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Get your copy of this album here: http://amzn.to/newblooddeluxe I wasn't particularly a big fan of Gabriel's last orchestral effort "Scratch My Back" so I wasn't expecting much from this bumper release. The set contains a blu-ray, DVD, and 2 CD albums - covering all the facets of the Live Blood/New Bood project. Music used in this video: "Stinkhorn" by Darren Lock (that's me) "The Mist Suite" by Darren Lock (that's also me) To buy my music, visit my these pages: http://bit.ly/m53fg8 http://music.darrenlock.com Connect via social media: http://www.facebook.com/darren.k.lock http://www.twitter.com/darren_lock

Buy your copy of this album here: http://amzn.to/photosofghosts This time I take a look at a band hailing from Italy that under the guiding light of Peter Sinfield and ELP had a little bit of success outside their native isles. Download the album from eMusic here: http://bit.ly/pJcbd4 Music used in this video. Title Music: "Stinkhorn" by Darren Lock (that's me) Background Music: "Crystal Winter" by Darren Lock "Wordless in Starry Trees" by Darren Lock "Red Shift" by Darren Lock "Steady State of Flux" by Darren Lock To buy this music, visit my iTunes page: http://bit.ly/m53fg8 Or my own music page: http://music.darrenlock.com Or perhaps I can interest you in a T-shirt: http://lock.spreadshirt.co.uk Connect via social media: http://www.facebook.com/darren.k.lock http://www.twitter.com/darren_lock

Get your copy of this album here: http://amzn.to/snowgoosedeluxe My review of the seminal album by Camel, which is an instrumental exploration of a book by Paul Gallico. Music used in this video: "Stinkhorn" by Darren Lock Songs from the album "Start" by Darren Lock To buy this music, visit my iTunes page: http://bit.ly/m53fg8 Connect via social media: http://www.facebook.com/darren.k.lock http://www.twitter.com/darren_lock

Get your copy of this box set here: http://amzn.to/pinkfloyddiscovery I've had enough time to cogitate and ruminate over the worthiness of the new Pink Floyd "Discovery" box set. The bottom line is: is this any better than than the "Oh, By The Way" set released a couple of years back? The answer to that is simple: no.

Get your copy of this album here: http://amzn.to/gracefordrowning I finally managed to get my head around the new Steven Wilson album and here is my attempt to critically analyse the deluxe edition of "Grace for Drowning". Opening introduction provided by: http://www.smalltalkrecords.yolasite.com If you want to feature on my videos, record an opening in the style of the one in this video and send it to me as a video reply. Connect via social media: http://www.facebook.com/darren.k.lock http://www.twitter.com/darren_lock Music used in this video: "Stinkhorn" by Darren Lock "The Mist Suite" by Darren Lock To buy this music, visit my iTunes page: http://bit.ly/m53fg8

You can watch the review on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cy-Rxabfow The new 40th anniversary edition of this album arrived yesterday and so I busied myself to prepare a review for you. This is a very tiring record to listen to as you have to divide your attention between all the guitar parts. Don't forget to give this video a thumbs up if you like it and to subscribe for future updates. Music used in this video: "Stinkhorn" by Darren Lock "The Mist Suite" by Darren Lock To buy my music, visit my these pages: http://bit.ly/m53fg8 http://music.darrenlock.com Connect via social media: http://www.facebook.com/darren.k.lock http://www.twitter.com/darren_lock

You can watch the review on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sry_kPXdMLU The latest release from ex-Genesis plank spanker Steve Hackett is out and this is my review of the double CD deluxe edition. Don't forget to give us a thumbs up if you like the video and remember to subscribe for further updates Music used in this video: "Start" by Darren Lock (that's me) To buy my music, visit my these pages: http://bit.ly/m53fg8 http://music.darrenlock.com Connect via social media: http://www.facebook.com/darren.k.lock http://www.twitter.com/darren_lock

You can watch the review on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nElY_6avRQg The latest batch of King Crimson 40th Anniversary edition have been released and my copy of "Starless and Bible Black" arrived today. I was naturally keen to hear what they had done to the album with regards to the 5.1 surround sound mix and was pleasantly surprised by the renewed power of the album. Music used in this video: "Start" by Darren Lock (that's me) To buy my music, visit my these pages: http://bit.ly/m53fg8 http://music.darrenlock.com Connect via social media: http://www.facebook.com/darren.k.lock http://www.twitter.com/darren_lock

You can watch the review on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeOKQ1mAwAY One could call this the sequel to my unboxing video, but here it is, here i spill my brains on the new ultimate "Dark Side of the Moon" box set. If you want to watch the unboxing video, you can see that by clicking here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J62Y2a3q4BM To see my unboxing and review of the Wish You Were Here Immersion box set: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJjEEwVVnwo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ9_A7Kezes A Pink Floyd app for the iPad, iPod and Phone? Why yes! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQqZnYuT5i0 Music used in this video. Title Music: "Stinkhorn" by Darren Lock (that's me) Background Music: Tracks taken from the album "Empty Space" by Darren Lock To buy my music, visit my these pages: http://bit.ly/m53fg8 http://music.darrenlock.com Connect via social media: http://www.facebook.com/darren.k.lock http://www.twitter.com/darren_lock

You can watch the review on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4YHRNGqbEc

You can watch the review on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-EW9hruwPM

You can watch the review on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaSaFuYzjbw

You can watch the review on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzvzPdS0aUk

You can watch the review on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIexGXasTQw

You can watch the review on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCsynOIWzwQ

You can watch the review on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THWgMfpVE_k

I am registered with a website called "Sentric Music" and this site supposedly finds music for adverts and whatever promotional contracts it is handling. They often send out emails requesting a certain type of song for a project and usually it is some kind of indie-rock genre that I am not interesting in covering. However, last Friday they sent a brief out for an advert for a mobile phone company and wanted something suitably twee and spacey. This is my attempt at a track for them. I doubt it will get picked but this was recorded specifically for a mobile phone advert. So there you go... http://www.darrenlock.com/media/looking_glass.mp3

You can watch the review on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-pEOl2f1Lc

This is my review of the album by Jakszyk, Collins & Fripp "A Scarcity of Miracles". You can view the video to this at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iizbtSO8H8

You can watch the review on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcAMRRwBEFM

This is my review of the latest album by Yes. You can view the video to this at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-zeDG2nnqQ

And now for something completely different... This is me reading the first chapter of my novel "Dead Rock Star". I've never done this before, so please excuse the bits where I flub things up and get a little off-kilter. This novel is now available to purchase in eBook format (Kindle compatible) at the following online stores at a unfeasibly low, low introductory price: http://www.lulu.com/product/ebook/dead-rock-star/16116045 Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0057H6XC0 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0057H6XC0 And coming soon to iBookstore! If you like it, drop me a comment on my website www.darrenlock.com and I'll record the second chapter (not sure if that's more of a threat than a treat).

In this podcast, I describe how I self-published my own eBook on iBookstore and Amazon Kindle Marketplace.

And here is the MP3 audio of my improvisation. For more music fun, visit: http://www.darrenlock.com

And here is the MP3 of the performnace. Enjoy!

This is a rough idea I put down recently. I haven't done any serious recording for about five months, so whenever I return to active recording duty I always just mess around playing the simplest things just so I can get my fingers back into some sort of shape. Hence this song is as basic as it gets - however, good songs sometimes come from these basic frameworks. This recording also marks my debut recording using my iMac DAW and was put down using Logic Studio.

This is a tune I recorded a long time ago called "Like Adam & Eve" you can purchase it from the iTunes store here: http://bit.ly/kp4VIU This video was edited from my first YouTube video entitled "My Ashbory Bass" and I cleaned up the video and present it here. Enjoy!

This is a short improvised piece I recorded with the Roland RC-30 Loopstation.

This is a short improvised piece I recorded with the Roland RC-30 Loopstation.

This is a short improvised piece I recorded with the Roland RC-50 looping pedal. This was recorded live in one take using the bass guitar only.

Here is an improvised soundscape. Watch the performance at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te2RrbB0jc0

Here is an improvised soundscape. Watch the performance at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0kT_H8Asek

A short song for the kids from the album "The Luckiest Man in the World". More details at: http://www.darrenlock.com/mt/archives/2010/10/in-starry-trees.html

A short instrumental

This is a new song from my album "The Luckiest Man in the World"

This is a new instrumental piece I've recorded with the tentative title "Stinkhorn".

In this podcast, Darren talks about his "Bad Cover Version" project in which he does his best to record really awful renditions of popular favourites. Tracks include "Heroes" by David Bowie, "The Bucket" by Kings of Leon, "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" by Fairport Convention, "Are Friends Electric?" by Tubeway Army, "Something to Do" by Adrian Belew, "Sabotage" by The Beastie Boys, "Willow's Song" from The Wicker Man movie, "King's Lead Hat" by Brian Eno, "Wannabe" by The Spice Girls, "Girl Like You" by Edwyn Collins, "Lucky Man" by The Verve, "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division and "Sunrise" by Pulp.

In this podcast, Darren talks about archiving his numerous master tapes covering his "4-track years" from 1992-1996 and features some of the less offensively bad music he has found in the archive.

This is a short improvisation featuring my new Godin Multiac ACS SA nylon string guitar fed into a Roland VG-99 and Digitech Timebender.

This instrumental was born out of a three-pass improvisation, which was recorded and uploaded onto YouTube - so this was recorded "as live". You can see the video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQS2_klGHJc

This is a new recording I've made for a forthcoming album, possibly called "The Luckiest Man in the World".

This is a new recording I've made for a forthcoming album, possibly called "The Luckiest Man in the World".

This is a podcast to promote my albums "Here Comes the Future", "EchoNET", "Improvisations" and "Every Thing You Have Ever Owned is Mine".

This is a new recording I've made for a forthcoming album, possibly called "The Luckiest Man in the World".

This is a new recording I've made for a forthcoming album, possibly called "The Luckiest Man in the World".

This is a new recording I've made for a forthcoming album, possibly called "The Luckiest Man in the World".

This is a new recording I've made for a forthcoming, yet untitled, collection.

This is a new recording I've made for a forthcoming, yet untitled, collection.

This is a new recording I've made for a forthcoming, yet untitled, collection.

This is a new recording I've made for a forthcoming, yet untitled, collection.

Here's a funny little song for you to enjoy.