Where Can I Listen To Your Music?

The other night at The perfect 5th open mic night, somebody complemented me on my set and asked where they could find my music. They had seen me perform a few times at various nights around Taunton and wanted to buy a CD of mine or something.

I wasn't really sure how to answer their question. My first thought was that the best place to hear my music is at a live show. I perform live usually two or three times a month and usually play a gig locally once every two to three months. But of course what they wanted was a CD to take home and listen to, learn the words to and sing a long to in their car.

My next thought was of my musical sketch pad but that only really hosts electronic music at the moment and is not really meant to demonstrate finished and complete collections of songs. It's more a testing ground for ideas.

When I started playing solo shows I was determined to do things properly, the old fashioned way. I would build a reputation locally, one that would be based upon human connections and interactions, not electronic ones with people who will never hear my voice or see me play.

If people wanted to hear my music they can hear it performed live to them, direct from me onstage to them in the audience. Not via a poor MP3 on a social networking site.

I told the girl that I would keep a demo copy of my EP, and of my live recordings, with me at all times so that when I next see her, I could giver her a copy. I thought to myself that this was a pretty good solution since I would probably never see her again which would save me the trouble of burning a disc and carrying it around with me getting damaged for the next few months.

But that's simply not good enough. My objective was to build a solid fan base based on actual human interaction. Someone has actually seen me play and come up and complimented me and asked to own a copy of my music. I have to respond to that.

So very soon a copy of my EP - 'Locked Away', and recordings from my show at The Brewhouse Theatre, will be posted by me, to her home address.

Keepin it real.

Don't forget, tonight at The Perfect 5th - Laish Quartet, Ryan Inglis, Bonde De Wolfe, And The Bear - doors at about 8:30, £3 entry.