Teknia

Merry Christmas to all,
I hope everyone is safe out there wherever you may be in the world amongst some of the most difficult times we have faced with political unrest, war & a lot of people struggling to get through day to day life I hope everyone is able to find some peace in these difficult times, I do apologise for not being more active on socials but I have been busy recording a lot of material which will hopefully see the light of day soon! in an effort to get at least 1 new track up Ive just finished the new track "Christmas Distance" this very night on Christmas eve here in Australia! its an old song & one that I think will hopefully give people encouragement & some peace even tho for some thats not always possible in these times I hope you like it & please remember that Christmas is about the Birth of the saviour who came to save us all from our sins & give us Eternal life!
Ive also linked the YT clip of the original song for those of you who may have been wondering if its out there!

YouTube

Merry Christmas to all & hope to see you all in the new year
John 3:16
Tek

hi all hope everyone is doing well
I just uploaded a new track "Please Drive Safely" from the new album Love of a Celtic Home some of you may have heard the previous 2 tracks "Children of Light" & "Spirit of you" this is now the 3rd single Ive put up with a 4th single coming out soon
if you havent already feel free to join me on my Insta page & check out Streetways in its Entirety from start to finish on my YT page YouTube
still in the studio working on another album & various other bits & pieces til next time
cheers
T

Hey all,
I hope everyone is doing well as winter is almost upon us down here in Australia however I imagine things are heating up in the North Hemisphere!

anyways as Promised I have finally got new tracks up
a few weeks ago I put up "Children of Light" & decided to wait a few weeks before I put the new single up today "Spirit of You" which just went up a few moments ago, ill wait a few more weeks before I put the 3rd & 4th single up

still recording as always & will have some of my lyrical stuff up soon
hope everyone is doing well out there also if your keen you can follow me on Instagram too!
love to all
T

Hey all
Sorry its taken me a while to give people an update on whats been happening the last few months or so have been very difficult so just a quick breakdown on whats been happening

1st of all Sad news, on October 9th 2022 my Dad went home to be with the Lord, finally the Rare blood disease finally took his life he had been battling for 2yrs with, constant blood transfusions & a variety of experimental medication that did not stop this horrible disease from taking him, however all is not lost I did manage to spend considerable time with him & managed to get to record most of the Piano tracks before his passing just prior to him entering the hospital for the last time, I managed to record his vocal tracks for his vocal parts for the album that we had been working on over the last 10yrs or so & have been working over the last few months with considerable time & effort & pondering if it was worth still finishing off the album & releasing it knowing that I will never again be able to play the songs live again

7 of the 14 tracks are on Youtube Live renditions of the songs for the album that still are being worked on, no release date planned as of yet or even if it will still be released as we are in uncertain times if you havent heard the live tracks of my Side Project with my dad simply called "Father & Son" feel free to look at the tracks YouTube

in other news I have been working hard for the last 3 months on the 2nd instrumental Album which is the followup to Bridge of Elements album that I released in 2018 only a couple of the tracks are available on here but for those wanting to purchase a copy of the album please visit link

& finally for those who have been wondering about the Streetways EP well since its been sold out the whole thing has been uploaded onto my Youtube page & Im also on Instagram now so if you would like to follow feel free to do so

back to writing new material & recording stuff new music thats coming soon, hope to have the 1st single of many coming in the next week or so
thats all take care all
T

Gday folks,
hope everyone is keeping warm (if your in the southern hemisphere like I am) or keeping cool under the summer sun for those of you in the north!

I have been absent for a little while as there have been a lot of changes in recent times but rest assured I am still keeping busy, Since November last year I have been in the home studio recording loads of material that has never been heard before so Im working on that, as it is winter I wont be Busking during this season & am hoping to return to Busking in Spring I have unfortunetly have a hand Injury which prevents me from playing so its unclear at this stage if I will be able to play again & due to some medical issues struggling to get the attention I need so the Busking is on hold for the time being

New tracks will surface soon
thanks for the patience I know its been a while but Im still alive & active
hope all is well with you guys & girls out there
til next time stay safe
T

Hi All,
Recently I asked a Very important Question that thus far I've
had no reply to so I figured maybe people haven't checked their
messages or maybe they forgot to reply
either way I really need to know the Following:

Should I put my 1st EP Streetways up on YouTube?

The EP has since been sold out & with no plans to repress the EP
Ive been wondering if this may be an idea that some people wish
to hear the 1st record I ever made in FULL! 2 tracks from the EP
are available on here Faithless Followers & Guilty Society
so please let me know If you think its a good idea or not?
thanks all
T

Hey all!
I trust that all of you are keeping safe & for those of you who have just started
Summer in the Northern Hemisphere you are able to leave your homes & enjoy
the Warm summer sun, however for us down here in the Southern Hemisphere Winter
has just started & it has been a rather obscure start to the winter some warm sunny days
followed by freezing cold days

Anyhoo! as promised this Fortnight I have just uploaded 2 new tracks which I hope you will
like again more unreleased demos that have never been heard before by the general public
this time I decided again to go with more instrumental/experimental stuff

I was hoping to upload a protest song that I wrote many years ago but in light of recent
events I decided against it as I don't want to inflame peoples emotions as people are already
volatile from the recent events which have been circulating in the last week or 2 so these 2 tracks
I have put up "Drive By" which is more of a dancy number to just jump around the house & go silly
& "Church Bells Ringing" which is more of a relaxed chill out on the couch Sunday afternoon type
vibe to hopefully help ease peoples tensions perhaps? anyways feel free to let me know what you
think of these 2 tracks, again they are only demos so I may (or may not) re-record these tracks in future

In other News since the Restrictions have been eased from our Govt I've finally been able to
resume recording the currently untitled EP which almost has the 1st single ready to go
its been a slow progress but will officially be the Follow-up release to my 1st EP Streetways (released in 2007)
so EP #2 is well under way

Finally I want to ask all of you a Question of Interest:
I have been wondering for some time now
IF I should Release my 1st EP "Streetways" up on YouTube? as a lot of bands put their records on
YouTube now & the EP has since been finally sold out & I have no plans to re-press the record
what do you think? is it a good idea? bad idea? let me know! the 2 singles from the EP are "Faithless Followers"
& "Guilty Society" so I'm interested to hear your thoughts

again thanks once again to the folks who make the time to reach out to me I always endeavour to
reply to all messages
thanks til next Fortnight
T

Hey all,
Apologies for not writing in sooner, must have slipped my mind oops!
Anyhoo! Today I've uploaded 2 new tracks & the Previous fortnight I uploaded 4!
so 6 in total so far...just to give you the rundown

I've had a few people report to me that a few of the tracks were not working properly
so I had to re-upload "Funk it up" & "Without You" the original demo but then I added
2 new songs for the Previous Fortnight "Born Outcast" & "Emotional Rain"

Today I decided to do something a little different from the Norm I uploaded
1 demo that's more of a drum & bass style Genre (by Drum & bass I mean actual drums & bass not the genre)
"Bass Baby" which the concept was to primarily focus on the Bass as the main instrument which was from
a Demo EP I did around 2004 I may upload more from that recording I did at a later date

The other track I've uploaded today is "Jungle Minefields" which goes into the Genre of EDM or simply Dance Music
something I had previously never had attempted to do before again this was from the same time of 2004 so I haven't
don't anything in that Genre since but it was more an experiment to see if I could do it, there are other tracks from
that session too however I will await to see what the response is to see if I will put more up from that

only other thing Im happy to report is Im back in the Studio working on my Followup EP to Streetways (the tracks Faithless Followers & Guilty Society can be heard from on here) & whilst it is slowly making progress will be interesting to see the results so stay tuned
hopefully if all goes well I should be able to resume going back to Busking as the Govt Restrictions are slowly easing
however as we here in Australia are entering into the Winter phase I prob wont be playing as much as I normally would during the warmer months of the year
I trust everyone is keeping their sanity in 1 piece & staying productive
til next fortnight
God Bless
T

Hey all,
hope everyone is staying warm & safe all cooped up at home!
last week I added 2 new tracks "Bedslobs" & "Mr Spaceman" the first 2 tracks I ever recorded back in 1999 as a very young naïve 18yo! I had never done any recording & had been writing some songs & my friend who had a studio let me do some recording with him & while the 2 tracks are extremely cringeworthy & it has never been heard by the public before (yep been locked in the vault for the last 20yrs & never been played live either) I decided after the reasonably good feedback from the 1st b-side Forgotten Hero I thought to add something very different

Bedslobs is simply about a tongue-in-cheek stab at people who are unemployed bums & don't want to change their lifestyle

while Mr Spaceman is my very first ever attempt at writing a Gospel song both songs have very cheesy lyrics (which I will post soon) I do realise that neither of these songs are the best quality of songs but I just wanted to put something up in the meantime til Im able to get new stuff out

for those who aren't aware you can follow me on Twitter & Instagram as well
if you are interested & looking to get a copy of the album please go to
link

thanks for the continued support everyone & for those who have privately messaged me if I have not responded I apologise & will get back to you asap!

cheers
T

Hi all,
first of all I must apologise for not being in touch in quite some time!
a lot has happened since the last transmission! so I do apologise for not keeping in touch
but thanks so much to all those people who have reached out to me I always endeavour to
respond to personal messages

As everyone is keenly aware of the Global Pandemic has made life difficult for several countries
around the world & I too am no exception forcing me to stop Busking for the time being
& also to stop making progress on the recordings I had started working on
however what I have decided to do is reach into the vault of old Demos that have never been heard
(& most of which never played live before) by the public demos that were recorded at my home studio
from 2002-2005 so I have already uploaded the 1st track "Forgotten Hero" IF there is a demand for
more tracks of the old demos I will put them up
hopefully Lord willing we are able to get through this difficult time & more music will be available as
originally planned
stay safe & should you feel you would like to get in touch feel free to do so!
cheers all
T

Hi All,
Sorry its been very delayed since my last messasge
a lot has happened since the last time I posted a message
due to health issues & a few personal issues Ive had to take some time
off however Im still very much alive & making new music!

Last year I released my 1st album Bridge of Elements which has the tracks
Walk by the waterfall & Hearts in the wind on it, Ive had quite a few people
ask about the track Without You which on this profile is just the demo version
but on the album its the Bonus Hidden track which is the re-recorded version

Im currently in the process of recording Album #2 which is the Followup to
Bridge of Elements which will hopefully be released sometime next year

if your wondering where you can purchase a copy of the Album please go to

link

Also some of you may have been looking to my YouTube page which hasn't had anything new
added in some time which I plan to put new content up soon sometime before the end of the year
but if you haven't already had a chance feel free to look at some of the stuff I have up there

YouTube

more news to come soon
thank you for your patience & continued support
if you have any questions or want to get in touch feel free!
cheers
T

Hi All,
sorry its been Eons since the last message
unforunetly due to some health concerns
Ive been inactive the last 6months or so
but as of Today Ive uploaded a new B-side
track that's never been heard before or performed
publically called "Denial to Free Trial" have a listen
& see what you think

I had a bit of trouble with my previous Facebook
account & has since been shut down so in lieu of
not being on Facebook anymore I am now on Twitter
if you would like to follow me on there just go to
Twitter & I'll keep you updated
I do still always reply to all messages on here so you can
contact me on either platforms

will have new news soon at current just writing new material
will have further updates as they happen
cheers all
Teknia