And amazing people like Tommy Comstock, Neil Sutherland, Naomi Hates Humans, Tim Holehouse, L Morgan, Adam Boucher, PJ and Gaby, (to name but a few) keep me going.
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Loads of things... right now I feel influenced by Jamie T, Mike Skinner, Scroobius Pip, The New York Howl, Good Books...
05/10/09 Edit: I Haven't been on this page for about a year and a half. I forgot the password for the account for ages, and then when I remembered it, I had loads of messages and it was hard replying to all of them, so I left it for a while, and then came back again later and there was even more so it was even harder and so I left it again, I have done a couple of shows though in the last... ages... and they have gone quite well generally, and at the moment I am working on a new record which I'm quite excited about, so in the near future I'm going to be drinking tea in a living room near you!!!
Hi I'm Twaz, performing acoustically pseudonymously as James J Barrett, with the inclusion of the pretentious middle initial due to my namesake beating me to it with setting up a myspace. My middle name is Jonathan.
I'm a bit of a jack of all trades, ace of none. Can pick up most instruments, and have played most of them in various bands since forever, most noteworthy being trumpet in The Lock Up and bass in Seconds Out. At some point I started strumming an acoustic guitar, and was content mumbling over the top of it whilst sat on my bed. One day that progressed to recording a couple of tracks with a mate of mine - just for fun - which some how then developed into playing a show, and since snowballed into quite a lot more. I started out as this scared, nervous little kid, who never would've believed he could've performed in front of people - and these days... I'm still a scared, nervous little kid, but I've played enough shows that they're not really a shock anymore.
I believe in good honest music, being performed organically, with no mystery and no pretention. When I perform live, I try to avoid playing through a P.A system where possible, in favour of just strumming hard and singing loud. I find shows most enjoyable when people sing along, clap along, heckle, get involved... I'll have a go back - and everyone has a bubble. I like playing music, telling stories, and reading poems. I'd describe my style as being as down-to-earth as possible, pretty subjective, and accessible. I try to write about things that people can relate to, or at least might be interested in hearing about - which in my opinion, constitutes issues such as friendship, social culture, or even just silly stories. Not - 'woe is me, I'm a tortured artist, I got dumped and you'll never understand'. That's not my cup of tea at all.
The bottom line for me is that all I've ever hoped to achieve from playing music is a good time, and through getting involved in the acoustic scene, I've had this and more. I've made loads of amazing friends, and challenged myself to do stuff that I never would've believed I could.
I'll happily come and play any time, anywhere - house shows, parties, gigs, gardens, beaches... I'm a nice lad, I don't take myself too seriously, and I'll play for free. So get in touch - if you dig it...
We're about to record a new EP but can't decide which songs to put on it. To avoid any more 'heated debates' we've decided to let the good people of the internet decide.
If you've got a spare few minutes, please head over to http://www.naomihateshumans.com - have a listen to the songs and rate them. We promise to stand by the opinions of the interweb. Even if you are wrong.
Hi there, I have a few new releases on the horizon so here we go...
Firstly my new album as Tim Holehouse (folk/blues/americana) "From the dawn Chrous..." is out on dislocation deity records on Vinyl (red), CD and Download (itunes, amazon, napster etc). its 10 tracks with many of my good friends playing on the record... featuring string arrangements by Brian Inglis. For more details mail me here or myspace.com/timholehouse. Available via pay pal or cheque payment. CD (£5, 8 Euros and $10) Vinyl (£7, 10 Euros and $12).
My first Timothy C Holehouse (ambient/drone/leftfield) album is out on Dead Pilot records available on CD with screen print card sleeve. Available from myself and dead pilot records www.deadpilot.co.uk records) Price (£5, 8 Euros and $10)
Collaboration record with VEEE DEEE (Japan) a CD of our collaborations from both the UK and Japanese tour. Available on CD from Dislocation Deity records. (£5, 8 Euros, $10 and via Veee Deee in Yen).
Tape series release, with a Timothy C holehouse noise collages with Petals (in cute packaging) and Left Lung/ Right lung (in a sock) tape cassette series available from Analogue Dislocation/Dislocation Analogue. Price (£3, 5 Euros and $6).
Also i will be launching The dawn chorus album at this event.
DATE: Sunday 29th March 2009 DOORS 7.30pm ADM £4 Live acts: Tim Holehouse + Rob Himself + Former Utopia Genre: acoustic/alternative Age Limit: Over 18s Only VENUE: Windmill Brixton, 22 Blenheim Gardens, London SW2 5BZ NEAREST TUBE: Brixton WEB: www.windmillbrixton.co.uk and www.myspace.com/windmillbrixton TIX: on the door TEL: 020 8671 0700
TIM HOLEHOUSE (London) So Tim Holehouse, who the hell is he? Well, he's the ex-Among the Missing and Soon the Darkness member who swapped screaming with his shirt off for quiet contemplation and acoustic guitars via a world tour last year. The resultant album, 'From The Dawn Chorus' pushes the americana-blues envelope with great
i wish you could! you're always welcome to crash but i don't have a house in london at the moment :( living at my parents place. i'm gonna be in london next friday night for the weekend though, if there's the smallest chance you're still around? hope the house and job stuff goes well :) x
YES! twaz in london, dream is a reality :) hehe awesome! whereabouts you gonna live? i'm gonna be back living there in november and will be visiting loads in the meantime. we will have to mash it all up x
hallo twazzle! was listening to the lock up at work today....thought of you! how are you? was lovely to see you at the last south-seedy show. you coming to chillerton on thursday? when will i see youuu again? xx
Hi. As you're on our friends list, I just thought I'd let you know that we have a 25% off Summer Time Special Offer on all Acoustic recordings from now until the end of August. That's just £7.50 an hour all inclusive. Also if you're interested in doing any live Acoustic gigs next year, please let us know. Cheers, Glenn and Anne.
Hey James, it'd be great to see you this Thursday if you're free to pop down to the second night of Blue Velvet:
Thursday 26th May - Blue Velvet Acoustic Night, Remix Bar, Woking, Surrey, GU21 5AP
This month - Anna Neale, Lesley Spiers, Jules Manning, Steve Grattan, Inimitable Dragonfly, Adam Boucher - gonna be a great night! £3 on the door, music from 8pm.
Don't forget - it happens every month, last Thursday of the month.
hello james j barrett. how are you? i think we are having a bbq/garden show thing at ours on sunday before the astpai show in camden. and next friday (20th) we are having neil sutherland and a bunch of others here. i just wanted to take the opportunity to cordially invite you if you're free :) if not....come to london soon. thanks x
heey, really liking the newest track :] hopefully i'll be able to get along to the portsmouth show at the end of may, s'been a while since i saw you play :] xx
