Takk
Scarecrow
New Track Actually Finished
Holy bloody hell, I’ve only gone and finished the bugger.
That’s right: Hessian, the first track from what will, at this pace, be next year’s EP, has been finished off today. Let me sleep on it and hear it back, so I can make any tweaks if I need to, and then I’ll post the single mix right here for you all to enjoy.
Takk
Scarecrow
Hessian
The first track of the next EP has had all its guitar parts written and arranged. Now, I have to go back and do each of the guitars (3) in one take each. Else I feel like it’s cheating. Then figure out the drums, write a bassline, and go wholly overboard with the MIDI instruments, because I’ve fallen hopelessly in love with Symphonic Black. The vocals, on a positive note, are happily writing themselves.
I’ll post it when I’ve got a single mix. The mix will inevitably change for the EP.
Here it goes again…
Takk
Scarecrow
The Louciferian Gathering
- The Louciferian Gathering
Loucifer Speaks has done another incredible compilation, this time featuring Harshest Winter as track 10 of 20. I’ve got my copy. Go get yours, now!
Link’s here (hyperlink, that is. That wasn’t a Zelda reference).
http://louciferspeaks.com/2011/07/12/the-louciferian-gathering/
Takk
Scarecrow
WrappedinaSheet.co.uk
Alright, alright. The plan was for me to not shell out any cash on this project. Unfortunately, the .co.cc extension is no longer being listed by Google due to its associations with malware (thanks to W Scott for the heads up on that one – my day job is getting stuff to rank for Google, and I had no idea) but fortunately, the cash I’ve been generously given for downloads just about covered two years’ worth of .co.uk registration. So, WrappedinaSheet.co.uk now exists!
I’ve been moving house, so making music hasn’t been happening these last few days, and I don’t think will be for a while. Still, the album’s only seven weeks old. Give me a bloody chance, will you?
Takk
Scarecrow
Review of “Vultures” on RedBeard’s Ship o’ Metal!
Black Beard, a noble and savage member of the Ship o’ Metal‘s crew, has reviewed the album.
Click here to jump aboard the ship and have a read. Oh, and if you don’t listen to the radio show every Tuesday at 7pm GMT – you should. Interviews and unsigned artists abound; get on it.
Keep it heavy as the Titanic’s anchor,
Scarecrow
TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT Debut Album “Vultures” is Released!
It’s taken six months, several different mixes, hundreds of hours in my room/studio ignoring everyone and absolutely no record label offers, but the debut album is finally going to be released tonight at midnight! and a fucking belter it is too. All you have to do is download the thing tonight, and if you like, tell me how shite it is and how I’ve wasted my time.
Clickon the BandCamp link on the bottom right,or this one: wrappedinasheet.bandcamp.com to visit the BandCamp site for a totally free download. See, haven’t gone bad yet.
Takk for your patience
Scarecrow
One Week to Go…
Just to remind you all that in one week the album is going to be fully live and downloadable. I really hope you all like it. But, mostly, I hope you all download it.
Takk
Scarecrow
Harshest Winter on YouTube and in Videos Section
If I’m honest, all I need to do is point your attention towards the title. Have a look at the Videos page on this site or head over to youtube.com/user/wrappedinasheet for a look.
Weirdly enough, the video it’s linked to on the YouTube sidebar is “Bad Meets Evil” by Eminem. Pretty good song, and when I was into rap I listened to the Slim Shady LP a lot. It’s because the first line contains the lyric “I don’t speak, I float in the air Wrapped in a Sheet.” I forgot about that line – it wasn’t what inspired the name, BioShock takes that honour. But how the hell did YouTube know what the lyrics are?
Clever YouTube.
Takk
Scarecrow
New Track on ReverbNation – “Harshest Winter”
Forgot to say – the opening track of next month’s album is on ReverbNation. It’s called “Harshest Winter” and it kicks the fuck off.
Head on over to Wrapped in a Sheet’s ReverbNation page to hear it now.
Takk
S
First Sale of the November Aria EP!
Today marks an awesome, awesome milestone for me. Today was the first time anyone has ever stumped up some coins to download the November Aria EP!
Please don’t get me wrong; I’d rather someone downloaded the EP for free than not at all, and I am making music to be listened to and challenged rather than bought and sold. But still. This is the first square quid Wrapped in a Sheet has made.
In other bright news, I’ve been speaking with Ian of Welsh radio station Dapper FM in hopes of being included in the Thursday Night Rocks playlist one week. Go to the site now and have a cheeky listen: I’ll keep you all posted on when/if our plans come to fruition.
What an awesome day. I’m waiting for a reet eBay bargain in the form of a Dunlop CryBaby wah pedal to show up. I’ve got just a few more things to polish off for the CD, and a fuckinawesome wah solo is something I’ve been trying to perfect for some time. So if that does arrive in the morning, then tomorrow will be just as good as today.
Keep it heavy as fuck
Scarecrow
New Track “Vultures” and Full November Aria EP on Last.fm
Pulled my finger out re the November Aria EP on Last.fm, and also uploaded the title track from the album I’ll be pushing out in a couple of weeks’ time – head on over to http://www.last.fm/music/Wrapped+in+a+Sheet to check it out.
Takk
Scarecrow
New Track “Vultures” on ReverbNation
Most exciting – the title track from the album coming out in a few months is now available at the Wrapped in a Sheet ReverbNation. Don’t even get me started on what a little bitch it was to mix.
Head on over to reverbnation.com/wrappedinasheet and become a fan to be able to listen to it and download it for free. See? I’m keeping my promises with all the free music and whatnot.
Takk
Scarecrow
Loucifer Speaks reviews November Aria EP
Loucifer, a true soldier of the UK underground metal scene, did me a huge favour and reviewed my little EP (and she was very kind about it too!)
Read the review @ louciferspeaks.com/2011/01/26/wrapped-in-a-sheet-november-aria-ep/
…You know you want to.
Takk
Scarecrow
November Aria II – Of Frozen Earth on YouTube
It’s not a “video” persay, but it’s got a nice bit of graphic behind it, and November Aria II – Of Frozen Earth plays. Mainly because YouTube knows what it’s doing in terms of SEO and sitemaps – also because I just want to be on YouTube!
Head over to my account at YouTube.com/user/WrappedinaSheet to view the video.
Takk
Scarecrow
Wrapped in a Sheet on Last.fm
There was me thinking that a suited executive had to select you for inclusion on Last.fm. Nope, user uploads. That’s what I’m talking about.
http://www.last.fm/music/Wrapped+in+a+Sheet
I’ve uploaded as full MP3 samples and free downloads Of Frozen Earth and Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa as a Last.fm Sampler, mostly because I think they’re stronger than John Proctor, and In Memorium isn’t really worth listening to unless followed by the rest of November Aria.
Eitherwise, if you’re on Last.fm and you hear Wrapped in a Sheet, I hope you like.
Takk
Scarecrow
Finding Biting Point
I’m currently getting everything prepared so that I can cut the ribbon, so to speak (last time I did all this, it was just MySpace, now there’s a whole host of sites which need accounts created for. And now MySpace is shit with all its… shit) with my main priority getting tracks polished to as high a sheen as my meagre resources will let me… so give me time! I’m hoping to have the entirity of Vultures online before next weekend, and also, expand the tracklist. In the meantime, the first track, John Proctor, is currently live on the discography. Have a listen, and comment if possible – open hostility is just as welcome as praise to me.
Takk
Scarecrow
