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...
Oct 23, 2011•12 min
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 ...
Oct 18, 2011•15 min
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...
Oct 14, 2011•16 min
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.
Oct 12, 2011•7 min
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://ww...
Oct 10, 2011•16 min
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 ...
Oct 06, 2011•16 min
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.fa...
Oct 03, 2011•17 min
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/m...
Sep 30, 2011•13 min
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_...
Sep 24, 2011•19 min
You can watch the review on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4YHRNGqbEc
Sep 10, 2011•10 min
You can watch the review on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-EW9hruwPM
Sep 06, 2011•14 min
You can watch the review on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaSaFuYzjbw
Sep 05, 2011•12 min
You can watch the review on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzvzPdS0aUk
Jul 30, 2011•16 min
You can watch the review on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIexGXasTQw
Jul 29, 2011•12 min
You can watch the review on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCsynOIWzwQ
Jul 23, 2011•13 min
You can watch the review on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THWgMfpVE_k
Jul 15, 2011•8 min
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 wi...
Jul 14, 2011•3 min
You can watch the review on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-pEOl2f1Lc
Jul 09, 2011•9 min
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
Jul 05, 2011•9 min
You can watch the review on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcAMRRwBEFM
Jul 05, 2011•9 min
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
Jul 04, 2011•12 min
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....
Jun 24, 2011•19 min
In this podcast, I describe how I self-published my own eBook on iBookstore and Amazon Kindle Marketplace.
Jun 23, 2011•12 min
And here is the MP3 audio of my improvisation. For more music fun, visit: http://www.darrenlock.com
Jun 19, 2011•7 min
And here is the MP3 of the performnace. Enjoy!
Jun 07, 2011•5 min
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.
May 30, 2011•4 min
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!
May 18, 2011•3 min
This is a short improvised piece I recorded with the Roland RC-30 Loopstation.
May 02, 2011•2 min
This is a short improvised piece I recorded with the Roland RC-30 Loopstation.
May 01, 2011•4 min
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.
Mar 20, 2011•4 min
