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Keith

About Me

Yo - I am Keef. I live in Edinburgh, working as a software peon and I keep my abode in the city centre, accompanied by a giant robot and an elite crew of trained dogs. I fear nothing but the words of Al Gore, the illusion of progress, and zombies.
On my own time, I do stuff with, listen to, think about and have in the past played, music - I try to go and see bands from the local scene when I can, of which there are a great many worthy of your attention.
A couple of years ago, I played drums in a few such bands - 8MWTD, Night Noise Team, Athens of The North, the Kirstyn Knowles Band; one or two of these are still going and sounding great, please check them out below. I've been out of commission for a while (RSI - be very, very afraid), but am hoping to make a gradual comeback and get my hand back in (no pun intended. argh!), so stay tuned. :)
Geek warning: I play Sabian Xs20 cymbals and a Tama maple snare, with BigDog pedals and hardware, and at home a Roland TD-12 v-drum kit and Vintage v950 Bass, into a small recording setup with an Alesis recording interface and M1 MKII monitors.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 13/01/2008
Band Website: http://www.last.fm/user/keithkirkwood
Band Members: Me and people like me.
Influences: Muse, Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Gordian Knot, Idlewild, Oceansize, Jamiroquai, Biffy Clyro, Yourcodenameis:milo, 65daysofstatic, Imogen Heap, Sia Furler, The Mars Volta, Dredg, Medeski Martin and Wood, Dillinger Escape Plan, Jimmy Eat World, Mogwai, Rage Against The Machine, Pure Reason Revolution Explosions in the Sky, Zero 7, Aereogramme, YouthMovies, all the unsigned bands you never hear about and then realise are completely awesome, and more at http://www.last.fm/user/keithkirkwood
Sounds Like: Some combination of the above. You are what you eat.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Tunes / Plan

Posted up a couple more tunes in the player to keep 'Ides' company - Original studio version of 'Menolick' from my stint (a while ago now) playing drums with Night Noise Team - they've been going agai...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:54:00 GMT

Have's.

Have been getting my ass handed to me by RSI for the past *year and a half*. Have been given a clean bill of health (although it stills smarts now and again), have new job, have new toys, have new pla...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:28:00 GMT