arms full of sound
Complete 2006 News
December 31, 2006 - The Ambientia podcast ran its first season from May 20, 2006 to November 6, 2006 with 20 episodes. It was planned that the show would take some time off and a replacement show would take its place in the new year.
May 20, 2006 - Episode 1 of the Ambientia podcast is released. Being a holiday weekend the download response was slow to start. However, it picked up in the following days.
May 11, 2006 - The Ambientia podcast has not yet released Episode 1, only 3 prequels, and today's subscriber count is a whopping 50! Episode 1 will be coming out in the next few days so stayed tuned. You can subscribe to the feed from the home page on this site.
April 28, 2006 - Arms Full of Sound updates the website to reflect the SPRING portion of the Journey to Ambientia SEASONS project. Also, a second teaser podcast is produced and published.
April 22, 2006 - Arms Full of Sound appears on the radio show 'Diversions' on CHRY 105.5FM.
April 19, 2006 - Arms Full of Sound is confirmed to appear on the radio show 'Diversions' on CHRY 105.5FM on Saturday April 22, 2006 at 12am. Also confirmed is an appearance on the radio show 'Electric Storm' on CKLN 88.1FM on Sunday April 30, 2006 at 11:30pm.
April 17, 2006 - The Ambientia podcast prequel is released to the world! Tune in via iTunes or by the feed found on the home page! Stay tuned in the coming weeks for the firts episode!
April 6, 2006 - A new letter from Ambientia is published.
April 4, 2006 - Work is underway for the Arms Full of Sound podcast that is due to debut later this month.
March 31, 2006 - A new letter from Ambientia is published.
March 27, 2006 - Arms Full of Sound has been invited by the National Archive of Canada to submit all of its current and past works to be archived in the National Canadian Archive, as well as each future published work. This is an important step for the art as this music will be forever archived in Canada for review by any person in the country and possibly around the world. The package will be assembled and sent to the Archives in the coming weeks.
March 17, 2006 - A new Letter from Ambientia is published.
March 10, 2006 - A new Letter from Ambientia is published. Now that the email is working in some sort of manner, everything is back on track. Also today, The Ambient Ping confirms that Arms Full of Sound is signed on for shows for the Summer and Autumn portions of the Journey to Ambientia 2 Series.
March 6, 2006 - After much tinkering and experimenting, the sending ability of the AFOS eMail is back up. An update was released as well as the first letter of the Journey to Ambientia 2 project. Now for the updates:
The Podcast show Ultima Thule has taken an interest in the music of Arms Full of Sound. This is a weekly Ambient radio show broadcasting out of Australia that is also broadcast to the world as a podcast. A full media kit will be sent out to them in the coming week.
Arms Full of Sound is still set to appear on the inaugural podcast for a recently retired Ambient radio show in Toronto. The expected release of this podcast is later this month. Official details will be release as they become available.
Arms Full of Sound has started work on its 4th CD release. The CD is not yet named, but is due out in the Autumn portion of the Journey to Ambientia 2 concert series.
Currently, Arms Full of Sound is working on finalizing a production deal for its own podcast. Not yet named, this podcast is slated to start broadcasting in April of this year. The podcast will offer up the music of Arms Full of Sound and shed some light on the creative process of making the music, as hosted by the artist himself, Paul Needler.
February 11, 2006 - The sending ability of the AFOS eMail is still down and is currently under repair.
February 8, 2006 - The eMail service for Arms Full of Sound is experiencing some technical issues. We can still receive email to afos@phpro.info, but cannot send. We ask for your patience while this gets corrected. Thank you!
February 7, 2006 - "Journey to Ambientia 2: Seasons" project opens with "WINTER" the first of four installments of this project. Arms Full of Sound performs at The Ambient Ping at Hacienda to a moderate audience. No visual images were used as in previous shows, and the music spoke for itself. This show was recorded as both audio and video, notably in widescreen, film look.
February 5, 2006 - Appearance on the radio show Electric Storm. This was a phone-in interview as the winter weather was really bad for driving. Arms Full of Sound carried over its debut of the 2 new songs, "In Orbit of the Mind" and "Return to Familiar Sound", both slated to be on the upcoming CD release later this year.
February 4, 2006 - Appearance on the radio show Diversions. Arms Full of Sound debuts 2 new songs from the upcoming CD release later this year. "In Orbit of the Mind" and "Return to Familiar Sound" enjoyed a world premiere on the show.
January 29, 2006 - The songs "Horizon" and "Scortch" are played on the radio show Electric Storm/Missing Sense to promote the upcoming interview. Also, it is confirmed that the music of Arms Full of Sound will appear on Episode 1 of a podcast due out in Mid-February. This podcast stems from a very popular weekly radio program. More details follow once the Podcast is released. Lastly, Diversions has requested a 20 second promo spot for regular circulation on the show, to promote Arms Full of Sound and the show. This will go into circulation this coming Saturday, Feb. 4.
January 24, 2006 - An appearance on the radio show Electric Storm/Missing Sense is confirmed for Sunday February 5, 2006.
January 23, 2006 - An appearance on the radio show Diversions is confirmed for 12:15am Saturday February 4, 2006.
January 14, 2006 - The first notice of the Arms Full of Sound 2006 season is sent out to over 100 people via eMail. Andrew Dhama joins the production crew for this season in the role of Special Effects Manager. He has a background in lighting and other stage effects and will handle the live lighting and atmospheric effects for the live shows.
January 1, 2006 - Happy New Year! This site is updated and work begins on a new website for Arms Full of Sound.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
