New Year: New stuff – youtube, spotify & tour pix
Dear friends,
Wishing you a very warm – if rather snowy – welcome to 2010! As we hope you can see, to usher in the new year we’ve given the emails a makeover :-) In fact, whilst things may have been a bit quiet since before Christmas, there’s been lots of beavering away behind the scenes to bring you some new bits ‘n bobs…
Tour pix
Nathan’s Winter Wanderings tour of the UK was a big success – with lots of friendly faces (new and old) coming out to hear him play. Thanks to all of you who came down and made for a very special first ever tour. We’ve put a few photos of the gigs up on the website - to view them use the link below...
Christmas in the studio & New You Tube video
After a couple of months on the road, Nathan travelled over to Ireland and spent much of Christmas in the studio recording as many songs as possible! By 1 Jan 2010, he’d recorded over 30 songs to help him decide on the final few that will appear on his debut album, to be released in the Spring.
To give you a taste of what’ll be on the album, some good friends have made a first attempt at a music video of one of Nathan’s most recent – and most relevant – songs ‘Stand Up’. Nathan adapted the lyrics for the song from a Winston Churchill speech – both the song lyrics and the text of the original speech can be found on Nathan’s website.
(If the link below doesn't work for you, please paste http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWUCgQb2QY4 into your browser)
View the 'Stand Up' video here
Nathan Ball on Spotify
With so many people listening to their favorite artists on spotify, we figured it was about time we made Nathan’s Footprints EP available there too. Check out www.spotify.com if you haven’t already and please let your spotify-loving friends know they can now hear Nathan there for free!
Last minute gig
A bit last minute, we know, but if you’re in or around London and can’t wait until May to hear Nathan, you can catch him TONIGHT (Thursday 14th January) at the Green note Café in Camden where he’ll be supporting the fabulous Ruth Theodore at the launch of her second album ‘White Holes of Mole Hills’. It will almost certainly sell out so book your tickets now if you're planning to come!
Debut album
Come February, Nathan’ll be back over to Ireland to record his debut album with the rest of the band. He’ll be helped along by record producers Tom Newman (Tubular Bells/Virgin Records) and Steve Fearnley. Check the website and watch this space for sneak previews of recordings and the latest news from the studio…
Until then… stay warm!
Nathan Ball & friends
by Nathan Ballon: 14th January 2010
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