I bang the drums, walk the four strings, chop the axe and tickle the ivories.
Influences
Beach Boys, Richard Rodgers, Debussy, David Bowie, Neil Young, Faure, Leonard Bernstein, Beatles, Mozart, Talk Talk, Depeche Mode, Flaming Lips, Bob Dylan, Rachmaninov, Grandaddy, Sparklehorse, Kate Bush, Jackson 5, Elliott Smith, Love Unlimited, Prokofiev, Bjork, Scott Walker, Suede, Rufus Wainwright, Prefab Sprout, Byrds, ELO, Weezer, Marc Almond, Schubert, Pet Shop Boys, Simon and Garfunkel, Michel Legrand, Beethoven, New Order, Milton Nascimento, Roy Orbison, T. Rex, Crowded House, Pavement, John & Alice Coltrane, Buffalo Springfield, Beethoven, Curtis Mayfield, Fortunes, Cole Porter, Ravel, Bach, Madness, Marvin Gaye, Fleetwood Mac, Phil Spector, Hall and Oates, Monteverdi, Andrew Gold, Kinks, Donny Hathaway, The Chiffons, A-ha, Joni Mitchell, Barry White, Jackson Browne, Grieg, Smiths, Duke Ellington, Stevie Wonder, Todd Rundgren, Donald Byrd, John Denver, George Gershwin, Super Furry Animals, Tchaikovsky, Crosby Stills & Nash, Frederic Chopin, Nolberto Solano, my Mum.....
I grew up in the rugged and wild Northumbrian countryside where I worked as a specialist fruit picker, before coming to London to meet likeminded artisans and soulsearchers amongst it’s intoxicating fast lanes.
I have been compelled by the drug that is melody since I can remember, and have dedicated the majority of my time & effort, since being a chubby girly-looking kid, to continuing in the footsteps of my favourite writers: Richard Rodgers, Lennon & McCartney, Brian Wilson, Franz Schubert, George Gershwin, Frederic Chopin, etc.
I’ve had my music played on Radio 1, Radio 2, XFM, Channel 4 and ITV. I’ve written for other artists, been a voice-guitar for hire, set up my own commercial songwriting company - www.songforsomeone.com - and somehow smuggled myself on to a classical music degree.
Apart from all things musical- I like Newcastle United, David Lynch, France, John Steinbeck, Asian Cinema, Peanut M&Ms, making love and spending balmy summer evenings outdoors drinking cool beer and dreaming the dream.
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Featuring Fyfe Dangerfield (from Guillemots), Gannets posit an alternative jazz history in which 30's swing developed straight into a combined form of the free jazz and fusion movements, without any of the intervening decades.
'Gannets' Fyfe Dangerfield - keyboards + electronics Alex J Ward - clarinet Christopher Cundy - bass clarinet Dominic Lash - double bass Steve Noble - drums
WINTERSLEEP'S OVER! Discorporate Records comes with the first in a series of releases...
ZARBOTH - OUT NOW!!!
Rising from the sophisticated underground of Paris, Etienne Gaillochet (drummer of Paris finest We Insist!) and Phil Reptil stumbled together for a blindfold project full of twisted rhythm, beautiful yelling and playful staccati. Yes, dear people! Another crazy duo. Interweaving Jazz, Rock, Noise and Pantera. A hell of a lot fun. A journey. A glimpse. Or to say it in Bill Hicks' words: It’s just a ride! So is Zarboth.
Just stopping by to show some love and to let you know that my first official musicvideo FREE AS A BIRD is here! Also NEW songs on my profile :) Take care, Myrna Braza
The strings on Candles are amazing. If they are not real then you deserve a medal. Love the minor changes in the old barn as well. Keep it up. HOWAY THE LADS!
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