#34

no money and not driving I guess. Seems pretty much impossible

#35

It’s not impossible - taxi + travel expenses + food… minimum for a gig

You write very interesting songs and some of them are really a level above. Your guitar playing is absolutely lovely and you have a character all of your own

What’s more, you getting out there in front of people and testing your songs against a live audience would really improve your craft and spread what you do way beyond just 5 people

I know it’s maybe a daunting prospect and hard to get started but if you do it & it doesn’t work then so be it

But if you don’t do it you may well end up regretting it …and you really don’t want that

#36

thanks for your encouragement :slight_smile: It’s nice to feel like I’m not 100% imitating anybody else, that’s always the biggest fear.

I remember playing live from my band days years back and it really was the best buzz…hopefully one day I will find a way

#37

do it

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#38

this is really great - the guitar playing is brilliant and to echo everyone else, everything sounds really warm.
Particularly enjoyed ‘waves’.

also getting a bit of a James Yorkston circa ‘year of the leopard’ vibe in places

#39

Thanks man :slight_smile:

You know I was thinking of Woozy With Cider or whatever it’s called in some of the spoken word parts…more after the fact than at the time but yeah nice spot :slight_smile:

Cheers once again for listening and commenting.

Have a great evening x

#40

Hey Bam, finally gave this a spin over the weekend and really enjoyed it!

I absolutely adored the ‘stream of consciousness’ style lyrics on Thoughts At 29, the soothing way you recite those historical events on On This Day and the layered vocals on Don’t Get Carried Away! All of which are utterly gorgeous. The album just flows really well as a cohesive whole with it’s delicate guitar lines and those crisp drums throughout. It felt like it would be perfectly suited for listening to whilst wandering around on a sunny autumnal afternoon with headphones on and crunchy leaves underfoot.

Cheers again also for those Steely Dan recommendations the other day. Katy Lied and Aja are both great! I never knew that their track Peg was sampled in De La Soul’s Eye Know!

@BodyInTheThames I spotted your album thread also; I’ll give yours a listen too when I get a mo :slightly_smiling_face:

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#41

hey there!

Thank you so much for taking the time to listen and appraise my stuff, makes me feel very special :slight_smile:

I think it came out pretty consistent on the whole, probably because I did it over a two week period so no time to endlessly tinker and rework stuff. I’m not a patient musician!

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#42

It’s like a great time capsule of creativity then! You should definitely feel proud of what you’ve achieved :slightly_smiling_face:

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#43

thanks man will try :slight_smile:

#44

Mate, this is excellent.

The sound is amazing, did you mix everything yourself?

Only a couple of tracks in so will report back when I’ve heard it all.

#45

aww thank you :slight_smile: mixing and mastering is the thing I worry about the most because I have no background in that outside of a couple of google searches, I feel like it’s a foreign language to me a lot of the time so I’m very pleased to hear it came out sounding balanced!

I feel like the mixing and sound gets a little better as the album goes on to be honest.

cheers for taking the time to comment :slight_smile:

#47

thanks mate, I was really happy with that one! Always get a bit scared that I can’t write any lyrics that aren’t cliched so it was fun to just run with a thought really. I reckon setting the whole album around a nylon string guitar allowed me to kind of feel a bit more D.I.Y and low-key about the whole thing which took the pressure off in a weird way.

Definitely the most fun I’ve had making a record.

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#48

hey @Fintans_Cat, did you get a chance to give this a listen?

#49

Hey buddy, I’ve been away. Gonna set them up for his weeks listening in the car and will let you know how i get on :+1:

#50

hadn’t seen this thread before. This is great pal

#51

cool no worries, hope you enjoy :slight_smile:

#52

ah this is a really pleasant unexpected bump, thanks mate!

#53

Been enjoying this.

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#54

ah cheers man, glad you liked it :slight_smile:

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