I'M HAVING A CONTEST!

I'M HAVING A CONTEST! 

Sign up for my newsletter on my website between Jan. 6 and Feb.1, 2012, and you'll be entered into a contest to win a free "Weight of the Words" t-shirt! Everyone that enters will receive an mp3 of "Burning" from my 2008 release "Weight of the Words". How cool is that! Just sign up, you'll get a free song and you're entered to win a t-shirt - it's that easy! Winner will be notified by email! 

Good Luck! 

More stuff to give away soon!! 

~ Ian ~

Full length video: "In the Studio with Ian Narcisi: The Making of Phone Call to Infinity" released!

NEW SINGLE "Come of Age (New Sun)" available:

Released this one a few weeks back. You can listen to a good chunk of my latest single "Come of Age (New Sun)" on iTunes. You can purchase the song on iTunes, CD Baby, Amazon, Spotify, Napster, etc...

NEW INTERVIEWS:

I will be adding several new podcast interviews to my website in the next few days and will be written up in several blogs over the next month. I will add the blog links to my site as well.

THE FULL LENGTH VIDEO:

"In the Studio with Ian Narcisi: The Making of Phone Call to Infinity" is COMPLETE!

I finally got around to finishing this one! Don't be fooled by the identical "Sneak Peek" intro. I left it the same to save myself about a months worth of time reediting.

Within the full version video "In the Studio..." are interviews with Dave Bowers (guitar) and Erik Swanson (bass) as well as many other interviews with Tim and myself. 

To witness the magic: go to my main page on my website (ianmusic.com), or YouTube. The entire video was shot in HD, so make sure to set your web settings to a 720p (HD) in your YouTube window.

Enjoy! 

MORE T-SHIRTS!:

Due to popular demand I have added some new T shirt designs and mug designs to my Zazzle store ("Phone Call to Infinity" and "Come of Age [New Sun]"). "Come of Age (New Sun)" design by none other than my wife.

WHAT'S NEXT?:

What is next is blowing my mind! I have 24 new songs - some completed, some not - that will be molded and crafted into a concept album. This is a daunting task to say the least! The concept album will be comprised of both instrumental and non-instrumental songs that I have written/will be writing (I may swap newer songs that I haven't even written yet for some of the older ones). The overall theme will be non-religious, spiritually-based and will really kick some serious ass when completed! 

I will be releasing a few songs during 2012 that will be from the concept album. 

I expect the whole enchilada to be completed some time in early 2013.

I may add a few talents to the mix. Dave and Erik will be the backbone. I will be writing all the lyric/song material, playing all drums parts, key parts and singing all vocals.

I will have to out do myself in 2014 with a quadruple CD concept album (only joking?)

Stay tuned and stay safe!

Happy New Year! 2012 is going to kick my musical ass and I can't wait!

Ian

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Progressive rock from a Chicago indie musician who wants to help the world awaken

Ian Narcisi
Progressive Rock indie musician
Singer/songwriter, drummer, keyboardist

www.ianmusic.com
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Reviews:

 

http://www.musicstreetjournal.com/index_cdreviews_display.cfm?id=103166

 

http://www.musicstreetjournal.com/index_cdreviews_display.cfm?id=103165

 

http://www.musicstreetjournal.com/index_cdreviews_display.cfm?id=103172

http://evanstonroundtable.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=3434&TM=80931.68

http://www.reviewyou.com/cdreviewblog/ian-narcisi-weight-of-the-words/

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=4918#discography

http://www.reviewyou.com/cdreviewblog/ian-narcisi-feel-no-evil/

FREE SONG ON MY SITE (ianmusic.com)

All you have to do is sign up (upper left corner of my website) to receive bi monthly newsletters in your email and I will send you my latest song "Come of Age (New Sun)". You can opt out of this at any time.

:~)

- Ian -

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New Song available for free!

My latest tune "Come of Age (New Sun)" is available on my site for free! Yeah, you need to sign up on my mailing list (upper left side of my web page)to download it, but no worries there. I only send newsletters once a month if that. Plus you can drop it any time you want (l certainly hope you'll stay :~). As always, this song was a labor of love and features Dave Bowers on guitar, Erik Swanson on bass, and Tim Sandusky as the master sound engineer and co-producer. I play the drums, keyboards and sing. 

If you don't want to sign my mailing list you will be able to buy "Come of Age (New Sun)" on CD Baby, iTunes, Napster, Spotify and many other mp3 stores Monday, November 14th.

More new music on the way. I plan on recording my next song in late January.

- Ian -

"Come of Age (New Sun)" release date

"Come of Age (New Sun)", my latest song, is nearing completion!

As expected, the recording process at Studio Ballistico went smoothly. Erik Swanson (bass), Dave Bowers (guitar), Tim Sandusky (co-producer and sound engineer) and myself (singer/songwriter, drums, keyboards) spent a week crafting this song. "Come of Age (New Sun)" is layered with shifting tempos, intensity and serenity. I really love this one!  Tim is feverishly working his magic mixing and mastering to make this song what it needs to be. I am looking at a release date of November 12th. 

I will give all of you fine listeners a chance to listen and download the song in its entirety for free Friday, November 11th. Simply go to my site (ianmusic.com) and on the home page (main page) simply sign up to my mailing list on the upper left side of the main page. If you would like to opt out from the list later on - feel free! However, I do sent out only monthly newsletters (no saturated email sent to you :~).

"In the Studio with Ian Narcisi. The making of Phone Call to Infinity" (the full version) will be completed during the last week of this month (November 2011). Like the "Sneak Peak" I release back in July 2011, the full version will be released on YouTube as well. Added to "Sneak Peak" will be interviews with Erik Swanson (bass), Dave Bowers (guitar) as well as candid conversations between Tim Sandusky (co-producer and sound engineer) and myself revealing possible future trends my music will take and why I do what I do.

Special thanks to Bob Rice at KYRS "Thin Air Community Radio" for the March 18th, 2012 Crossroads live telephone interview. I can't wait! Stay tuned!

Tonight (Saturday, November 5th, 2011) is a very special night for me! My wife and I will be thoroughly enjoying The Musical Box' rendition of Genesis' 1974 masterpiece "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" at The Vic Theater in downtown Chicago. For one reason or another;  I am not one of those who goes out of my way to see tribute bands very often, however, "The Musical Box" not only covers the music of Genesis precisely, they emulate all costumes, instruments, playing styles of the former members as well as, on occasion, have the actual members of Genesis jump up on stage and play along! Now that is how it is done! Phil Collins, when watching "The Musical Box" in Geneva (2005) commented, "they played it better than we did." And Peter Gabriel took his children to a show so, "they could see what their father used to do." I seriously and pumped for this!
All is good in the world and it's getting better every second!

Ian

Progressive rock from a Chicago indie musician who wants to help the world awaken
Ian Narcisi
Progressive Rock indie musician
Singer/songwriter, drummer, keyboardist
www.ianmusic.com
http://iannarcisi.blogspot.com/
www.myspace.com/ianmuzic
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ian-Narcisi/161379568011?ref=ts
http://twitter.com/IanNarcisi
www.last.fm/music/Ian+Narcisi/Weight+Of+The+Words
www.last.fm/music/Ian+Narcisi/Feel+No+Evil
http://iannarcisi.posterous.com
http://www.thesixtyone.com/iannai29/#/iannai29/
Reviews:

http://www.musicstreetjournal.com/index_cdreviews_display.cfm?id=103166

http://www.musicstreetjournal.com/index_cdreviews_display.cfm?id=103165

http://www.musicstreetjournal.com/index_cdreviews_display.cfm?id=103172
http://evanstonroundtable.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=3434&TM=80931.68

http://www.reviewyou.com/cdreviewblog/ian-narcisi-weight-of-the-words/
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=4918#discography
http://www.reviewyou.com/cdreviewblog/ian-narcisi-feel-no-evil/

New song to be released very, very soon!

OK....it's time. I can only wait so long before I have to get off my ass and record a new song. I will be recording a new song at Studio Ballistico with the same guy's starting next week. Both Erik (bass) and Dave (guitarist) now have the latest rough (and I mean rough) draft to work with prior to going into the studio.

 

This one is a bit different than the rest as it has a quicker tempo and has room for intense vocals. As always, this one has room for intense creativity as well which I always encourage to Erik, Dave and Tim and they never dissapoint! To put it simply: I am totally excited about this one!

 

I plan on having this song completed by the 23rd of this month. I will be releasing it for sale on my site as wel as CDBaby, Amazon, Napster, etc during the last week of this month, or early November.

 

The full length video "In the Studio with Ian Narcisi. The Making of Phone Call to Infinity" is still sitting there on my hard drive staring at me and sighing every so often. I don't blame it! I'd be pissed too if I was neglected for so long! I plan on getting this polished up and uploaded to YouTube by the end of this month, or early to mid November. It's almost complete. It just needs my fingers on the keyboard and time.

 

More songs are on the way in the upcoming months! I will keep you posted :~)!

See ya!

 

Ian

 

 

In with the new...always

Ok...so the full-length video "In the Studio with Ian Narcisi. The Making of Phone Call to Infinity" still isn't out. I apologize for this. Mid October guaranteed.

I have contacted the "make-it-happen-with-creativity-and-spontaneity-crew" to record a single starting in mid October. I will be sending three or so rough drafts of my new songs to Tim to see which one he feels will work. 96.78888% of the time I agree with his decision and within a month we will have a completed song. I am just as excited as I have been for all the songs I have written in the past! I love this period of time in the creative process!  Just knowing one of my songs will be sanded, polished and presented to the public is very exciting! This one will be a doosy! I'd like to be able to belt it out vocally like "Behind the Dawn" with more of an upbeat tempo. I may write a new song tomorrow just to get what I hear and want in my head. The 16 new songs I have on my hard drive recorder may not cut it. You will find out soon enough!

Such an odd day! Smoke in the air everywhere. When I first smelled the air I thought that there was some sort of chemical leak, or massive toxic fire occurring somewhere nearby. A guy I talked to at lunch thought the same. He shut his windows and doors to his business for fear of such an event. Ultimately it turned out to be a fire alright, but in northern....yeah get this.....MINNESOTA! The friggin' Boundary Waters were ablaze! And since a cold front (one of two) hit today, it brought with it cooler air, northerly winds and smoke from those fires! What was odd was that the smoke didn't smell like forest fire smoke. It smelled like cough syrup. Sweet and nasty. Anyway, yeah, that's what it was. Something that just doesn't happen around here everyday. The sunset, I later heard and expected, was amazing! Smoke in mass quantities always does amazing things to the sunsets! Volcanic events as well. Just the way light refracts off the smoke particles A must see!

Ok...I am nearing tome status here. Must go, watch something about space, astrophysics, meteorology, dendrochronology, or something with "ology" tailing it.....

Until we meet again....

Ian

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