Christy (vocals, acoustic guitar, songs); Dave Armstrong (production, arranging, lots of other instruments); Rob Cross (top additional guitarin and gorgeous harmonies); Shane Kerwin (genius drummer/percussionist with lots of cool ThingsToHit); Stu Watret (top additional drummin); Christine Collister (backing vocals on some of the songs that aren’t up here yet....thanks CC!!)
Influences
...that's tricky - bein a music obsessed indie DJ once a week means i'm obliged to be into everything, but couldn't tell you who filters through my own stuff most...favourite artists include Rufus Wainwright (god i love that man! he is a phenomenal songwriter/musician/individual), Jeff Buckley, Regina Spektor, SFA, The Bees, Elbow, Jesca Hoop, Joan As Police Woman, Maximo Park, Blur, Beck, Radiohead, Tom Baxter, Ed Harcourt, Laura Veirs, Stevie Wonder, Tim Burton, Emiliana Torrini, Beth Gibbons, Aim, Jurassic 5, Jenny Owen Youngs, Jason Mraz, Ben Christophers, Aqualung (The Fabulous Hales Bros), Athlete, Repairman, Gemma Hayes, Ben & Jason, Faultline, G-Love & Special Sauce, Corinne Bailey Rae, Bic Runga, Matthew Jay, Baz Luhrman, Ellliot Smith, Nina Simone, Joni Mitchell, The Beatles, Nikka Costa, Karine Polwart, Nitin Sawhney, White Stripes, Wim Wenders, Pearl Jam, Sondre Lerche.......am running out of breath but i know there's lots and lots more......
KT Tunstall is fast becoming my performer-type-hero; gawd to have her confidence. she's an utter, utter star. and well done on the brit! hurrah!
ALSO; am inspired by every day occurences; out of the ordinary events; love&everythingthatcomeswith; hate&everythingthatcomeswith; beautiful words; beautiful people; faith; lackoffaith; obsessions; injustices; hypocrisy; encounters (brief & enduring); thesea, thesky, the allaround; observing others; a beat; a chord; a melodyline.......running out of breath but i know there's lots and lots more...and i'm starting to sound very, very corny...
Sounds Like
gawd, i'd have to leave that up to you. but i spose i can tell you that 'Other People' have mentioned Beth Orton, Joni Mitchell and some bird called Rosy that I've never heard of before (and could be really rubbish for all i know, so i won't delve!) feel free to suggest anyone that might help me form a better idea of who i am...
well hello there! pleased to meet your fine self. here are some songs wot i wrote. they were all spanglified by dave armstrong at dam studios on the lovely-but-frustratingly-bypassed tiny isle of man. you might have flown over our rock on the way to america? but i doubt you'd have been able to see us - we're mostly obscured by rain. and motorbikes. and migrating geese...
musically, i would ideally like to be rockin yr socks off in a funky, homemade, eclectic kinda way, not unlike beck, imogen heap, athlete, the bees, simian, maximo park, blur, radiohead, simple kid etc etc etc, but being just a girl armed witha guitar and a slightly delicate voice (pah!) it just don't come out that way. gawdamn it. so you get what you have here. still, would love to know what you think of it.
have recently started gigging the material with a full band (gasp!), under the name of Side Project (which is me, Rob Cross on Other Vocals/guitar, Dave Armstrong on bass and Shane Kerwin on drums/percussion) which is usually like a pot luck supper of a gig - we'll do a few eclectic covers, then a few songs by me, then a few songs by Rob, then some more covers - you get the idea. i'm also damn proud to be a member of Anna Goldsmith's band - doin a bit of doo-wop backin singing/acoustic guitarring for the extremely talented lass (annagoldsmith.com - there's a video clip of 'the band' playing this year's bigwheel blues fest in my videos section).
m'dayjob is for runningmedia.com, the management company wot looks after Corinne Bailey Rae and future blues legends Back Door Slam. i'm also occasionally an indie stylee dj for energyfm. which is nice....
thats bout it really! there's a much lengthier biog on m'other website. thanks then, tata x
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Well kind of. Although I always thought if you want to be professional, you can't be a musician. Well not a rock and roll musician anyway. Art is the opposite of professional. And I'm an artist ;) Wow ...inspirational or what! How's the Isle?? NY is great, but I need about ...$10 million more than i have. Oh well.
Hey Christy check out our latest Blog about 2009 Teacher Appreciation Day...hope you will participate in our celebration of learning and leave a comment about a teacher who made a difference in your life.
It's the video for our new single, "BRIGITTE BARDOT".
It's from our new album "LOLA DUTRONIC IN BERLIN", and it's available exclusively from iTunes and CDBaby.com The single is starting to get airplay all over the place including Rodney Bingenheimer's show on KROQ-FM in L.A. , and it just showed up on the NME's website!
You can download both the single and the album today by clicking here:
Thanks very much for becoming a friend of the band, and the nice words. Our new single 'Ruin' is out on 6th April followed a week later by our mini-album 'Days and Nights of Love and War'.
Hi jim rose here. yes im the actor who plays the caveman on the commercials so now you have something to tease me about the next time we see each other. Im going to be in your area in the summer hosting rock shows and writing a new book about the people I meet on the road. We should throw a small party together. If you want to hang out ,message me at my other site here www. myspace. com/toohotforfizzle or go to my top friend(same site) We dont read the messages at the circus site. we are getting too many to handle there There are too many there and hard to manage
Great music Christy and a wonderful quote too, thanks for sharing!
Will keep you updated on our progress.
John
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
Thanks! That was a totally surprising and nice comment. :) Just enough time before bed to have a listen to your songs, really like Girl undone! Myspaz redeems itself WOO! John
Hey Hey, Thanks a lot. I had loads of fun playing such a great venue. And it was a nice suprise to see you guys there too. I'd deffo be up for the documentary. I'll be over for a holiday in the summer so hopefully by some twist of fate they'll match up with your plans!?! I got the Where the Light Is album - loved it and wondered how he did stuff. THen got the DVD and found out!! Awesome DVD and reminds me of Hyde Park. You got plans to go to any good gigs this year? I'm going to Jason Mraz in Manc in April. Keep in touch, Han :o)
Why is it so hard for me to say hello, You’ve hit my heart like an arrow, Give me your endless breath, So I could cheat death, I feel your heart beat in my chest.
Hey lovely lady...well done on the gig at the Traf, I honestly thought you rocked! Love the loops...I have a loop pedal that i mess around with too! yay! Anyways, we need to get together to think about when to do this gig with Brian too, when are you free?xxxx
Tee hee, I know! Thanks lovely. I'm so excited it's unreal *cheesy grinnage* ((geordie accent)) ah've got me lirrul set list pinned up on the wall and ahm practisin' as hard as ah can and that cos ya nevah neeeeerrrr an that! I hear my man met your man properly for the first time yesterday. Aw!
Need a catch up soon okay? Have so much I'm bursting to tell ye :) xxxxxxx
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