Whispers of My Heart

Fans will immediately recognize the signature Gypsy Butterfly sound throughout, yet there is a distinct blend of styles that sets this album apart from her previous records. Produced once again by frequent collaborator, Trance Blackman – who performed all the instruments and background vocals – Whispers of My Heart continues and expands on Carly’s musical, emotional, and spiritual journey.

The record opens with the inspirational “Believe”, previously released as a single. The song was revised slightly for this album. The rest follow with Carly’s personal, powerful moments, gleaned from soul searching, life experience, and the natural side effects of going deeply within. Spiritual insights, meaningful messages, and romantic reverence delicately infuse each song, carried on the ever-present theme and foundation of love.

Listen to all the songs now at http://www.theGypsyButterfly.com/whispers or her Bandcamp site, where the songs and MP3s (or your preferred audio format) are immediately available for download.

A music video is soon to be released, as well as a planned CD release party. Check back here for updates! Spread the word.

2009 has started swiftly. Looks to be the most interesting year since 2008.

Work continues on Gypsy Butterfly‘s new music project, “Whispers of My Heart”. It’s got a good vibe to it, and it’s gonna be great. It’ll have the signature Butterfly acoustic/folk flare to it, blending pop and some world music influences where it fits. As mentioned previously, you can listen to her single “Believe” which will be featured on the album.

I’ve started utilizing Twitter more, and it seems to be taking over the planet. It’s interesting to see how social sites have progressed recently (for me personally, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter… in that order) as we “connect” in more real-time ways, across the globe. Still, it doesn’t beat hanging out with real people, in real life. Nevertheless, I believe Twitter can be a valuable service to you, if for nothing else, but to find out a little more about what interesting people do now and then.

Further to that, I recently donated a track (“Relevance“, from the Runaway album) to the Twestival.fm fundraising campaign. You can listen to all the artists featured on that page there, but do it quick as I believe the tracks are to be removed today (Feb 19th). You’re welcome to consider donating to the cause. For more info on that, visit the charity: water website. This is just one way of many, many ways that Twitter is impacting how organizations and communities can interact and get involved in causes they care about.

Something excellent that came of the Twestival event was Imogen Heap‘s donation of her vocal tracks of an unfinished song. She offered them to us creative folks to create our own interpretations (remixes) and in doing so created more awareness for the charity. That’s just groovy. I went ahead and created my own version of “The Song that Never Was”. You can listen here (or grab the tracks and make your own mix): Twestival (100 mixes as of this post, mine is #34), or at SoundCloud.

Thanks for listening, reading, etc. I’ll have new music myself in the coming months. Lots to finish up and… let go into the world.

Love your life.
tb

Gypsy Butterfly released her single “Believe” — you can listen/download from AmazonMP3, Bandcamp, or YouLicense. Read more about it at WP or her website. It’s a preview of her new album Whispers of My Heart that’ll be arriving in early to mid-2009. Where Butterfly Kisses added some country-pop flare, the new project will return to a more world-music-folk-pop fusion, akin to her previous work on Diversity… Now and Movin’ On.

Judy Berg posted a wonderful story about meeting Gypsy Butterfly and their instant rapport in her blog.

New stores/sites/services featuring music from WP artists: Lala.com, Bandcamp.mu (Gypsy Butterfly, Trance Blackman), YouLicense, Digital Tunes, Amie Street.

Producers, filmmakers, video game designers, and other media creators can now license (most of) our music quite effortlessly from the YouLicense website. Feedback and thoughts are more than welcome.

Trance Blackman released Opus Instrumentalus 3: Inspired by Images. More details and information at the WP website. Current albums in production include the rock-pop Fleshwound, a return to pop-infused-electronica with OI4: Waves, and the pop-centric Love Songs, Vol. 1. Updates and more coming in early 2009.

Groovy blessings and love to all. Enjoy your holidays and celebrations in whatever format and custom you may be partaking in.

tb

I posted these remarks in a Yahoo! Group and thought it’d be better to serve it to a larger audience via the blog, as there are other creative folks who may benefit from this information.

This is in regards to copyrighting intellectual property (ie. a song) you created. In Canada, we have options, and the traditional “poor man’s copyright” of mailing yourself a registered letter doesn’t have to be your only means of protecting your goods. Regardless, copyright exists the moment you create an original work. These services are merely ways to prove that, should the need ever arise.

In Canada, we have a new option: http://www.copyrightdepository.com — you can begin the process for free (“chronicle”) according the website. $6.95 per file/record registered when you actually need to finish with a new copyright. Though they store files for 7 years, which doesn’t make sense (need to check into that, as copyrights last at least 50 years, depending on a few “who and what” scenarios). But they (Copyright Depository) work with the USPS in what appears to be an advanced, digital time-stamping service that according to the FAQ is as good as registering with the CIPO. I found the link a while ago through Indie Pool, which is by all accounts a very reputable organization, so they wouldn’t likely sign on with this service if it wasn’t worthwhile.

Being Canadian, you don’t need to register with the US Copyright Office as USA & Canada are both members of the Berne Convention, among others. More info: http://www.copyrightdepository.com/?page=canguide

As for other registration methods and means, SOCAN is for performance rights, CMRRA is for mechanical/sync/reproduction rights (other PROs). CIPO is the Canadian government office for actually copyrighting your goods. The first two are not. Also, CIPO offers online forms for submissions, and is cheaper to file things in that fashion.

tb

love your life
tranceblackman.com

The new album is available now! Please check the following links to listen to the music, and/or to get yourself a copy today!

info, samples: Wandering Productions
CDs, MP3s: CD Baby

The Story:

Butterfly Kisses encompasses ten songs, including updated versions of “Angel of the Morning”, and the romantic single “Little Piece of Heaven”. The remaining selections are all new, with a distinct blend of country-pop, added to the acoustic, and classic folk-pop Gypsy Butterfly.

In her own words:

The journey began with “Feel Me”, (a ‘Song from Beyond’) a song of love for a grieving mother’s heart.

live & love life,
xxButterfly

Trance Blackman is nearing completion of the Fleshwound project (ah, finally). Aside from that beast, there are three other musically varied projects on the burners, including an addition to the Opus series. He’s also working on developing a creative relationship with Mark G and One World Records.

Gypsy Butterfly is releasing a new album, Butterfly Kisses, which is a country-pop project. The album includes a song written for her son’s upcoming wedding. Awww! Here comes the Country Bumpkin Butterfly…

Enjoy!

You can now listen to, add to playlists, purchase directly (same service as available directly from this site), scrobble, and do all the cool things that Last.fm offers audioholics with the music from WP artists.

label page: http://www.last.fm/label/Wandering+Productions/
main playlist: http://www.last.fm/label/Wandering+Productions/playlists
WP sampler playlist: http://www.last.fm/listen/user/midnitemusician/playlist

A few videos are there as well.

If you haven’t yet discovered it, Last.fm (recently acquired by CBS) is a music community site, using elements similar to MySpace, Facebook, and other burgeoning and thriving online social sites. It’s an incredible way to find new and different music. Artists, of course, can upload their music to promote, put up links to sell your goods, and more.

Google – YouTube – MySpace