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Edward of Sim

About Me

THEN
Time: January 1987 to February 1996
Place: Silicon Valley, California
Recorded and independently released six solo albums, plus multiple collaborative recordings with Jon-Ross
Time: March 1996 to present
Place: Sunny Lancashire, UK
Having escaped from California, continuing to write, and occasionally manage to record, new solo material. Have continued recording long-distance (via post and Internet) with Jon-Ross as the mighty Virgin Twin !
Also, from June 2006 to July 2008, was frontman/vocalist for classic YES tribute band, seYes , having left to get back to work on original material and hopefully form or join an originals band.
NOW!!
Working on new solo recordings and Virgin Twin music for the first time in years! Also looking to get out playing some solo acoustic stuff, so if you're an alternative / indie band or venue who could use someone like me as a warmup, drop me a line!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/4/2006
Band Website: http://www.garageband.com/artist/Edward_of_Sim
Band Members: Edward Keller, with occasional guest appearances by friends and family.

Influences: Fundamental: The Beatles, Robyn Hitchcock, Brian Wilson, King Crimson, Kate Bush
Also major: Elvis Costello, They Might Be Giants, Ween, The Knack, Trip Shakespeare, Pixies, Kimya Dawson, Flaming Lips, Eels, Rheostatics, Bright Eyes, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, JellyFish, Belly, XTC, Queen, Radiohead, Pink Floyd
Sounds Like: Flaming Lips, Pavement, Guided By Voices, Apples in Stereo
Record Label: Mystic Insect
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Change up to the playlist

In aid of my current move to promote myself as a singer / lyricist seeking to join an originals band, I've uploaded six of my favourite originals. They're all old recordings, predating the move to Eng...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:11:00 GMT

Robyn Hitchcock meets The Knack

Posted one more track on here this morning. Back in 1996, the first volume of Glass Flesh (a Robyn Hitchcock tribute release by members of the fegMANIAX Internet mailing list) was released, and includ...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:33:00 GMT

Some 8-track remakes, circa 1991

In 1990, I moved from 4-track cassette to 8-track cassette for my home recording, and my initial instinct was to go back and re-record all my existing material with the improved sound quality of 8-tra...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:04:00 GMT

Just changing up the ol’ playlist

Well, seemed like those second-album tracks had been sitting there for long enough, time to change things up! Newly uploaded for the bored and/or curious: A Recurring Dream - A fave of mine from the f...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:07:00 GMT

Move the Air - 20th Anniversary

Twenty years ago, I wrote and recorded my second album in the space of exactly one month -- started on 6th October and finished 5th November 1987, the very timeframe that we are now in. This was the s...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:19:00 GMT

Bunch of archival gems

Well, on this occasion, the completion of my 42nd revolution around the sun, I was suddenly of a mind to post some new tracks, and for some reason immediately inclined towards nonreleased (or at least...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:54:00 GMT

Art and Theology

Guess it was time to update the page, so I've retired 'Somehow You Feed Me', even though it's a proper fave of mine. I'll upload it to the Garageband page to keep it out there I've uploaded two tracks...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:49:00 GMT

Postcard from Toxi City

Just another track change on the page here -- I've pulled "Your Sister's Bizarre Transformations," now that it's enjoyed a run of a good several weeks, in favour of finally including a track from the ...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 06:22:00 GMT

Cat song fast-forward

Well, I've had 'Shades of Lemon-Lime' on here for a good couple of months, which was the first of many songs I wrote about my unspeakable wife Catherine, way back when we first met. I've decided to g...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:03:00 GMT

Well, enough of that bit of nostalgia! Moving on...

Had enough of having Little Worlds and 'Cause It's Real (?) on here, so have "archived" them to my Garageband.com page. Replacing them here on MySpace, another couple of historical tracks: Firstly 'Y...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:35:00 GMT