Country, Ballads, Dance, Artist from UK
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CHRISTMAS IN HEAVEN
Did you post this last year as i seem to remember it. Certainly is a beautiful and heartfelt track. Although i enjoy christmas the happiness is always tinged with sadness as i remember those no longer with us (my dear old Dad for instance). Really emotive stuff. Excellent production as well. Merry xmas. James
Kev and Rob...this is so lovely..thanks for the d/l ...it will go on my own personal Christmas CD for the car....many thanks xx
A Christmas in heaven I can relate to, all too well. Very emotive, this listen. bless your heart.
Wow emotional !! What a nice track with a sad meaning. You have captured that juxtaposition nicely, I guess this has a deep meaning for you and it comes across in the track... Lovely - Phil
Rather nice I do declare!! Love that full orchestration you achieve. ...hits the soft spot of this grumpy old dude here...straight on! :-)K
Great to hear the full version Kev, glad you got it sorted. Beautiful song. Big Thumbs Up. Gibbo
We started out singing country songs for a short time but it wasnt to long before we started to create our own lyrics, writing poems was a love of mine so i think it was a natural progression to writing lyrics,
Rob and i have always loved our music, we have always enjoyed working together, We work well as a duo, i tend to write the lyrics, play guitars, i also do the singing, Rob will get involved with harmony, but i think he has the harder job to do, he plays all keyboards, he works on all of the engineering, mixing, i think i have the easier job,
We released our first Album in 2007 ( NOW AND THEN ) that was a good experience,taking around eight to ten months, i would say that for our first album not really knowing what to expect or how long it would take, we did quite well, having that time over again some things we would change, but all in all we are satisfied and proud of our achievement,
What of the future for ARKADE MUSIC who knows, i would like to think that we could carry on indefinately, but who knows,.......
Unfortunately our music has suffered a blow, over the past two years i ( kev ) have been unable to work or take part in music of any kind due to health problems, it gives me lots more time to listen to you guys but you can probably understand how much i miss my music, anyway all is not lost when i have an abundance of fantastic sounds to spend my time listening to,
Please feel free to take a look at our site when you have some spare time, oh well people time to go now,
BEST WISHES TO YOU ALL,
KEV n ROB.................ARKADE MUSIC
SOME OF OUR ACHEIVEMENTS OVER THE YEARS
1/ 1986 -- Christmas song ( Christmas once again ) produced by John Ashton of Psychedelic furs, though this was never released,
2/ 2007 -- Three number one singles, also other top ten positions, on Soundclick.com, these due to airplay by Country Rose Radio Show USA
3/ 2007 -- Christmas song (Christmas in heaven ) written performed and produced by ARKADE MUSIC, Number one on Soundclick.com-Played in over sixty countries world wide, Again with thanks to Country Rose Radio Show USA for helping to get our music out to that wider audience,
4/ 2011 -- 5/5/11 Number one single ( After all this time ) on Studyvoxfm.com
Hello everyone, just a quick note to say, should anyone wish to see the Video Slideshows that i have on line at present, please go to-kevin vatcher/YouTube.com I am not making digital video's at present, but i am sure when i am able, and i have the equipment i will do so,You can also view them on one of my facebook pages at Arkade sounds MUSIC Video's and i do hope you like them, its a shame we cant upload video's onto mp3.com thanks all, kev
First i would like to thank the few artists who have contacted me, with words of encouragement regarding my return to mp3unsigned.com,What with dealing with an illness, and Rob leaving ARKADE MUSIC i didn't think that i was going to bother with it anymore, But with the words of support and encouragement from Kevin Gibbon and friends,i find myself very slowly gaining my hunger for music, and the need to be around the Unsigned Stations that have given me so much support over the past five years, purely just by being a place to go to and chill,So i just wanted to thank you all, you may not think well what have we done, but just being here on this station, was enough, SO to you all, who i regard as my unknown friends, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, Kev ARKADE MUSI9C
Hello Guys, for the first time in many many months, NEW ARKADE MUSIC have an Instrumental track to unleash onto mp3unsigned.comThe new track is called NIGHT STALKER 2014 it is available to hear/Download if you wish. and as always if you give your opinions i would appreciate your input,ARKADE MUSIC has and always will respect any views you may have,This is only the first step back after a long time away from music,and i feel it will be a long time until i am in the studio singing again, but anything is a big bonus,the URL below is my new website, still under construction, but please drop in if u wish, kev
After so long being away from the music that i love, and the people who have given so much support, during the time of my illness, i am trying to come back again, the only down side is that it will be as a solo artist, I am not sure how long it will be for, but i am giving it a try, i am still ill, but going to give it a try, and see what happens, you can only give it ya best shot,Today i have released a new track, its a Dance number, called NIGHT STALKER 2014, i hope you guys like it, any tips, always welcome,Had a look round mp3.com today, and seems like a lot of new faces out there, or i have just forgotten so much, Just like to say, i was quite blown away by the three guys of Kallen, have they been offered a contract yet,cos they should,
Hello all my musical friends, so sorry i have been out of touch for so long, things are not going so well for me at present, seems like the split of arkade music and my illness have just made it even harder for me to get back to the music and friends that i miss so much, it is lonely without the regular chatting and listening to other artists creations, however i must say how grateful i am to see that Arkade music's material is still being played by the loyal friends that i made on the MP3.com UNSIGNED station, this music site has played such a large part in my life for a long time, i cant wait to get back with you all,I have recently had an email contact from a lady representing a record company,wanting information regarding our music,weather or not this was something worth getting excited about i don't know,i am at present awaiting further contact,but these things invariably lead to nowhere, so we will have to just wait and see what comes of it, Today is the first time for about a couple of months that i have visited mp3.com but only to ad this write up,,If anyone has any solutions as to how i can find that interest in music that i had, please please contact me, suffering from stress, depression, etc is the pits, made even worse when people tell you that you look. perfectly ok, how ignorant some people can be, Anyway guys, once more, thank you all so much for keeping our music alive, by playing our tracks, you don't know how much it means to me, if anyone would like to say hello, it would be so cool to hear from some of you,and who knows, it may even do me a bit of good, Look after yourselves, and everyone of you, keep turning out that excellent music, All the best, kev, ARKADE MUSIC
After 30 years of working as a country duo creating all of their own music ARKADE MUSIC are to split,the shock decision came when Rob said he was calling it a day on their 30 year unsigned music creating partnership, Kevin said, it was rather like a bombshell, as you can imagine its something that you would just never expect, We have been friends since school, back in the late 70s, and began our musical journey in 1981, a long long time ago now, With our fist ever co written song entitled YOU'VE GONE AWAY...This was Never Released... This was followed by a string of tracks, our time was spent creating, recording, posting, and waiting for feedback from record companies and radio stations, In August 1986 we created a Christmas track entitled...... CHRISTMAS ONCE AGAIN produced by John Ashton lead Guitarist with the Psychedelic Furs, sadly john had to go to LA to work on an album so that was the end of that,ARKADE MUSIC was thankfully never drawn into the trap that many of the local talents were at that time, which was covering other artists music,with all due respect, we found this to be an easy way out,for some people with little ability or talent for creating their own music,some were good at what they did, but the rest -- were just NOT, It wasn't until the mid to later in the 2000s that we began to use online music sites, and this was just another springboard for us, music being played internationally from our studio, how much we had been missing out on, we soon made up for it with several #1 and other top 10 positioned tracks in the first couple of years, Including our best result, played around the world in over sixty countries, #1 on five sites at the same time.. Christmas in heaven.. has to have been our best ever track for all round response,and probably our best song of all time, for many reasons,What now for ARKADE MUSIC well this is a question that i feel unable to answer at this moment, as i am not sure of the direction i will take, i do have options open to me,but as you will understand after a split like this the last thing on your mind is, whats next,I would like to think that maybe Rob will have a change of heart, but no, i am not going to sit around waiting and hoping that we can just pick up were we left off,,but that is like saying i cant carry this on alone,i will just have to draw a line under this, and say, whats next? I would however like to thank all of our friends and fellow musicians for making our time with mp3unsigned.com as good as it was, i would hope to stay in contact with a lot of you, and i will still be signing in to check out your sounds from time to time, So once again, Thank you all, All the best......... ARKADE MUSIC KEV