Dave Reveals Track 15 Mystery!!

If you haven’t waded tirelessly through the reams of endless waffle I laughingly call a blog then I’ll save you some time. We’ve had several messages asking about track 15 on Ivory Bow  “Oh, Eso es un Castillo Bonito” What does the title mean and what is the original title?

Well….*grandiose pause for effect* ….Firstly it isn’t from the brilliantly animated classic “Beauty and the Beast” – although the overture is soooooo similar – and I’m sure Disney must have been aware of this ;) The bit where the pages of the story book are slowly turning and the narrator begins to tell the story of Belle and the Beast. No - It’s a little classical toon from the “Carnival of the Animals” – or “Le Carnaval des Animaux” to be really poshJ  by Camille Saint-Saens and its called Aquarium.

Our title “Oh, Eso es un Castillo Bonito”. (I’m not sure if the Spanish is correct cos I made it up - but it looks pretty cool?) is a tribute to an old joke. Cast your mind back to another Disney Classic – “Fantasia” Yeah -I know I’m waffling again but do you remember the lovely Goldfish from Nutcracker section? The one with the big eyelashes? Well when I heard Aquarium for the very first time I kept thinking of that gold fish. The title means “Oh – that’s a nice Castle” and apparently because a goldfish only has a 10 second memory, every time she swims around the bowl she “sees” the castle for the very first time!

WELL YOU DID ASK!

 

More soon – and be assured …..there will be wilful waffle!

It'll Soon Be Christmas

Well! ...... 

Thank you so much to all the kind words from the guys at Barnes and Noble! Check out the enthusiastic comments on our MySpace page about Ivory Bow which is currently being played on the instore overhead sound system. Its really good to get such positive feedback in the early weeks of a new release and certainly helps to steady the nerves!

I can't believe that Ivory Bow has only been "free" for a couple of weeks and already we're talking about Christmas. I looked back over some earlier entries from almost a year ago and I quote from October 9th …

"After six sizzling months of intense musical shananigans - the Christmas baby has been delivered. "Fly away my darling" I cried as she took flight - Over the ocean to the land of the free and peanut jelly. She didn't even glance back, but I'm sure I heard a giggle on the wind and a little voice chirrup "I'm going to make it in the states!"

Ha! - Wrong again – (It's a gift)!

Cos last year, after all the excitement  "Adeste Fiddles", - our interpretation of some of the world's most wonderful Holiday music – ( Christmas Classics with a twist ;) - ran into a bit of a legal mess and couldn't be released in physical CD form.

Now it's all hands to the pump as we're finalising artwork, checking and re-checking the master recordings.  So gird up your loins and prepare for more insane, rambling Bulletins in the coming weeks...

...It'll Soon Be Christmas!!!