Prefacing this, as always, with the disclaimer that I know not all of you are here for the odd bit of music I do (by the same token, not all of you are here for Digitiser or BYAMPOD either).
Nevertheless, here's something I've been tinkering with for... probably the past couple of mon...
2022-03-02 17:17:46 +0000 UTC View Post
We always wanted to put out a special episode of Between You And Me to mark the launch of the new Marillion album. Of course, world events in the past week or two have rather overshadowed what should've been an exciting time for both band and fans.
So, what should've been a celebratio...
2022-03-02 14:40:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a short behind-the-scenes compilation this week. Somehow, most of the outtakes were of us staring at pancakes cooking, and not particularly interesting.
Hopefully should be some more exclusive stuff with you later this week.
2022-03-01 12:55:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay! I've not watched it all the way through yet, but hopefully this now works properly. Those of you who've watched it already... there's only a tiny bit that has changed, but it'd be lovely if you could just let it run in the background while you're doing something else, so we don't lose the v...
2022-02-27 10:00:36 +0000 UTC View PostMorning! Just discovered there's a bit of the latest video where the video effect didn't render properly. I've set it to private for now - so all you get is a didgeridoo noise without the accompanying clip - but will get a new version up tomorrow with the offending clip properly rendered. Hopeful...
2022-02-26 06:31:42 +0000 UTC View PostHello gang. Here's next week's video early for you. I think it'll be going out Sunday or Monday for the hoi polloi. We think it's a cracker, so expect many more visits to the Digi Kitchen. What you expect to happen pretty much does happen.
Top Tier will be getting 15 mins of outtakes early ...
2022-02-25 14:43:11 +0000 UTC View Post
New ep! This is the first of two you're going to be getting over the next week. In order to feel like part of the excitement around the new album, we're going to - hopefully - be doing a launch day special for An Hour Before It's Dark.
In this one, we unearth some very telling bits an...
2022-02-23 12:51:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Back when I was training to be a counsellor, we went on a couple of experiential residential trips. Basically, these were intensive two-day workshops, which would often be very, very full on. It’s fair...
2022-02-21 13:08:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Beware spoilers. You won't want to listen to this if you prefer to hear to the new album without any preconceived notions. We go in-depth with many of the lyrics... and get completely out of our depth in trying to describe the music.
Warning: it gets VERY emotional. But then, so does ...
2022-02-17 21:11:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Here you are! Almost another 15 minutes of Gannon and I being chaotic and silly.
2022-02-17 12:48:12 +0000 UTC View Post
New video! New video! New video! Modern chemistry sets versus vintage ones - which are the most dangerous?!
Top Tier and Writer's Club: you'll have some exclusive stuff in the next few days.
2022-02-15 19:43:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a special bonus ep of BYAMPOD featuring some deleted audio from the main episode... and a specially recorded bonus ep. Now, we liked the bonus ep so much that the plan had been to incorporate some of it into the main episode... but when I listened to it back, somehow Sanja's mic had gotten...
2022-02-12 09:58:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Saturday! Here's next week's Between You And Me, in which my mate Anthony makes a re-appearance, so that we can discuss with him the best era to be a Marillion fan... and the buzz surrounding the lead-up to Marbles.
Sit tight, because there's a bonus ep - with deleted clips - coming y...
2022-02-12 09:56:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I wasn't going to do a video this week, but then I thought I should put out this Digi Level 2 production update for everyone, given that - hopefully - you'll all watch it when it arrives. Sorry I didn't get this to you early. But hey - my grandson is in it, briefly, because I can't help but want ...
2022-02-10 14:08:19 +0000 UTC View PostHi all.
I’m skipping getting a Digi out this week. As I think I mentioned at the start of the year, I need to relieve myself of the pressure of getting videos out weekly. I want to know we’ve really had time to think about them, and make them feel special, and an event.
After we f...
2022-02-08 15:30:53 +0000 UTC View PostHere's some new music I'm currently working on. Very much a work-in-progress. I'm not 100% satisfied with this yet. I like sections of it, but... it's still lacking something.
I'll crack it, mind.
Also, it's more on a par with the sort of thing I did on the album I put out...
2022-02-05 10:52:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, gang. I got a bit behind with everything this week, and I'm sitting on a pile of bonus Patreon stuff for you all. But here's some of it at least... it's some extra Creamy Eric! Including my aborted attempts at alternate voices, prior to recording...
2022-02-04 18:06:55 +0000 UTC View Post
There's a new Marillion single out today... so we recorded a special episode to discuss it. And here it is...! Warning: goes VERY off-topic about 5 minutes before the end, and we basically just discuss my new haircut...
2022-02-04 17:13:19 +0000 UTC View Post
We're not quite done with Fish solo yet, as this week's letters bag proved - there are still a few things we (and Sanja in particular) need to get out of our system. Along the way, we discuss Marillion's more 'feminine' energy vs Fish's 'masculine' energy, and his approach to writing songs of hea...
2022-02-03 20:08:15 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a ridiculous video. An actual pirate joins Sanja to discuss his new career, and sample some new Slush Puppie products. Expect the worst pirate comedy/accent of all time - guaranteed!
Yes: an actual pirate.
There should be various exclusive bits and bobs coming the way of...
2022-02-02 17:57:17 +0000 UTC View PostHello, y'aaaaall.
Another quick update for everyone. Fingers crossed, you should get brand new Digi this week... but it might be early next week. Either way, you'll get it at least a few days early.
My ear is still playing up, but it shouldn't slow me down too much.
In fac...
2022-01-31 11:32:55 +0000 UTC View Post
You quite possibly saw this on Twitter... but this is Bruce, my first grandchild! Yes - Bruce! Which is an excellent name for a baby.
I've been broody for grandchildren for *ages*. Weird as it might sound, my whole life I've always looked forward to being a grandparent. I've loved be...
2022-01-29 10:33:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Here we go. It finally happened. And... it was a lot of fun. Some real juicy bits of info in here - especially about Sugar Mice - as well as lots of exclusive stuff about the new album.
I hope it sounds alright, and the levels aren't too out-of-whack. Oddly appropriately - give Mark's own h...
2022-01-28 10:29:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, you lot. Here's another ten mins of me and Gannon shaving and waxing and chewing on condoms. Please be aware that - as far as I recall - most of this was removed due to Gannon's more x-rated comments! So, definitely not safe for... anywhere, really.
We've got some other bits and bobs...
2022-01-27 19:23:12 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm sorry, everyone... I'm so, so sorry... This just gets worse and worse and worse...
You asked for it, so here it is: all 7-and-a-bit minutes of it.
2022-01-21 09:01:40 +0000 UTC View Post
I thought about sharing this in the new Writer's Club tier, but this is as much a part of Digitiser history as anything. Basically, we've hired a skip and are having a clear out to make way for the inevitable stuff we'll accrue for Digi Level 2. In the process, Sanja found a bunch of my old scrip...
2022-01-20 14:55:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Blimey. This is probably our heaviest ep to date. I'm letting you all hear this now, but there's a chance I may yet edit some more of it out before it goes on general release next Monday. You'll probably be able to guess which sections once you've listened to it.
Next week... hopefull...
2022-01-18 20:58:45 +0000 UTC View Post
A lot got cut out of this week's Digi. Some of it might've been good enough to keep in, but I was aware that little Tony goes a long way.
Also... a bit of a weird opening to this video where you see BEHIND THE MAGIC...!
Anyway, here's an extra 30 minutes of Tony Harris and...
2022-01-18 14:08:26 +0000 UTC View PostWell, we've finally gone and done it. After so many of you have told us we were underselling ourselves... we've changed the Patreon tiers to British pounds, and added a brand new tier, at £10 (10% discount if you pay annually).
If you don't want to upgrade from where you're at... it's all ...
2022-01-18 11:47:18 +0000 UTC View Post