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traite walker

About Me


Traite Walker is a name of a character that appeared years ago in a song that I wrote and has become an on going kind of project that lets me get away with more than I could normally. The bad attitude and broken hearted despair that comes out in most of the songs are all written from my experience and the character within the songs gets more of a free reign when it comes to performing them. Sometimes it works, sometimes it sucks. Mood dependent I guess, the more knarly I feel the better the songs sound.I've been compiling groups of words that resemble lyrics for years. It's only in the last few years that I've really started to put them against a musical backing consisting of nothing more than my voice and an acoustic guitar, it works for me.I had been in and out of bands for as long as I can remember, grew to dislike it for numerous reasons. This way, when I screw up I can only moan at me.I have plenty toons, all but a few are solo acoustic with vocals. At the moment I have close to 50 tunes, all of them my own. I'm kind of proud that I can do this. I could be doing alot worse.Music for me is the only form of therapy I know of and it helps stave off the demon that is banality. I hope that you enjoy the tunes that are up.There are some videos to look at aswell if you feel like it in the video section would you believe.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/11/2007
Band Website: I guess this is it for the moment
Band Members: Me, I and myself
Influences: Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix, John Martyn, Prince, Bert Jasch, Allan Holdsworth, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Steve Vai, Gary Numan, Devin Townsend, Strapping Young Lad, Warren Zevon, Randy Newman, Bruce Springsteen, Smashing Pumpkins, Rush, Adrian Belew, Henry Rollins, Hulk Hogan, Bugs Bunny,Kirsty MacColl, Jean Reno, David Bowie, The 17th President of the United States of America, My neighbours Cat, James Joyce, Robert Anton Wilson, Th eternal flame of Peter Cook, George Carlin, Derek and Clive, Jerry Sadowitz, thats enough.
Sounds Like: A guy singing with barbed wire wrapped round his throat while rhythmically mangling an acoustic guitar
Record Label: I'm a squirrel!
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Popstar on Probation

Hello blogland,Random rant time since I have some time to kill. At the moment I'm putting my setlist together for my next gig, I'm enjoying it a whole lot although it is kind of limiting only being ab...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT

It's hairy and it's scary but you know you love it

It's Monday and I have a day off work for some practice. At the moment I have 5 gigs between now and May but I'm sure if I annoy enough People I will get some more. It feels weird as I have'nt perform...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:58:00 GMT

Check my videos oot

Just thought I would put a wee blog up to say that I now have some footage of yours truly givin' it some. The footage appears a bit grainy but you'll get the point quick enough.At theĀ  moment I have 4...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:54:00 GMT

Ola Cuba, bugger off Scotland

Good morrows to ya'llIt's that time of year when I bugger off on holiday, first decent one in about 16 months so enjoy it I will. Cuba it is for a second time as the first was so mind blowing.If I com...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:29:00 GMT

The problems with technology

Good morrow ladies and jellyspoons. As some of you out there in cyberland are aware I recently performed my first gig in 6 years and the first one ever by myself . You may also be aware that I h...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:48:00 GMT

First gig

Done my first gig in 6 years last night at the Liquid Ship in Glasgow and had a really great time. The sound was fantastic and there was a nice wee crowd there aswell. I felt nervous at first but soon...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:23:00 GMT

The day after

Tis the day after another gubbing for Scotland at the rugby, this time from Wales so much booze may or may not have been consumed. I don't really remember although that pizza (chicken and sweetcorn) w...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:44:00 GMT

Random ranty blog thing time

Ok, it's Monday and I have a today and tomorrow off work. I've been up since 7.30 and I've been on the net since 7.40. My coffee is already cold but thank the Gods for  coffee perculators, t...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:07:00 GMT

The rehabilitation continues

Another week and another unwarranted but strangely cathartic performance. Thursday I went out to a local pub for the second week in a row and done a short 3 song set, all my own toons. It's stran...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:41:00 GMT

Doin it live

Done my first public performance in 6 months on thursday night and done 2 of my own songs, 'mea culpa' and an instrumental called 'anthonys twilight tree climb'. I think the performance went ok, actua...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:31:00 GMT