arms full of sound
Complete 2004 News
December 18, 2004 - AFOS appears for the final interview of 2004 on the radio show Diversions. This show shed some light on the Journey to Ambientia project, and a live set of three laptops was pulled off for almost 45 minutes! A treat indeed. This was recorded for future release considerations.
December 13, 2004 - The appearance on the radio show Diversions is confirmed for December 18th at 12:00am. This show is will be a live to air event where AFOS will perform a set on a suite of laptops.
December 9, 2004 - An appearance on the radio show Diversions is tentatively set for December 18th at 12:15am. This show is expected to be a live to air event. Rumour has it that AFOS will perform a 20 minute set on three laptops.
December 7, 2004 - Journey to Ambientia, Part 2 at the Gladstone. AFOS pulls of a two set night of creative improv. This show marks the end of the Ambient Ping Gladstone series as they move on to the Tequila Lounge in January. This show is shot on video and recorded to disk. The show is the best one yet with the splendor of the smoke and the visuals.
December 1, 2004 - "Opposite Infinity" and a newly discovered piece from Ambientia, "Horizon of Morgea" are released as MP3 downloads, exclusive to the Arms Full of Sound website.
November 30, 2004 - AFOS appears on Feedback monitor and airs the world premiere of the first song from Ambientia, entitled "Opposite Infinity".
November 28, 2004 - The latest letter from Ambientia is released. Also, Electron Music announces that the complete library of Arms Full of Sound appears with other artists in its Indy-Electronic Listening Station. Lastly, Arms Full of Sound considers a return on air visit to Diversions, the Ambient radio show on CHRY 105.5FM for sometime in December.
November 27, 2004 - AFOS gets its own web presence by registering the domain armsfullofsound.com
November 24, 2004 - AFOS is confirmed for an on air session on Feedback Monitor for November 30 at 11pm. The structure of the show will be different in that a live performance will be featured.
November 17, 2004 - A new letter from Ambientia is posted.
November 3, 2004 - A new letter from Ambientia is posted.
October 19, 2004 - The AFOS website is updated in the News, Sound, Shows and Journey sections. The largest change is the rework of the Sound page with separate links to each album.
October 19, 2004 - The second "Letters from Ambientia" is released through an eMail blast, and posted on this website on the Journey page.
October 8, 2004 - AFOS announces the review of "Air is the Means" on the PingThings website. See the Sound section for more under this album.
October 2, 2004 - One of the first "Letters from Ambientia" is released through an eMail blast, and posted on this website on the Journey page.
September 8, 2004 - Feedback Monitor, on CIUT FM 89.5, confirms that Arms Full of Sound is to return for an on-air session of live music. It is uncertain at this stage if the mucus will be live from CIUT studios or taken from a live recording during a performance.
September 7, 2004 - Arms Full of Sound performs at The Ambient Ping's debut location at The Gladstone Hotel. With much confusion due to renovations, the setup takes place in the corner of the bar in what is called "The Melody Room". After much toying with the power supply, the show begins with a mysterious opener that sets the stage. During the first set, electrical supply problems knock out two of the synthesizers used, and forces a mid-set break for troubleshooting. Sticking to album material, the show opens with Massive Synth, and then embarks on the promised journey to Ambientia. The second set came off much better than the first, despite haunting electrical issues that kept knocking out the laptop driven Virtual Synth.
August 31, 2004 - Arms Full of Sound appears on CIUT 89.5 FM on the show Feedback Monitor. In this return engagement, Paul talks about the new CD, the upcoming show, and the future of the Arms Full of Sound project. Earlier this day, Arms Full of Sound firms up a deal with Queen West Records. This deal is for AFOS music to be represented online on the QWR label as distribution, and for the management of promotion.
August 29, 2004 - The final preparations for the upcoming show begin. Cameras have been acquired, recording units are in place, and all is ready to go. The daunting task of learning some of the key songs from the CD's has also begun. This is difficult, remember, as the CD's were recorded in the moment, and live with no prior arrangement.
August 28, 2004 - Arms Full of Sound appears on the York University Radio Show "Diversions" on CHRY 105.5FM. The show was a success, and even had one late-night caller just as the show began. However due to a technical difficulty at the station, could not be answered.
August 24, 2004 - Arms Full of Sound begins negotiations of a sales and promotion deal with upstart music sales outlet Queen West Records. This label's site is expected to be fully up and running by early-September. Queen West Records is headed up by long time best-friend of Paul's, Andrew MacMillan.
August 21, 2004 - "Air is the Means" is officially released at Electron Music in Toronto. Discussions of a late-September or early-October in-store event take place.
August 17, 2004 - The updated Arms Full of Sound website is launched with an active Equipment section, and major updates to News, Shows, Bio, Media, and a lot more to come. Electron Music confirms an order for 3 more copies of "Pieces of a Larger Experiment" and an advance order of 4 copies of "Air is the Means". Tentative in-store event is set for mid-September.
August 16, 2004 - All three CD's are sent to Riyaz Khan at CHRY Radio to prepare for the upcoming interview. An advance copy of "Air is the Means" is also sent to Greg Clow at CIUT FM for the August 31 interview.
August 12, 2004 - The complete artwork for "Air is the Means" is completed and the CD enters reproduction stages. Talks begin with Electron Music for an in-store event for the release.
August 8, 2004 - "Air is the Means" comes out of the final production stages as a 5 song CD at just over 1 hour of music. Release date is tentatively set for August 21, 2004.
August 1, 2004 - The production team for 2004 assembles and the initial production schedule is handed out. Joe McDonald from PH Pro, Andrew MacMillan from AmCan Music, and Jennifer Needler of Shire Music are all on the production team.
July 29, 2004 - The work for "Air is the Means" is complete and totals over 2 hours of music. It is determined that this will be the first album to have extensive production work to bring the album down to one CD. Artwork production begins for the CD.
July 26, 2004 - Arms Full of Sound firms up an interview time with CHRY Radio 105.5FM on the show "Diversions" for Saturday, August 28, 2004 at 12:15am.
July 25, 2004 - Arms Full of Sound confirms a return booking on Feedback Monitor on CIUT 89.5FM University of Toronto Radio for Tuesday, August 31, 2004 at 11:30pm.
July 22, 2004 - The Ambient Ping organizers announce that a new venue has been secured at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto. The venue debut is September 7, thus making the first show of Journey to Ambientia the opening show for the Ping.
July 15, 2004 - Word from The Ambient Ping is that they are trying to secure a new venue in time for the Sept 7 show, but nothing has been firmed up yet. Work continues on "Air is the Means" with about 1.5 hours of music in the can.
June 25, 2004 - Arms Full of Sound is invited to send in material for an upcoming interview on Diversions, an ambient radio show on 105.5 FM CHRY York University Radio. The host, Riyaz Khan found the music on this website.
June 2004 - Work continues on the new CD. The title has been established as "Air is the Means", based on the statement that air is the common means of the sound.
June 5, 2004 - Word from The Ambient Ping is that there may not be a venue for the upcoming shows. Rent has escalated and the Ping organizers have to scramble for another gig. At this point, the Journey to Ambientia project may be in jeopardy of ever getting off the ground.
May 2004 - Recording begins on the third Arms Full of Sound CD. Preliminary artwork suggests a theme of air, flight, and travel.
April 23, 2004 - Initial planning begins for the "Journey to Ambientia" shows for later this year. Word has it that a small crew will be assembled to manage a filming and photography unit, a lighting unit, an effects unit, and a live recording unit.
April 22, 2004 - Arms Full of Sound is granted membership in SOCAN. The extensive membership application process was completed and now AFOS is a registered SOCAN artist.
April 21, 2004 - PingThings online music store reports a near sell out condition for "Minework in G". The store only has one copy left in inventory. This is interesting as this online store has had an opposite sales strength to the store front of Electron Music.
April 12, 2004 - Electron Music reports that sales of "Pieces of a Larger Experiment" have picked up as 2 more CD's were sold over the weekend. The CD was playing in the store, prompting customers to snatch up the CD. Sales of "Minework in G" are expected to increase as well.
April 9, 2004 - The Ambient Ping has confirmed the 2004 shows for Arms Full of Sound to be September 7, and December 7. Arms Full of Sound has determined that these two shows will be directly related to each other, called "Journey to Ambientia" parts 1 and 2. The shows will be engineered so that the second show picks up where the first one ended. See the Shows page for more info.
April 6, 2004 - Electron Music confirms that it has listed the two current CD's "Pieces of a Larger Experiment" and "Minework in G" in their online sale catalogue. Also, "Stuff of Evil" is featured in the April download of Electron's MP3 Radio show.
April 5, 2004 - An interview with PingThings.com is published on their website. Check out more on this revealing interview in the Media Space section of this site.
April 5, 2004 - Two shows are confirmed at The Ambient Ping for 2004. Check out the Shows page for more info. The shows will be "An Evening With" on August 24, and December 7.
April 2, 2004 - Arms Full of Sound was picked as one of the favorite Canadian releases of 2003 by FeedBack Monitor.
April 2, 2004 - A tentative performance date of August 24, 2004 to perform at The Ambient Ping, has been set. Also, check out the updates to the Sound section of this website for reviews of the current CD's by Arms Full of Sound.
April 1, 2004 - Word is received from Electron Music that Arms Full of Sound will be officially featured in the stock listing of the store's website. Also, AFOS will be featured in an April MP3 broadcast on the site, Electron Music.
March 20, 2004 - Arms Full of Sound secures a CD sales deal with Electron Music, in Toronto, where both current CD's will be sold in the store, and online. The sales start date is effective immediately. The music will also be featured on the website and broadcast in an upcoming MP3 show from Electron Music.
March 18, 2004 - Arms Full of Sound starts the registration process with SOCAN, the music rights body in Canada.
March 15, 2004 - Arms Full of Sound receives word that its music has been played on CIUT-FM since the radio interview in December, and also has made an appearance on Ryerson Radio, in Toronto, in January 2004.
February 25, 2004 - Arms Full of Sound contacts The Ambient Ping, soliciting for performance dates in August and October 2004.
February 7, 2004 - After reviewing the live recordings from The Ambient Ping show in December, Arms Full of Sound decides to hold back a CD release from this show. Instead, Track One of the second set from that show will be re-recorded as the start of a third album. Cover photographs and artwork begin to be collected for this album.
January 29, 2004 - Sound samples are posted on PingThings.com in RealAudio format. They differ from the samples found on this site, but end up being responsible for selling 1 copy of Pieces of a Larger Experiment.
January 10, 2004 - Arms Full of Sound debuts on the front page of PingThings.com with both of the current CD's up for sale. Sound samples are to be posted soon and an interview deal is worked out for March 2004.
Friday, December 31, 2004
