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Sammy Barker

About Me


iTunes Stores:
Hi, I'm Sammy Barker. I make music that I like the sound of. This is my MySpace profile and I'll talk to you about anything you want me to talk about. Check me out around the Internet:
    Gin & Tonic on iTunes YouTube.com Last.FM get2sammyb.co.uk - personal blog

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 29/02/2008
Band Website: http://www.get2sammyb.co.uk
Influences: The Cure, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Anberlin, The Smiths, Madonna, Fleetwood Mac, Hed Kandi (the label), Basement Jaxx, Daft Punk, Mylo, Kylie Minogue, Linkin Park, Imogen Heap, Goldfrapp, Timbaland, Texas, Chic, Stevie Wonder, The Bee-Gees, The Pipettes, Placebo, Prince, Public Enemy, The Rat Pack, Reel Big Fish, Rogue Traders, S Club 7, Nintendo, blink-182, SEGA, Sherwood, Super Furry Animals, Weezer, Wham!, All Saints, Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse, Arcade Fire, Oasis, No Doubt, No Order, Joy Division, Culture Club, New Found Glory, The Starting Line, Nelly Furtado, Mylo, The Supremes, Michael Jackson, Morrissey, Men Women & Children, Simian Mobile Disco, Ladytron, McFly, The Marvelettes, Pink Martini, Hellogoodbye, Depeche Mode.

Sounds Like: Kylie Minogue, Daft Punk, Goldfrapp, Madonna, Lily Allen, Rogue Traders, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, The Pipettes, Calvin Harris, Basement Jaxx, Hellogoodbye, Frankmusik, Dead Disco, Glass Candy.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

I Said "You’re Lucky"

I found out my cat is dying today. It makes me feel strange because I'm not sure of the morals here -- sure if he was a human he would be put on dialysis. Every effort would be put into practice to sa...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:38:00 GMT

Still Alive

Sorry I've been so inactive lately. I'm spending all my Internet time on my new website www.get2sammyb.co.uk which is really important because it's going to become my central hub for making money whil...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:34:00 GMT

Writing Again

http://www.get2sammyb.co.uk/509/writing-again/ After many lazy, lazy, lazy dayz (and spending a couple of times building my new site), I finally got back to writing songs. I now have 3 uncomplete idea...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:13:00 GMT

Glitch For Free-ch

Hi everyone,The recently "upped" Glitch Mix of Gin & Tonic is now up for free download. If you fancy grabbing it just go on my MySpace profile, locate it in the "Music Player" and press "Download"...
Posted by on Tue, 27 May 2008 10:22:00 GMT

Scouting For Photos (NOT GIRLS).

Gin & Tonic remix should be up either today or tomorrow.New song and it's B-side well in the writing process.That's all. :)Sammy. xxxxxx.
Posted by on Sat, 24 May 2008 03:12:00 GMT

My New Daily Allotted Music Time

I realised while I was away this week that I'm wanting to: a) take a career in music; b) spend lots of university fee's on music degree and; c) be famous - yet I don't spend half as much time practici...
Posted by on Mon, 19 May 2008 08:44:00 GMT

Blub-blob-blib I’m back!

Where's Sammy been? Away is the answer. Chilling (hate that expression) and thinking. I have new found enthusiasm and new found interest and I want to get straight down to the ground and tell you abou...
Posted by on Sat, 17 May 2008 10:49:00 GMT

"Gin & Tonic" Is Out Today!11

Hey,Well after a long time (I started this song in February :O) the new "single" is finally out. I had some big problems with iTunes and some problems with my "artist name". It's all sorted now. Worrr...
Posted by on Thu, 08 May 2008 03:52:00 GMT

An Announcement

Hey guys,The last few months have been fucking confusing. Here I was sitting on the best song I've ever written, with two more good ones in the pipeline and a couple of popular songs from the "old day...
Posted by on Thu, 01 May 2008 16:00:00 GMT

New Video Tutorial Thingy - Glitch Drums

Inspired by my remix of Gin & Tonic which is fucking bloody awesome (can you hear the hype machine cogs spinning here?) I decided to do a little tutorial on how to make controllable glitchy sounds...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:10:00 GMT