Biting the bullet

So Toby Burton over at Rock-Til-You-Drop has offered me a place on one of his up coming Acoustic Afternoon in London in November.

Someone said to me the other - "So what do you really want to do with your music?" A relatively straight forward question but one actually I struggled to answer easily. To be truthful I didn't really know. However I have some songs/tunes in the works that have been tripped out on my acoustic for a while now and apart from one or two being up on Youtube I've done nothing with them.

I'm not a great singer but there are probably worse out there, so what the hell I'm going to make my debut as a solo singer/guitarist. Now to find 30 mins of material!!!

Actually that hasn't proved as difficult as I first feared. A couple of David Gray covers are ready for polishing off ready and ideal solo guitar/singer material. Hmm - a little rearrangement of one particular Marillion song and I'm sure that'll work. I have to include my tribute to the late great John Martyn even though I don't play in his style and clearly never ever consider myself to emulate his amazing vocal style.

What else? Oh yes an acoustic version of an old Ocean Colour Scene number I did with a band a few years back that worked well. There are a couple of Gordon Giltrap pieces that are regulars when I sit to play and despite them being a bit of a technical challenge they fit how I'd like to project myself, i.e. someone who can play a bit of guitar.

Then I looked to my own catalogue, there are a few little instrumental numbers - one of which has received several plaudits from those who've come across it on Youtube. There are also a couple of self penned songs, one reasonably new - well the lyrics are and another I wrote some years back whilst in a covers band but we never took it anywhere as it didn't really fit that bands style.

Now to practice and learn them all so I don't make myself look a complete numpty...

More updates to come on my progress.

Comments

  1. Axe Victim12 October 2009 at 14:56

    Well done. Sounds like you have all the bases covered. Enjoy it.

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  2. Piley12 October 2009 at 22:09

    Brilliant!! This sounds like a positive move, and something to distract you for the other things bubbling away in your noodle. Good luck with it..

    P

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  3. DILLIGAF12 October 2009 at 22:31

    Have fun old bean!!!!

    Put it this way....you will not be as bad as the Old Pretenders FC at a Kareoke on the Huddersfield tour singing Delilah.

    Trust me I'm from Oldham!

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  4. Suburbia13 October 2009 at 18:48

    How exciting, and loads to look forward to. You deserve it :)

    (Which David Grey numbers and which John Martyn ones. The latter sang many of the sound tracks to my life back in the day!)

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  5. Liz Hinds15 October 2009 at 13:21

    WEll done! Fantastic!

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