praising Wright's music publicly on myspace. Nevermind works behind the scenes as one member of a collective of musicians, composers, and producers known as moodswings.com in the US, a collective whose influence on the world of popular music is far-reaching and immense. Nevermind is also known as dance music producer and songwriter, LaTour, as well as other pen names. Nevermind said he "loved Wright's music and work ethic."

New York-based, Roman Klun said Sean Wright’s project, “all sounds and feels good.” Klun is the award-winning record producer, music engineer and singer/songwriter who worked on Sarah McLachlan's Grammy nominated and Juno Award winning record "Afterglow."

"Love your stuff Baby. Blaze-on!" Dana Gaynor, top US guitar player (John Lee Hooker, Bobby Rondinelli, and many more)

Jimmy Zavala, legendary harmonica player for The Eurythmics, Etta James, Tom Petty, Rod Stewart, Bon Jovi, Yes, Barry White, Dr. Dre, and many more has said that Wright's music "sounds great."

"I'm completely blown away by your Album-A-Month project! That's amazing!!! I'm listening to some songs on the music player now... REALLY impressive! I look foward to spending more time listening and following your progress," Swapmeet Louie, guitarist and keyboard player for Bo Bice.

"By releasing new material every month, Sean Wright could be setting himself up for a fall. Yet with tracks as catchy as those currently on his MySpace music page, who can complain? 'Open Your Mind' is a strong song, with a driving guitar edge that propels him along full throttle, and his vocal delivery is suitably brash. With 'Walking Pretty' showing no signs of slowing down, it's a great start. 'Love's Alive' and 'Impossible' again show talent, especially with the latter, which appears to be his most popular track due to its impressive high number of plays. Sean Wright has an innovative and original idea, and a style to match." East Midlands Talent Radio

"Musician and author Sean Wright is a killer musician who has this album a month project going on. (yes, really!! ) He’s incredibly talented and I have reviewed a couple of them but I can barely keep up with this man — and he’s writing books too. He’s genius!" Stevie Wilson, editor at LA Story

"You have a wonderful voice!" Betsy Hammer, vocal coach, actress, who has worked with Adam Sandler, Christopher Walken,

"Wow! Guess you can write!!! I am not that fast- my lyrics take me weeks but love your classic rock feel," Alana Grace, singer-songwriter with Colombia Records

"There are people who make music, and then there are those who ARE music. Sean Wright is music, so beautiful," Reine Amodeo, New York poet, singer, songwriter

"I love the ballad (of Leon Payne). I tell you what! Daddy would have loved your originality." Myrtie, Leon Payne's daughter. Leon Payne's songs have been covered by Elvis, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, U2, and many more.

Dan Nash of Just Great Management has said: "KUDOS! I love what you're doing and I love how you're doing it. We will be keeping tabs on you and your progress, but I'm thinking that when the 12-months are done, you're going to be sitting on 144 of the best songs in a long long time..."

Dan Nash worked for many years at Atlantic Records and A&M Records with Suzanne Vega, Paul Simon, Foreigner, and many others as a sound engineer. He formed Just Great Management with producer - Niko Bolas, whose mixing, engineering, and production credits speak for themselves - Neil Young, James Taylor, Keith Richard, Rachel Yamagata, Warren Zevon, Tracy Chapman, Billy Joel, Kate Voegele, Steve Parry, Melissa Etheridge, Sting, and many more.

"By the end of 2009 he has 22 full albums available for free downloading. Whatever this obsession is, I hope he doesn’t stop because he has the chops and the pen to get away with it. His songs are well crafted works with passionate and articular lyrics delivered with a voice that delivers the goods. Influences like Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, and John Lennon are obvious but I think the 80s new wave signatures of Elvis Costello and Graham Parker are lurking in these songs too." Free Downloads Galore

"I like your style," Hush The Many, indie band featured in BBC Maida Vale studio session

"Make A Stand is great," Sue Marchant, BBC Eastern Counties Radio

"Sean Wright's songs are awesome!" Najam Sheraz, multi-million selling Asian pop icon. "You are making history."

Sad Day For Music & For Me

2010-03-07T00:46:00.000-08:00

Today, I am sad. This news is so sad. Music has lost a fine friend, visionary songwriter, and gentle genius. I have lost a friend I will never be able to forget. I will treasure Mark's generoity and kindness. He was a huge influence on me and my music, but most of all, I will treasure our late night talks over the internet, and our musical collaborations: rest in peace Mark Linkous.

www.sparklehorse.com

Sean Wright Electrified - album 35 in 35 months

2010-02-28T00:01:00.000-08:00

Album 35 in my long running Album-A-Month Project is called ELECTRIFIED. It's an electronic-pop album, with 12 new, original tracks. Listen to and download for free at Last FM. No account needed.

New album features Sean Wright's Judas Of Old

2010-02-15T01:32:00.000-08:00

The multi-artist album TWO from netlabel DIYM features my song JUDAS OF OLD. You can download the album for free, along with a pdf booklet here: diymusicians

Sean Wright song to feature in new Tom Gallagher movie - 3 WEEKS

2010-02-14T01:38:00.000-08:00

My song MY SOUL BLEEDING will feature in the final scene and credits of the new Tom Gallagher movie 3 WEEKS. Due for an Easter 20210 release, the official promo trailer can be watched below.

Sean Wright's Album 34 SMASHED featuring Yvalain!

2010-01-31T00:01:00.001-08:00

My 34th album in 34 months is called SMASHED! Thanks to everyone who helped to make the album No.#2 on the world's foremost free, legal music site Jamendo, during the early part of Feb 2010.You can listen to it and download it for FREE. I had great fun recording it, and it features French indie artist Yvalain. He created all of the sumptuous music, along with some of his excellent musician friends. Here's the credits.

Words & vocal melodies, Sean Wright.
Music: Sean Wright/Yves-Alain Debodinance (Yvalain)

All instruments played by Yvalain with the help of:

- Jacques Delorenzi: bass on "When You're Around Me"
- PeerGynt Lobogris: lead guitar on "Ride With The Devil", "The Gambler," "The Farm"
- Franck Simonneau: lead guitar on "Rate Me", "Into The Sun" (partialy), "Supersonic Groovy Guy"
- Sean Wright: additional percussion on "Billy Ray's Circus Of Life"

Sean Wright & Yvalain No. #1 on this week's Jamendo Music Chart!

2010-01-16T23:52:00.001-08:00

Me & Yvalain's new single BILLY RAY'S CIRCUS OF LIFE is this week's No #1 in world's foremost free music Creative Commons site. Thanks to all - from listeners, playlisters, sharers, downloaders, and reviewers who supported us! If you haven't already: you can download BILLY RAY for free! http://bit.ly/5La0XG

Top #100 Youtube Viewings Rank

2010-01-08T01:43:00.000-08:00

Does this mean I'm famous! lol. A little badge has appeared on my youtube channel and it says: #96 - Most Viewed (Today) - Musicians http://www.youtube.com/user/seanwrightvids

Oh My God - Sean Wright's 33rd studio album in 33 months

2009-12-30T00:16:00.000-08:00

Album #33 in 33 months is called OH MY GOD. It's a haunting collection of songs. You can listen to it and download it for free at Last FM.

SEAN WRIGHT REACHES 500,000 MUSIC PLAYS OF HIS SONGS

2009-12-26T02:23:00.000-08:00

Time for a celebration. For me personally. Just want to thank everyone who's listened and downloaded my music. I began writing and releasing an album of new songs every month in April 2007, and offering them all as free downloads.

In that time, on the web, I've have found a growing audience on MySpace, Jamendo, Last FM, garageband, ilike, Facebook and elsewhere. I have in excess of 500,000 plays on my music pages, and over 200,000 FREE downloads of my songs.

To me, that's a lot of listening and downloading! It's been remarkable! Thank you for your support. I aim to keep offering FREE legable downloads of all of my music.

Sean Wright

PS - If you're on twitter or facebook, stop by to catch up with my latest tunes.

Sean T Wright's music and ports of call elsewhere on the internet:
http://www.seantwright.com
http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/Sean_Wright
http://www.last.fm/label/Sean+Wright
http://twitter.com/Sean_T_Wright
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sean-T-Wright/161667027335
http://www.ilike.com/artist/Sean+Wright

Come A Little... Closer. New song by Sean Wright

2009-12-11T10:53:00.001-08:00

Back to the beautiful basics of acoustic guitar and cello dominating the song. It's called COME A LITTLE... CLOSER. Listen and download for FREE.

Sean Wright - LIVE FROM MY LOUNGE - 32nd album in 32 months

2009-11-30T11:20:00.000-08:00

Very excited about my new album - LIVE FROM MY LOUNGE. It's my 32nd album in as many months. It contains 12 acoustic songs, which were recorded as one take recordings. I also filmed each song, and plan to release the videos on youtube soon to co-incide with the album. Listening and downloading will, of course, be free.

Sean Wright recording new songs with Ylavain

2009-11-16T11:29:00.000-08:00

I'm collaborating with French indie songwriter Yvalain, creating a new exciting album. I'm still at the rough ideas stages, but more news when full tracks surface. Meanwhile, check out Yvalain's music.

Sean Wright and Josh Woodward's collab song FROM YOUR LIPS Number Two on Jamendo Album Chart

2009-11-08T07:20:00.000-08:00

My latest song FROM YOUR LIPS (written with Josh Woodward) was released last week. It has gone in at Number 2 in the Jamendo short album chart and number 8 in the overall Jamendo album chart. I feel proud. First, because folk have been bothered to listen and download the song. Jamendo has a lot of songs (over 200,000)for free download as a creative commons site. Secondly because Josh's music is so awesome that it should be heard as widely as possible. Finally, when I wrote the lyric and melody, I wrote from the heart; it's good to see folk "getting" that emotion expressed in the vocal performance.

From Your Lips by Sean Wright & Josh Woodward

2009-11-02T08:17:00.000-08:00

Hey, a new song to download for FREE! I wrote the words and recorded the vocals 1st November 2009 for FROM YOUR LIPS. The music is from the instrumental version of the track Border Blaster from the album BREADCRUMBS. Released early Oct 2009. It's a wonderfully rich and dynamic album that you should check out if you haven't already." http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/54034

Finally, "From Your Lips" wouldn't have happened, if Josh hadn't been so generous in offering up instrumental versions of his tracks. A big thank you to him for making it so. When Josh first heard the song, he said," Wow, very cool. I love how you twisted the verse structure into something completely different by waiting for a couple chords to start. It's surreal, but it works."

Sean Wright's 31st Album in 31 Months

2009-10-31T00:10:00.000-07:00

Album #31 in 31 months is called EMPIRE OF ASH. It was mainly inspired by a recent visit to Italy. You can listen to an download for free at Last FM.

SEAN WRIGHT ALBUM 30 IN 30 MONTHS

2009-09-30T00:17:00.000-07:00

My 30th album release in 30 months is called DRUM AND BASS. It was great fun to record, taking me into new songwriting structures, software, and ideas. Listen to it for free, and download for free at Last FM.

GHOSTS FROM THE FUTURE by Sean Wright

2009-08-31T00:26:00.000-07:00

My new album (album 29 in 29 months) is called GHOSTS FROM THE FUTURE. The title song was inspired by my friend, the producer, songwriter, and visionary Mark Ty-Wharton (aka Mark Tinley). The album features 12 new tracks, with lyrical collaborations from Reine Amodeo, Julie Tawse, Geneva Keith, and Flav Collins. The album is free to download and listen to at Last FM.

Sean Wright's Summer of Collaborations

2009-08-24T09:20:00.000-07:00

I'm busy writing songs with other musicians, poets, and songwriters. I'm recording a new electonica album with Alaska's djx, putting together new songs with New York poet Reine Amodeo, and writing with a whole bunch of folk from all over the globe. Check out my summer collaborations here.

I'm also working on a new album called Drum N Bass - a kind of mad challenge from my friend, producer Mark Tinley.

PARKOUR - new album, number 28 by Sean Wright

2009-07-31T04:03:00.000-07:00

My 28th studio album in the long-running album-a-month project is called PARKOUR. It contains 12 new original tracks, inspired around the Parkour motif of extreme sport, dedication, and addiction. All the songs were written, recorded, and produced by me, excet the track "Sound Drowning Me (Fire)" whaich was co-written with New York poet, Reine Amodeo. Listen to and download for free.

ALBUM 28 BY SEAN WRIGHT IS CALLED PARKOUR

2009-07-10T10:22:00.000-07:00

Sean Wright's 28th album release in 28 months is called PARKOUR. The theme running through the album could be compared with many of the qualities Parkour gymnastics exhibit: addiction to their art, the sensation of breaking physical boundaries, and heightened states of awareness caused by extreme sports.

Wright compares his album-a-month project to Parkour. "I can see the links. Tenuous perhaps, but I feel them. Parkour is the physical art of movement, an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as smoothly, efficiently and quickly as possible. My album-a-month project is a kind of musical parkour, using sound instead of physical activity."

SEAN WRIGHT TRACK OF THE DAY

2009-07-09T08:56:00.000-07:00

Over at Garageband, my song "Counting On You" from THE CALLING album is Track of the Day on 14th July 2009, which means it gets promoted all day on the site.

SEAN WRIGHT RELEASES ALBUM 27 - BEAUTIFUL BLUE

2009-06-30T00:45:00.000-07:00

My 27th album in 27th months is called BEAUTIFUL BLUE. It features 12 new tracks. It’s a guitar-driven rock album that dips its toes into Neil Young, David Bowie, and Iggy Pop waters. It contains 12 new tracks witten, recorded, and produced by Wright. It also features the co-written song “What Was” with New York poet Reine Amodeo. Free mp3 download of the album available at Last FM.

Sean Wright Top 20 On Jamendo This Week

2009-06-21T12:55:00.000-07:00

The Josh Woodward song I recorded earlier this month has gone straight in to the Jamendo top 20 for this week, at no.11. Jamendo is the world's largest provider of free, legal downloads from indie artists, with over 20,000 albums available to listen to and download. Along with Josh's fine music, there are many more cool artists to discover, such as Sean Fournier, Brad Sucks, and Allison Crowe, to name just a few. Check out Jamendo

PS - note added 28th June 2009... "I'm Letting Go" has achieved a 2nd consecutive week in the top 20 at number 13 this week. Yea!

Sean Wright Records Josh Woodward's Song I'm Letting Go

2009-06-09T11:48:00.000-07:00

I've recorded indie singer-songwriter Josh Woodward's classy song "I'm Letting Go." I loved this song the first time I heard it on Josh's THE SIMPLE LIFE album. My version is a little slower, with whispered, dark tones that open out vocally as the song progresses. I really enjoyed recording it.

Of course, I didn't do this in isolation. I spoke to Josh about recording it, and shared my version with him, so that he was the first to hear it. Josh said, "I love your take on it - faithful to the original concept but with a different spin."

PS - If you haven't already, you really should check out Josh's music; given as free downloads, every song is beautifully crafted.

BEAUTIFUL BLUE by Sean Wright

2009-06-05T05:15:00.000-07:00

My new album - the 27th release in 27 months - is called BEAUTIFUL BLUE. It will be released 30th June 2009. It features a co-write song called WHAT WAS, with New York poet, Reine Amodeo.

2009-05-31T00:12:00.000-07:00

Album 26 in 26 months, THE CALLING has been officially released today, although it went up on Jamendo 12 days ago, and was received very well indeed. Listen and download for free.

SEAN WRIGHT'S NEW ALBUM HITS TOP TEN ON JAMENDO

2009-05-24T00:20:00.000-07:00

My new album THE CALLING has gone to number eight in this week's album chart at Jamendo. Jamendo is a community of free, legal and unlimited music published under Creative Commons licenses. They have released 20,000 albums under the Creative Commons licenses, making them the world's biggest, legal publisher of new, indie music.

Their motto is: share your music, download your favorite artists!

Read more here

ALBUM #25 - FREEDOM'S ALREADY INSIDE YOUR MIND

2009-04-30T02:15:00.000-07:00

Album #25 in the Album-A-Month Project is called FREEDOM'S ALREADY INSIDE YOUR MIND. It's a rock/folk/blues album - influenced by Dylan, Lennon, and Bowie. You can, as always, listen to it, and download it as MP3s at Last FM. It's release is a landmark in numbers 25 albums X 12 songs per album = 300 new songs! Enjoy!

WAR CAN WAIT new album by Sean Wright

2009-04-23T09:22:00.000-07:00

At the time that I wrote the 12 songs that became the album WAR NO MORE (album #12, March 2008), I produced my own mixes of those songs before handing them over to producer Mark Tinley. What struck me was the different interpretations of the same songs. Mark did some re-arranging, added synths and different drums on many tracks. In short, he added his genius personality to the album. An album which I love, btw.

I thought it would be right to offer up my own original, alternative mixes of the same songs, mainly because I am a bit of a completest. I think that became obvious with my Album-A-Month mentality.

I re-named the album to avoid confusion with album #12. This version is called WAR CAN WAIT, which is a title I was toying with at the time.

Listen and download for free to WAR CAN WAIT at Last FM.

Sean Wright Protest Songs

2009-04-12T14:01:00.000-07:00

PROTEST SONGS is an album of previously released tracks, drawing together the common theme of protest. Whether it’s anti-war, human rights, or suppressed minorities, I've been making my voice and views heard. Listen and download for free at Last FM.

Sean Wright's Album Number 25 Named

2009-04-10T11:27:00.000-07:00

My 25th album in 25 months will be released at the end of April. It's called FREEDOM'S ALREADY INSIDE YOUR MIND.

Introducing the 10th Dimension

2009-04-07T00:45:00.000-07:00

I've been watching Rob Bryanton's video blog posts for a while now, and would like to recommended them. If you like your science and consciousness mix laced with quantum mechanics, infinite timelines, string theory, big bangs and so on, then enjoy Bob's fascinating work. Here's flavour of Rob's 10th dimension work.

Recommending The Wind Whistles

2009-04-06T02:26:00.000-07:00

Check out The Wind Whistles - a duo from Canada that I've been listening to and admiring for a while now. You can download their album for free at Last FM and Jamendo.

When The Impossible Seems Okay

2009-04-02T00:04:00.000-07:00

CONTINUED AS THE GUEST BLOGGER AT aspergineering.com

I was incapable of breathing now. One moment conscious, the next a vast black void. I found myself floating in the vacuum of space, a deep, dark space with just two pinpoints of light. I kept thinking: I'm dead! I'm really dead!

It was then that the strangest thing happened. I was floating above the pool, looking down at the cover, knowing that my body was beneath it in the water. I felt remarkably okay with the fact. I felt detached, calm, and wondered what would happen next.

I looked to my right and saw my fellow lifeguard. He was calling me, looking worried, eyes darting this way and that. He knew something was wrong, that I was missing, but he hadn't figured out that I was literally less than ten feet away from him. He paced away from my body, shaking his head.

A voice called from behind me. I turned, to see my grandfather, who had died many years earlier. He was standing beside a vast, vast ocean, mists swirling and eddying above the gently lapping surface. Beyond the mist, out there beyond the ocean, an all-encompassing force/energy called not in words but in massive waves of unconditional love and kindness.

"Am I dead?" I asked my grandfather.

"Not quite," he said. He beckoned me.

I walked over to him and watched in amazement as he showed me a "living" letter, a kind of birthday card with a three-dimensional view of the cottage he now lived in. Inside the card/letter he showed me his garden. It was beautiful, a miniature three-dimensional reality of shimmering, glittering light and shade.

"You live beyond the ocean, don't you?" I said, nodding toward the calling force.

"Yes. But if you come with me now, you cannot return."

"But I feel it calling me. It's wonderful, I wish I could just float away, so peaceful and calm and-"

I was standing in the eye of a hurricane, sliding down a mountain in the pouring rain, jumping through the window of a crashing plane, rising higher and higher into the sky, into space, into the vastness of... I had no idea what. All in the space of milliseconds. Time had no meaning. Space was everything. I knew instinctively that I'd ceased to exist in time, but was now in ONE dimension of space. I saw time from three points of view - past, present and future. I heard millions of tunes from the past, present, and future. In the darkness of this limitless space I heard so many beautiful songs, seeing only two pinpoints of light, far away.

The songs didn't enter my head, but were part of me, part of who I was/am/will be. But they were also part of the space, too. Part of everything, of everyone. The songs encompassed all genres and styles, as if I were the channel and receiver of billions of soundwave broadcasts, all simultaneously starting and finishing at once.

So much information! So much sound! A gigantic wall of sound! Not static, but melody and soulful music, music from passionate hearts and mind, music that could uplift and create tidalwaves of emotion.

Tears of joy, tears of sadness, of loss, of birth, of life, of death. So many possibilities. I heard choirs of angels, big bands, acoustic bands, solo singers wailing in obscurity, mega-rock bands bound for world wide fame, small pub bands rocking, pumping, pulsating techno beats, soulful singers of blues, jazz-scat-reggaeltro-synths-pop- - so many sounds in such a small time, like a sigh of deep contentment.

The twin lights expanded in the dark space of sound. I had no choice. I was drawn to the lights. They engulfed me. I found myself standing beside the pool. I looked behind me at the ocean. My granddad said one word, then vanished into the mists of the ocean.

I saw the lifeguard pulling the cover off the pool, diving into haul me out. Before I blacked out, my grandfather's single word echoed in my head. It has echoed ever since. Everyday I hear his one word and I rejoice.

"Sing."

April Fool Anyone?

2009-04-01T00:44:00.000-07:00

April Fool's Day is upon us, whence jokers the world over get everything they've been dying to do without feeling guilty! I wonder what pranks the children will play at my expense today?

My friend, fellow musician, fellow original thinker, and producer of album #12 WAR NO MORE in my Album-A-Month Project Mark Ty-Wharton (aka Mark Tinley) has invited me to guest blog at his wonderful http://aspergineering.com/blog/ ... I highly recommend his writings.

SEAN WRIGHT ACHIEVES TWO YEAR ALBUM-A-MONTH AIM

2009-03-31T08:10:00.000-07:00

Sean Wright has successfully completed his two year challenge of writing, recording, and releasing a new, original album every month. He began his musical marathon in April 2007, and has released 24 albums.

Wright says: "Will I attempt 36 albums in 36 months? I have no choice."

Album-a-Month Project Brief History

Sean Wright's album-a-month project began in April 2007 and quickly garnered a huge fan-base and public support from major musicbiz producers, sound engineers, and musicians. Top online music news source, No Rock And Roll Fun ran an article, claiming that Wright was "possibly the hardest-working man in showbiz." What made Wright's project even more appealing was his artistic decision to offer his whole catalogue of songs as free MP3 downloads.

Producer, Alexander Nevermind's support of Wright's album-a-month project has been unflinching and vocal, praising Wright's music publicly on myspace. Nevermind works behind the scenes as one member of a collective of musicians, composers, and producers known as moodswings.com in the US, a collective whose influence on the world of popular music is far-reaching and immense. Nevermind is also known as dance music producer and songwriter, LaTour, as well as other pen names. Nevermind said he "loved Wright's music and work ethic."

New York-based, Roman Klun said Sean Wright’s project, “all sounds and feels good.” Klun is the award-winning record producer, music engineer and singer/songwriter who worked on Sarah McLachlan's Grammy nominated and Juno Award winning record "Afterglow."

"Love your stuff Baby.
Blaze-on!" Dana Gaynor, top US guitar player (John Lee Hooker, Bobby Rondinelli, and many more)

Jimmy Zavala, legendary harmonica player for The Eurythmics, Etta James, Tom Petty, Rod Stewart, Bon Jovi, Yes, Barry White, Dr. Dre, and many more has said that Wright's music "sounds great."

"I'm completely blown away by your Album-A-Month project! That's amazing!!! I'm listening to some songs on the music player now... REALLY impressive! I look foward to spending more time listening and following your progress," Swapmeet Louie, guitarist and keyboard player for Bo Bice.

"Wow! Guess you can write!!! I am not that fast- my lyrics take me weeks but love your classic rock feel," Alana Grace, singer-songwriter with Colombia Records

"I love the ballad (of Leon Payne). I tell you what! Daddy would have loved your originality. " Myrtie, Leon Payne's daughter. Leon Payne's songs have been covered by Elvis, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, U2, and many more.

Dan Nash of Just Great Management has said: "KUDOS! I love what you're doing and I love how you're doing it. We will be keeping tabs on you and your progress, but I'm thinking that when the 12-months are done, you're going to be sitting on 144 of the best songs in a long long time..."

Dan Nash worked for many years at Atlantic Records and A&M Records with Suzanne Vega, Paul Simon, Foreigner, and many others as a sound engineer. He formed Just Great Management with producer - Niko Bolas, whose mixing, engineering, and production credits speak for themselves - Neil Young, James Taylor, Keith Richard, Rachel Yamagata, Warren Zevon, Tracy Chapman, Billy Joel, Kate Voegele, Steve Parry, Melissa Etheridge, Sting, and many more.

In January 2008, Sean Wright signed a worldwide deal with a top US management company Just Great Management.

In March 2008, Mark Tinley (Duran Duran, Adamski, Dandy Warhols) programmed, engineered, and produced Wright's landmark 12th album in the Album-A-Month Project."Tinley is a creative genius," Wright has gone on record as saying. A year later, in March 2009, Wright released EXIT RIGHT WITHOUT A SOUND his landmark 24th album in 24 months.

Archiving Song Lyrics

2009-03-30T23:05:00.000-07:00

I've been uploading a whole bunch of my lyrics to my website www.seantwright.com as a kind of archive of my songs. I'm also adding the tracks themselves beside each set of lyrics. With twenty-four albums released to date, each containing 12 songs, I guess it's going to take awhile.

MIND ON FIRE VIDEO by Sean Wright

2009-03-22T12:08:00.000-07:00

I've released a new video of my song MIND ON FIRE from album #19 SWEET LULLABYS. Enjoy.

2009-03-01T12:17:00.000-08:00

Just released my latest video called STOP! from album #10.

It's a tongue-in-cheek video of my song STOP! Taken from the album "Long Live Love." Filmed as a comedy response to Neil Young's "Fork In The Road" title track. Btw, I love Neil's work, and do not want him to stop! Figure the rest out if you can.

SEAN WRIGHT'S ALBUM 23 - THIS LAND

2009-02-28T00:01:00.000-08:00

My 23rd album release is called THIS LAND. It's got a folk-rock feel. You can listen to it and download ir for free at Last FM.

BLOW THOSE BLUES AWAY VIDEO

2009-02-20T12:25:00.000-08:00

This is a video of my song BLOW THOSE BLUES AWAY. It was filmed in Venice. It tells the bitter-sweet tale of love. The song has been released on the albums LONG LIVE LOVE and DYLAN's DEAD.

ESSENTIAL

2009-02-14T00:08:00.000-08:00

I've released a new compilation album called ESSENTIAL. It contains 20 tracks taken from the album-a-month project. I've often been asked "where do you start listening to Sean Wright's music - there are so many songs." ESSENTIAL points folk new to my music in the right direction. Listen and download for free at Last FM.

ALBUM #22 - A MILLION MYSTERIES by Sean Wright

2009-01-31T05:31:00.000-08:00

I've completed album #22 in the album-a-month project. Twelve new, original tracks make up A MILLION MYSTERIES. Listen and download MP3 version for free at Last FM.

SACRED SOUND - ALBUM #21 IN THE ALBUM-A-MONTH PROJECT

2008-12-31T01:56:00.000-08:00

I released album 21 in as many months today. It's called SACRED SOUND, and you can listen to it and download it in MP3 format for free at Last FM. It's a departure in musical direction for me, with all the tracks focussed on continuous sonic undertones. Music for meditation and connecting to our quiet places within.