December 12, 2003 - Arms Full of Sound seals deal with PingThings.com, the CD sales site that stems from The Ambient Ping.

 

December 9, 2003 - Arms Full of Sound performs at The Ambient Ping. The event was standing room only, with an audience of over 60 people. The two set show went off with flying colours and brought the listeners on the journey that was intended. The evening opened with "Massive Synth" and "Wow!". Then, gears shifted into "Minework in G" and other favorites. Set 2 was more improvised, and the first song grabbed the audience and took them on a journey to far away places. One audience member remarked after the show "I imagined walking through a dense forest, covered in moss, surrounded by fog". CD sales were very strong at the show. As a special promotion, Arms Full of Sound was giving away the Interview from CIUT FM to those who bought both "Pieces of a Larger Experiment" and "Minework in G". This show was recorded live, filmed, and photographed. Check out some footage here. Check out pictures of the show here. Listen to some sound samples from the show here.

 

December 2, 2003 - Arms Full of Sound appears on CIUT FM in Toronto and gives a 30 minute interview. Opening with "Cindra Morgea", the interview then runs over top of "Minework in G". After a great detailed discussion on the two current releases, upcoming music, the history of Arms Full of Sound, and the upcoming show on December 9, listeners got a chance to hear the debut of "Massive Synth". The show was recorded live, filmed and photographed. Check out the interview here. Check out pictures here.

 

November 30, 2003 - Arms Full of Sound confirms the First Set for the upcoming December 9 show. The opener will be the favorite "Massive Synth" followed by "Minework in G". To end the set it is still unknown if the last song will be an improv-piece or not. The second set has yet to be finalized, but is rumored to open with "Cindra Morgea", then "Haunting", and close with "Stranger Part 2".

 

November 28, 2003 - PH Pro's music division, Shire Music, confirms that the upcoming show at The Ambient Ping "An Evening With Arms Full of Sound" on December 9 will be recorded live. Both sets will be recorded directly to CD for an upcoming release. In addition, the event will be shot on video and photographed for a possible DVD release. The music label also announces that the December 2nd radio appearance on Feedback Monitor will be recorded as a companion track to the upcoming live release.

 

November 24, 2003 - The appearance on the Feedback Monitor radio show is confirmed for December 2, 2003. Paul and his music will be on the show around 11:30pm to showcase his music and talk about the whole Arms Full of Sound concept. Tune in at 10pm Dec. 2, on 89.5FM.

 

November 23, 2003 - The Arms Full of Sound website is posted on the Internet. Final rehearsals begin for the upcoming show at The Ambient Ping on Tuesday December 9, 2003. eMail blast is sent out making everyone aware of the re-introduction of Paul Needler to the music scene.

 

November 22, 2003 - A tentative radio interview and song preview date is set up with Feedback Monitor for Tuesday, December 2, 2003. Indications are that the Toronto radio show (CIUT FM 89.5) will play selected songs from both albums with an opportunity to hear from Paul Needler, the arms that is Arms Full of Sound.

 

November 21, 2003 - Arms Full of Sound completes its second album "Minework in G" and sends it as well as the first album "Pieces of a Larger Experiment" off to Greg Clow at Feedback Monitor for review. There are discussions about appearing on the Radio Show, prior to the upcoming live gig at The Ambient Ping.

 

November 12, 2003 - Arms Full of Sound puts out its second album based on the recording sessions from the summer, entitled "Minework in G". This album sticks to the purist form of Ambient that was laid out in the first album, but ventures into longer songs. This 4 song album is AFOS's first venture into deep Ambient music.

 

Summer 2003 - Arms Full of Sound experiments with the ambient sound. Many recordings are made of these experiments, including an experimental piece with drummer Andrew MacMillan.

 

April 2003 - Scott M2 of The Ambient ping grants Arms Full of Sound a two set evening for December 9, 2003, thus making it An Evening With... event.

 

March 2003 - What was started as a demo CD for The Ambient Ping, turns out to be the first CD release of the newly created Arms Full of Sound. "Pieces of a Larger Experiment" is submitted to Scott M2 at The Ambient Ping, and within a week a show is set up for December 9, 2003.

 

February 2003 - Paul Needler starts the preliminary talks with Scott M2 of The Ambient Ping and gets the ok for a demo to be submitted in hopes of getting a gig.