A born & bred Belfast boy with various band and solo incarnations under his belt decided to get a ‘proper’ job. But it couldn’t suppress his desire to perform and he emerged from his cocoon with the realisation that his solitary-confinement had made his music ‘different’ from before.
Playing live seems better than recording and his audience seemed happier (though still melancholic) indulging in him actually being their swinging voice and machines between the epic drive of 'comfort me', the soft, intimacy of ‘help me' and the explosion of vocals and spiralling guitar loops and drum samples that make up tracks such as ‘slow down’.
However, a bike accident in Nov. 2004 smashed his left arm and put a sudden question mark over his musical adventures - just when things seemed to be picking up. 3 operations later his arm is now recovering, and he is progressing new ideas using tricks he picked up while working out how to replace his once irreplaceable guitar. The guitar is now back in its rightful place and Stephen picks up where he left off………………………………
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Hello
just got back from being downsouth and away again soon.
hope youre very very well mister and so
lovely to have seen u and R at ma birfday outing
hopefully catchup with you when me back proper for that cupppa at your lovely home ooooh and before i go away (hooorrray) with le monsieur Angleterre mid juillet......
love to you both
Ming xx
Frustratingly it looks like I'm not going to make it. Things gone mental in the last week or so, and I'm actually moving house to Nottingham on the Saturday. Was hoping to be moved by Fri but that didn't work out.
We've been recording some new tracks with our recent member Matt on piano/vocals, if you have a moment please listen to one of our new tracks at http://www.roadtov.com/profile/15499
Good afternoon Stephen! How's things? Had fun playing at the wedding - thanks for the work you did on the songs. If you'd like a listen I've got a couple of new songs up on my page today, they’re called ‘the gentle words you say’ and ‘wait and see’, both recorded at home and lovingly produced by my friend Gav Mcgrath. I'd be really interested to hear what you think mate.
Hope you’re very well, james
hey stephen, nice to catch up with you the other day.. just been listening to comfort me, a really powerful track man! hope to see u at the weekend. cheers Trev
Good evening Stephen, really good to catch up with you at greenbelt, saw some genuine passion in every note you played and sang, good work.
Hope the band putting together goes well!
james
