Hello there, welcome to my page. Pull up a chair. Make yourself at home. Tea and coffee facilities are available if you wish to help yourself to a hot beverage. Muffins and other cake-related snacks are available for a modest surcharge.I'm a singer-songwriter from the UK, and right now I'm away travelling in Australia. Here is my page, with some of my songs on it, and my video. Perhaps I met you and gave you this link. If so, thanks for making good on your promise to check out my page! Perhaps you found it all by yourself? If so, 10/10 for using your initiative.If you like my music then feel free to loiter, but please keep your feet off the cushions and upholstered surfaces. Don't forget look for my 12-track album on one of the following music stores - that way you get the music for keeps, and I get more beer money!iTunes | Napster | Rhapsody | eMusic | Amazon MP3And now for my video...When I Was Made - Andrew Bond
Add to My Profile | Directed by Hannah Dornford-MayIf I was to sum it all up I would say that I have a totally unique approach to songwriting. All my life I have wanted to create and perform my own music. I'm a self-taught musician and I have worked with various Blackpool-based bands in my time.I started recording home demos of my songs using a cheap microphone and a tape recorder way back in the faded memories of my teenage years. Back then I was keenly aware I was doing something different, yet not even my friends knew I was writing. I hoarded my songs in secret, yet I was convinced my music would catch on like wildfire one day. The songs you are hearing now are both the result of a long journey and an early point in an even longer one.Beset by the nerves of a bedroom musician, I was something of a late starter in playing live (I played my first solo gig aged 21) but I have now headlined countless acoustic nights in and around Blackpool, and I have gone on to win over many people and make many friends in the music scene.Although I am essentially a solo acoustic performer, I regularly play live with harmonica wizard Paul Bamford (Empty Headed Heroes, Lotus Circle), and I was delighted to team up with musicians Stephen Ladley (the Bergeracs, Lotus Circle), Chris Sebok (Hind-D) and Kev Atherton (Empty Headed Heroes) to perform my songs at my album launch party on 27th October 2006 - a night which was heavily featured in the local press and signified my coming of age as a singer-songwriter.The ensuing album 'Closer to the Lamplight' shifted lots of copies and was voted one of the top albums of the year on a local music website, in what was a big year for the Blackpool music scene. My songs also featured heavily in a 'name your favourite songs by Blackpool bands' web poll. In the past year I have gigged in Manchester, Huddersfield, Accrington and Brighton, and my music has met with a brilliant response that shows it would have huge appeal anywhere.After an extensive period of songwriting in the winter of 2006/07, my comedy songs (such as 'Bondy's Sunday Morning Blues') have been featuring more and more in my live repertoire. Although I mainly set out to make 'serious' music, I have noticed what a big response comedy stuff tends to get. I try to make my gigs a meeting-point of these two styles - everyone loves a laugh and I'd be the first to admit the acoustic stuff can get a little melancholy at times.On a personal level 2007 was a bit of a weird year. I was laid off from my job (doing computer techy stuff) in the spring, and I decided I wanted to live my dream of a 'gap year' and do some travelling. I spent the summer journeying round various hidden nooks and crannies of eastern Europe doing some busking. My tunes went down a storm with the good people of the Ukraine! I got into some right old scrapes - buy me a beer and I'll tell you all the stories.There have been some interesting musical highlights too, such as getting my first music video screened at Blackpool Odeon (see above) and playing Tommyfest 2, but I mainly passed the time doing the odd gig and writing oodles of fantastic new material.My travels in the summer of 2007 fuelled my appetite for adventure so now I've set off on the open road with just a round-the-world air ticket and my guitar for company... who knows what the future might bring.Well I hope this lengthy introduction has passed muster with your good self. Listen to all the tunes, and if you like them message me, 'cos I always love feedback - good or bad. Don't take offence if I don't respond immediately - chances are I'm three weeks away from the nearest Internet cafe!You can also buy my CD by clicking on the handsome album cover below. It has 12 tracks on it and it's available for the bargain price of 5 UK Pounds, which is roughly 10 Yankee or Aussie dollars in today's money. I hope you like my stuff. If you don't though, my album might be worth a few quid on Ebay in a few years' time, so why not invest in a copy now! I ship worldwide for no extra cost.If you like a particular song the entire album is also available on Napster, iTunes, and a few other digital music thingummy-bobs I can't remember the name of right now. See the links at the top.That's all for now people. Keep listening, and keep on keepin' on.Bondy
