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Sounds Like
Personal, emotional, vocal-led, acoustic...
The reach should exceed the grasp - thats what writing and reaching for the song is all about. The reach for the expression of the world you are trying to create and express. The audacious attitude is part of that reach and aim...and sometimes, sometimes you can get close. These songs are the sound of that reach.
Allen Ginsberg once said, " The poet's job is to make the private world public." It is the singer-songwriters job also.
Melodic, bittersweet songs written by Brighton-based singer-songwriter Toby Slater. Available on this page are some stripped down guitar and vocal recordings. The songs are a snapshot blueprint of a developing talent: Soon to be announced are details of live solo performances in the Brighton area and a full production recording to follow...
The songs are heartfelt and lyrical. The themes are faith and doubt and love and loss. Broken-hearted, earthy but dream-fused songs about memory and yearning. Songs of hope and fear and of time passing...through the personal lens.
ROCK BRIGHTON presents FEEDBACK XI
Friday 30th May at The Coalition
(Formerly The Beach), Kings Rd Arches
Doors open at 7:00pm - 10:30pm
Entry £3 NUS / £4 Others
A Night of Acoustic, Lounge, Chillout Soul
07:00 BAR OPENS www. myspace. com/brightonunplugged
07:30 MATT MITCHELL www. myspace. com/mattmitchellmusic 08:30 SEEKER www. myspace. com/seekeronline
09:30 KIINA www. myspace. com/kiinamusic
Hope this new year is finding you well. I wanted to let you know that i'm playing this Sunday in Brighton at Joogleberry's.....and if you are not playing yourself...would love to see you at the show?!?
Anyway, hope to see you soon!
Kevin
Come and join us THIS MONDAY the 17th Dec 07 for the last AKL OPEN MIC NIGHT of 2007!!! The Hope, Queens rd, Brighton! We will be returning on 7th Jan 2008!
Come and perform or come and enjoy the music of others! We start booking slots on the night from 8, 1st come 1st serve! Come and get festive with us! :)
Hi Toby thanks for the other night ws a great night. I got your message about Naama and have sent her a message so hopefully we will sort it out. Cheers
Just to let you know we've found our new venue!! Brighton's Premiere Open Mic Night is set to return!!
The first night back will be in about 3 weeks time at The Hope, Queens rd, Brighton!
We will have the exact dates up on our page asap so keep an eye out! it's a great venue and we can't wait to get the nights back up and running! Hope to see you there soon!
good to hear from you! we may not have a night this week as arrangements for kabuki are not completely finalised! but don't fear! we are on the case and will have the dates up asap!
how u doing? just to let you know we've got 2 more thursday at the polar and then we're moving for 4 weeks to a bar called kabuki in middle street while the polar bar is being refurbished! gonna try and make these last 2 nights really fun so would love you to come down!
so sorry i missed yet another gig (the gods are against this one, aren't they!!?) - my folks were in the country and i had to drop all my plans to go and catch up with them before they head back to France.
Come and rehearse at Soundlocker Studios and grab your free voucher to receive £50 off every full day of recording at our newly up graded recording facility. Pro Tools HD 24io with superb analogue desk and extensive outboard.
If you're free on Thursday (17th), come and check out our fringe festival event - click on the flyer below to go to our event space and be a friend of the fry-up!
The night consists of 3 fine bands joined by a mini gospel choir.
Get in touch for £5 tickets - hope all is well, and hope to see you there!
Robin x
(If you would prefer us not to post our gig flyers on yourspace, please let us know . . .)
was great to see you the other day! great playing once again! hope you can make it down again soon! xxx
Want to play acoustically this thursday?
Come and join us at the Polar Bar East in Kemptown for Brighton's Premiere Open Mic Night! this is a great place to showcase your material! great sound and atmosphere! if your not up for playing come along to enjoy some quality acoustic music and cheap drinks! :)
hey you! good to hear from you. will come come and see you when you play in London. in the mean time, i'm throwing a surprise party for my brother on may 12th at bar242 by southwark tube. you should come! xx
Need a bit of info before the 12th. How much is it? Will send out a big email to my friends treating it as a reunion thing! Let me know! Hope you're doing good dude!
Toby Slater
Hey! I'm back from the tour, and i made a little video of some of the highlights of 2006....complete with an encounter i had with a Japanese toilet!! If you get a chance....you can see it on youtube....click here to watch it. Anyway, take care and i hope to see you somewhere on the road....i hit it again in May!
Kevin
How are you? good me hopes! just to let you know there are not gonna be any more wednesday nights! to avoid any further clashes with the football we are moving to thurs! we are also gonna be there every week starting the 29th March! woo hoo!
When you're ready to mix or master your next project, please check us out - www.mixandmaster.net. Our rates are very reasonable and we will be glad to mix / master a portion of 1 song for you at no cost for you to sample our work. We truly support Indie artists and labels and would love to be of help.
Thanks.
Hya hows it going? Hope u had a good new year and that! Can't remember if I apologised for not making ur pav tav show but if not...sorry! I see u've got a few lined up so I'll try and make one! If ur in Brighton and not up to much on the eve of tuesday 23rd I'd love to cya down the western front (next 2 churchill sq) where I will be playing. The demo is also gonna be reviewed on subba-cultcha.com next week if u wanna see how much they slate me haha!
All the best mate!
