Hey friends… Bryk here. Has it really been a year since my last post? As some of you may already know, Erin and I had a little boy last January. Henry just turned 11 months old yesterday. All the cliches about time flying by apply… it seems like just yesterday he showed up and now [...]
Trouser Press Guide Entry
May 21 11
At last, I can die a smug and satisfied man. http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=dan_bryk
I’m still here.
March 31 10
Hey folks. Still writing, slowly but surely. I have a firm lineup of songs for the next album, definitely writing “inside of the box” with a “strategy” and a “game plan” this time, just struggling with finishing this specific batch of songs to the best of my limited ability. I even have a working title, [...]
Mississauga Rattler
July 1 09
a.k.a the demos that got me dropped from Scratchie. “The worst recordings of the some of the best songs I ever wrote. Yours for just 7 bucks.”
New Pop Psychology “Spreadshirt” Designs
July 1 09
After a few mild complaints from buyers, I’ve become dissatisfied with CaféPress who have supplied the Dan Bryk t-shirts and other merch to date. I honestly haven’t kept up with the progress in the on-demand merch world, but after a fair bit of research and due diligence, I’m going to close the (annoying multiple) merch [...]
Bandcamp, IODA, Reverbnation, Microsoft
June 28 09
In the interests of cutting out middlemen and bringing it all back home, the entire Dan Bryk catalogue is now available directly from my Bandcamp mini-site downloads.bryk.com (everything, that is, but the still-eponymous Dan Bryk, Asshole, which is now embarrassing enough that I am considering deleting it once and for all, and I am even considering releasing [...]
Pop Psychology
June 9 09
So I started making calls to a few labels and publicists this week, wanting to get feedback on the new record. I guess I’m beginning to realize that after all this time I may have lost the ability to externalize the constant rejection that comes with selling one’s own wares in (what’s left of) the [...]