Essentially a solo artist with fantastic guest musicians
Influences
The Beatles, Glen Miller, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Brian Wilson, Gerry Rafferty,The Beach Boys, Edna Graeme, Dorothy Moss, Joe Mullen, Kel Dennis, Jack Kitching, John Potter, Dickie Henderson, The Rolling Stones, Was Not Was, Scritti Politti, Nick Drake, Vin Garbutt, Roy Bailey, Dougie Maclean, Duke Ellington, They Might Be Giants, Prince, Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Little Richard, Air, Zero 7, Blur, U2, Swing Out Sister, Genesis, Gene Vincent, Delia Derbyshire, Joe Meek, Tanita Tikarum, Show Of Hands, The Kinks, George Michael, Guisborough Folk Club, George Formby, Dave Brubeck, Count Basie, The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Primal Scream, Tears For Fears Crowded House and my parents brilliant multicultured record collection. To name but a few......they all helped shape this somehow and I am eternally grateful.
Sounds Like
A bloke doing a very good impression of David Mackin
After nearly two years of solid work, the album The Poetry Pot is finally complete and ready for release from 20th August 2007 and, from December, through iTunes. It is an eclectic collection of finely crafted songs written, arranged and recorded by David Mackin with guest appearances from Ben Mackin, Laurence Mackin, Christopher Mackin, Michael Mackin, Dave Brown, Andy Brown, Chris Brown, Jayne Dale and Paul Haggath. Originally this was intended as an alternative interpretation of the concepts found in some of the most famous poems of Keats, Byron and Blake. However, the fabric of real life wove new subject matter into the songs and a new complex theme took over the original concept. This collection of 14 songs studies many musical genres: from Dance to Acoustic and Jazz to Indie. A title of ‘Alternative’ certainly seems a fitting description. Twelve of the songs are original compositions by David Mackin and two are covers by writers David very much admires. Nick Drake’s beautiful Northern Sky is given a faithful but personal realization and David And Don Was’ s Return To The Valley Of Out Come The Freaks injects the radical stylistic contrast that demonstrates the broad range of genre displayed by this very original artist. It’s all about the music but, as part of his Masters degree, David studied alternative ways to make the music accessible and marketable over the internet. He is very busy at the moment filming videos for each of the songs and they will rolled out when ready.
When not attempting to create ambitious epics such as this, David Mackin can be found playing Keyboards, Trumpet and Guitar with top North East band The Beer Pigs or simply trying to reclaim some of the sleep lost over these last two years. You can read his blog journaling the creation of the album and please keep an eye out for videocasts and podcasts with extra goodies coming in the very near future.
Album is available though iTunes and www.davidmackin.com
You can visit David's websites at:
www.thebeerpigs.com
and
www.davidmackin.com
Hey There! I wanted to thank you for taking the time to listen to my music and add me. I hope that you take a few and watch the video for "The Sky Below", let me know what you think.
Hallo wie gehts meine musik freunde. 79 english pence for ze songens ist fantastiche, Ich hast buyed ze album meine selfen (well 2 tracks anyway JAH) PROST!!!
hey i was just putting the hermitage suite onto my itunes but there are 12 tracks on the cd but only 11 names on the back of the case whats the last song called? hope everyone is well! L x
Hi David Finally got my friends table re-organised and sent your new page URL to the Gerry fans on the board who have MySpace pages. The very best of everything with the new album. You deserve it. Have a wonderful week. Donna
hey david 2 questions. how much is the album going to cost? and can you please keep one for me =D ill be down in 2 weeks for a flyby visit to go for lunch with gran and grandad for mackin brick thingy. many thanks L x
