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Michael Perera

About Me

Hello there, my name is Michael and I like playing the guitar and making up words to sing on top of that guitar. I hope you like what you hear, please feel free to let me know what you think.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 29/03/2005
Band Members: Michael Perera MyGen Profile Generator

Influences: conversations with my friends, Radiohead, Tori Amos, Jeff Buckley, Explosions In The Sky, Muse, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, that man on the train who spoke to me about lyric writing, Bjork, Foy Vance, Cinematic Orchestra, Jamie Perera, Foo Fighters, Don Ross, Jimi Hendrix, Michel Gondry, the film "Shine", Arcade Fire, Scott Matthews, OneTaste, Live, The Beatles, Jon Butler's instrumental solo piece "Oceans", past girlfriends, Jose Gonzalez, everything about "Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind", Stone Temple Pilots, DJ Shadow, Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, my folks, The Artist's Way, Rage Against The Machine, my old teacher Mr Dunphy, Brahms, Scrubs, not doing economics at uni, Nick Drake, Queen, my dreams..
Sounds Like: Thoughts in a picky, chordy soft pie.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

less space

almost back, oh I bet all of you are quaking in your boots at the thought of something new. still, a bit longer.. I have a bassist in Australia getting married, so as soon as he's back we'll take over...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:19:00 GMT

space

Myspace has become a vacuum, sucking me in to continuously check in uncessarily.. I've decided that there's no point even being active on here unless I've got something worthwhile to add. So I'm off, ...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:34:00 GMT

Vegetarianism - The Aftermath, and the next task.

Hello there,So.. after these various tests I'd like to take a chance review what I've discovered, if that's alright with you.. After being a vegetarian for hmm.. say 5 1/2 weeks, I purposely for the f...
Posted by on Mon, 07 May 2007 08:35:00 GMT

recordings

right, so it has occured to me that I haven't had any new recordings on my page for a while. It also occured to me why that is as I came to the conclusion that I'm pretty crap at recording. But! There...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:46:00 GMT

Being a Vegetarian

Right, I've started to undergo minor challenges to test myself and to see how giving up certain things would effect me and my body. So after my stint of no alcohol for a month, I thought I'd see what ...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 01:26:00 GMT

The New Carling Advert

It was great to see on my television an advert that featured the footage of starlings flying in the sky, a sight so graceful and fascinating. Imagine the horror when this was followed by the music of ...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:58:00 GMT

Dream 2: Jamie Woon's unbeatable get-out clause

Dream 2: Jamie Woon's unbeatable get-out clauseThe scene was in my parish church of St Josephs in Leyton. It was just an ordinary day at the 12 oclock mass and I was sitting on the right hand pews wit...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 23:14:00 GMT

You got a big space

hey there,I've come to realise that I haven't written anything here for a while, so this is just to fill out the space that's been left by my absent text. Don't expect anything profound or life changi...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:16:00 GMT

watch this film

Hi all,I recently was shown this film and instantly had to let everybody know about it to see what everyone thought..The film is a meticulously detailed documentary about 9/11 being a huge conspiracy ...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 08:06:00 GMT

A brief explanation of time and monotony - PLEASE READ!

Hi, This came to my brother's website from his friend Ben. I thought it was brilliant and thought I'd share it with you. I totally relate...and I think most of you will as well.... Mike I got a ...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:58:00 GMT