Spaceship Days

Spaceship Days

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

We Play Well With Others

  For as long as I can remember, Matt has been a fan of Depeche Mode. I however, was not.

 

All that changed in the three minutes and thirty or so seconds it took for me to hear the acoustic version of their song Personal Jesus. Suddenly, I wanted to go off and listen to as much of their music as quickly as I could beam it directly into my brain. Instead of telling me 'I told you so' (which I imagine he really wanted to)  Matt quoted Martin Gore.

 

  " A great song will sound great with any treatment" Matt intoned with Jedi-esque wisdom, "whether it's keyboard pop with a full on symphony or stripped down to just a boy and his old acoustic guitar -- that last part wasn't Gore, it was me."  he added with a grin.

 

Any treatment indeed.

 

 It was that philosophy that kept our minds  thrown wide open when we crossed paths with veteran remixer  Marcel Agterhuis. There was a little anxiety involved, its true; the three of us have worked together long enough that we weren't sure what to expect of another creative lad wanting to jump into our sandbox. Would he hog all the toys, or unload with the hose and get everything all muddy?  The only way to know was to just set up the play date, and see what happened. So we did. And were glad for it.

 

  Marcel took our song My Life With You and shaped it into something a little bit different.

 

The  My Life With You (Cold Blue Stars REMIX )  

and  My Life With You (First Kiss on the Moon REMIX)  are the result of his attentions.  

 

These songs are the first collaboration of this sort for us and we enjoyed the results. More than that, we enjoyed learning that we can play well with others after all.

 

 

C

 

Monday, May 23, 2011

Online Music Awards

We have been nominated for Best Pop Act in the 2011 St. Helier Online Music Awards
Here is Ace of Base making the announcement:




We'd like to invite all of you to visit the  Online Music Awards  page, register, and vote.

This is a fantastic honor for us, as potential nominees were submitted to the selection panel by music fans internationally. If we win, the party will be at Greg's house.

Thank you all

M, C, & G

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Good Cause

 

 Outside an occasional foray into the realm of the visual arts, music is what Spaceship Days is all about. We try not to stand on soapboxes, keep our politics to ourselves, and focus all of our collective efforts on creating as many pop music masterpieces as we possibly can.

 

  With all that said, there was one particular Cause that we (as Band Daddies) couldn't help but get behind.

 

 Presented by Reputation Media, we are glad to be a part of the As Heard compilation album

 

 

All profits from this release will go to the BBC Children In Need (click for more information). The album is available HERE!! on iTunes and will eventually be carried by all major digital retailers.

 

Other As Heard artists include:

 

 

BAMBI MONROE

JACKSONS WAREHOUSE

JOY HOLLON

IAM: YOUR HERO

KERRY KELLEY

AUDIOBURGER BOY

UTOPIA CAFE

MELISSA VAN FLEET

HAUNTING HEATHER

SKEAUXSHA

THE SHANKLIN FREAKSHOW

MATTHEW MEADOWS

ORANGESPINE

RADIOSTAR SF

 

 

We hope you enjoy it, and thank you in advance for contributing to this worthwhile charity.

 

 

 

M, C, & G

of Spaceship Days