Friday, June 6, 2008

The Slips and Cristel's Dirty Dirty Ehems

Went to see friends of mine The Slips at Madame JoJo's last night.
They were fantastic.
Rich and I got to hang out with our dear friend Cristel and he and her made up a song called 'Stupid Dirty Boobs'.
You had to be there.
But it had us in stitches.

I think Rick Nowels and I wrote a gorgeous song.
You never know until you have space from it.
It is called 'Perfect'.
And I love it and I love him.
He challenges me, which is a brave thing to do.
I wonder who'll end up recording it.
Or if it will end up gathering dust somewhere?

In other news I managed to get an advance copy of the Coldplay album and it's sublime.

Awright Ya'll.
I'm gonna catch some sleep.

Big hugs
xxD

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Summink about nuffink
Current mood: not grumpy but slightly old
Category: not grumpy but slightly old Music

I wanted to write a little update as to what I've but up to as opposed to some abstract rant about how I've become a grumpy old man (did you know there is a
program in the UK called precisely that?) I decided after watching and enjoying it last night that I am too young to become that grumpy. So I'm just mildly annoyed. Well this year, since I didn't want to make an album (more on that later) I thought I'd take some time off. But there is no such thing really as taking time off being creative. The live DVD has taken up so much time that I haven't really had a break. But maybe it's good not to have too much time on my hands. I also know that I really can't switch off this year until the work on the animated DVD is finished. It is such a long and ongoing project that I'll be overseeing that for most of this year.

One thing I have started to do, is do some songwriting for other people.
It's something I've never really consciously done before.
Any songs of mine that have been covered by other artists have always been by accident to be fair.

But my friend Rick Nowels is in town from L.A and we decided to pick up on our promise to write together for other artists. Читать дальше »

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Glamour at any price

I'm referring to our society's obsession with wealth.

I am not sure if it makes me a grumpy old man (my obsession lately) or a hypocrite (crimes against fashion and recent mellowing out aside)
but where better to look at what a society values than at those it has placed at the top.

The Celebrity for example.

Our famous people seem to be walking advertisements for luxury items.

The name dropping of brands is obvious and is the most noticeable indicator.

But on a fashion level it seems that most 'STAR' images are just the result of having a deep pocket. Читать дальше »

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Time is running out!
Current mood: watching the clock
Category: watching the clock Music

The deluxe packaging version of 'The Time Machine Tour' DVD is close to selling out. The limited edition 4 panel fold out cover edition features a 32 page booklet with over 300 private photographs from Darren and the band on tour. You can CHECK IT OUT HERE

Once sold out this edition will not be produced again. Don't forget Brits this is also your only chance to enter the competition to attend the friends and family screening of 'The Time Machine Tour' DVD at the ONLY official premiere of the concert film! Each purchase automatically puts you in the draw to win 2 tickets to attend the unveiling of the show alongside Darren and friends in London on June 13.

The deadline for entries is midnight UK time May 29.

To enter, simply CLICK HERE

May 13, 2008

Birthdays make me think . .
Current mood: contemplative
Category: contemplative Music

Birfday was lovely.
Extended I guess you could call it.
Got taken to New York and had 4 days of fun fun fun.
Went to the Met, the MoMa, saw a movie, saw dear friends.
Got to sleep in, stay up and disconnect from work stuff.
Strange that I should say that considering I'm 'on a break' but work never really stops does it? Like the DVD's coming out we literally only just put the 'approved' stamp on the Time Machine Tour (the deluxe one is near to being sold out!) one and we're knee deep in packaging ideas and concepts for the animation DVD coming later this year.

Just those two projects mean that leaving my lap top at home is risky!
I came home to a barrage of 'urgent' emails that needed answers but gosh it was nice not to have the seductive beckoning of the internet to lure me away from, well, living.

It's funny how dependent I can feel on being available online, but it was also very freeing. You realize you are given time off from being marketed to. Читать дальше »

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

The Time Machine just landed! COME SEE IT WITH ME!
Current mood: thrilled

The trailer and pre order info for the Time Machine Tour DVD is up on my site.
Visit WWW.DARRENHAYES.COM and see it in all it's green glittery glory.

There's two versions available A Super Duper Deluxe Packaging one released July 1 and a still lovely but standard package one released July 22

You can get the standard one at all music stores in Australia and the UK from July 21 and the U.S from July 21

The deluxe package one is only available from my website because it's so lush and delicious and has a four panel fold out gleaming white box and 32 page
color booklet with 300 photos and notes from me. We only made 2000 of those little suckers and they're gorgeous.

Check out my site and see for yerself.
Ooh I'm excited!
xD

I FORGOT TO MENTION - There's a competition when you pre order the deluxe version where you can win tickets to come to the London Premiere and watch the movie on the big screen with my friends, family and I! Gosh it's all just too much isn't it!

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Swirl
Category: Music

I'm at home all nice and cosy.
Outside it's a purple sky pregnant with rain.
It's cold out there and little bits of water fall from the clouds but not enough to qualify as a shower. Inside the radiators are purring away and tonight's dinner gently bubbles on the stove.

I went to see Shave today for the first time really since the tour ended. We saw each other briefly when I made high tea for his family who were visiting London from Australia. But that didn't really count. Today we got to talk properly and he showed me some of the stuff he's been working on. He has done a film score for a short film and I was blown away by how great it was.

On the way over it was gridlock traffic . I should have been stressed out about it but I was in a kind of dreamy head space. As the storm was coming the wind had picked up and as I sat there in bumper to bumper traffic I watched as the petals of what I presume were once a part of Cherry Trees were blowing in the wind. They swirled around like a flock of birds. They seemed to be animated or controlled by some kind of force. I know it was just a happy accident but it made me smile. Читать дальше »

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Peeking Out
Category: Music

Originally posted for members of Delicacy on 18th April 2008

I think when the tour ended I was so tired I didn't even think about anything other than wanting to run away and sleep. Or hide maybe. But certainly I wanted to take a step out of the spotlight. I also thought that I would take a much longer time being silent. But after a while I thawed out and wanted to post a thought, so I did (about Anthony Minghella) and then today, I saw images from a show that just debuted and I got so excited I wanted to talk about it. Hence me writing.

In a lot of ways, I think that the climate we live in encourages a culture of constant connection. And that can be exhausting. We live so much in front of our computers now that we forget to live. Just blogging every day for the last album built up an expectation that I would continue on doing the same even after the album was finished. Obviously that's not possible and had I done that, I would have been completely spent creatively. I think it's much easier to involve the outside world in your journey when you're on it. But when you're planning it, I think sometimes that has to be in private. So I've decided that in terms of what I plan to do next musically I'm not going to start writing about until I'm in the thick of it. Читать дальше »

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Erhem!

You might want to check out the landing page on my website

Woot!

xD

http://www.darrenhayes.com

btw In case you can't see his site, here is what it says on his homepage...

The Time Machine Tour on DVD
Trailer and Pre-Order May 1st
Deluxe Version July 1st
Standard Version July 22nd