Artists who I have listened to and liked very much over the years;
Suzanne Vega, Luke Doucet, Veal, NQ Arbuckle, Patti Smith, PJ Harvey, John Parish, Luke Haines and the Auteurs, Tom McRae, X, The John Doe Thing, Throwing Muses, Kristin Hersh, Cat Power, The Fall, Sonic Youth, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, King Creosote, M Ward, Joanna Newsom, Martha Wainwright, Belle and Sebastian, Isobel Campbell, Piney Gir!, Norah Jones and The Little Willies, Tunng, Corb Lund, Vashti Bunyan, Beth Gibbons, Beth Orton, Elbow, Valery Gore, Cathy Davey, Bert Jansch, Davy Graham, Paul Simon, Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy, Sufjan Stevens, Mark Lanegan, REM, The New Year, Brick Layer Cake, PW Long, Art Brut, The Vichy Government, Pulp, The A+E Line, Parliament of Owls, Blue Rodeo, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Dirty Three, Blood Meridian, Leonard Cohen, The Blue Nile, The Housemartins, The Beautiful South, Billy Bragg, Robb Johnson, Nic Jones, Kathryn Williams, Jeffrey Foucault, Rufus Wainwright, Girls Aloud, Townes Van Zandt, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Merle Haggard, Sparklehorse, Giant Drag, Giant Sand, Laura Veirs, Nina Nastasia, Richey Edwards, Interpol, Henry's Phonograph, Michael Wookey, The Coral, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Venus Bogardus, Magazine, Cure, Mansun, Daisy Chainsaw, Queen Adreena, The Stray Cats, The Cramps, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, The Band, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, The Black Keys, Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, John Fahey, Flipron, Michael Hurley, Thee Headcoates, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Billy Childish, The White Stripes, Ikara Colt, Eighties Matchbox B-Line Distaster, Ex Orchestra, Orange Juice, Suicide, Alex Chilton, Big Star, Destroy All Monsters, The Fiery Furnaces, Kathryn Williams, Tom Waits, Richmond Fontaine, Songdog, South San Gabriel, The Dresden Dolls, Joni Mitchell, Stephen Malkmus, Pavement, Nirvana, Pixies, Smog, Bonnie Prince Billy, The Pernice Brothers, Liz Phair, Syd Barrett, Captain Beefheart, Captain Tractor, Laura Nyro, Gillian Welch, Neko Case, Willy Mason, Ry Cooder, Steve Earle, Jim O'Rourke, Gastr Del Sol, Mitchell Froom, The Dears, Patrick Krief, Lesley Lane, Franz Ferdinand, Morrissey.
Film-makers I like very much. Check these out;
Krzysztof Kieslowski, Ken Loach, Eduardo Mignogna, Jonathan Glazer, Lynne Ramsay, Samira Makhmalbaf, Andrzej Wajda, Andrzej Munk, George Clooney, Danis Tanovic, Andrea Arnold.
My name is Tim. I play the guitar. I sing. I write songs which I subsequently play and sing. Sometimes in public. Sometimes they're good. Sometimes they're rubbish. When I do play in public, I'm usually rubbish (ask anyone in Bournemouth about Syd Barrett night, or the time I forgot all of the words to all of my songs). Some of my songs are nice and are about people I like. Other songs are not nice and are about people I don't like. Or, they're about people I know not liking people they know. Possibly me, in fact. These days, I'm mostly into the country-verite scene on Toronto's Queens Street, 1920s US folk, 1960s British folk scene, 21st century anti-folk, Americana and the protest songs of the Thatcher-era folk-punk scene. And a few bits of other stuff here and there, detailed in all its glory in my influence list.
The other thing is, I make films. This is generally what I do. I have a few music videos on the way soon. I also have a thirty-minute 16mm drama on the way soon (see film-makers list at the bottom of my influences if you want to know what they'll be like). And I'm writing three features and a play, which keeps me very busy.
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Thanks for the kind comment. Sorry for the delay, but I've been putting the final touches on the debut record. It's up now on itunes and amazon (amiestreet, rhapsody, etc.) There are 2 sides: Sink and Fall. "Sink" is more pop and electronic; "Fall" is more punk and country. We appreciate all your support. Have a happy MWU year
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Hey Tim! Here is some spam, sorry. I imagine you might like Aidan Smith though. He has a contemporary murder ballad that much reminded me of one of yours..
Abigail Hopkins new album, 'The Memoirs Of An Outlaw', available to pre-order from: www. basilicamusic. bigcartel. com The first 100 copies are signed and numbered!
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i've decided that the first album is definitely my favourite of the two you gave me. It seems a lot more raw, stripped down and emotionally charged. Beautiful xx
Massive apologies for all the trauma you've suffered mate at the hands of these fiendish hack-monsters. Password's been changed twice in the last two months and I've been in touch with the MyChiefs too. They still hack, God bless them.
I don't remember if i added you or you added me, but I love your song Regretful Soldier here. Very very good lyrics... actually I just loved the whole damn thing. Thanks for that one!
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