Toby grew up in the Shropshire countryside where he began teaching himself to play guitar at the age of 11. Somewhere along the line, he realised that music would play an important role in his life. Toby used his guitar and voice to immerse himself in a musical bubble that would ultimately be a companion through good and bad times alike. His style meanders through all sorts of feelings; creating senses of happiness, love, discord, anger and gratefulness, to name a few.
After playing in bands on the Birmingham music scene for some years, Toby decided to create his solo project in October 2006. Taking with him influences he gained along the way, Toby tries to blend his experiences, dreams, obsevations and philosophies with raw emotions and a vibrant guitar. This allows him to achieve an intimate ambience which is an integral part of these delicate emotions, so common to us all.
Please listen and enjoy...
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FEEDBACK:
"...very late Raffle time and then on to navy virgin Toby Carter. Toby who accompanied The Dead Moon Society guitar slinger Katy Caldecott was absolutely brilliant. A singer songwriter, guitar toting muso, who knows what people want to listen to. His set of fabulous self penned songs had the hall mesmerized and shouting for an encore." (open mic night, RNI Newport)
"On first hearing the untitled debut album of 10 tracks I recognised immediately that it was something special. Not least Carter's voice which has a certain Cobain-esque quality, and not the way Carter obviously favours an acoustic guitar. The 10 tracks are well produced, and well ordered on the album. However, to put an instrumental song on what could be thought of as a "demo" CD is brave as it would normally invite a quick press of the "forward" button. But what stops that from happening is the eerie and haunting samples from John Street that makes you want to listen all the more. Carter has just the right mixture of pretention and ability to make this album thoroughly listenable and intriguing and also a very, very good reason to see him live."
