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About Me

Alongside a successful career as a live sound engineer and tour manager, Graham has been writing and recording his own music now for several years. Taking inspiration from, his life 'on the road' with acts such as Joseph Arthur, Kula Shaker, and Gomez. The situations he has found himself in, places visited and the characters he has met are all reflected here in his first collection of songs to be released - 'alphabetical songs.' Combining the influences of his youth such as Nick Drake, David Sylvian and Brian Eno along with more recent discoveries like John Fahey, Steve Reich and Yo La Tengo the listener is lured into an innocent world of uplifting melodies and quizzical lyrics. Introducing us to his photography with his album artwork and web gallery, he allows us a glimpse at the 21st century as he sees it and, always in search of simplicity, both his music and images allow us to share a moment of space in the ever distracting world in which we live.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/4/2005
Band Website: grahampattison.com
Band Members: Alonza Bevan, Paul Winter-Hart, Fulton Dingley, Susan James, Marcus Fellowes, Brett Findlay, Kenny Siegal, Brian Geltner, Gwen Snyder, Victoria Isaac, The Pentland Crown Choir...
Influences: Laurie Anderson, Joseph Arthur, Daniel Ash, David Attenborough, The Beatles, John Barry, Tchad Blake, JJ Cale, Miles Davis, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Steve Earl, Brian Eno, John Fahey, Mitchell Froom, Simon & Garfunkel, Woodie Guthrie,Philip Glass, Stehen Hawking, Son House, Stanley Kubrick, Daniel Lanois, Johnny Marr, Russell Mills, Ennio Moricone, William Orbit, Mark Feltham, Peter Gabriel, Steve Reich, Broken Social Scene, Elliott Smith, Sufjan Stevens, The Rolling Stones, David Sylvian, Talk Talk, Yo La Tengo, The The, Danny Thompson, U2, Suzanne Vega, The Verve, Orson Wells, Wilco, Iron and Wine, Neil Young...
Sounds Like: Himself...
Record Label: Green River Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

From another Place...

How do you know when you read something if it's true?Words from a higher consciousness simply feel correct. "The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any mor...
Posted by Graham Pattison on Sat, 27 May 2006 05:34:00 PST

Fribourg...

So I found where all the lost children find all the lost songsand sing them on the streetand hold out there hands for pieces of silveryoung boys choirgypsy poetrycello whisper singingall can be found ...
Posted by Graham Pattison on Wed, 03 May 2006 05:33:00 PST

Something in here for everybody...

Quote from Nelson Mandela's 1994 Inaugural speech: "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, th...
Posted by Graham Pattison on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 08:11:00 PST

No Direction Home...

Watching the TV screen static after a 3 hour Bob Dylan marathon. Never a dull moment. Even the greats fall foul to the every day. If I gleamed anything from this well publicised documentary it was ...
Posted by Graham Pattison on Sun, 13 Nov 2005 05:17:00 PST

The tail of one thing

is eaten by the mouth of the next... I haven't yet wiped the tiredness from my eyes and I'm again searching for the next direction. Travelling is addictive, playing shows a blessing. This is ...
Posted by Graham Pattison on Wed, 09 Nov 2005 07:09:00 PST