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Simon Waldram

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About Me

I have been writing and recording since 2003. I have made 3 homemade albums so far which I have released free over the net. To hear them just click on the album covers below.I am currently recording an album at home, and I also have an EP which will be released on a netlabel in the near future.


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Member Since: 8/11/2007
Band Website: simonw.dmusic.com
Band Members: Just me, but so far I have been lucky enough to work with: Steven Davies, Martin Brown, Gurdonark, Israfel and Furiousball.
Influences: Fat Tulips, The Field Mice, The Orchids, Another Sunny Day, Heavenly, The Sea Urchins, The Vaselines, The Smiths, New Order, The Sound, The Chameleons, Felt, Spacemen 3, Flying Saucer Attack, My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins, Galaxie 500, Blake Babies, Miracle Legion, The Bats, Big Star, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Go-Betweens, You Am I, The Replacements, Husker Du, Wipers, Wire, Buzzcocks, The Slits, The Raincoats, The Velvet Underground, Love, Neu, Can, Daniel Johnston, Yo La Tengo, Unrest, Half Japanese, The Shaggs, Edith Piaf, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Leonard Cohen, Tim Buckley, Jeff Buckley, Halaka, Steven Davies, Danny Short, Gurdonark, LQM, Snot Patties, Israfel, Jandek, Mohammed Rafi, The Frogs, Beat Happening, Fugazi, Embrace, Rites of Spring, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr, Sebadoh, Mutantes, The Boredoms, Melt Banana, Charmparticles, Jasmine Star, Red House Painters, American Music Club, Mazzy Star, Sexton Ming, Nic Jones, Nick Drake, Vashti Bunyan, Dick Gaughan, Tom Waits, Boards Of Canada, The Album Leaf, John Coltrane, Sonny Sharrock, Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, Marcus Belgrave.
ALSO: Hal Hartley, Andrew Bujalski, Kurt Vonnegut, J.D. Salinger, Emily Bronte, Federico García Lorca, Charles Bukowski, Harvey Pekar, Daniel Clowes, Bill Hicks, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Tamara Dean.
Sounds Like: "This is what Lou Barlow or Bill Callahan would have sounded like if they'd been signed by Sarah Records" - Greg Fox
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Browns victory in the "terrorism" vote: You can now be detained without charge for 42 days.

I wrote a blog about this issue on June 11th - the day the Bill passed. It was quite angry in its tone, so I decided to take some time to reflect and re-write it before putting it up. Since this ...
Posted by Simon Waldram on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:21:00 PST

50/90 - The 50 Song Challenge

Some of you made already know about this, but every year there is a contest called FAWM - which stands for Feburary Album Writing Month. It's name is pretty self-explanitory, I guess. The aim is to wr...
Posted by Simon Waldram on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:28:00 PST