It’s been a longtime between posts, well, since november 2009 for that matter. Back then, my solo album The Pursuit Continues was released.

Since then, alot of stuff has been going on so be prepared for a big post with some answers to some FAQs I’ve been receiving.

How many people have downloaded “The Pursuit Continues”?

3000. I never would have expected that when I released the cd. I guess it just goes to show that putting it out there for free was a good idea. I had my album featured on many websites where the cd was warmly received by the website communities.

Have you had many reviews?

Yep, it’s been really great seeing people review my music. Doing a simple “google search” has found some reviews from all over the world. I had a review from some website in philadelphia where she states that she only listened to it casue of the band name!

I’ve also had some other reviews. Here is one from the The Stu Reid Experiement which also features a clever image.

I was also featured on 2 podcasts from The Brown Couch Of Leisure. You can listen to the first one here, and the second one here. The tracks featured were Villains and The Bank Robbery.

Also don’t forget the fantastic review my brother-in-law Stuart Grant did on the Turkish Grants In Bulgaria Blog.

Finally, someone also uploaded The Bank Robbery onto youtube!

Is there a new album, if so when?

I’d definately like to make another cd, and there definately will be a follow up to The Pursuit Continues. The question is when will I have time to record it. Well, unfortunately it won’t be happening anytime soon. I’d like to at least have some songs and rough recordings done by 2012.

Will your music change direction?

Yeah, I guess it will. There’s no point doing the same thing again. There’s a tonne of possibilities. I wouldn’t mind using some real drums, and real drummers. There’s also more chance that I’ll get other musicians to feature too, I think that would be more fun and add more to the creative pot. However I’d still like to keep some core Giraffe Incognito ingredients, I guess you’ll just have to wait and see.

Will you ever play live?

At the moment, no. In the future? Maybe but probably not. The best thing about making the cd was that I didn’t ever have to think about performing it live. Hell some Giraffe Incognito tunes would be rad live, but I just don’t have the time or resources (musos) to pull it off. If I was going to play live, it would probably be a collab of some sort and we wouldn’t be playing Giraffe Incognito tunes.

So the follow up album is not being rushed, and you’re not playing live, so what the hell are you doing with your time?

Ahh, well you see last year, during the recording of the album. I was only working full time (I was recording at night time and on weekends). Now, I’m back at university and still working full time. That’s where all my time has gone. I’ve also been told by alot by my friends and family that I should chill out a bit.

But surely you’re not just relaxing?

Well no, I’m also taking on design work as well. Just incase you didn’t know, I designed this website, my album art and also put my album up on the web in various places. I want to get better at this type of stuff, so I’m actively looking for new clients to take on. So if you’d like a website design, myspace design, wordpress theme, web banner, album art and basically anything else design related done then just let me know.

I have a website for my design stuff, it’s
http://william.rainbird.me

What? You have another website?

Yep, I made the decision to seperate my personal/design stuff with Giraffe Incognito. Giraffe Incognito is solely for the music and that is all. If you want to know what I (William) is doing, then check out this blog.

You can also find me on twitter.

Anything else?

Once again, thanks heaps to everyone who downloaded and listened to my cd. That’s why I made it. I’m really blessed with the reception I have received and never expected it. That’s why and why I will make another CD in the near future.

Other than that, stick around here for Giraffe Incognito news and also check out my personal blog.

Peace, William AKA Giraffe Incognito

First things first, how awesome is this picture! It was by a guy named Jan Oliehoek, and he’s done some really cool photo manipulation work – you can check out some more of his works here

Haven’t posted for a while. But hey – been busy getting this nasty little cd completed so you can hopefully get your dirty mits on it by the end of … september (realistically).

I’ve been awaiting feedback from several reliable sources and am now going to give my music to the mastering dudes for some more feedback, so that’s all starting to looking promising.

I’ve also started work on my album art, this is one of the main reasons I wanted to make a cd in the first place! So it’s been really fun playing around with ideas.

I don’t want to give anything away but here are some teasers – it will most likely be black and white, be a font lovers paradise and there will be hidden giraffes for you to find!

As for the title of the album – I haven’t chosen it yet – and no it will not be ‘the prototype’ (that’s what I wrote on the draft cd I gave to people!).

Have a good weekend.

So what is Wordle?

Well it’s a cool site developed by Jonathan Feinberg that makes nice images based on text that you input. The way it makes the images is based on how frequent the word is.

So I thought, it’d be cool if it can generate a ‘Wordle’ based on your last.fm, for example artists with more plays would be bigger in the resulting ‘Wordle’ image. But that would involve copying your favourite artists’ name several times and can be a waste of time, so I’ve made it easier for you. Simply enter your last.fm username, choose what charts you want and then click go.

Note: Results will open in a new window, you then must copy the text and paste it into the ‘Wordle create’ textbox.

Warning: Last.fm users with high playcounts on their artists (for example 2000+ on some artists!) may take alot longer to load the results. Be patient!

New: You can now select top track charts!

I’m not the world’s best coder. So if anyone wants to help me make this work better, shoot me up an email!

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