What's New at AndrewPortess.co.uk ?

1. ‘In Essence, In Stereo & Inspired’ NOW ON AmazonMP3 & MySpace Music (as well as iTunes)!

   Just a quick note to say that my first album, which I made in 2006, can now me listened to in full on MySpace Music as well as perchased from AmazonMP3 as well as all iTunes Online Music Stores of all countries within the EU. My forthcoming ‘’Reflections’ EP should also be released this year (hopefully very soon, if possible). To stay up to date with all the info, please check back here. Thanks!

   (Posted on 2010-01-20 20:34:00 by portessa)

2. SORRY FOR NO UPDATES & 1st ALBUM COMMING SOON TO MYSPACE & AMAZON!

   As the title above says, sorry I've not updated this site in over half a year but to be honest, there's not been much to update it with. However, I aim to make 2010 a much more productive year. Reflections WILL BE COMING OUT THIS YEAR but in the meantime, those without iPods may be glad to know my first album (and all future releases) are going to be sold through AmazonMP3, MySpace Music as well as iTunes UK/EU, which it's been on since the begining. Look out for more updates and more music later this year. More info on the Blog/News Page.

   (Posted on 2010-01-07 20:41:00 by portessa)

3. NEWS ON REFLECTIONS

   As some of you may know my next musical release is titled 'Reflections' and I have posted and update on the Blog/News page for you all to read as you please. I have missed feelings out this news myself but I have been thinking about it for a while and it feels like the right thing to do. PS: I've now swiched to Pro Tools LE 8 to make my music and I'm LOVING IT! Will keep you posted on any new music as it's made - after all I've finished all my course now and thus, will have more time to do it. YAY! Happy Fathers Day!

   (Posted on 2009-06-21 11:42:00 by portessa)

4. NEW SONG ON SITE: 'SATISFIED'.

   Over the past few weeks I have been recording my lastest song, which is quite delibaratly different from the rest of my music, and simply serves as feel-good, tridisional rock song. This song was written rather quickly and then taken to Mark Thomas who plays both bass and electric guitar in the track. The drums were sequenced using the Session Drummer 2 plug-in included in SONAR Version 6 and later and everything ended up recorded on a Roland VS2480 Digital Mixing Console. For those interested, this song was primarly inspired my the music of The Who, who I have been studying as part of my Music Technology course. Anyway enjoy and let me know what you think! Thanks!

   (Posted on 2009-05-14 09:57:00 by portessa)

5. NEW PROFILES & PERSONAS PAGE

   has been added to the Community section of the site and lists all the other places I can be found on the internet! This will hoppfully make it easier for those who support me, to continue to do so and may indeed help others to discover what I do... Only time will tell! As always if you have any feedback on how the site could be better, please contact me through the site or indeed via any of the ways listed in the new page! Thanks!

   (Posted on 2009-04-11 18:19:00 by portessa)

6. FEATURED ON CHRIS.PIRILLO.COM

   It’s always nice when you pass on a recommendation but it’s even nicer when you’re recognised for doing so! Today I passed on a link for FREE MUSIC SOTWARE to Chris Pirillo, who very kindly featured it on his site. There’s more info on my news page about this but I also urge you to go to his site and see what’s going on – just type “Chris” into Google!

   (Posted on 2009-03-27 23:04:00 by portessa)

7. STOP MUSIC TORTURE AND SUPPORT zero dB.org

   More detailed info on this can be read on my Blog/News Page – also be sure to go to www.zerodb.org and support them in any way you can. Thank you!

   (Posted on 2008-12-16 14:13:00 by portessa)

8. A MUST FOR ALL TRUE FANS OF MUSIC!

   I have just posted a new item on the Blog page about The Bays and The Heritage Orchestra, who I went to see perform live last night! Please check it, and more importantly them, out! You won't regret it!

   (Posted on 2008-11-21 11:02:00 by portessa)

9. "SUREAL EP" NOW A FREE DOWNLOAD FOR ALL!

   I have decided to give my first ever music release away to all for FREE in the form of a collection of MP3s that can be downloaded in a ZIP file found on the Downloads page - Also see the Blog/News page for more info.

   (Posted on 2008-11-08 12:39:00 by portessa)

10. RSS ISSUSE - PLEASE RE-SUBSCRIBE!

    Last Thursday (the 6th November) I found an issue with the RSS feeds on the site as they were not keeping up with the updates on the site as they should. This was solved later that day as I updated the feed links found on the RSS page - all you need to do is un-subscribe to the RSS feeds you receive from this site (if any) and then re-subscribe to them via the RSS Feeds page.

    I am sorry if this has caused any inconvenience and I assure you that this should not happen again! - Thank you for your continued support!

    (Posted on 2008-11-08 12:38:00 by portessa)

11. NEW SONG LYRICS: SATISFIED!

    I am happy to say that song-writing is once again in full swing for me and so I'll be sure to post any completed work here for your enjoyment, starting with the lyrics for my newest song I finished writing yesterday: "Satisfied" - MORE UPDATES TO FOLLOW!

    (Posted on 2008-11-06 09:58:00 by portessa)

12. TWO NEW TRACKS IN MUSIC PLAYER!

    Two songs from the new album to come, "Echoes" and "What Is Love?" have been added to the music player on the site for your listening pleasure! It's good to finally show you some new material and more is on the way soon! Any comments are welcome in the Music part of the Forum. Thanks!

    (Posted on 2008-10-12 18:42:00 by portessa)

13. New Site is FINALLY COMPLETE AND FULLY FUCTIONAL!

    Key additions since last update:

    -New About section provides information about me, my website and music (these pages will be continually updated as and when it’s required).

    -New Contribute page has been added under the Community section to provide ways to support me and my music, should you wish to!

    -Navigation and page layout has been refined to improve the user experience throughout the site (please leave feedback in the Guestbook or Forum).

    More updates are likely to be added soon but the foundations are all now here for you to finally enjoy! Thanks!

    (Posted on 2008-10-09 15:34:00 by portessa)

14. NEW RSS FEEDS AVALIABLE!

    It has become apparent to me that with so many new parts of my website supporting RSS, I thought it would be a good idea to create a page that links them all together so that you can easily get updates for the parts of the site that interest you. ENJOY!

    (Posted on 2008-09-06 18:31:00 by portessa)

15. Lot's of changes in the form of a completely new website design! For more info see News item titled "NEW WEBSITE IS HERE"

    Also new Event in Calender "Buterfest 08 - Open Mic Performance" See calender for details.

    Still to come: Redesigned Disography, Lyrics and Equiptment pages.

    Those who were subcribed to the old sites RSS feed must now unsubribe and then re-subcribe to this one to recieve updates on changes to the site.

    Please post your comments or suggestions on the new design in The Website part of the new Forum - Thanks!

    (Posted on 2008-09-05 15:54:00 by portessa)

16. RSS Feed Posts (change-log) from the OLD Website Design - from 30th of May to 29th June 2008.

    portessa  2008.6.29 12:29

    NEW NEWS ITEM: "Thanks & Things To Come..."

    
    

    portessa  2008.6.20 20:16

    NEW NEWS ITEM: "A Week From Now..."

    NEW WALLPAPER in Downloads page!

    
    

    portessa  2008.6.17 16:33

    LYRICS PAGE IS RE-BORN! - More info in Blog/News Page!

    
    

    portessa  2008.6.11 14:14

    WEBSITE FULLY LAUNCHED!

    Changes:

    -Downloads page now works!

    -New News Item "An Update On All Things Andrew Portess"

    -New Lyrics Added "A Matter Of Time"

    -New Web Address! The website should have the address "www.andrewportess.co.uk" in the next three days (by the 14th)!

    Still to come:

    -I am working on a new, easier to use Lyrics page which I will finish as soon as possible!

    -Much more content should be added soon as I NOW HAVE 500MB OF WEBSPACE!

    Keep the feedback coming and thanks for your support!

    
    

    portessa  2008.6.10 17:23

    NEW CALENDER EVENT ADDED! - 27/06/08

    Information for my first gig on the 27th has been aadded to the Calender. Invitation only event.

    
    

    portessa  2008.6.3 16:06

    New IMPORTANT Forum Post in "The Website" part of the Forum!

    I have a query about Flash regarding my currently very long and annoying Lyrics Page. Any people who know how to use Flash or develop websites are urged to take a look if it's not too much trouble - Thanks!

    Andrew Portess

    
    

    portessa  2008.5.31 21:51

    THE SITE IS COMPLETE! All aspects of the site are now complete and all improvements mentioned in the last post have been implemented! HOWEVER:

    -The only way I could have all my lyrics on the site was to have a VERY LONG scroll box! SORRY...at least you'll have fun trying to find the lyrics to the song you want! All songs are in order they were written (newest at top). Some lyrics date back to 2004!

    -The download page DOES NOT WORK YET! It will soon though promise!

    Keep the feedback coming and enjoy the site!

    
    

    portessa  2008.5.30 15:31

    NEW FEATURES!

    RSS! - You can now be updated automaticly with what's new on the site by subcribing to the What's New RSS feed! To do this, click the RSS button in the top right corner of this box and Copy and Paste the URL of the RSS feed (which will open in a new window) into your RSS Reader (Such as the RSS reader in Internet Explorer 7, Outlook 2007 or Apple Safari. ENJOY!

    ANIMATION has been added for that extra bit of artistic flare!

    LINKS PAGE ADDED!

    Still to come:

    -Lyrics Page

    -Video's Page

    -Downloads Page

    -Equiptment Page

    and maybe more!

    (Posted on 2008-08-16 11:26:00 by portessa)