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Our latest release for Gregor McEwan. 'Much Ado About Loving'.

#Gregor McEwan #Much Ado About Loving #compass and square

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She makes war from Bristol performing a small set for Compass and Square Sessions at Jubez! Enjoy 'The Best' taken off her latest album!

#shemakeswar #thebest #compass and square

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I teamed up with Empire Escape a while ago and we recorded two songs off their latest album entitled 'Colours'. It's hard to put this very talented band from Berlin into a specific genre category. I liked this kind-of undefined sound and enjoyed working with them. Pick up their latest record and enjoy 'The Past Is A Strange Place' as well as 'The Chemistry of Colours' live & acoustically.

#empire escape #colours #2013 #the chemistry of colours #compass and square #acoustic sessions

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Second song by Arliss Nancy entitled 'The GB Shuffle'. Enjoy.

#arliss nancy #the gb shuffle #wild american runners

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Session release with Alriss Nancy. Beautiful song, talented band. Enough said. Enjoy.

#arliss nancy #benjamin #wild american runners

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Session release with The Drowning Men. They performed 'A Fool's Campaign' in Cologne, Germany. I had so much fun recording it.

#the drowning men #a fool's campaign #acoustic #session #germany #cologne

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Far From Finished performs 'Mother Mercy’ acoustically for Compass and Square!

#Far From Finished #mother mercy #compass and square #acoustic sessions #exhaus trier #exfest

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Far From Finished performs 'Man in the picture' acoustically for Compass and Square!

#Far From Finished #man in the picture #acoustic sessions #exfest #trier #exhaus trier

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Boring Monday? Not anymore: Here it is: The Static Age performing 'Amphibian' and Eulogy!  Watch in HD, crank up your speakers and enjoy!

#The Static Age #Eulogy #acoustic sessions

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Boring Monday? Not anymore: Here it is: The Static Age performing 'Amphibian' and Eulogy!  Watch in HD, crank up your speakers and enjoy!

#The Static Age #amphibian #acoustic #session

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It's Monday again which means it's session release. I met Kris at Flix Records' birthday a few weeks ago and this isThe Ataris with 'The Graveyard Of The Atlanic'. Enjoy!

#The Ataris #acoustic #the graveyard of the atlanic #compass and square

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Happy Monday everyone! James from SHARKS performs a brand new song entitled 'Gold' off their latest release 'Selfhood' .

#sharks #gold #rise records #selfhood #acoustic

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A brand new song from The Flatliners called 'Daggers'. Enjoy!

#TheFlatliners #daggers #compassandsquare

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The Flatliners 'Meanwhile, in Hell...' for Compass and Square!

#TheFlatliners #meanwhile #in #hell #compassandsquare

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What keeps me going.

I launched Compass and Square last year in January together with my best friend Thierry.

We both knew that our project wasn't based on a new idea and there are plenty of similar projects on the Internet. Still we were highly motivated to put out something special and creative. 

At first we were discussing our budget. As we are both students we couldn't afford high-end gear, so we settled for a Røde mic and a Canon camera and a new lens.

We recorded our first session with Mike Herrera from MxPx. That was a huge honour an privilege for us and we are thankful to Felix from Flix Records who made this happen. 

Months passed with incredible speed and we kept recording sessions with national and international artists. Special thanks go to Ryan Mackfall because he made the Defeater session, which has been viewed most, happen and helped me to get the word out.

So what is it that really keeps me going you may ask. It's people like Ryan Mackfall, James Carroll, Mike O'Toole and of course our loyal YouTube-Community that give me the strength to go on. I met James and Mike back in March on Make Do And Mend's Europe Tour and we had a nice chat about the past months of our lives, touring and I am glad to call them friends. Encouraging words and tips from such talented people like them keep me going.

Of course not everyone is grateful for what we do. It seems to me that some people just want to make it harder for you to succeed. Their only goal is fame which is in my opinion a pretty sad state of mind. Considered as a small fish some people don't think it is in the best interest for band to record a session with us because we lack of a huge Fan-base or don't represent a music magazine.

After all I would go ahead and say, recording those sessions is a lifetime experience and I will probably keep doing this for a long time. I became friend with so many different people across the world and I think that if you work hard enough you can be successful. 

I don't care if we only have few people following, liking or sharing our sessions. As long as those few enjoy what we put out, we keep going.

So to all our supporters (in any way) we thank you for a very special year.

  (This text may contain typos. Happens to everyone.)

#compass and square #Make Do And Mend #defeater #mxpx #what keeps me going #acoustic #sessions #project #daylight #cancer #intoitoverit #proper #alcoa

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Latest session: MAKE DO AND MEND performing 'Insomniac Jams' for COMPASS AND SQUARE. 

#make do and mend #mdam #insomniac jams #acoustic #sessions #compass #and #square #rise records

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Second song named 'Untitled'. Enjoy.

#daylight #The Difference Between In Good Or Bad Dreams #untitled #acoustic sessions