Fronz Arp DIY Diary

I'm an independent musician who writes, records and (currently) releases his music himself. On this blog, I'm going to attempt to write an account of what I do, what I achieve and what I learn from week to week

To hear or buy my music, visit my website at www.fronzarp.com

or my facebook profile

Good Morning Junebug from Fronz Arp on Vimeo.

This is a derivative work, edited from short film “Cupidon”
Please watch the original video here youtube.com/watch?v=UukKyv_qVDQ
Co-Directed by Simon Bau, Clémentine Choplain, Marie Ecarlat, Benoît Huguet and Julien Soulage

Music: Good Morning Junebug by Fronz Arp
(Find it on Itunes here- bit.ly/YKscEd)

Music on orginal film: Damien Deshayes
Recording and Mixing on original fillm: José Vicente et Yoann Poncet studiodesaviateurs.com
Ecole Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques de Montpellier 2012
And visit them on Facebook: facebook.com/CupidonLeFilm

I just bought Cyberlinks PowerDirector 11, to extend my DIY practices past my home recording skills, and started practicing with the features of the software by re-editing a video (with a Creative Commons Attribution License) with one of my songs. I found this amazing 3D animation “Cupidon”, loved it and thought it worked amazingly well with my song “Good Morning Junebug”

Watch my version here then please go and watch the original short film as it is amazing work
Find out more about my music at fronzarp.com
Good Morning Junebug is available on Itunes, Amazon and most online music outlets

Video for Good Morning, Junebug. I’ve been getting to know Cyberlink PowerDirector so did a re-cut this amazing 3D animation “Cupidon” to my song. Please check this out and then head over and watch the original. They kindly have it up as a Creative Commons video xx

Getting Back into Writing

I’ve been staring at a a page… then staring at my laptop… then looking at my phone…
Between everything that’s been going on in the early part of this year (wedding, recording with Emma Dean, moving to New York and getting myself somewhat set up) I really have had barely any time to finish writing any songs in months and I feel like I’m out of the habit of it, I just can’t take any of the dozen or so ideas I have to any amount of fruition. 

I can see why you hear stories of people like Bob Dylan or Elton John sitting down and writing a song every da. There’s a real mind set you get yourself into, which I think I bludgeoned myself into during the Tiny Crooked Orchestra project last year, in which songs just seem to tumble out of you. It’s a real addiction too, I was almost having twitching fits earlier in the year from the withdrawal of not having time to write.

Well at any rate, despite my small failure today, I’m very excited about some of the unfinished ideas that I have, which I think have the potential to be among some of my best I’m living in a new and inspirational city where the highs and lows of people’s lives are as pronouned and eratic as the seasons (Boston we weep for you), I have a shiny new guitar and an over-abundance of general enthusiasm. 
So lets just try again tomorrow xx

Fronz Arp performs “Don’t Let Go” at Path Cafe (New York) (by Emma Dean)

Photos of New York

Here’s a photographic summary of our first month in New York. The Big Apple crushed through our phone cameras then strained through Instagram (the world through digital-vintage-emulation coloured glasses) xx

We've got a new apartment baby (da dun ba da dun)Emma x 2 at Art Bar last night xToday we saw a clown getting the train at lorimer st metro. One of those days...Fronz performing open mics at Path Cafe in NYC xPretties in a vegan resteraunt in #WilliamsburgMy wife has new headlights xBrooklyn flea market xToday I share my work space with the vegan/gluten free snack table while the studio finish #emmadean mixes x#studio drool#emmadean in the "Transient Sound" studio, #chicago  Shiny things #Chicago #thebean#Chicago #coolVegan ying-yang soup #Chinatown #newyorkOn the town#newyorkNew Bowler, Big HappinessJess Macavoy and Dane in action at the notoriuos "Bitter End"The wonderful Birdland last night for #castpartynycLegal aliens in New YorkNew York cat. Not much difference thereI have a new guitar!!!Definitely not in Queensland anymore #EmmaDeanFrozen FronzRock chandaleirChip Duckett's BirthdayDefinitely not in Queensland anymore #EmmaDean

http://theindiemine.com/march-2013-music-roundup/

My album FRONZ ARP IS A TINY CROOKED ORCHESTRA rated a wonderful mention in The Indie Mine’s March Roundup. “It’s easy to figure out where the David Bowie comparisons come from after hearing just a few notes from Fronz Arp. The poppy sound and catchy beats certainly bring to mind one of Britain’s finest.”

More past happenings. If I Ever (Crashing Down) from 2011 album What Strange Machines, cut with a public domain Superman animation x

Fronz Arp - If I Ever (Crashing Down). Album Version (by Fronz Arp)

Fronz Arp - You’re a Shooting Star. Album Version (by Fronz Arp)

A little clip I made using a public domain animation x