Neall Alcott

Interesting news article:
An Italian musician and computer technician claims to have uncovered musical notes encoded in Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Last Supper,” raising the possibility that the Renaissance genius might have left behind a somber composition to accompany the scene depicted in the 15th-century wall painting…
Pala explains how he took elements of the painting that have […]

Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full

Paul McCartney released his latest studio album on June 5th and it’s pretty good. It’s not as good as his 2005 release, Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (which I think is incredible… more about that another time) but it’s definitely worth listening to.
In general, the songs find McCartney mostly […]

Part Two: Building A Home Studio On With NO MONEY DOWN!
During the summer of 2006 we had our basement finished. Whenever you get your basement finished, it forces you to do something you’ve probably been putting off… cleaning it out! While cleaning out the basement, I came across my Strat. Just for fun, I […]

Yesterday (Oct. 10), the ground shook violently at record companies around the world as a major artist, Radiohead, decided to release their new album, In Rainbows independently and with a new price model: Name Your Own Price
That’s right. You can order the album from their website and name your own price… whether you enter $0, […]

I’m going to try and post music reviews every Monday morning. I’ll cover an album from a major (i.e., signed) artist as well as an indie (i.e., unsigned) artist. I’m a big proponent of indie music and these people don’t have huge marketing and promotion budgets. Please help support the indie artists by purchasing their […]

Well, not me but my blog! My blog has been picked up by the Daily Local News, a newspaper in West Chester, PA with a daily circulation of about 35,000. It’s also being syndicated to another newpaper, the Trentonian (in Trenton, NJ of course). The Trentonian’s circulation is about 45,000.
I’ll still be using neallalcott.com to […]

Why would someone need a record label?
The reason I pose this question is that today’s indie artist has many options because of the advancement of technology. Technology and music has always gone hand in hand, but it was usually only available to artists signed to record labels. In order to gain access to a state […]

Well, another good week! A lot of podcast shows (6) played songs from the album last week and the Internet Radio Shows have been playing 3 songs quite a bit: When The World Comes Down On You, Rittenhouse Square, and Save Me.
I’m starting to run low on CDs (I didn’t get a ton made), so […]

Wow! It’s been a week since Rittenhouse Square was released and I’m very happy with the response it’s received. So I thought I’d give everyone an update on what’s been happening:
First, I want to thank each of you that bought a CD! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Your support really means a lot to […]

And he’s afraid of girls! LOL
The man who writes the songs won’t be singing any of them on “The View” — not as long as Elisabeth Hasselbeck is there.
Barry Manilow has backed out of his scheduled appearance on the morning talk show after the show refused to pull Hasselbeck from the interview, “Access Hollywood” […]

It’s finally time to cut the ribbon on my new album project…
My new album is called “Rittenhouse Square.” It’s my first full length album and thanks to the encouragement of listeners and friends, I decided to make the leap and go for a professionally produced CD.
Rittenhouse Square is a collection of 12 songs that […]

Well, we’re a week away from the release of Rittenhouse Square on Sept. 15. CDBaby has the CDs and they are building the ordering pages and setting up their site. They are also digitizing the songs and artwork and sending the CD to iTunes, eMusic, Napster, Rhapsody, and a bunch of others. If everything goes […]

From his new album called “Magic” which comes out in October:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-eQkWB5LSw

The title track from my new CD, Rittenhouse Square, was played on the Jersey Toddshow! Todd puts together a very good and very entertaining podcast show every week. Check it out:
Jersey Toddshow #98
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Jon called me on Thursday and unfortunately I was unable to attend (had to go a soccer tournament you know…). But it looks like the boys carried on without me! ;-)
Jon Bon Jovi’s star-filled Hamptons party is a rock & roll ball of fame