Long time.

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

At last, I can die a smug and satisfied man. http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=dan_bryk

I’m still here.

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, [...]

Upcoming Show, EP

A quick update, an evening of song, an abortive mini-album.

Pitchfork

Bryk gets very good review from P4K; still famous for 15 people.

Mississauga Rattler

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

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 [...]

Zazzle, Scion and… Karen Finley?

Connecting the dots; strangling baby birds.

Bandcamp, IODA, Reverbnation, Microsoft

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

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 [...]