I don't like doing profiles so to get to know me better and my music here is some trivia,- to be updated
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I bought my first guitar when i was 15, which was a white fender esquire strat, which my dad bought me and i paid him back the following week.
I Originally bought a guitar because i wanted to play lead guitar after seeing a run of guitar legend shows and music docs on TV i never actually intended to write songs even though i had been writing lyrics for a few years
I had been writing song lyrics since i was a bout 11 or 12 that i used to keep hidden from the world, it was only after buying a guitar to play lead but realizing that was out of reach where i thought wait a minute i have all these song lyrics written why don't i try to learn some chords and try and write my own songs.
The first song i ever wrote was a little story song called Up on His Feet. i remember thinking ok if i am going to try and write my own music i want it to be meaningful and real, a later version of that song will be released on a outtake album sometime.
Musically i am completely self taught, no lessons, i learnt a few chords from a book, the rest i either made up
or learnt by watching bands. it's funny these days its all out there, so i am always finding out the names of the chords i was playing, oh that cool chord i came up with oh that's just another variation of a g major, damn lol.
I recorded a number of demo albums over the years but only decided to try and do them properly for release in 2014/15 when there was a opportunity to do so. which there wasn't before to my knowledge.
I am no expert with any instrument, but i can usually play something on a instrument to fit my own songs if i need,
My main instrument is guitar but i can play abit of banjo harmonica, drums, bass, piano, keyboard, ukulele etc.
As self taught i have had no music theory and don't read music ,the majority of everything has been done my ear, though i know a tiny bit now which helps with adding other parts to songs.
I have played with various people over the years, a few duo groups and lots of drummers strangely, but mostly have always played solo.
The oldest written songs released so far were That Girl of Mine and I Dont Wanna Walk Away from the Tongue Tied album which were first written when i was 15/16
The most recently written songs are the new releases from the next album My Father's Son, One Tear at a Time etc
joutau is the only song released so far which is sung in two languages.
Only two singles were released from the Tongue Tied album, The title track and Blue Jean Baby
Only two songs were released from the Forever Road album Somehow Someway and the title track
There was no singles released from the collab album Shadows Chasing Light, though the plan was for Lost in Flight and As the Clouds Roll By to be singles.
There has been 6 singles released so far that are not from any of the albums or EPS , Joutau ( see you in dreams ) It's Ours for the Taking ,Take all the Lovin, Flying Solo, Wicked Game - cover and Here Comes Santa
There has been three EP Releases so far. Hellish Ride , Don't Walk on By and All Night ( I want you )
The longest song released so far is Hurts Like Hell From the Tongue Tied album which is 6.27
The shortest song released so far is the demo version of Too Cool for that from the All Night EP which is 1.53
Take all the Lovin and Tongue Tied i originally wrote as duets
Forever Road ( part 2 ) was actually written first which i wrote while walking down the long road late one night with my guitar when coming home with my dad which was a lot of fun.
I rarely do contests these days as there is just not many real ones to enter but 9 kinds of crazy, Flying Solo ,Easy on me baby and House of Hell all won contests with a number of the other songs 2nd 3rd etc
The Void is the only spoken word track released so far from the Don't Walk on By EP
Heavens Arm's and Awake in a Dream are the only instrumentals released so far under my main name from the Hellish Ride EP and the All Night EP