My passion for the Beatles started when i was young growing in the dark corners of Paisley. My mum and dad had a great Record Collection and i remember there was a red and blue album in the pile, which was the Greatist hits albums by The Beatles which i still have. This was my first taste of the Beatles. My Dad was the one who brought me up to like them and i started to get into there songs a bit more. The song which i think got me hooked was "She loves you", one of the biggest selling singles to date. The memories will stay with me forever. The Beatles have a gift to change peoples life, i cant understand why people hate them. You have to get right into the heart of the songs which is what ive done through writing my self and playing guitar etc. I also remember seeing Help! the Beatles second film made in 1965 just after a Hard Days Nights another grear 60s classic. I think i saw the film on sunday afternoon during 1991. My dad brought me up with the 60s and 70s comedy classics which is another passion of mine today. Through years ive grown to be a bigger fan of the Beatles and feel i know
more about them than ever, through there lives,music,concerts,technology. There songwriting abilty is the greatist ever. The emortal genius of Lennon/mc Cartney was one the biggest partnerships in music history, becasue we can think of others like, Tapuin/John, Rice/webber
but the greatist is Lennon/Mc Cartney. Through the years i developed my record collection, and started to buy The Beatle albums indivually. I think abbey road was the first one i bought and so on. I also started to buy books and dvds, with one being the Anthology which was broadcasted in 1994 and 1995 and indepth look the lifes of The Beatles, told by the them. I can remember it being a sunday night and everyweek the BBC would show another eposide, it was great. My biggest thrill was that the recorded new tracks with John lennons voice which was really emotional and must have been hard. The songs "Real love" and "Free as a bird" are great tracks by "John lennon", who worte them during his break from the industry in the 70s. There is certian songs which i indenfy with my own life, like "Yesterday" which i think is an anthem to anyone who has lost anyone close. During my stuides on the music indusrty my case study is always on The Beatles and i relate to them always.
Thursday, 21 February 2008
Tuesday, 19 February 2008
"Its not how you fall, its where you land"
Well, what a weekend. I was up north with a few mates doing some hillwalking, but it didnt go without a few hurdles along the way, but il get to that in a minute.
Arrived quite late, got a fire going, had some food, beer, played a bit of guitar etc.
then hit the hay for mornings walk. The Munro we planned to walk was
was Ben Sgulaird, so get up early, breakfest. The hill was quite a cheeky one, just
the way the path goes, oh yeh i had a near miss on the hill, lost my balance on the snow and fell, luckily ross grabded me, but it was scary. We got off the hill pretty late and had a long walk back to the car. My legs by this time were finished and worn out. We stopped off for a pint at the kingshouse hotel, Scotlands oldest inn, its a great pub, had a pint of lattuide a really nice ale, a fitting name for the area. Got back to the campsite, i attempted to light a fire, which failed . When i was collecting firewood, a nail went up a part of shoe and hurt my foot, which resulted me getting a x- ray back in Glasgow. A another fellow hillwalker turned up stephen. I was being slagged for the amount of food i bought, but i stand by the amount, so there you go. I couldnt do the walk the next day due to my foot, so i just hanged around the campsite, palyed the guitar and wrote some songs etc. I went on my bike for a while and took a ride down the glen.
Arrived quite late, got a fire going, had some food, beer, played a bit of guitar etc.
then hit the hay for mornings walk. The Munro we planned to walk was
was Ben Sgulaird, so get up early, breakfest. The hill was quite a cheeky one, just
the way the path goes, oh yeh i had a near miss on the hill, lost my balance on the snow and fell, luckily ross grabded me, but it was scary. We got off the hill pretty late and had a long walk back to the car. My legs by this time were finished and worn out. We stopped off for a pint at the kingshouse hotel, Scotlands oldest inn, its a great pub, had a pint of lattuide a really nice ale, a fitting name for the area. Got back to the campsite, i attempted to light a fire, which failed . When i was collecting firewood, a nail went up a part of shoe and hurt my foot, which resulted me getting a x- ray back in Glasgow. A another fellow hillwalker turned up stephen. I was being slagged for the amount of food i bought, but i stand by the amount, so there you go. I couldnt do the walk the next day due to my foot, so i just hanged around the campsite, palyed the guitar and wrote some songs etc. I went on my bike for a while and took a ride down the glen.
The area of glen coe and glen etive is a great place, a very peaceful place .
its filled with legend and stories of love and war.
Thursday, 14 February 2008
salt and vinegar versus salt and sauce.
Well another day, long nights, cold. Getting ready to go up north at the weekend with a few mates, drinking beer, guitars, hillwalking, cycling etc etc
Still writing and producing music for an upcoming EP.
In edinburgh seeing a band called Broken Records last night, it was at a venue called "The Wee Red Bar", part of the Royal Art school. A great band, very melodic, a cross between Nick Cave and Fairport convention, a very unusual mix but it works, seeing them in London, while im down there in a few weeks.
I really like edinburgh, but i was saying last night to a taxi driver which i got from queen street station in Glasgow to take me home, that when you go abroad and people ask you where your from and you say Scotland, they always say edinburgh, not Glasgow and well in away i can see why. I think the capital still has bit of the old school image well in the old town anyway,becasue of the cobbled Streets, the old dark lanes , the old pubs selling the best ale in town, But Glasgow still has that as well. though. It always makes me laugh, this idea of the battle of the cities. its like back to the days of medivial and all that jazz, with exception we dont all carry sords and have big beards.
Still writing and producing music for an upcoming EP.
In edinburgh seeing a band called Broken Records last night, it was at a venue called "The Wee Red Bar", part of the Royal Art school. A great band, very melodic, a cross between Nick Cave and Fairport convention, a very unusual mix but it works, seeing them in London, while im down there in a few weeks.
I really like edinburgh, but i was saying last night to a taxi driver which i got from queen street station in Glasgow to take me home, that when you go abroad and people ask you where your from and you say Scotland, they always say edinburgh, not Glasgow and well in away i can see why. I think the capital still has bit of the old school image well in the old town anyway,becasue of the cobbled Streets, the old dark lanes , the old pubs selling the best ale in town, But Glasgow still has that as well. though. It always makes me laugh, this idea of the battle of the cities. its like back to the days of medivial and all that jazz, with exception we dont all carry sords and have big beards.
Tuesday, 12 February 2008
inspiration and writers block.
Still hunting for a job for during the day, still keeping busy though, writing and producing
an ep at the moment in my digital home studio, probarly out in the next few months.
For me the writing process always changes. I never try to write a song, but i do look for infulence and thats where the writing to comes from. My songwriting infulences come from the likes of The Beatles, The waterboys etc.
I'm also very intrested in poetry and books like "Stephen Frys" poerty book are very helpful and very intresting. Something that always makes me feel thats another reason to like
Paul Mc Cartney and the Beatles that most of the songs written up the early days were written years before, a fact the Lennon/Cartney probalry wrote about 300 songs altogther. And to really be honest im sick of the way that people talk about Paul Mc Cartney and the Beatles in general. He doesnt get enough respect for what he has done. People just read the Sun to much and read
into it. They gave us songs which have become Brittish instuitions and they are Brittish instituions in there own right. There the reason i do what i do and there music has even got me out of situtions and made me pass certain essays in college and also a lot of there songs reflect all
our lives.
Im also very keen in the study of popular music and go back to the days of Baroque and in paticualar Handel. His wonderful music with its mathmatical concepts and soul is just magical. Ive been to his House in London where he lived most of his later life in, which is now a museum. As i enter his bedroom with the guide i start to feel a very emotional feeling, because its still the old floor and most of the room is from the 17 centuary.
"Jimi Hendrix" lived next door to handels house in London. great place to go"
an ep at the moment in my digital home studio, probarly out in the next few months.
For me the writing process always changes. I never try to write a song, but i do look for infulence and thats where the writing to comes from. My songwriting infulences come from the likes of The Beatles, The waterboys etc.
But i do suffer from writers block but having the musical ability is very helpful, it means i can save that melody
I'm also very intrested in poetry and books like "Stephen Frys" poerty book are very helpful and very intresting. Something that always makes me feel thats another reason to like
Paul Mc Cartney and the Beatles that most of the songs written up the early days were written years before, a fact the Lennon/Cartney probalry wrote about 300 songs altogther. And to really be honest im sick of the way that people talk about Paul Mc Cartney and the Beatles in general. He doesnt get enough respect for what he has done. People just read the Sun to much and read
into it. They gave us songs which have become Brittish instuitions and they are Brittish instituions in there own right. There the reason i do what i do and there music has even got me out of situtions and made me pass certain essays in college and also a lot of there songs reflect all
our lives.
Im also very keen in the study of popular music and go back to the days of Baroque and in paticualar Handel. His wonderful music with its mathmatical concepts and soul is just magical. Ive been to his House in London where he lived most of his later life in, which is now a museum. As i enter his bedroom with the guide i start to feel a very emotional feeling, because its still the old floor and most of the room is from the 17 centuary.
"Jimi Hendrix" lived next door to handels house in London. great place to go"
so far in my life
Well, before i start my blog i better tell you a bit about me.
I'm a muscian and just recently doing one of my favourate things A&R which is signing bands
well im not there yet, well im scouting for Parlaphone records home of The Beatles, my
favourate band. Queen etc. Been heavenly invlvoved in the music industry, activelly involved in
set up of two Labels. played in bands, radio, marketing,solo, also a songwriter/compostion, and do a bit production as well etc etc . and im only 21. its a pleasure to be involved in music, its basically my life.
I'm a muscian and just recently doing one of my favourate things A&R which is signing bands
well im not there yet, well im scouting for Parlaphone records home of The Beatles, my
favourate band. Queen etc. Been heavenly invlvoved in the music industry, activelly involved in
set up of two Labels. played in bands, radio, marketing,solo, also a songwriter/compostion, and do a bit production as well etc etc . and im only 21. its a pleasure to be involved in music, its basically my life.
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