Hello! Welcome to my new website......
I just want to take a bit of time and introduce you to the new place.
Some of you will know me, some of you may know of me, but most will be
landing in my world here for the first time. I hope you all enjoy the
music, the ambience and also the art that has a beating heart within
this new site. My good friend Andrew Barlow is the creator, based upon a
piece of art that will be used for the new runs of the Drawing Clocks
album. He has sat with all his hardrive-like brains in jars around his
desk, throbbing and pulsing out ideas to change the site....and this is
the result! Feel free to browse around, take some of the free music with
you, join the members area which is also free and includes special offers for a limited period and find some unheard
stuff! I wanted to put up some of the demos in there, just so you can
hear where I am going for the next album. The forum is in there too, so
please say hello.
Enjoy!
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Posted On: April 20th, 2008 I suppose we kind of become who we are from years of treading the water. Testing and trying different approaches to different things. Music is the second biggest part of my soul after that which belongs to my family. Music for me, as an artist (and I mean as an actual drawing, painting sort of one as well as musical), is the ultimate canvas. That kind of nonsensical way we approach the invisible blankness of a pending song. Like a vacant car space....but you seem to know whats going to park in there and why. Or maybe as I like to believe, you are providing a nice big blank piece of paper for the song to land on, a bit like a droplet of blue paint that has been falling for ever and keeps missing the ground...til now. I love the arts. I love the nitty gritty and spiritualism of it. I like that God is in there always, no matter what you think and no matter whether you done it for that reason or not. I like how it feels inside when you are in the middle of a song and you keep pushing the boundries, the stage swallows you and the people disappear. That familiar shudder runs the length of your spine and for a moment you never felt so big or in control. The opposite side to this coin, off course, is the times when music is so unimportant to the atmosphere around you, and you wait for the end of the night for the silver so you can go home. Defeated and alone, feeling slightly naked and practically invisable. Or wishing you where. Its just that I been playing live in Belfast and beyond for a long time. I am fortunte to have always had residencies and made a good solid living from it. I am guilty I suppose of maybe not trying as hard as I should sometimes, taking the whole thing for granted. I am a tattooist also, and its the same there. I have a good reputation as a good artist. Sometimes people will call me weekly to see if I am tattooing. The answer is usually no, but I am trying to find more time and effort. Its my fallback after all, if music ever lets me down. Best to be nice about it now I suppose!.. |
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