StorkMusic

Thanks to Thuy Lan at StorkMusic for this: "Jon White fronts a one-man band called If This Is a Man.  His digital album, Random Acts of Kindness Have Saved Lives, is now available on bandcamp. White creates his songs in his makeshift bedroom recording...

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Room Thirteen

Proud to be one of the unsigned picks of the month on Room Thirteen: "Jon White aka If This Is A Man is a Staffordshire based singer songwriter and his new album was written, performed and recorded in a bedroom over this Summer. The record "Random Acts Of Kindness Have Saved Lives" is described by Jon as mixture of genres from slowcore through psychedelia and folk to electronic and shoegaze....

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Binge Cringe Whinge

Cheers to Scott at BCW for the review: "Year: 2011 Genre: Folk, indie Random Acts displays a flair for genre-hopping that caught me off guard. Towards the end of the sweet folky opening track Indelible, I was sucker punched when the climax roared in with a choir-like effect. I was wearing a smile when my head snapped back from the recoil though. From there the album progresses very pleasingly,...

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The Indie Artist Podcast

Write up in The Indie Artist Podcast, the guys were also good enough to include me in their podcast, episode 5, which you can listen to here: http://theindieartistpodcast.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/episode-five-god-gave-rock-and-roll-to-you/ "So when I write these things I do as much research as I can, I check the band’s facebook, they’re tumblr, maybe stalk a few tweets. I’ll read past interviews...

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Polar Sunspots

Today's pick on Polar Sunspots: "Dreamy, genre hopping release from England. Takes influence from various genres, including shoegaze, folk, psychedelica, slowcore and ambient. You can expect to hear some electronic elements too. If This Is A Man manages to do this whilst still remaining cohesive – no easy feat as you can probably guess! Really heartfelt and emotional album. Highly recommend...

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Sethmol Album Review

Thanks to Ian Witzel for this review on Sethmol "A somber reel of psychedelic guitar strings is cast into the pond of the soul. Tiny ripples break the surface and cascade outward, sending a solemn vibration to the senses. The sound waves lure positive organisms to the air and repel all negativity, creating a submerged cocoon of safety. If This Is a Man are giving new definition to the word slowcore....

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Networking Review

Review of Networking in Indie Music News:  Hello Independent Music readers/fans. I went on a bit of a rant the other day. Basically I really appreciate music when musicians spend so much time creating magical boxes of emotion. Then you get artists like Justin Bieber and Rebecca Black who work on segments of money making toblerone that the popular public indulge on. Well guess what?...

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New Album

New album is now properly out for people to listen to. It's called Random Acts Of Kindness Have Saved Lives and you can stream it on the new Bandcamp here: www.ifthisisaman.bandcamp.com or preferably download it from Megaupload here. If you download it here you get the songs in full WAV files which have lost none of the sound quality that the files on bandcamp have, they really sound a lot clearer...

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Megaupload - Beginner's Guide

If you haven't used Megaupload before it's really simple once you know how. If you don't have it already you need to download WinRar (or another software for extracting/compressing files). It's a small, clean and free trial of a software which you can use to compress folders on your computer to make them easy to share online or just to free up space. Just search WinRar download on google. Or get it...

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Random Acts Of Kindness Have Saved Lives

  If This Is A Man - Random Acts Of Kindness Have Saved LivesReleased: 08.09.11 Tracklist 1.Indelible2.Rabbit Holes3.Networking4.Shepard5.Your Old Room6.Nostalgic7.As Above As Below8.Little Things9.Starlin...

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Watch The Tapes

 Cheers to Billy at Watch The Tapes for this: "A quiet waif of an album I found in my inbox. Random Acts of Kindness is an understated effort, and if you aren’t paying attention it will fly by your ears before you know you were listening to it. But when you do listen, it’s rewarding. If This is a Man clearly has a distinct vision for his music and it blends a variety of influences (shoegaze,...

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Lucy Listens

I put a little preview of the album up on bandcamp and sent it to a hand full of places for previews. One of the picks on Lucy Listens: "Little Things- If This Is A Man: A soft lovely voice with alike music to accompany it. This is another song that comes from a whole album of good songs. The Album is called Random Acts Of Kindness Have Saved Lives." http://lucylistensblog.blogspot.com/2011/0...

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Banner

Just a little banner I made to add to forums and myspace etc to link people to the facebook page which though I underuse is probably the best point of contact for most people.  If you want to add it to your website whatever form that may take that's...

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6 Towns Radio

The good people at Stoke Sounds will be playing 'Lazarus' the opening track from 'There Is Hope In Small Things' tomorrow evening (Monday 22nd August) on their radio slot on 6 Towns Radio from 7-9 pm. When the album is finished I'll be going in to...

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Play Music Magazine

Just found out about a nice little review in July's edition of Play Music magazine which you can pick up for free in hundreds of guitar/music shops. You can find out where to get it here: www.playmusicpickup.co.uk/stockists.php "An excellent debut album from Jon White, under the moniker of If This Is A Man. Self-produced and featuring Jon on all instruments, this mixture of early 90's emo (think...

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RebelRiffs

Review from Rebel Riffs: "If This Is A Man is one John White, a one man band who contacted me for a review of his latest project There Is Hope In Small Things; an eleven track CD. Like most musicians, John covered his request with a number of caveats; the most important being that it was 'recorded and produced at home so the quality is a little hit and miss' Well, mate almost 99% of what...

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Studio

Been in the recording studio proper with Joe Robson (The Luckiest www.myspace.com/theluckiestmusic) and Ali Ewing (Solarwind - www.myspace.com/solarwindmusic) working on a new track, not sure what name it's going to be released under but probably not If This Is A Man as this is a solo endeavour, but musically it's not a million miles away. All the guitar parts, drums, piano, bass and even mandolin...

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Francais

Tiny unsolicited reference in an obscure French website win! "If This Is A Man a mis son premier album There Is Hope In Small Things en téléchargement gratuit sur Bandcamp. C'est... différent et c'est très bien !" http://www.danslemurduson.com/archive/2011/06/12/news-12-06-11-if-this-is-a-man.ht...

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Interview

Interview with It's Pyschedelic Baby: http://psychedelicbaby.blogspot.com/2011/06/if-this-is-man-interview.html 1. Thank you very much for agreeing to do this interview! When and where was If This Is A Man born? In a bedroom in the...

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Raamb Recordings Review

Recieved a nice review from the good people over at Raamb Recordings, an independent record label and music blog based around Staffordshire. Check out some of their other recommendations (especially Leaving Nebraska who could become fantastic, and Hello Big World) and keep abreast of their releases and reviews here: Raamb-Recordings.co.uk   There Is Hope In Small Things"One of the things that...

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There Is Hope In Small Things

You can stream 'There Is Hope In Small Things' on Bandcamp here: www.jonwhite.bandcamp.com Or download it for free on Megaupload here: www.megaupload.com/?d=0E2AA...

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There Is Hope In Small Things

  If This Is A Man - There Is Hope In Small ThingsReleased: 21.04.11 Tracklist 01. Lazarus02. Believe03. Into The Wind04. There Is Hope In Small Things05. I Shut My Eyes and All The World Drops Dead (I Think I Made You Up Inside My Head)06....

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