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LEiGH CORdELL

The road to success is always under construction.

About Me

Hi, thanks for visiting my page. In a nut shell, I'm a family man, a proud house parent, a student in counselling and a singer but as this is a music myspace page I will concentrate mostly on the music element of my life. Here goes.... I've fronted some good bands since the age of 17, two of which I formed myself and I still see myself as a work in progress. I'm very eclectic and have a constant urge to learn more and soak up as many styles as possible. As far as attitude is concerned, I'm always prepared to go the extra mile, strongly adhering to the old phrase "If the mountain will not come to mohammed, then Mohammed must go to the mountain". Pretty simple really! My focus is to strive for what I enjoy and to enjoy doing it! Words and/or visual performance are a means for me to express myself so I try not to hold back. I thrive on performing strong, passionate, emotional and catchy vocal melodies and hooks and interacting with other musicians. I'm a pretty imaginative kinda guy and I guess I can be pretty useful to have around for arrangements and stuff sometimes too. For my imagination to be confined to my head alone is never any fun. I'm very open to constructive feedback and when someone is coming from the right place, taking onboard opinions and different slants on things are not a problem for me, they're as helpful as they are interesting, not to mention what life’s all about anyway. I understand very well too, that some will like what I do, and some won't, that's life. If the musicians I work with dig it, it's all good for me. As someone once said "You can't please all the people all of the time".

Background from flickr user

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/18/2007
Influences: Here's a few for one reason and another: Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Bjork, The Sisters of Mercy, Pink Floyd, Goldfrapp, The Human League, Radiohead, Alan Parsons Project, Frank Zappa, Black Sabbath, Bob Dylan, Faith No More, John Lydon, Gong, Rose Royce, Peter Murphy, The Psychedelic Furs, Iggy Pop, Talking Heads, Supertramp, Adam and the Ants, Alice in Chains, Blondie, Genesis, Judas Priest, Mike Oldfield, The Kinks, The Police, Bauhaus, Portishead, Parliament, Foo Fighters, Funkadelic, Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, Jean Michel Jarre, The Cardigans, The Beatles, Kraftwerk, Thomas Dolby, Japan, Judas Priest, The Stranglers, Eurythmics, Eminem, Garbage, Queen, Dr Dre, Danny Elfman, Ray Charles, U2, Prince, The Prodigy, Yes, Iron Maiden, John Barry, Jeff Wayne, Duran Duran, Metallica, Lou Reed, Suede, Micheal Jackson, The Travelling Wilburys, Mick Karn, Gregorian/Benedictine Chant, Native American Chant, Leonard Cohen, Muse, Blur, Porcupine Tree, Blur. For further inspiration and relaxation I listen to World, Ambient and Classical music. I also love and learn from original film soundtracks. The Omen (original) in particular and many other horror, action and sci-fi soundtracks. I enjoy audio on DVD, DVD-A and SACD in 5.1 or 7.1 and I particularly love Audio in HD. I own my geekyness with pride :)
Sounds Like: A hint of many of my influences mixed with something I was born with.
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

AMORIALIS, I'm in a new original band...finally!

Well, it's been along time now since I last fronted an original band and after meeting after meeting, email after email, text after text, ad after ad, genre after genre and month after month...
Posted by LEiGH CORdELL on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:52:00 PST

Discedo Vs Leigh Cordell. Don't judge Me.

The first song played on this myspace demonstrates my new beautiful relationship with all things electro, new wave and goth.  'Don't Judge Me' is the first song in line from my col...
Posted by LEiGH CORdELL on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:49:00 PST

Links for The Rooms & Platinum songs.

Links for more The Rooms songs: http://www.myspace.com/roomsrock  Links to my vocal work on rock covers with Platinum: http://www.myspace.com/platinumrock ...
Posted by LEiGH CORdELL on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:22:00 PST

Mania. The Rooms.

More on this entry to follow. Mania is copyright of The Rooms (Gifford/Cordell/Hamer/Bradley) 2005.
Posted by LEiGH CORdELL on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:31:00 PST

Classroom Etiquette and Building My Home. The Rooms.

Classroom Etiquette and builiding My Home copyright of The Rooms (Gifford/Cordell/Hamer/Bradley) 2005. Lyrical content owned by Cordell.
Posted by LEiGH CORdELL on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 05:51:00 PST