Mama Chill Music

I originally wrote this catch up in three separate blogs, Part 1,2,3, but then I thought why would I make anyone suffer my inner head ramblings for three whole blogs?  So I deleted it all...It's okay you can thank me later?  😁 So here's a   short and sweet, straight to the point one instead. The reasoning behind my dream/goal when I set out at five years old no longer exists today, my parents are elderly and no longer need anything, my siblings both passed in 2015. As for other reasons, Top of the pops is no more and living with illness M.E (Myalgic encephalomyelitis)  means a stint at Wembley arena is out of the question 🤣. As for trying to raise M.E awareness, my last attempt in terms of a lot of time, energy and money had about as much support as a Hippo in a hammock. I think when you've been  raising awareness as long as I have and there's not been any  significant changes, people get fed up and look for someone new and fresh to give them hope and to ...

How the devil are you all?  It seems like ages since I wrote a catch up, so I thought  it  was time I pulled my finger out? As many of you that follow will know, I came off all platforms bar Bandcamp and Soundcloud a few years ago due to the appalling conditions many of them place on artists and with zero support re:customer service. With many of these sites everything's okay until it's not okay. Distribution sites have the power to block, suspend, delete your account without notice other than to say there has been suspicious activity re streaming figures etc, but they don't have to give a reason, they also get to keep any money you've made in that account. It's all there in the small print of the zillion pages of terms and conditions that let's face it none of us have the time to read. I only found all this out when i was a victim of it.  Eighteen years worth of music pulled in a heartbeat. It was only then I started researching these distribution companies and...

Hey, seeing as it's been awhile and I promised not to write unless I had some positive  news to share with you....            Ta da!  🤪   As some of you will know it's been a pretty awful time as far as trying to get a track recorded  🤣 And In the run up to Mays M.E awareness month, I've been trying to get it done to release as a free download before International M.E day on 12th May. While i'm starting to produce my own Music I'm still at the early stages and certainly not the skillz to mix and master,... and then my good ol mum just happened to say "Why don't you contact Shane?" Those who've followed from the off will know the Uber talented Shane Shanahan as the producer of my album "Nobody wants to know ya when ya nobody", EP "Runnin On Empty" and subsequent singles in-between. As it's been a decade (How the hell has it been that long? 😲 ) I wasn't sure he'd even remember me let alone be able to come to the ...

  Hey  😜 so the last post for a while and certainly the last one on this topic before I disappear for a bit, I just wanted to update you out of love & courtesy 💜. S adly there will no longer be the imminent comeback or single release that I'd posted and teased about back in May,it will come but just not now, believe me i'm as gutted as I know some of you will be, having waited patiently in anticipation , I just hope you know how sorry I am? Okay, where to start? There's no real blame, just different values and expectations. Having always worked in a pro environment I'd chosen what I thought was a local pro studio to take on my comeback project, we'd chatted because firstly it's important to share the project and plan, secondly it's got to be something they want to take on. From a personal perspective this was more than just about a project or music, it was about a very difficult journey that led me back to this point after a long time away, I share...

Just when you think nothing else can possibly go wrong, the Universe decides to throw yet another curve ball, and this comeback lark is starting to feel like trying to do a triathlon in a straitjacket. What am I talking about ? Sampling that's what and the latest dilemma to halt the process. You can't think of Hiphop without sampling, it's the lifeblood that flows through its veins and yet the future of Hiphop is in jeopardy and  set to get far worse thanks to the digital age, meaning that even Fred Bloggs with 3 followers isn't immune from being sued if he samples a track without clearance from all parties involved before posting  it online, digital technology means that it's far easier to pick up any suspected copyright infringements these days .  When I talk about ALL parties, this means you could get permission off the songwriter, but then the songwriter may not actually own the song, it could be the publisher or record company, so getting permission from on...

  Oh boy, when I said I was making a comeback after 8yrs I didn't realise at this rate it could quite possibly take me another 8? Okay so slight exaggeration, but I really wasn't expecting so many setbacks and bumps in the road. Anyhow for those that have followed over the years you'll know I like to be honest and share the good the bad and the ugly part of my journey because for most of us life really isn't a perfect photo off Instagram.  🤣 I've been feeling quite poorly recently, well, more poorly than my usual M.E level of poorly, I've been trying to shift a bit of weight and chewing gum instead of snacking, but yesterday I had a light-bulb moment and checked the ingredients of both  Wrigley gum flavours and was shocked to see they both contained Aspartame. I normally do my best to avoid this because,  for those that don't know, it's been well documented over the years that this low calorie sweetener can cause a heap of problems, although low calorie...

I thought I would write a little  update as to what's been happening and to also give warning to anyone who uses an online music  distributor  to get their music on platforms such as Spotify, Apple etc. I'd been with Tunecore for 15yrs, they were great in the beginning, the founders, two of them, bent over backwards to personally  help artists/bands get there music out there but then they eventually sold the company and....well, as with alot of these situations the rot set in and the more the company expands the deeper and wider the rot spreads.  Those who've followed me over the years will know that after losing my brother and sister in 2015, music and life came to a standstill, I've been struggling to get my arse in gear but recently signed back into my Tunecore account only to see that I'd been blocked from withdrawing money from streams, sales etc.This is the only message shown:     " Withdrawals on this account are temporarily being held, Thi...

I was so gutted to hear about the passing of Gift Of The Gab from Blackalicious the other week. I'd followed the guys from the early days and was so impressed with their sound, you know, every now and then something special comes along and makes you stop what you're doing and sit up ? That was Blackalicious. I contacted Gab a couple of times because he'd gone unusually quiet and I knew his health had taken yet another nosedive but he was such a strong, positive upbeat guy I was sure he'd pull through. What made it even harder was it was only in January this year we lost another hugely talented artist in Double K from People Under The Stairs, another band of whom I remember exactly where I was when I first heard San Francisco Knights and was as excited as a kid at Christmas. With both P.U.T.S & Blackalicious I always purchased their music and would recommend them all day long. If you've never heard of them? Where have you been hiding ? Go take a listen and...

Well, where do I start? It seems such along time has gone by that I thought I should write an update? Not alot has changed externally or internally but I know that by some way, shape or form I have to come back to Music, it's what I wanted from the moment I popped into the world, it's where i'm happiest...I think?  I'm not sure of much these days, it's been 5 yrs since the passing of my brother and sister and pain has always held me back  from going forward, I hoped that as time went on the pain would maybe lessen or something, i'm not really sure what i expected ? But what's becoming clear is I'll always be in pain and will just have to find a way to live with the shadow that follows, many do.   Chuck D said something recently that struck a chord, he said that his father had always said something like, when it comes to Life, we're all in a queue and at the end of the day there will be those who fall at the front, if you're still standing?  I...

Hi  For those following my journey so far, you might already know the story? In which case feel free to depart and head back over to Facebook.... for those who don't?  This is what's been happening since the last Album back in 2011 & the reasonings for my musical absence and the decision to release 2015's E.P  Runnin On Empty properly......Sitting comfortably?  So the first album "Nobody Wants To Know Ya When Ya Nobody" took 5 yrs to make due to a combination of poor health including Myalgic Encephalomylitis, Fibromyalgia and Osteoporosis & also finance, but with some motherly support and selling my rap/hiphop vinyl collection  it was finally released mid 2011 & I spent the rest of the year promoting it.  I was still constantly writing and already had enough material for another album and so the recording process continued in 2012 and I hoped this time with the learning curve of  the first album I could manage my health better ...