Ok…Songwriting and playing again after a VERY long break. Used to be in a band playing the London Pub circuit in the 80s.(er yes 80s) A couple of things have fired me up again. Firstly Garage Band enables me to compose even though I have pretty lousy dexterity skills and my guitar playing hasn’t really improved for the last 30 years….Secondly I hooked up with an old friend in London and we had a blast recording some stuff.
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Instruments & Skills
Vocals, guitar strumming (as long as the chords aren't to hard). Also been using GarageBand for IPad / IPhone as my main tool for "first draft" of songs.
Influences
Rock and roll i.e Elvis, Little Richard etc, Beatles, Stones, Post Punk such as Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, Graham Parker, Pretenders also Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, Jethro Tull
Really like this song. The chord sequence is mournful and beautiful. Great voice and I like the fact that your (Norwich?) accent comes through a little ....it’s not quite as strong as say listening to a Billy Bragg song..(who I also like a lot by the way) but... Read More
Philip Berent gave feedback on Time's Not On Our Side (live)
Really like this song. The chord sequence is mournful and beautiful. Great voice and I like the fact that your (Norwich?) accent comes through a little ....it’s not quite as strong as say listening to a Billy Bragg song..(who I also like a lot by the way) but... Read More