Andrew Prince; Chapman Stick; Bass Guitar; JamMan; Harmonica
Influences
Talk Talk, Alice Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, King Crimson, Magazine, Syd Barrett, Love, Vaughan Williams, Miles Davis, Handel, The Beatles, David Bowie, Radiohead, Grateful Dead, Sigur Ros, Arcade Fire, The White Stripes, The Stone Roses, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Can, Jefferson Airplane, The Smiths, The Clash, Television, Spiritualized, Doves, Roy Harper, Jaco Pastorius, Chris Squire, Danny Thompson, Jack Bruce, Charles Mingus, Frank Sinatra, Spike Milligan, Laurel and Hardy, Stanley Holloway, Donald Watson, Lewis Carrol, Hermann Hesse, Oscar Wilde, Dion Fortune
I was born in Warrington, then part of Lancashire, in 1954, the year which saw Rock 'n' Roll take off and the end of post-WW2 rationing. Having seen The Beatles on TV as a youngster, I knew I wanted to be a musician.
I finally acquired my first bass guitar at the age of 15 and a year or so later, formed
a group with schoolfriends Rob Dandy, Rick Teare and Alex Gibson. After a couple
of years and lineup changes, we started doing a few gigs around the Warrington area
under the name Free Flight ( taken from an Iron Butterfly song!). Keen to improve,
I joined covers group Clearway and spent the next few years playing the workingmens
clubs around the northwest. In 1976 I moved south, just in time for the punk revolution and joined art
rock/new wave band Rikki and the Last Days of Earth, moving on to Jimmy Edwards' band,The
Profile, via Toyah, The News and then a short spell with Random Hold. In '86 I joined the re-formed
Sham 69 and spent nearly ten years with them, touring America, Japan, most of Europe
and occasionally the UK. Shortly after I left Sham, I briefly joined Magic Mushroom Band offshoot, Moonboot Oz, where I met drummer Jim Lacey and keyboard player Quiller Rees, the three of us evolving into live improvising dance/chillout band, The 3 Antennas. Along the way, I've had the privilege of playing with some excellent musicians and performers both live and on record.
I first came across the Stick when I saw Tony Levin playing with Peter Gabriel - I was instantly hooked! Having managed to acquire a secondhand one, I linked up with other players via the Stickcenter website and subsequently attended several seminars in Spain, Mallorca and the Netherlands, where I was able to meet and exchange ideas with other experienced musicians. During this time I became interested in sound healing and music therapy, the idea being to incorporate these principles into my compositions. The versatility and range of the Chapman Stick has enabled me to compose in an original style, almost harp-like at times, yet still able to hold down a funky groove at the low end.
I am currently recording my solo CD in a lovely stone cottage deep in the Welsh countryside with ex-Gong engineer Satch Norton and string arranger/woodwind specialist Brian Gulland, of the band Gryphon, who both worked on "Ravensong", the acclaimed album by my old friend and bandmate Susan Raven.
Over the last few years I have played at several Small World festivals and indoor events, O O T O festival in Sussex, Glastonbury Assembly Rooms, Guildford Ambient Picnic and various arts centres and associated events.
A vegan for almost twenty years, my other interests include yoga, art, psychology, ancient sites, nature and travel.
Arts Pulse 06 ..Born to Fly - live at Blue Velvet
Thankyou for adding Sonic World Festival, 4/5th September 2009. Tickets are available from www.sonicworldfestival.co.uk and www.myspace.com/harveybainbridgemusic as well as our own myspace site. £30 for the whole weekend, indoor toilets, free showers, free camping, bars, bar meals and restaurant, indoor venue. Please check out our blog about Imposter Site.
A special DVD set of the February shows is now available to pre-order at the wire-sound shop
This strictly limited edition 2 disc, region free, PAL format DVD set will be shipped in June.
The ‘Real Life + Thereafter’ DVD contains the entire concert filmed at Manchester Academy …
PLUS … Extra features include ‘Feed The Enemy’ filmed at the rehearsals, an alternate take of ‘A Song From Under The Floorboards’ and exclusive images from the period …
PLUS … On the second CD disc, you get an audio recording straight from the desk of 11 songs from the show at The Forum, London …
PLUS … In the package, you get a free tour T-Shirt in any size you like ranging from Super Small to Mighty XL and all stops in between.
Hey Andrew, hope you are still buzzing from the magical weekend at Small World! It was great to connect. Wishing you all the very best for the completion of your album, may it be magical and wonderous! With love & light, Janna xx
Hi Andrew
Welcome to the CIRCA: family of friends, please stop by the CIRCA: page and have a listen to clips from the new "CIRCA: HQ" CD as well as the debut "CIRCA: CD". We also have 4 youtube clips for preview of our "CIRCA: LIVE DVD", including a 40 minute medley of excerpts from every YES album ever called "The Chronological Journey".
We are releasing all things CIRCA: ourselves independently, in other words you won't find it on Amazon or CD Baby etc... it's ONLY available through our on line store www. CIRCAHQ. com
This years festival is headlined by Billy Bragg (Friday), Seth Lakeman (Sunday) and Peatbog Faeries (Saturday) with many more top artists also performing.
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hi andrew, a shame you can't come to our stick & tap-gtr seminar in holland the weekend of the 14/15 of feb....if you change your mind please let me know. we have places for free to sleep and the price fro the seminar is 120 euro as you know. we might have a small meet & greet concert fridaynight the 15th. so there'll be 3 concerts and if you want you can play some tunes as well. we sure will miss you if you're not coming. here's the link to the updated seminar page: http://www. galaxygypsy. nl/page. php?pid=en_894
