Hi everyone, I haven't written in a while for various reasons. This is really just a note to say that a selection of my releases can now be streamed for free on Grooveshark. Find it here: http://grooveshark.com/#/artist/Barnaby+Tremayne/2156544
I will be uploading Bletchley and possibly some previously unreleased stuff there. Keep watch and they will appear soon.

Also a note to say that work has officially started on album number 3, working title Trinity. 5 songs have been written and demo'd, and I'll be starting the final recordings over the next few days.

Finally, I have decided that an album I completed a while back will finally be released. Probably over the next few weeks.

Til next time,

Barnaby J Tremayne.

Kryssi's third gig. Recorded live at The Fox And Hound in Stony Stratford.

High Fidelity

I just finished watching High Fidelity. Even though it was only made 10 years ago, it's become sort of time capsule of a way of life that just doesn't exist anymore. Do obsessives still spend years searching out a rarity? That single that only four people bought when it was new? The Japanese issue of an album that no one else liked in the first place? Of course we do, we're obsessives, but now we just google it and look around various websites til we find it then download it for free. But double clicking on an mp3 just isn't the same as placing that slab of vinyl on the turntable. And does anyone make mixtapes anymore? The delicate art of conveying your thoughts and feelings with another person's lyrics and music. Then filling out the (always too small) insert, writing each letter carefully in your best handwriting and trying not to make any mistakes.

I got to thinking that working in an indie record store would be the perfect job for me. Then I realised that there aren't any indie record stores anymore. Now we all just set up our own stalls online and sell just one artist. Usually ourselves. Like this or this (yes I know it's self publicity but who else is going to advertise them?) The real indies just faded away, leaving a hole in the high street that HMV can never quite fill. It's just not the same.

Maybe we obsessives need to find a new obsession.

Barnaby J. Tremayne.

I've just found out that I'm on the NME website. How did that happen? I'm not complaining though. Find me here:

http://www.nme.com/artists/barnaby-tremayne

you can now find me at reverbnation

http://www.reverbnation.com/c./a4/2466237/1265300/Artist/1265300/Artist/link

Let Me Know demo on Youtube

Put this on youtube a couple of days ago, the demo version of Let Me Know from the Bletchley album. I'll be putting a link here soon to download the full album. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA8prIk4oGQ

This is a video of my parents' cat and dog. See if you can guess which one is boss. Posted as a tribute to the late Bernie (the cat) R.I.P.