Cage of Stars - New Game Plan!

About Me

Cage of Stars are a acoustic duo from Northamptonshire. The band formed in early 2007, and have been writing songs non-stop ever since. Aiming to create music that sounds 'real' and not manufactured, moving but unsentimental, the pair use a fusion of styles inspired by their diverse and sometimes seemingly contrary musical backgrounds to produce work that is more than simply the sum of their influences. Keep watching to witness their continually evolving sound.
Ok, so that's the third person blurb. I feel kinda weird writing as if I'm not me, so I thought I would also write a personal intro to our page. It's true what I say above about trying to write music that sounds 'real', because being truthful (or true to myself) is really important to both me and phil in our songs. We write mainly in a really instinctive way (just 'if it feels right, then it's right) so I wouldn't say we were influenced much by fads in music, just the genuine classy stuff that stays with you. Anyway, hope you enjoy Helen xx
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/28/2007
Band Members: Helen - Vocals. Phil - Guitar, Vocals

Influences: Musicians/Bands: Eva Cassidy, Incubus, Snow Patrol, Foo Fighters, Goo Goo Dolls, Yellowcard, +44, Jump Little Children, BB King, Box Car Racer, 3 Doors Down, Damien Rice, Bic Runga, The Fray, Sarah McLachlan, Chuck Berry, Heather Nova, U2, Feeder, The Shins, Bob Dylan, Lifehouse, The Smashing Pumpkins
Other stuff: Poetry's a pretty big one - Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Yeats, Robert Frost and just random poems of genius! Scenes/lines/moments in films - some of my fave films for this kinda inspiration are - Garden State, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, All the Real Girls, Pan's Labyrinth, anything by Miyazaki. The world - and things happening out here/there which can move you or make you mad! Family and friends and personal experiences are probably the biggest influence there is though.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Radio Eye 103.0 FM

Hey Everyone! Time for an update me thinks... Firstly... The acoustic battle! We came joint 4th, only 2 points behind the winning band. Not bad considering there were 17 acts just in the fin...
Posted by Cage of Stars - New Game Plan! on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:52:00 PST

The Final Countdown - Battle of the Acoustics

Well, we made it! We’re through to the final of the Battle of the Acoustics at The Shed in Leicester! We played the Semi last Friday, and there was some good competition but we fought the good f...
Posted by Cage of Stars - New Game Plan! on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:41:00 PST

We’re through to the next round!

Hey Everyone! In case anyone didn't know, we played a gig at The Shed in Leicester on Friday last week which was a battle of the acoustic bands. It was a great night, with some great bands, and we wer...
Posted by Cage of Stars - New Game Plan! on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:33:00 PST

Be Kind Rewind Watch it then watch it again!

Phil and I went to see 'Be Kind Rewind' (new film with Jack Black in it for anyone who's going huh?) the other day. We both left the cinema properly grinning like idiots, which really doesn't ha...
Posted by Cage of Stars - New Game Plan! on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:55:00 PST

All Systems GO!!!

My first blog of 2008! Where do I begin? You may have noticed a change to our site. We've upgraded the look and added 3 new songs since the start of the year. All the artwork on the page, on the songs...
Posted by Cage of Stars - New Game Plan! on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:42:00 PST

No longer around...

If you've experienced grief, you'll know it comes in waves (stages i guess but for me it feels like waves - rises up and smacks you down). Our new song 'So Wrong' is about the point where you think y...
Posted by Cage of Stars - New Game Plan! on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:59:00 PST

Heath Ledger...

This is a weird feeling...I can't quite get it out of my mind. Since hearing about Heath Ledger's death (god, it even seems surreal writing it out like that) late on Tuesday night, I have been thinki...
Posted by Cage of Stars - New Game Plan! on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:10:00 PST

Where do we go from here?

Hi everyone, and belatedly, Happy New Year!It's been an age since I last blogged so I'm almost not sure what to write! I guess maybe starting with summing up 2007:What to say? Since we only formed i...
Posted by Cage of Stars - New Game Plan! on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:30:00 PST

I will not be a cynic, I will not be a cynic

I seem to have crossed paths with a lot of bitter people lately. Or maybe there was not even that many of them, just the sheer hostility of them has left an impression on me. We've probably all met ...
Posted by Cage of Stars - New Game Plan! on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:50:00 PST

Driven - the story

Ok, so hopefully if you're reading this, you've had a listen to our new song 'Driven'. Well, this song's a bit of an experiment so I thought I'd give a little bit of explanation. To me all songs are...
Posted by Cage of Stars - New Game Plan! on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:15:00 PST