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Tony Ward

About Me

I've been working on this collection of songs for over 10 years... hopefully next year the album will be ready!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 03/12/2006
Band Website: www.tonyward.org.uk
Band Members: Essentially it's just me... but the following people have helped out: - Dan Coghill (arranger/ co-producer and guest bassist) - Neil Duggan (guest lead guitarist) - Chris Dumigan (arranger and various guest parts) - James Murphy (synths and QA!)
Influences: Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Andrew Lloyd Webber, The Spiners, Oasis, Sam Cooke, Meatloaf... yes the list is deliberately a little diverse!
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

MAG - 15th April

Well enjoyed stretching my legs a little at Manchester Acoustic Guitar Society (MAG) the other night. Didn't play any originals though... but shook a little rust from my fingers and vocal chords ;-) ...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:10:00 GMT

It is done

The album is *finally* in the can. My god! It's strange to think that 12 years of my life were dedicated to it... I feel oddly happy yet also strangely sad. It was so pivotal to my life for so long. A...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:04:00 GMT

Now Im back again, and babe its gonna work out fine

Well that was a crazy and distracting Christmas..! This new year feels like a time of renewal. It feels the same, but different. Easier. So I finally started going back out again to a few music clubs...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:30:00 GMT

It’s been a long, long time (hasn’t it)

Yes that's a Genesis quote, but probably quite apt. This seems to have been a year for: a) sickness (how many times did I loose my voice???) b) ex's re-appearing So I suppose I've been a little distra...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:27:00 GMT

Now that's more like it

I almost forgot... I've been working on my official website recently. http://www.tonyward.org.uk Aside from my solo music, I'm also in an acoustic instrumental group: Acoustic Moods. We had a gi...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 13:34:00 GMT

I need to get out more

My bottle seems to have gone again and recording progress is slow :-( I need to get some confidence back... (puts Solsbury Hill on). There's several rational explanations for my morose mood. Firstly ...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:46:00 GMT

Finally...

After several weeks, all my music software arrived and I've got everything working. Took quite a bit've work though... and Windows deciding that applications don't need more than 2Gb of RAM nearly sun...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 01:33:00 GMT

The new toys arrived...

No, not those kind of toys! My new home recording kit arrived the other week and I've been busy building all the bits together. I've gone 64bit and my only real worry is compatibility. The hardware is...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 16:25:00 GMT

The cheque book has been opened...

I finally bite the bullet and found a few deals for upgrades to the home studio, I may even survive Christmas! This may be the first phase. Next up may be improved orchestral sounds for the album clos...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:09:00 GMT

So near...

Meh. The opening 10 out of 12 tracks for my album are great. The other 2 however overload my home recording kit. Meh. It's very frustrating being so near... I think it may be time to reach for the che...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:55:00 GMT