Changing Sounds

I feel my sound may be starting to change. Or perhaps simply developing. It's still sincere, still dark and still has a folk tinge but I'm finding that I'm writing more upbeat, jangly chord arrangements.

I don't really want my sound to change. I like my current sound. However development is always good and I can still see the remains of my previous influences all over my new music. I'd hate to be one of those artists who seems to be heading in a totally new direction every six months, taking nothing of their previous style with them along the way.

What I wonder though is whether I should take this as a sign to try something drastically new. For a while now I have been wishing to expand my performance from a solo artist into a small group of musicians who could create a more diverse, bigger and more atmospheric sound.

I think the folky acoustic sound would have to stay the central focus but I cant help but wonder what else other sounds could bring to the table.

Here is a short list of instruments I would enjoy to play amongst:

• Cello
• Violin
• Flute
• Oboe
• Piano/Organ
• Electric guitar
• Other vocalists

Of course I will make absolutely no effort to link up with any of the above and if any musicians were to approach me with regards to collaboration, I would probably sit on the idea for months until they lose interest and disappear, but these ideas have been floating around my mind for a while now which is kind of telling me I should move out of my comfort zone and try something new. I think it would be worth it.