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The Ghost of Christmas Past and Mister Fusty’s Future

Dec 1

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Greetings. Remember the incredibly corny Christmas tune I released last year? Well, it’s back! I’ve made it available again for this years festive season, including it’s instrumental version as the “b-side” (which IMO is the better version). Listen or download below or at Bandcamp.

Now on to Mister Fusty’s future…

Recently I have been pondering what to do with old Fusty. Options I have considered include: abandoning him in a forest, changing his name or putting him in a cupboard for a few years. Any of these things may still happen! However next year, instead of recording a collection of songs for months on end (rather like a squirrel gathering nuts for the winter) and then releasing an album, I’m going to release one song at a time . So whenever I finish a song, and decide it’s good enough to enter the wild, it will magically appear for you to download free here and on the Facebook page, Soundcloud  etc. Hopefully this will happen at fairly regular intervals during 2012/13. If I have a decent number of tracks that I’m happy with I might add some spit & polish and make it an album. It’s a vague plan, and I am prone to change my mind, but I’m trying a different approach anyway.

Thanks for listening. Have a great festive season – cheers!

 

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Chemistry (Desert Mix)

Sep 5

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For no particular reason, other than fun, I have remixed the track “Chemistry” (from the current album “The Waiting Room”).

Take a listen using the player below, you can also download it for free.

Chemistry (Desert mix) by Mister Fusty

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“The Waiting Room” is now free at Soundcloud

Aug 16

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I’ve decided to make the new Mister Fusty album, “The Waiting Room”, free to download at Soundcloud. I enjoy making music and I’d love as many people to hear it as possible. If they like it- even better! Previously you could stream the whole album free there and at Bandcamp anyway, so I figured that I’d make it available for mp3 download too. If you really like it and want to support the artist it’s available to buy at iTunes, Bandcamp (if you want lossless go there) and many other places. If you download it and can’t afford to buy it then that’s ok. As I mentioned before I love messing around making music, I don’t do it for financial gain. I’m actually not sure it is possible to gain anything financially from music anymore anyway!

Unfortunately I think you have to download each track individually but don’t let that put you off, download away me hearties!

The Waiting Room by Mister Fusty

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New Album “The Waiting Room”

Aug 1

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Here it is at long last, the new album from Mister Fusty, “The Waiting Room”.
The album was recorded on and off between Aug 2010 & February 2011 by myself  with mastering and additional mixing by Jimmy Ether and artwork by Paul Thompson. Thanks to Jimmy & Paul for their time & efforts!

I’m very proud of it and I think it’s the best thing I’ve done as Mister Fusty. Of course I would say that though!

The idea, lyrically, behind this album was that each song would be from another person’s perpective, each song would be a different story (or part of one). The rule I set myself was that none of the songs would be about me or particularly based on my own experiences. Although some of the ideas are based on real events, for instance “Empty Chairs” came about from reading Julia Baird’s memoir about her relationship with her half-brother John Lennon. John’s mother died tragically after being knocked down by a car and I remember reading in the book that John & his mother Julia were due to visit his Aunty (one of Julia’s sisters) the day after the accident. His Aunty (Anne I think, but I don’t have the book to hand), obviously devastated from the news, took a picture of the chairs they would have sat in out in the garden on that summer day and framed it. It struck me as a sad and strange thing to do and it became an idea for a song.

Another real life inspiration was “Rainbow Valley” whose lyrics were inspired by this article about the dead bodies that litter Mount Everest  (warning: link contains images you may find disturbing).

I hope you enjoy the album, it’s available to listen & download (in a multitude of formats) at the Bandcamp store or using the player above. The album is also available on iTunes and will appear on other stores/music services shortly. There might be a vinyl release later in the year, more news on that at later date.

Do let me know what you think of the album in the comments below or on the Facebook page or through Twitter. It’s always helpful and I very much appreciate feedback.

Thanks!

- Rob Gibson, August 2011

 

 

 

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New single “All Seeing Eye” get it free!

Jul 25

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The new Mister Fusty single has been unleashed! “All Seeing Eye” from the forthcoming album, “The Waiting Room” is available now, it’s b-side is a non-album track “Arthur’s Apothecary”.

You can listen and download an mp3 version here at Soundcloud.

Or if you want a lossless version (and to support the artist!) You can download using the player below, it’s only 99p for two songs –a bargain!

If you don’t see the player click here

 

I also made a video, it’s shot on my phone although don’t let that put you off.

“All Seeing Eye” – Mister Fusty from Mister Fusty on Vimeo.

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New Song “Running Off the Edge of the World”

Nov 5

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Here’s another new song, it’s a rough mix of a track called, “Running Off the Edge of the World”. It needs to be fully mixed and mastered but it’s pretty near the finished article. I thought I’d post it for the hell of it – but I really have to stop myself posting songs from the new album before it’s completed (I’m soooo impatient).  I hope you enjoy it, I’m quite pleased with it myself – a rare moment of self-congratulation there, don’t get used to it…

The Mister Fusty Christmas song will arrive at the start of December. Watch out!
Running Off the Edge of the World (rough mix) by Mister Fusty

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Mister Fusty’s Crazy Summer Sale!

Jun 30

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Shop!

It’s summer time and you’ll be needing some nice music to have in the headphones for those lazy days on the sun lounger, baking on the beach or waiting wearily at the airport, won’t you? Never fear, Mister Fusty is here and he’s desperate to sell some albums a generous fellow and all three Mister Fusty albums are on sale for only £1 (that’s about $1.49 and €1.22 at the time of writing) and the Sprung EP is FREE. Not bad eh? If you’ve never heard much Fusty music before now is a good time to have a listen. The latest EP, “Connect” is still a reasonable £2.50 (It is for charity, come on).

These batsh*t crazy prices are only available at the Bandcamp store, or from any of the music players on the Listen/Download page.

Tell your friends! Oh go on..

UPDATE: The summer sale will end 1st August, earlier than expected, as Bandcamp will be taking percentage from then, which is fair enough. They have been offering the (excellent) services for free up until now.

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Getting fit with EXPO

Mar 17

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Expo

Last year I collaborated on a track with John Lane from Expo on a track called “Fitness Suite”. He sent me a backing track and I warbled along, adding a bit of percussion, bass and other bits. Incredibly, he liked what I did and didn’t vow never to speak to me again for ruining his track.

Finally you can hear the fruits of our efforts at Expo’s Myspace site. The album, called “She Sells Seashells” is out in the summer NOW featuring collaborations with other artists. When it’s out I’ll let you know but until then listen to the track here.

Unfortunately no Stevie Wonder & Paul McCartney-style video is planned at the moment.

UPDATE: It’s out now! Go check it out at expo.bandcamp.com

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A Christmas Gift from Fusty HQ

Dec 21

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all! As a special gift from us here in Fusty’s Festive log cabin please accept this free mp3 of an alternative version of one of the tracks off the album “Over the Rocky Mountains”. It’s a remix of the opening track “Rocky”, a version similar to this was to be included on the album but I decided that it didn’t really belong. I’ve had another tinker with it and here it is to download for free, here (right click and save link as).

As another bonus, using the player below, you can listen to a brand new song called “Cosmos Dust“.

Have a good one and see you next year!

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"Talk" Video

Nov 6

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Howdy doody, here’s a video I made for the song “Talk” from the new album, “Over the Rocky Mountains”. Enjoy!

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