SEEKING
Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Other Percussion, Violin, Keyboard, Piano, Background Singer, Flute, Other, Fiddle.ABOUT
Lugubrious singer-songwriter and wannabe Renaissance Man (with hat) seeks accomplice(s) for composition/gigs/recording/creative catharsis. Anxious to get out gigging!
Musicians of all and any persuasions considered, though I'm particularly looking for a very decent finger-style acoustic guitarist to be the bread to my butter.
Must be prepared to face witty and hilarious heckling along the lines of “cheer up mate!” etc…
Massive quantities of original material written, almost none of it finished. Genre non-specific, but with an emphasis on stark, baroque modern folk with plenty of scope for expansion into other genres.
Musicians from other disciplines are very welcome to make enquiries (keyboard would be a great augmentation - the marmalade to our bread and butter?).
Oh, I'm Tom by the way.
- Screen name:
- Thomas Martin
- Member since:
- Mar 30 2010
- Active within 1 month
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years together:
- 1
- Age:
- 39 years
Influences
Here are some things I like. Ideally, you like some of them too:
(People who do songs and the like):
Radiohead, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Franz Schubert, Nico, Sandy Denny, PJ Harvey, Arcade Fire, This Heat, Scott Walker, Can.
Youtube Mary Hampton and you'll get a good idea of where I'm at.
(People who do other stuff):
Philip Glass, John Tavener, Arvo Pärt, J.S Bach, Mozart, Wagner, Chopin, Bernard Herrmann, Fauré, John Surman, Jonny Greenwood.
Members Of Band
Tom - Vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
EQUIPMENT
Guitars, mics, amps, macbook pro, pedals, blah blah...
MUSIC
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Bear and Squirrel
Bear and Squirrel
The first thing I tried recording. Came out ok, considering I didn't know what the hell I was doing. An important song for me, one I hope to do full justice to sometime.
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Aurora
Aurora
The best recording I've done and my most 'accomplished' track - though also quite fluffy by my usual standards. Happy with everything but the under EQ'd, over-compressed vocals. Would go back and sort them out only the drive the session is on has sadly shuffled off this mortal coil...
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Mary Hampton - Because You're Young cover
Mary Hampton - Because You're Young cover (Video)9Cmk2qS0vLw
