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About
I am a song-writing guitarist of some ability, currently trading as a three piece under the name Kithara.
Unfortunately our three piece is currently missing a 3rd member and are looking to recruit someone who can sing and/or play a lead instrument (violin/flute/cello/etc) in the Manchester-Huddersfield-Leeds type region - any applicants welcome......
My Songs
| Song | Style | Description | Ave. Rating (/6) |
| Too Good To Be True | Acoustic | Melodic folky song in 10/8 about an exceptionally beautiful person I met in passing who wasn't all she seemed. | 1.5 |
| 7 years | Acoustic | Acoustic song about a breakup with nice vocal harmonies. | 3.48000666667 |
| Choices | Acoustic | Creepy Worldy-kinda song about the choices you have when you're on the cusp between alive and dead. | 4.4 |
| Sensual Style | Acoustic | Sexy Swinging song about those woman who can destroy you with their looks. | Rate This Song |
| Would He | Acoustic | Happy Clappy song that's a bit lightweight but seems to be a crowd pleaser.... | 1 |
| One Message | Acoustic | 18 voices, one spanish guitar and a song about relationships with people you've never met. | Rate This Song |
| Freshest Fruits | Acoustic | Mellow bossa-nova type song with a French Horn and a rocky ending.... | Rate This Song |
| Last Night of the Earth | Acoustic | A dancable Spanish guitar fest | 2.5 |
| Throw Your Arms Around Me | Cover | An attempt at a "MetaCover" - a cover version that takes the best elements from all the many previous cover versions of this song. | 5.6 |
| I Pay My Tax | Electric | Angry Rock song that sums up a feeling I have at the moment of being Pig Sick of Chav Politics..... | 2.6 |
| Sunny Shores | Electric | REM-ish tune about a great holiday we had up in Scotland. | 5 |
| Talking Shop | Electric | Rock Song about a decaying relationship. Maybe a bit Radiohead? | Rate This Song |
| The World | Electric | Happy-Go-Lucky jangle with a bit of summer about it. | 3.4 |
| I Need To Know | Electric | Indie-ish song about a lady I met in passing and the questions she raised in my head. | Rate This Song |
| Everyone Believes | Electric | Folky-Rock or Rocky-folk song. This is the story of a man with a family and a mistress who discovers he's out of time. | 4.1 |
| Father And King | Electric | A time-signiture experiment that worked quite well. A bit Pink Floyd maybe? | Rate This Song |
| Never The Same | Electric | Bit of a Teeny-Whinge. Having written it, had to get it out of my system though. | 2.4 |
My Influences
I'm reluctant
to publish my influences because I don't believe I sound like any one of
them, rather taking elements from all of them but here's my top 7 most
influential artists and why:
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Neil Finn - simply the best song writer I know. Now back and in top form with Crowded House.
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Edge from U2 - for the textured guitar parts built up with delay.
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Souad Massi - Algerian Singer-songwriter who combines all my favourite sounds: Flamenco, Arabesque, pop-rock, indian, african.
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Gary Moore and Slash - I grew up listening to these guys and now own a Les Paul with delusions of being able to blues-solo....
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Antonio Forcione - The man knows the beauty of the acoustic and classical guitars.
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Bellowhead - Previously I liked the idea of folk (acoustic music, keeping traditions alive, old-school entertainment by talented people). Now I actually like folk and it's all come about by being totally blown away by them in concert. Then subsequently falling in love with the songs on their album.
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The Commitments - Saw that film at age 15-16. Prior to that my taste was a mixed bad - some good, some, well, Roxette. The Commitments introduced me to soul, Otis Redding and the rest - never looked back.