Paul Ai Wen Hannam - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I am a guitarist who is classically trained since the age of seven. I gave up doing exams around the age of thirteen I think and decided to play rock music and that's what I have been doing ever since.
I used to have to be told to practice my guitar, all those years of nagging(but very well appreciated nagging mind!!) I hope have paid off because now it is a huge passion and rarely a day goes by that I don't play...
I have only been writing my own tunes for about 6 years properly, I just used to play dodgy covers and got my inspiration from bands like Nirvana and Manic Street Preachers.
It's quite an expensive hobby which I continue to waste money on, buying anything that will make a noise...
I have played in a few bands, some doing better than others, so if anyone would like to join me in making music, gigging then just let me know...I am open for doing soundtracks of any kind, so if you would like some tunes written then just send me a message....

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/7/2005
Band Website: xfmuploaded.co.uk/paulaiwenhannam
Band Members: Paul Ai Wen Hannam plays -
Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Ukulele, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Theremin, Drum Beats, Glockenspiel plus anything that makes a noise...
Influences: John Frusciante Manic Street Preachers Rodrigo y Gabriela Muse Slint Sonic Youth Damien Rice Radiohead Explosions In The Sky U/C/D/C/L/C/R/C/ABC+START Godspeed You! Black Emperor Graham Coxon Jeff Buckley Fugazi Joy Division Fridge Hood Tortoise Mogwai Nirvana
Sounds Like: Melodic instrumental music written in a bedroom on an 8 track with dodgy drumbeats and lots of inspiration from everyday life.
Record Label: None at the mo, but if you are interested...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

what’s going on?

was just wondering what's going on... does anyone still read these myspace blogs? i'm off to cloudy pisa this weekend, escaping cloudy london.byeee
Posted by Paul Ai Wen Hannam on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:42:00 PST

New Tunes of 2008

Greetings myfaces! It's 2008 and time for new Pauly Paul tunes!I have been bit distracted over the past 2 months...But i'm trying to get back into recording, especially annoying repetitive tunes!I've ...
Posted by Paul Ai Wen Hannam on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:42:00 PST

The Black Tie Acoustic 01/11/2007

I have recorded my last song "The Black Tie" as an Acoustic song cleverly titled "The Black Tie Acoustic"...BUt I 'm not uploading it yet till I have permission from my friends band as I have used my ...
Posted by Paul Ai Wen Hannam on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:57:00 PST

The Black Tie - 21/10/2007

Well I was complaining about being stuck, but i've recorded my second tune this weekend...makes up for not going out, well i did go out, but not for long, don't think Brent Cross counts... Anyway yes,...
Posted by Paul Ai Wen Hannam on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:10:00 PST

Forever, Maybe - 20/10/2007

New tune recorded today 20th October 2007... Recorded just on spanish guitar, it's quite a mellow tune compared to my recent recordings, felt like i needed to chill for a bit... please have a listen, ...
Posted by Paul Ai Wen Hannam on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 05:10:00 PST

Destroyed The Balance Of Day - 14/10/2007

Another new tune from the Paulster......called - "Destroyed The Balance Of Day"No keyboards on this one shock horror, just distorted electric guitars and messy solo type thing at the end... I'm chuffe...
Posted by Paul Ai Wen Hannam on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 07:57:00 PST

He Murmured - New Tune 06/10/07

Hello peeps, I have recorded a new spanking tune called "He Murmured" which I had put a rough demo up during the week...This version is similar but layered full of trings and guitars and a short but s...
Posted by Paul Ai Wen Hannam on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 08:30:00 PST

Future Song Titles...

When I write my tunes, I don't normally have a title in mind, usually I search and search for titles...something always pretentious maybe, but they seem to do the trick... Here are some future titles ...
Posted by Paul Ai Wen Hannam on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:49:00 PST

Face Like A Funeral

This is my first recording in nearly a month, it's called "Face Like A Funeral" It's quite basic but I like it and it continues my use of Strings that I have been repeating quite a lot, but when I can...
Posted by Paul Ai Wen Hannam on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:24:00 PST

Paul is recording again this weekend....

I haven't recorded for about 2 weeks so i'm going to make some kind of effort this weekend to lay some stuff down and hopefully have it online by the end of the weekend... I have a few ideas but none ...
Posted by Paul Ai Wen Hannam on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:49:00 PST