Blog: Slim Chance Recordings

How the Artist became the enemy of the Music Industry By Jeff Price In the 80's when I was in high school, smoked clove cigarettes and looked like a bad reproduction of Robert Smith, musicians were larger than life. They were a persona, a style, a representation of what I was and how I wanted people to see me. I connected with them and they represented me. I would spend hours listening to 7" singles and cassettes, reading fanzines, scouring [...]

The Selling Soca documentary is going on the road in Europe. Check out this unique film about the music industry in Trinidad. How to create musician millionaires without Record Labels and iTunes. Showings include a Q&A by the producer, Alan Steward. Alan lived over 10 years in Trinidad and worked with the Baha Men (Who let the Dogs Out) and even played in the studio with the legendary Wailers. Alan Steward is a [...]

We are looking for songs for a new Compilation CD release "The Funky Buddha" Chillout Grooves Vol. 1 Got some groovy, jazzy, funky chillout songs that fit thie description and that need global exposure? Contact us and send us a link to listen to your tracks. Excellent payout and worldwide distribution. For more information, email us at info@slimchancerecordings.com

Got talent? Here's your chance to be part of a new record label headed by US Producer Alan Steward. We are looking for male and female vocalists, rappers, dancers for videos and stage and an awesome percussion player for a new project. Send us your demos: Send me your track

Well, they're here, the new 2010 "Temple of Boom" Alan Steward Tour T-Shirts. Now you can take that famous Buddha home with you. Also available in Alan Steward's Reverbnation Store but we would like for you to come out to one of the shows, pick one up and get an autographed CD to boot. Is that a deal or what?

Our friend Ziggy Marley is back with a new single, Africa Land, in honor of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. We had the chance to chat with him about the new release that is close to his heart, and his thoughts on how focusing on single releases and offering free downloads is helping him get his music, and message, out to more listeners than ever. We found that Ziggy's thoughts are very much in line with what Alan Steward has been preaching for a while now. You can read Alan's article on "Music Success in [...]

Tunepaks from ReverbNation are just a great way to spread music and send music to your friends. One simple Link that you can email to all of your friends and when you click on it, a player pops up and you can listen to the music for as long as you wish. Try it: http://reverbnation.com/tunepa k/2696886 This Tunepak contains five of my best songs. Please send the link to your friends.

So far, Alan is confirmed for two festivals this summer. Tambor World Music Festival, June 26th, Gent, Belgium Fiesta City Festival, August 27th, Verviers, Belgium Festivals, Promoters!!! If you still have a slot open at your festival for the most original act of 2010, hit us up! bookings@alansteward.com

From: Zaf's Blog Music from another dimension - Alan Steward You only know what you know goes the saying. I didn't know Alan Steward or his music until he appeared like a ninja onto the EMC scene and totally amazed my ears with his eclectic electronic fusion style which I can only say is not like anything I have heard before. Yeh, you had the psychedelic? music and electro beat boxey type tracks in the past and they all had their place and maybe even influenced [...]

In my six months living in Belgium, I quickly came to the realization that there is awesome talent here and a very multi-cultural music scene but then, when it comes to international recognition, Belgian artists are nowhere to be found. Yes, there was Technotronix but for the rest, people will be hard pressed to mention any Belgian recording artist outside of Belgium. I decided to give you a video sampling of some of Belgium's finest. I hope you enjoy the videos and get a different opinion of Belgian music. Hadise - "Dum Tek Tek" [...]

Review of Licensed to Chill by Steve Croft at www.experiencemyculture.com Steve Croft posted such a wonderful review that I just had to re-post it here on the Slim Chance Label Blog. Alan Steward - Licensed to Chill I have a confession. Although I am predominantly an acoustic music fan these days, there was a time when I could have gone either way. Let me explain. Thirty years ago (when I was five years old) I had long hair and an Afghan coat. My musical [...]

B ehind the scenes at the Temple of Boom. There's a lot a planning and technology involved to pull of the one-man-show that is "Alan Steward at the Temple of Boom". There's the staging which includes a Buddha Statue as well as the type of Chinese Banners you see a lot in Kung Fu movies to set the atmosphere. Then there are the computer controlled lights and a total of four stands just to hold all the keyboard equipment. The picture here shows the main keyboard rig but there's much more. [...]

Got some music you want us to hear for label consideration? Need a track re-mixed or mastered? Want to do session work or a collab? Need marketing help for your album/music? Drop your best track to our SoundCloud drop box. Send me your track

Just completed a new music video for the song "Buddha Bar Fly". I wanted to do something with a lot of Bollywood flair for a long time and I finally got the chance to put it all together the way I envisioned it. If you like it, share it with your friends.

The experiment has begun. I eluded to this method in my article "Music Marketing in the world of iTunes" and now I am putting this method of "guerilla marketing" to the test. Getting your songs to be noticed, heard and downloaded via illegal file sharing. I made two of my songs available for sharing on Limewire and other file sharing services, "Buddha Bar Fly" and "Swing of the Pendulum". Let's see how many people find and download these songs. I chose the two titles because they would show up for people searching for "Buddha Bar" and/or "Pendulum" [...]

Attention Artists! I decided to create a "remix album" for the song "Give it Up" There will be five different versions, a HipHop Version, a Female Vocal and Vocal Group Dance Version, a Dancehall and/or Reggaeton version and I am open to other ideas that you may have. I am on the lookout for collaborators, female and male vocalists, rappers and more. If you like the beats in "Give it Up" and you think you can bring something new and exciting to the song, please contact us at alan@alansteward.com I will have ongoing [...]

Hello everybody. It's great to be back on tour in Europe this year. Got our headquarters set up in Belgium this time, not the Netherlands but in today's EU, the difference is about 5 minutes or 5 km. I hope to hit a lot of new venues this year with the help of our new tour management, the Music Farm and things are off to a great start. I hope to see you all this year in the UK, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Germany, wherever the tour takes me. Stay tuned for updates right here and if [...]

At the Swing of the Pendulum. My original Blog Post on a return to music revised with some personal thoughts from the the group Pendulum. Alan Steward on a Mission - at the Swing of the Pendulum Alan Steward, the self proclaimed (and so far undisputed) "King of Chill" is on a mission to bring musicianship back to the music scene. If you would ask Alan what the music of Alan Steward is all about, the answer would be: "It's about a return to music". He feels this change [...]

When you ask me for the one song or album that most influenced me and my music, I still keep coming back to Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein". Besides the fact that this song was absolutely revolutionary way back in the early 70s to combine funk, rock and electronic music, that song still represents very much the kind of music I am making today. Edgar Winter took his Moog synthesizer and made it sing, wail and dance at a time where nobody even understood how to use the thing for anything but to 'make noises'. I can't [...]

You can get a glimpse of Alan's upcoming live shows right here. We filmed Alan during rehearsals for the "Licensed to Chill" European tour and the results are now on YouTube: Enjoy! And please come out to the concerts to support the Underdog. Click here: Tour Info Link