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Emil Thompson

Create or Perish

About Me



These are a few of my paintings, they are acrylic and plaster on board and are mostly around 3' by 2' or thereabouts. They are highly textured, which is not really visible on the slides.
Been writing songs since I was a wide eyed youngster, guitar and voice are still my weapons of choice. Have tampered with electronica www.myspace.com/robertmaelstrom and experimental groups but the old songwriter thing just keeps coming back no matter how much I try to get a 'real' job. You are currently listening to the sound of my beloved Martin JC1e that I've had since 1999.
See www.lessismore.co.uk for loads of free demos and archive tunes.
Currently living with my lovely missus Rio and our wee laddie Hugh up in the glens. Juggling responsible parenthood with being a creative maverick...er...not easy... lend me a tenner 'till the end of week would ya...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/6/2007
Band Website: lessismore.co.uk
Band Members:
BRYTON EARLYER ep
1.The Master Satellite
2.Oh Jemima
3.In Love's Sanctuary
4.Shooting Star
5.Still
6.Only for Love
All new recordings!
Download it HERE
If you like it or want to support my music making efforts (not to mention my starving children) bung me some money using the paypal button, your choice. Huzzah!

Thanks folks.
Influences: John Martyn, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Judee Sill, Bill Fay, CSN, Nick Harper, Roy Harper, The Roches, Eg and Alice, Bill Hicks, Ram Dass, Ricky Lee Jones, Spirogyra, The Band (did I mention The Band ?), Television, Steely Dan, Talking Heads, James Taylor, David Bowie, Charles Trenet, Serge Gainsbourg, Gordon Giltrap, Queen, Rush, Yes, Dylan, Martin Simpson, Glen Campbell (during the Jimmy Webb era) and possibly old Nick Drake. ..
Sounds Like: Plucking lovely.
Record Label: LOTS more of my music FREE at www.lessismore.co.uk
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Bryton Earlyer EP

I've made an EP called 'Bryton Earlyer' with 6 songs on it mainly made for gig sales but you can download it from my main page and re-numerate me if you wish. Mark Ellis has kindly done a radio specia...
Posted by Emil Thompson on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:11:00 PST

ACOUSTIC SPLINTERS 04

Ahoy there! At last a new splinter has surfaced..to be honest it's been lying about on my desktopfor weeks...finally I got it uploaded..but it's a good'n. Check it out...you could be on it! But then a...
Posted by Emil Thompson on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:34:00 PST

ACOUSTIC SPLINTERS 03

Hi chums, it's splinter time, 'skelfs' as some folks call them up here.Now, this one does have a slightly deviant element in it, inasmuch as there are some tracks in here which are not strictly acoust...
Posted by Emil Thompson on Mon, 28 May 2007 12:47:00 PST

ACOUSTIC SPLINTERS 02

Hi Dudes and Dudettes,Here's Splinter number 2 of the famous 'Acoustic Splinters' podcast....I know you've all (3 of you) been anxiously waiting..the wait is over...Let's hope the damn thing works..I'...
Posted by Emil Thompson on Fri, 18 May 2007 02:57:00 PST

ACOUSTIC SPLINTERS 01

Ok, this is Acoustic Splinters number one:http://www.lessismore.co.uk/splinters01.m4bor if you are a safari user try this one : http://www.lessismore.co.uk/podcasts/splinters01.zipDownload it and bung...
Posted by Emil Thompson on Tue, 15 May 2007 01:30:00 PST

Muso Techno Babble..and Mic Placements.

Hello out there...there can't really be anyone reading this can there....no I thought not..Anyway...I have just posted a new song..a couple of days ago.....that song was an experiment in mic placement...
Posted by Emil Thompson on Tue, 01 May 2007 02:33:00 PST

Vinyl Ripping Blogs Are Fun !

Hey just thort Id mention the fact that there is a whole network out there of folks who digitise their old vinyl, you know, stuff ye cannae get anymore (not always)... then post it up for you to down...
Posted by Emil Thompson on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:01:00 PST

Some Heartening Words Of Mumbo Jumbo

Wanted to share this piece of text:Following the heart and not the head is at once a rewarding and harrowing experience. As you ease off the Ego and learn to trust intuition, life can begin to take yo...
Posted by Emil Thompson on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 01:15:00 PST