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Gareth Balch
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EVERYTHING NOW GONE WAS ONCE SOMEBODYS FUTURE



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InfluencesOh jeez where to start...this could run to a thousand pages as there are so many things that influence the music that we make....many of them neither physical, organic or a substance that we even have a name for......so best keep this narrow and be thinking of those closer to the centre......so.... Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Bert Jansch, Elvis, Cream, Free, Queen, Debbie Harry, Kate Bush, Paul Simon, Daniel Lanois, Shawn Philips, Mark Knopfler, Manic Street Preachers, Chopin, Puccini, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich Picasso, Van Gogh, Dali, Hans Christian Andersen, and those very great men Dostoyevsky and Leonardo....and Bobby Hatfield for the greatest perfomance ever to be recorded...and then it just carries on rippling out.....there was Laika..remember her??...stuck in a tin can coffin and shot into space in 1957....and there is the girl whos name I dont know but her photograph went around the world when she was shown running naked down the street having been pursued by a US napalm in Vietnam........So many images with so many smells about them.... all crammed in and exerting some sort of subliminal influence when a song starts unfolding.......perhaps that is what we are creating..musical photographs and films....but in a way that no celluloid or digital format can come anywhere close to capturing. And for all of us I suppose there are those ordinary people who have, and had, such an extraordinary effect on our lives.... ....are you ok mum....need to catch up when I get there eh.... .................... And of course there is you....... you whos eyes are looking down into this at this very moment.......and although we are now as very close as that I doubt we will ever speak or meet .........but just as we all exist within this one tiny space then in some way we all have an influence on each other...So it is to you that I turn now in order that when my sun implodes there is something more than a wisp of a memory left to cast a shadow and say.... " I was there and that shadow laid clear, firm, real and with such purpose and reason .......that shadow was mine....and in part it was because of you"......and in some ways this is such a comforting thing.... so stay alive to it all...it is what you deserve Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket . . .
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................. No band ...just me..and I feel I need point out from the off that I am NOT a singer....my music is not out here for that reason...Thats not to say that I dont make an interesting noise from time to time but thats really quite accidental and not quite the same thing.......... but hey ....if I dont make the appropriate noises then you aint gonna know I'm here...So PLEASE try to listen to what is taking place behind the voice into the subject...... I realise sometimes that the recording standard might be a bit wonky but I'm kinda stuck with the limited resources and naff accoustics I have here at home..... And as I'm both agoraphobic and claustrophobic it means I dont get out too often and even when I do there's absolutely no way I could get into an enclosed studio...Sometimes its like life on a tightrope... but I'm certainly not complaining.... Life is one incredibly beautiful and fascinating experience.... .............. My songs are all that I have of any substance or longevity to offer to you and if in some way within my words I can bring to you something of yourself then I will have achieved all that I possibly could...and maybe thats because music is the only thing I have that does not have the capacity to either partially or completely destroy me... Sometimes I think the reason I write songs is that it might help others find a place to lay down their fears and pains for a while...to find comfort in the commonality that we all feel at times....It is as though through my songs I feel compelled to put my arms around and comfort those who are in pain....but not of an earthly pain...more like a spiritual one...one that is within the soul......and of course my own need to find a resting place too...........And ThisSpace......Its great to be able to find people here and encourage friendships too...but even that might be an illusion because like many others I afford MySpace maybe more of a reality than it really is...probably its a strange kind of "reantasy" that hasn't quite permeated the human psyche yet in the way that cultures and relationships do...the important thing though is that we still recognise the need and therefore reach out to touch another human being................... ........ anyway I've been around for over 10 million years now, and my photo probably even longer,... but I still aint tired of that oxygenic life force that is music. Its a throb, a nudge, a quiver some kind of thumping pulse....this collection of individuals that have gathered up together into an extremely insistent and noisy band of reprobates......sometimes though, thoughtfully, they ease aside and what they offer up at 2am is often the whisper of the closest friend you'll ever get.....I'm sure you have all felt it when you get locked inside of a song and you just know that it is exactly the right place to be at that particular time....But it moves on...and then there are the times it is like being diced up with careless impunity by the shards oscillating in the refection of some long dead broken-hearted lover...and worse still this incarnation insists he is needing you right now as a friend...and just when you get to believing life is such a shit then the next day it kind of runs its tongue like warm liquid wax right down the arch of your spine defying oblivion and encouraging one into to such abandoned sweet surrender.....and darn me if I haven't seen it sometimes, but very rarely, sitting there like a putrid dung heap desperately looking for an arse to offend......but whichever way it greets, tests and sometimes even seems to defy you it is superbly unique in this most unique of experiences. There has to be something in this maniacal life where we can be all or anything we want....and so far the only place I have found that is in music.... ....... PS............. until just recently when I found all that and more in YOU...... just goes to show that as long as you dont deny your chances and choices then life can still bring out the most beautiful of surprises and gifts.... ................................................................. Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket CDBABY LINK for MILASA: Painted Heart --> album cover


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Zouette

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Dec 18 2009 8:30 PM

Peace love and music my friend!
 

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Dec 18 2009 1:58 AM

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Mindmovie

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Dec 12 2009 1:21 PM

Zouette

Zouette



Dec 12 2009 12:02 PM

Kisses!

 


 

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Dec 8 2009 11:22 PM

Dear Gareth Balch,
in our modern life we have... moments...friendship... changes... expectations... dreams... crisis... roads to go... love to share...

Enjoy this video about our urban life...
have a good week......
Vibejays

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Gareth Balch,
en esta vida moderna tenemos... momentos... amistades... cambios... sueños... espectativas... crisis... lugares adonde ir... amor para dar...

Disfruta este video sobre nuestra vida urbana...
Buena semana...
Vibejays

SPANISH
Cheryl

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Dec 8 2009 10:32 PM

Cheryl

Cheryl Moniz



Dec 7 2009 11:10 PM

Zouette

Zouette



Dec 7 2009 8:03 PM

Peace love and music! Gareth!
kisses!
Zouette
 

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Dec 6 2009 2:37 PM

Hi there, Gareth Balch!

I wanted to let you know that we're running a 15% off promotion this week on ALL services! :) This INCLUDES MySpace design, Twitter design, album design, and promotional services! Message us now!

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MASQUE MusicArt

MASQUE MusicArt



Dec 5 2009 3:26 AM

ThanQ & Welcome ...


Cheers,


 


 

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Dec 4 2009 1:12 PM

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Goodman and Narleski



Dec 2 2009 1:31 AM

Pleased to visit your page and meet you, Gareth.  May your music and conviction touch many.

Peace and blessings,
Diane & Murray

 
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Strict Maximum Groupe



Nov 23 2009 8:47 PM

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Merci pour l'ajout...

A bientôt...

Bonne soirée

Strict maximum...
Rexsy

Rexsy



Nov 23 2009 6:01 PM

Greetings Gareth,

Happy Thanksgiving!

My 'Meditation' gift 4 you:

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Enjoy!

Namaste,

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Mindmovie

Mindmovie



Nov 22 2009 1:26 PM

yes Gareth, I am working on two new albums..a new solo album of mine as well as a new flaming bess record but it will take some time. My mother died 14 days ago so i first need to focus on different things and to overcome my sadness.
All the best to you my dear friend
Hugs
Achim 
Intidhar Kammarti

Intidhar Kammarti



Nov 21 2009 1:31 PM

Hi sisters and brothers!
"Orange Rose" is finally completed...
Please discover it and feed back me! :o)
Peace for you always
Intidhar Kammarti
Zouette

Zouette



Nov 21 2009 11:08 AM

Good morning Gareth!
Zouette
 

Emma King & The Heartsets

Emma King & The Heartsets



Nov 19 2009 6:47 AM

Hey



Thanks for stopping by Gareth, we hope you like our new myspace design!

We have just posted a new blog to keep you up to date, feel free to read!
Next year is going to be a good year I feel.



Have a super week!



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Nov 17 2009 2:21 AM

Thank you darlinnnnnnnnnnnnnnng!!   miss you:)
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Nov 17 2009 2:20 AM

Thank you !! 
SoftlySoftly

SoftlySoftly



Nov 16 2009 5:41 PM

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SoftlySoftly has a lovely new venue: Albert & Pearl, Upper St, Islington  - next month on first THURSDAY!!!
Featured artists, floor spots and a folky music session in the bar room!
Nonya

Nonya



Nov 13 2009 4:59 PM

It is with much Love and Joy
that I wish you a beautiful happy weekend!
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SoftlySoftly

SoftlySoftly



Nov 11 2009 5:52 PM

Thanks for being our friend...
We've moved, too - now upsatirs at Albert & Pearl, 118 Upper Street, Islington (opposite the Town Hall). December SoftlySoftly is on THURSDAY 3rd ..hen from January, it's every first and third Wednesday of each month...
See you there I hope x
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