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Simon M. Read

About Me


I am what I am. Nothing more and nothing less.
I do what I do. It is all I can.
One day I will feel much better about everything.
I wish you all well. No ill intent. You are candles that re-light. You are the yellow in the river.
BOWLAND ALBUM NOW AVAILABLE HERE AND AT CDBABY!!!!
My 1st album, is now available for public consumption both from this very myspace page and from the quite marvellous CDBaby.
Click on the button below to order yourself a copy from here...

Or from the album cover below to buy from CDBaby...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/08/2006
Band Members: Simon M. Read - Vocals, Guitar, Make-Up & Lighter, Backing Vocals, Handclaps, Leg Slapping, Bongos, Harmonica, Ukelele, Chair Creaking, String Wobbling
Influences: Alt-folkies, preferably with beards. For example, Devendra Banhart, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Iron and Wine.Also, Elliott Smith, Paul Simon, The Unicorns, M. Ward, Bright Eyes, Ryan Adams, Josh Ritter, Joanna Newsom, Brakes, Hayden, Sufjan Stevens, John Frusciante.A plethora of others too. I am well versed in many musical genres.
Sounds Like: His influences. Will Oldham, Elliott Smith, Stephen Jones, Devendra Banhart, Ryan Adams.Yet also not at all like them. Not really anyway. Why don't you just listen?
Record Label: Independent
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Bowland - Album Review

Gentle and benevolent followers...I bring you good tidings, as always...in this blog post you will mostly be reading about my wonderful debut album, Bowland, as described by the magnificent Kruger Mag...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:21:00 GMT

Live Review - The Point

Kind frequenters of my largely inactive blog...I promise you, whenever I have anything dramatically interesting to say, I will say it...On this occasion, the rather brilliant Plugged In magazine have ...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:43:00 GMT

Second Album - Sessions In Advance Stage

I do apologise for my tardiness in adding anything to this rather infrequent blog. Though it is by no means an excuse, I have been working rather hard this past few months on various projects.Perhaps ...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:09:00 GMT

iTunes & TradeBit Availability

The kind people at iTunes and TradeBit have agreed to be retailers of my quite splendid debut album. Thanks to both of these corporate behemoths for sparing the time for a little chancer like myself. ...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:13:00 GMT

Time To Go (Aching Bones) - Live Video

I am coming to terms with new technologies now and am getting so advanced (!) that I can now provide you a link to a live video of my song Time To Go (Aching Bones). It is powered and provided by YouT...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 05:53:00 GMT

Album Launch Success!

Hello!Well, a couple of days have passed since the album launch in Cardiff on Thursday. It has been a time for reflection and dwelling in the warm glow of a night that came off very well. It took a tr...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:14:00 GMT

CDBaby and Simon M. Read - Matrimony

As has been brewing for a while, the link between CDBaby and my good self has now been entirely solidified. Bowland is now available from the reputable independent CD store...Click on my face to get y...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:48:00 GMT

Unpeeled - Review

Bowland has been given a review by the very provocative webzine - Unpeeled. Aside from threatening to slap me, the overall vibe is nice enough:"The facts; acoustic singer-songwriter stuff; some good s...
Posted by on Tue, 22 May 2007 09:58:00 GMT

BOWLAND _ AVAILABLE NOW!!!!!

Well, it has taken longer than expected to get it off the ground but now, I can proudly say I have an album out. It's funny really as I never really realised how good it would feel to eventually have ...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 17:39:00 GMT

Bowland - 1st Album Soon To Be Available

Kind friends and fellow myspace dwellers, I come to you armed with exciting and interesting news. All recording work on my first album has now been completed. It has been a long road getting this far ...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:58:00 GMT