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Gareth Knapman

About Me

Theatre actor/director and musician Gareth Knapman was born and bred in Birmingham (UK) and now lives and works in Leipzig (Germany). He performs solo as a singer/songwriter; plays lead guitar and sings backing in the band 'The Flow'; sings and plays piano in the music duo the '3rd Rock Piano Project' and runs his own 'Ubiquity Theatre Company'.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 09/07/2007
Band Website: www.ubiquitytheatre.com
Band Members: Gareth Knapman - vocals; guitar; piano and anything else that makes a sound...
Influences: Blues (Robert Johnson, Peter Greene, Eric Clapton, John Mayall, Albert King...)

60's Soul (Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Wilson Pickett)

Rock 'n' Roll (Chuck Berry, The Beatles)

Loads of singer/songwriters like Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Billy Bragg etc...
Sounds Like: Himself - with a whole load of ideas stolen from his influences!!
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Check out this event: FREE DEMO WORKSHOP (Leipzig)! Theatre for advanced and native speakers

Hosted By:Ubiquity Theatre CompanyWhen:12 May 2009Where:Ubiquity Theatre CompanyKurt-Schumacher-Str.49Leipzig04105Description:The chance for advanced to native speakers to use their English within Lei...
Posted by on Sat, 09 May 2009 12:24:00 GMT

My Souljanka experience

I've been into Leipzig's 'Souljanka Records' music studio ([email protected]) over the past couple of weeks getting the three songs on my profile properly and professionaly recorded.It's been a great cou...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:30:00 GMT

Weekly piano night in Leipzig

White rabbits; white rabbits; white rabbits! the piano nights going well - me and Micha are working well together and most of the comments are about how well we go together on stage and in music. ...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Marktplatz, LEIPZIG - 3.August @ 22.00

03 Aug 2007, 22:00 - Classic Open Leipzig - Gareth Knapman Spielt!! Markplatz (am Altes Rathaus) Leipzig, Sachsen 04103 DE ENGLISH: Gareth is playing in front of around 5000 people in the Classic O...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:30:00 GMT