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Mr.Hood

Take your time, you will get your chance to shine.

About Me

This page acts as a keyhole to the musical vision which has fuelled a lifetime of audio artistry. David Hood's journey is one to relish and enjoy; a unique tapestry of dry chords and candid lyricism, broken hearts and rescued souls, explored themes and dreamy beats. Drawing on a conflation of ideas and influences, the Hood story is perpetually changing shape; undulating through a world of styles and themes, his refusal to be bound to one medium, or to fall into a net of formulaic predictability, carves him a truly seminal, salutary place within the world of music. Evoking a cool mixture of closeness and honesty, Hood's music is the shoulder to lay your head on, the smile to find your inspiration from, and the eyes to lose yourself within. It is music for the soul; written from the soul.I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/14/2005
Band Website: unsigned.com/mrhood
Band Members: David Hood
Influences: Beck. Arcade fire. [smog]. Silver Jews. Bdp. Gunshot. Bonnie Billy. Broken family band. Clor. Fourtet. Caribou. Soulwax. Stephen Malkmus. Espers. Radiohead. Velvet Underground. Wilco. The secret machines. The Kills. Scarface. The Beastie boys. The Bumblebeez. Calexico. Giant sand. Cass Mcombs. Richard Buckner. Clinic. Andrew Bird. The Stranglers. Peter Tosh. Massive attack. Roots Manuva. Dj Shadow. Blade. Killa instinct. Katch 22. Ralfe band. Joanna Newsome. Jim'O' Rourke. The Pixies. Kraftwerk. Can. Der dritte raum. Hijack. Dave the drummer. Low. Wilco. Iron and wine. M-Ward. John Lee Hooker. Nick Cave and the bad seeds. Calvin Johnson. Mixmaster mike. Scratch perverts. RZA. Doves. Edan. Elbow. Gorillaz. Blur (specifically 13). Steve Albini. Animal collective. Os mutantes. Manu Chau. Exhaust. Doc Scott. Danny Breaks. Jon the Dentist. Love. The New shapes. Herbie Hancock. Schooly D. The Pharcyde. Kool G rap. Eric B + Rakim. Tortoise. Lcd soundsystem. Broadcast. Godspeed! you black emperor. Adem. James Yorkston. Queens of the stone-age. Micah P Hinson. King Creosote + Fence collective. Lone pigeon. Big beard Little beard. Tom Waits. Nick Drake. Jenny Dalton. Jefferson aeroplane. Manfie. Paleface. Alexander 'skip' Spencer. The moldy peaches. Dan the Automater. Amon Tobin. Two lone swordsman. Leftfield. Portishead. Neil Young (preferably with the Horse). Modest mouse. Papa-M. Whitey. Pink Floyd. The fiery furnaces. Herman Dune. Air, Geto boys. The Electric Cinema. Public Enemy. Tuung. PJ Harvey. Magnolia Electric co. Songs: Ohia. Black mountain. Terry Reid. Wooden wand and the sky high band. Tecno. Hip-hop. Rock. anything that has the Hook (I think y'all know what I'm talkin' bout). .
Sounds Like: some kid grew up listening to hip hop, spent ten years dj'ing dance music, and then mellowed out into folk and country.
Record Label: None.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Little arms around my neck

Some days I wake up, and there she is; in my head; laughing; smiling. I'm missing her so much. It's almost six months since Josie moved to Switzerland, and on days like today it really torments me. ...
Posted by Mr.Hood on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:27:00 PST

Carbon Lily remixes

Hey everybody, it's been a while since I blogged, I know, and I thought I'd let you know that the remix I did for Jenny Dalton is on her new cd 'Carbon Lily remixes'. The cd is made up of mostly reall...
Posted by Mr.Hood on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:31:00 PST

Update - New songs - New masters

Hello. It's been a while since I last left a blog, and a few things have happened in that time, so here's a little update for those of you who are interested.  First off: My remix of Jenny Dalton...
Posted by Mr.Hood on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:15:00 PST

Keeping it in the family

A couple of weeks back I recorded one of my little sister's songs for her. It's a gentle slice of beach inspired folk called 'runaway'. She played the main guitar, while I added a accompanying guitar ...
Posted by Mr.Hood on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:35:00 PST

Midweek blues

Last weekend I was very fortunate in that I was included on the guest-list for a very special party. EMI has decided to merge one of it's subsidaries; Mute records into a larger operation. Thus Mute h...
Posted by Mr.Hood on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:49:00 PST

Three to One

Last night was the last gig from The New Shapes, a band I have known and loved for a long time. Around 2002 three Watford based bands who knew each other through friends formed a gigging partnership a...
Posted by Mr.Hood on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:50:00 PST

From the sea to the stars

In October 2005 Dom Cooper and myself holed up in a friend's house in Wolverton, and embarked on 3 solid days of recording. Ten sets of lyrics made ten different songs, in one of the most intensive re...
Posted by Mr.Hood on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:24:00 PST

It's all over now

My Grandma died yesterday.  The eldest of the Hoods has gone now. As a child I was extremely close to her, being the eldest of all her grandchildren. When we lived in the same town I would spend ...
Posted by Mr.Hood on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 02:35:00 PST

Won't go away

Today I received some very sad news. I've decided to post one of my happy songs to counter my sadness. This song doesn't do anything clever, it doesn't do anything new. It's just a straight from the ...
Posted by Mr.Hood on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:37:00 PST

Friends and musics

Last night I went to watch my friends band: The Electric Cinema. They were playing at a venue in Watford that likes to think of itself as Watford's best 'live venue' and indeed several factors give cr...
Posted by Mr.Hood on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:11:00 PST