Wednesday, February 22, 2006
SIMON SCOTT ON MY SPACE

Hello again,

Simon Scott who once played drums for the band Slowdive posted on our MySpace page and said that he likes our band and would love to do a show together with us and his his new band if we're ever in the UK. We're humbled by this, considering that Slowdive is one of our favorite bands and a big influence our sound. The name of his new band is Televise. Cool.

lost in space,
Marc
Posted By Hammock Music at 8:20 AM

AND EVEN MORE MUSIC ON THE OLYMPICS...

Everyone,

On Feb. 21st "What Heaven Allows" was played on the Olympics. We're really surprised that someone at NBC likes us this much. Thanks everyone for the support!

peace to all,
Marc
Posted By Hammock Music at 8:13 AM

Tuesday, February 21, 2006
more music on the olympics

Everyone,

A second track from Kenotic, "Rising Tide", was heard during NBC's broadcast of the 2006 Olympics. The song was included in a piece about Canadian skaters Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon. Thanks to all who sent us messages!

thanks for listening,
Marc
Posted By Hammock Music at 7:47 AM

Friday, February 17, 2006
Winter Light Olympics v.2

Hammock's "Winter Light" from Kenotic was heard during the Olympics Monday night, February 13. The song was in a piece about Russian skaters Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin. It's an honor to contribute to the telling of such a beautiful, inspiring story (which you can read here), but even more of an honor to be a small part of the Olympics and all that it symbolizes and stands for.
Posted By Hammock Music at 8:21 AM

Thursday, February 16, 2006
Hammock Played on Olympics

Everyone,

On Monday night Hammock got a chance to be heard on the Olympics. Winter Light was the song they chose to be played in the background while the Russian skaters were being interviewed during Winter Olympics coverage. Pretty cool! "It was played in the background while the Russian skaters were being interviewed during Winter Olympics coverage." (Ivan-MySpace) "They were just doing this piece about this Russian skater who dropped his dance partner during some event, and they were showing this footage of him being worried and all this stuff, and in the background I could hear the song that I've been hearing for weeks, Winter Light. It was on Monday, 13th, around 10:45 pm Pacific Time" (Scott of Jatun-MySpace)

lost in space,
Marc
Posted By Hammock Music at 8:08 AM

Tuesday, February 07, 2006
PRESS RELEASE

For immediate release

HAMMOCK MUSIC LABEL ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF "THE SLEEPOVER SERIES VOL.1"

Nashville, TN February 7, 2006 Hammock Music Label announced today the release of The Sleep-over Series. Conceived as an ongoing series of hypnotic, wordless lullabies, Volume 1 features the first appearance of solo compositions from Marc Byrd of the acclaimed group Hammock (Andrew Thompson, the other half of the Hammock duo, provides support throughout.) Byrd's hallmark, densely layered, ambient guitars, drive the meditative song cycle and create the perfect companion to sleep and dreaming.

"The CD series was born out of an idea I had to turn a concert into a sleep-over...as the night progresses, the music would become quiter and more mellow until we're all overtaken by sleep," says Byrd. I'm really excited about this series...it gives me a chance to introduce a more ambient and thematic side of my music and an opportunity to collaborate with and support other artist by including them on upcoming volumes." Work on a follow-up has already begun and a target release date is set for late 2006.

For more information on Hammock and to hear the Sleepover Series Vol. 1, visit www.hammockmusic.com and www.hammockmusic.net

About Hammock Music Label:

Based in Franklin, TN, the label is home of flagship artist, Hammock. The duo, comprised of Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson have achieved wide acclaim for their first two releases, KENOTIC and STRANDED UNDER ENDLESS SKY. Hammock has been featured on such nationally-syndicated programs as NPR's "All Songs Considered," "Hearts of Space,", Echoes," Musical Starstreams" and "Star's End." The band's debut, KENOTIC spent nine weeks in the CMJ Top 200 Chart, three months in The New Age Reporter Top 100 Chart and numerous weeks in Nashville's RIYL Chart. The label has recently released The Sleep-over Series Vol 1, a collection of beatless, ambient and atmospheric soundscapes composed and performed by Hammock's Marc Byrd. Vol 2, which will be a collaborative effort and feature a diversity of artist is tentatively set to be released in Fall 2006.

"...music in the spirit of Japanese art...it's simple by form, but its full of complexity in its tone and its timbres..."
-Bob Boilen, NPR's All Songs Considered

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Marc Byrd, please email Johnny Pleasant at johnny@johnnypleasant.com
Posted By Hammock Music at 9:42 AM

MIXING/VOCALS!!!

Everyone,

Well we're almost done with the recording aspect of the record. At this point we only have vocals left to record. Right now some of our tracks are already being mixed. Two of our tracks are done with many more songs to go. It's exciting and nerve racking. At times we feel confident and at other times we feel extremely uncertain. Once we get done with the mix we have to decide on the sequence of the record and then we go to mastering. After that we have to set the record up for release with our distributors so the new record probably won't be out until sometime in April. We have the title for the record but we'll announce that later. That's it for now. I'm going back into the studio.

lost in space,
Marc
Posted By Hammock Music at 7:07 AM