About Me

"Alex's sound is destinctive and accessible"

Geoff Ellis - DF Concerts

"This Glasgow lad's set showed he has a bright future."

Monty Archibald - Sunday Mail

Alex was one of the winners of the road to hogmanay competition. Also he has been played on BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Gael.

Hi Folks! My name is Alex Wayt and I'm a singer/songwriter from Glasgow, Scotland. I started writing songs from when I was around 16-17, but didn't start taking it seriously until people started telling me that they really liked my songs and that I should keep going at it. So, that was when I realised that I was actually good at something else (apart from drawing) and so quit playing the drums and focused on more of a solo career.I wrote and played at shows myself for a few years while trying to form a band together. I even tried joining other bands in the hope of maybe performing my own songs that way, but things never really worked out and I eventually took it as a sign that I should just do it all myself. But I realised how much I wanted to take this seriously and if I was gonna make any kind of imapct, I would need a band to inhance my sound live. So, no matter how much I got knocked down, I was determined to let the hunt go on until I found the write people. And I did. So far, through out my life as a musician, I have been lucky to play with some of the most amazing musicians and nicest people I've ever met and that includes, Alan Jones, Roddy Grey, Rob Wilkie, Lisa Evans, Shona Fraser, Ailsa Aiken, Meg and Kate from The Midden, Lizzy Wilson, Sam Gallager, Neil McDougle, Rosie Bans, Steve Scott and a few other folks. Also, some of the people that have sang along with me when busking or at open mic nights, lol!I've seen and done some amazing things so far, being a musician and music has done so much for me, that it is become a huge part of who I am. I can honestly say that music is my life and it is the one thing that I am truely in love with. So, who knows what lies in the future for me and my music. I guess I'll know when I get there.Thanks for reading,Enjoy!Alex ;)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/16/2006
Band Members: Alex Wayt - Lead Vocals and Guitar
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Alan Jones - Lead Guitars
Roddy Gray - Drums
Steve Scott - Bass
Alex Sakulin - Keyboards
Influences: As much as I love my country, I have to say that the majority of music in the UK doesn't really inspire me at all. I've found that most of my influences come from America and some of them even from the 80's and 90's too. I'm a complete sucker for soundtracks. Especially from the 80's and early 90's movies, but here's a rough idea of my influences : Goo Goo Dolls, Lifehouse, Fleetwood Mac, John Mayer, The Pretenders, The Replacements, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Bryan Adams, Marwood, Feeder (their early stuff), MyVitriol, Annie Lennox, Sarah McLachlan, Counting Crows, Tom Petty, Bruce Hornsby, Mike and The Micanics, New Radicals, Huey Lewis and The News, Gim Blossoms, Red House Painters, Hootie and The Blowfish, Roachford, Common Rotation, Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five, Mark Kozelek, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Alanis Morisette, U2, KT Tunstall, Tracy Chapman, Ash, The La's, Nobou Uematsu, Utada Hikaru, Danny Elfman, Bon Jovi, Del Amitri, Deacon Blue, The Proclaimers, Jimmy Eat World, Billy Idol, Frou Frou, Sheryl Crow, Haven, Idlewild (their mid early stuff), Supertramp, The Smashing Pumpkins, Travis, Texas, Sigar Ros, R.E.M, The Cure, Mark Cohn (just the one song), Jeff Buckley, Nancy Wilson, The Weepies, The Doves, David Grey, Vertical Horizon, Feul, Train, 13:Thirteen (e.t.c)
Sounds Like: -
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Radio Ga Ga

Hey all The past couple of weeks Ive been played a few times on Ian Anderson's Show on BBC Radio Scotland which has been great! But last night I got a txt from a friend saying that someone txt into th...
Posted by on Wed, 20 May 2009 05:26:00 GMT

Evening Times

Hey GuysGot an email from the evening times saying Im in the introduction section of the times out magazine. Im totally going crazy with this news because its helping me get the name out there and I c...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:55:00 GMT

'In The Way' won Rock Radio's 11th week Future Classic!

I could't believe my eyes when I found out that one of my songs had been put up on Rock Radio as a 'Future Cassic'. What an achievement!!! I was well chuffed with that. That was my 2nd Radio play of 2...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:27:00 GMT