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Andy

About Me

Hello! I’m Andy, Welcome to my ’Myspace’ Come in; site down, have a nice cup of home brewed tea, take your shoes off, smile and put your feet up, breathe and then relax ;-)) Officially I am the drummer of Amsterdam based Rock Band Absinthe. (check out my top friend, you’ll find the band link there). Although playing drums is a passion of mine, i have always wanted to try singing and playing Guitar, so as from November 2007 i did exactly that. I picked up the Guitar that the guys from Absinthe bought me for my last B’day present, and since then i haven’t really stopped writing songs and performing in and about Amsterdam’s open mic night scene. - For me i found music to be a release from all the none-sense in this world, the loud talkers and all the small silent watcher you’d find normally sitting in corners or shop doorways drinking cheap cans of cider and smoking woodbine (filterless) cigarettes, the shame is all of which don’t really say anything of any use other than effecting one’s breathing space. So music for me, was a way to somewhere else; without moving my head from left to right or up and down for that matter, (just something to feel) I hope you enjoy this page, its finally coming together. Smile and have a great life ;)...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 06/02/2008
Influences: Ok here we GO! This is basically all of what i wouild consider to have influenced my views and outlook to music. Jeff Buckey, Coldplay, Nivana, Bloc Party, Tracy Chapman, Shirley Bassey, Tori Amos, The Mars Volta, Queen, Metallica, Bon Jovi, Stryper, Elvis, Madonna, Absinthe, Blue October, Ani DiFranco, Artic Monkeys, Audioslave, Bjork, Catatonia, Tom Jones, David Bowie, The Mamas & the Papas, Dusty Springfield, Stereophonics, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Janis Joplin, Johnny Cash, Kaiser Chiefs, Kings of Leon, Lou Reed, Manic Street Preachers, Matchbox 20, Raconteurs, Skunk Anansie, The Doors, U2, Wolfmother, Sarah Vaughan, Jack Johnson, Celtic Folk, Cerys Matthews, Joe Cocker, Frank Zappa, Tom Petty, Fleetwood Mac, Sinatra, Dolly Parton, Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, K.D LANG, BETH ORTON, P!NK, ANNIE LENNOX, Henry Rollins, Bier, Orange Bud & Bus queue’s.
Sounds Like: Desperate Love (Burning Sun)
Record Label: Tape's, Record’s, CD’s ’n MP3’s

My Blog

Another new Demo (first take)

When will we start thinking for ourselves Written by Andy Sparkesproduced by Kevin Mansfield
Posted by on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:13:00 GMT

New Demo

'A Year From Now' www.myspace.com/andysparkes Written by Andy Sparkesproduced by Kevin Mansfield  
Posted by on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:45:00 GMT