Cities in the Distance

Hey this weekend in Auckland Bruce Springsteen is in town. In honour of this I'm streaming the most kick ass, rock'n'roll track from Forget the Past at The Audience. Turn it up loud and holler. The full album is available March 28th. Also three days left for the Forget the Past PledgeDrive we're just $100 or so dollars from our target, some great rewards on offer...

Pic by Andrew B White

Forget the Past release party

Very happy to announce that GRAND RAPIDS and acclaimed singer-songwriter Mahoney Harris will help celebrate the release of Forget the Past at Paddington LIVE Auckland on Saturday April 12th. Check out this fantastic Grand Rapids session live at York Street. And check out Faintheartedness - a great album.

Mahoney Harris is just completing an album with Forget the Past producer Wayne Bell.

More details soon

Pledge drive for Forget the Past CD

Hi, yes, funny I know - raising money for an album called Forget the Past on CD, but that's what we're doing and here's why. I've talked to many fans and all of them have expressed interest in having my new record on one of those shiny aluminium discs. I know what they mean too, Cds are a souvenir, a marker - you might rip it into iTunes and put it on the shelf - but it's more than just a musical delivery device - it'll have great photos, it's collectable (only 300 will be pressed), it sounds fantastic and means you care more than just a little about the music inside. Listen to the lead track Nobody at The Audience

http://www.theaudience.co.nz/p/9UH/

So here's the deal - we have this, what we think is a very special, finished 11 track album ready to release on the 28th March. It'll be on iTunes and the usual streaming services but if you want it on CD we need your help. We're not asking for charity - pledge $20 and you'll get a signed copy of the CD as soon as it arrives from the pressing plant. Check out the other great rewards on offer too.

The cost of printing and manufacturing the cd is around $1,300, we've deliberately kept our target modest but hope to raise the full amount. Any money over $1,300 will go towards touring and promotion.

We appreciate any pledge you can give, large or small! Just go to the link below

https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/1794

Thanks - Greg

The story behind Nobody

"I wrote Nobody really quickly on the piano knowing we had a pre-production rehearsal with the full band the next night," says Greg. "I sang it falsetto on the demo, knew there was something there, but wasn't quite sure what I had. Next night we worked on it for an hour band and turned this little song into this big, slinky monster. Out of all the tracks on Forget the Past this is the one we took into the studio not really knowing how it'd go. Tracking day Wayne brought in this great drum loop, I fluked a falsetto backing part, bass player Mark Hughes pulled out an earth-shattering bass sound and we were off. Hardly any words in this one - which I love - it's all about the groove. The highest compliment came when someone came into the studio and said - "It sounds like the SOS Band's Just Be Good To Me!" Yeah!"

Go to  http://www.theaudience.co.nz/greg-fleming/nobody/  to hear - Nobody - from Greg's new album which is to be released 28th March. While you're there vote for it, and vote it up the NZ wildcard charts (it's already in the top ten).

Go here to pledge and pre-order one of a very limited number of cd copies of Forget the Past

Forget the Past

Very excited about this new record Forget the Past, 11 tracks spanning subjects as far afield as New Mexico, jaywalking, the working poor, and a song inspired by a conversation with a traveller who told me they'd been dodging winters for years. Where's the fun in that? There's also a couple of moody - I'm walking into the desert sunset heartbreakers - but most excitingly for myself there's also a handful of pop songs. I love pop songs! And - I think - this time out I managed to write a couple. It's out in March. Greg