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This week I show you the genius behind my music… and she won’t be what you expect!

Eye Blog is my brand new video blog! Travel with me as journey into the heart of the mainstream. Enjoy!

Despite what you may have thought when you first read this blog’s title, it’s not about stalking available women at all… instead it’s packed full of exclusive information about the upcoming Tommy Eye singles that will follow the first single ‘Rush’!

Basically, there will be two more singles that I will be independently releasing before the new album drops. Many of you have been asking if the full record can come out soon, and we would love it to; however the reason for our delay is to make the most we can with exposure that the upcoming singles get. Myself and everyone at ‘Team Tommy’ really believe this record is so good it NEEDS too go further, too more people, than any previous Tommy Eye project.

So, the next two singles will build on the headway that Rush made, and will also join together to create a three track promotion CD that I will personally be taking into the likes of SBTV, 1Xtra, etc, and be handing the physical copies to presenters and producers. Part of why we’re doing this is because promoting Rush really highlighted to us how electronic emails rarely get a reply… or indeed, even a view. Having physical copies, as well as electronic, will increase our chances of being noticed…

As I type this message, Humble Beast are in America mastering the next two tracks. All I can tell you at this point is that the next single will be called ‘Ain’t Finished Yet’, and it is hot! Think live strings mixed with a boom-bap style beat and unexpected twists! Hard to say exactly when Ain’t Finished Yet will be revealed to the public; I’ve been in planning meetings for the music video, which we are hoping to shoot next month, so things aren’t too long off!

Peace out
T

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Rush sniffing around the charts

Big thanks to everyone who has download a copy of Rush on iTunes so far! This was the first time we at ‘Team Tommy’ have independently released a single on iTunes and it was great to see people buying it and saying how much they really loved the tune.

So, did we crack the top 40 in the charts…. Er, no, not this time; however it was still totally worth doing, and it sets us a target to better ourselves next time. The focus over the next few months (and beyond) is to widen the scope of people listening to my music; we got the tunes, now we got to get the people!

Keep checking this website as I release details of what the plan of action is to spread the tunes… In the meantime, if you haven’t already, why not head on over to iTunes and pick up a copy of Rush for yourself!?

Love and Music
T

Hey people,

Just a quick reminder that there’s only 5 days to go until the release of my first single, Rush, on iTunes!

This is really exciting and will mark the first of several singles to be released before the full record comes out. Rush has had a great reaction from Tommy Eye supporters old and new, however we still need to spread it to a wider audience… And I believe we can! Most weeks in the singles chart, 2000 or so downloads online will mean a top 40 position; wouldn’t be amazing if we could do exactly this with Rush!?

You can help this happen by downloading Rush all though next week on iTunes, and also by directing all your friends there by Facebook, Twitter, and old fashioned word of mouth!

Haven’t listen to the track yet..? Where have you been!? Check it outhere and see what all the fuss is about.

Thank you so much for you support… 5 days to go!

T

Another cool day of practise down Purple Square Studios with the band this weekend.
Despite the songs sounding slightly incomplete, as we had to rehearse without our key’s player (a laptop playing can never match an actual human musician), the E.Y.E Collective band members are so talented they pick stuff up in no time!

Can’t wait to play these tunes over the next year and beyond… our live set will be vital in getting us where we want to be. Check out some of the picture from the last couple of practises

Had to share this picture of the E.Y.E Collective drummer’s kid, Zac, laying down some live beats to his favourite new Tommy Eye tracks! I’m actually considering getting him to replace his Dad as the drummer in my live band… He’s smaller, less hairy, and will probably attract more girls to come to Tommy Eye shows!

I will be practising more new material with the E.Y.E Collective this Saturday in Southampton. To hearing the results make sure you come to the Good Friday, Good Music show in London, where we will be playing the freshest Tommy Eye set yet, with a whole bunch of other great artists:-)

Tommy

Sup everybody!

After such a positive response to the music video for Rush, I have been asked the same questions several times… when can we buy the track for ourselves!? Well, if you were one of those asking that question (and even if you weren’t) then I have extremely good news for you… Rush will be available to download from iTunes on Monday 2nd April!

This is only a few weeks away so put it in your diary and make sure you download a copy for yourselves. It will also be on Spotify from this date, so you can even listen to it there first before buying it.

Rush will be the first of a few singles from my upcoming album, ‘The Fall of Icarus’ which will be coming out later this year. It would be amazing if we can really make an impact on the ITunes chart with this track, so any promoting you can do among your friends (and any one you know who likes good music) will be massively appreciated!!

In the meantime watch tommyeye.co.uk, Facebook, and Twitter for more updates and how you can promote the release of Rush where you are. Oh, and you can listen to the actually song right here… Rush radio edit

Love you all,
Tommy

Picture this… you have planned a relaxing day out for you and the family in Southampton’s finest of shopping centres, West Quay.

First of all you buy a tasty ShakeAway ( minimum of 3 different flavours of course) to clench your thirst, before heading off to Schuh to check out those new Adi Superstars you have wanted all week (without knowing you could get the exact same pair for half the price a few shops down at Sport Soccer). Perhaps next you have a look around the Holster store, wondering to yourself how on earth they are allowed to only employ staff under 20 years old who look like professional models. All in all it is the perfect day… ”but wait”, you think to yourself, ”is that ‘Boom Boom Shake The Room’ by Will Smith I hear..?”

And so, drawn by that song (and other, arguably much better, Hip Hop classics) you walk out the shop you are in, onto the balcony on the second floor of the shopping centre only to see hundreds of people gathering below to hear the mesmerising sounds…

And that was pretty much the show in a nut shell. It’s always good to return to my home town of Southampton, but it is especially cool when it’s to do a gig with a full orchestra playing some of my newest material and some Hip Hop classics! Greg Felton did an amazing job pulling everything together and conducting on the day. A lot of the people in the orchestra had only had a short time to read their music, and there had been no previous rehearsal, so it was really down to everyone’s skill and concentration, and Greg’s conducting, to make it actually sound any good.

And it did sound good… very good (although the string section needed more mic-ing and the singers mic’s needed more volume in my opinion). A highlight for me was most certainly performing Rush, which was wicked to hear with a classical music back drop. Also me and Andy Dennis messing around on fellow Southamptonite Artful Dodger’s classic, Rewind, was a lot of fun!

There are already rumours of a second Southampton Hip Hop Orchestra being done again in the near future so watch out…!