Ronnie M - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I have been playing the guitar and writing songs for 11 years. For my sixteenth birthday I was given some money from my grandparents and did not know what to spend the money on. My father suggested that I buy a guitar and I did just that. It was a really nasty guitar which was extremely difficult to play. I persavered with it and learned from books, magazines, by ear (from my influences) and by jamming with friends. (I feel many people sharing my boat would claim to be self taught)When I was asked to leave the family home when I was eighteen, I found that the guitar was the best vent for my anger and pain and as I later discovered, was another way to show others how happy I was too. "Sorry" was written to release my feeling of anger and guilt after I left the family home.I now get on very well with my parents and have started a young family of my own. I often co-write songs with my father. One of which is called "Problems". I have been praised by the (at that time) First minister for Scotland Jack McConnell for my performance of "Problems" during a Princes Trust Celebrate Success awards ceremony. I performed the show with a fellow songwriter called Darren Foy who sadly died last year.When writing songs, I aim to create new songs and music which not only has an original flavor, but has a piece of my heart in it too. I try to keep the lyrics powerful and meaningful in their storytelling. I often write from personal experiences and sometimes put myself in the shoes of others to enable me to write from another perspective.At the moment I balance a healthy family life with work and the focus on my music had reduced for a while. I have added songs to Myspace so I can regain my focus and develop my ideas and grow as an artist. I will write / co-write, perform, record and upload more and more songs that are original and of course, will add details to my blog when I can.I already have a good collection of songs and I grow more confident in the quality of my home recordings. Before long I aim to make a living out of my music. I do not chase fame or fortune, but an enjoyable, comfortable future.If you've stopped by my page, please feel free to leave a comment / message about my music.

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Member Since: 5/26/2007
Band Members: Ronnie -Guitars, Vocals, Songwriting - sometimes co-writing, Mandolin, Percussion, Programming, Keys, and many other (Why not if it works?)
Influences: Incubus, Bob Dylan, Tori Amos, Kate Bush, Dougie MacLean, Simon and Garfunkel, Darren Foy and many more.
Sounds Like: Well constructed, honest songwriting which creates a contemporary perspective to Folk / Rock music.
Record Label: Ronnie M

My Blog

Should I stay or should I go?

Curious about what Myspace, bebo and other networking sites are doing for me, a though crossed my mind. Is it worth keeping my musical tracks uploaded on these sites?I originally uploaded my tracks to...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:01:00 GMT

"Sorry" redone

I have added the newest version of my song "Sorry" to my profile. After tinkering around I decided to add drums and Bass guitar back in. I now prefer this version as the drums have returned the true t...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:01:00 GMT

Teenage pregnancy again?

Being older now, I can frown upon the whole teenage pregnancy thing, but when I was 12 / 13 I would have loved to have shagged pretty much any similarly aged (or especially older) girl around, given t...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:10:00 GMT

Help I'm stuck in the snow...

...not really. I just thought I'd throw that in there because as of late, the British media have been portraying the disaster that is and has been a moderate snowfall. (please note that sarcasm is use...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:15:00 GMT

Headbanging

Hi, it's been a while. I've been really busy with work as of late and I have had little time for adventures in cyberspace or in music - other than listening to Real Radio at work (It's such a bad stat...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:14:00 GMT

A disgusting question...for some

I work in a chilled room (not a relaxed area but less than 3 degrees C.) and yesterday, while I was suffering from a major bout of flatulance, I was wondering "Can my farts be seen in the chilled room...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:14:00 GMT

Hope / aspirations

When I was a young child I discovered I was good at drawing. So, in the first phase I read my Beano and / or Dandy comics and then attempted to draw the various characters. The next phase was when I w...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:20:00 GMT

Its not folk, rock or acoustic!!!!

I've uploaded a track I made a few years back. I thought some of my lovely myspace friends would like a listen. My work currently takes up too much time for me to get recording for the time being so h...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:16:00 GMT

Julie (find your way) lyrics

Here are the lyrics to Julie (find your way). My father and I co-wrote this song. Love songs and New dawnsIt's too late, I hold a heavy heartWe part, With a heavy heartJulie, I hold a heavy heartFind ...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 04:34:00 GMT

Problems lyrics

Lyrics to a song my father and I co-wrote "Problems". The song is similar to the proverb "every cloud has a silver lining" but is darker. For fourteen years she lived a lie and hoped she could forget,...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:51:00 GMT