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About Me

A self-proclaimed passionate man, Richard Radford describes his music as "Rock with a dose of emotion. I like to describe my music as not contrived, but straight from the heart. I didn't write these songs deliberately. It sounds cliche, but I write out of necessity because my emotions nag at me. Once I start writing it's very hard for me to stop. It's kind of like the songs start writing me instead of me writing them. It's cathartic and necessary for my own sanity." Drawing on influences such as U2, The Verve, Tears For Fears, and The Police, Radford's voice and music gives way to a Britpop feel, accented with textured guitar work and introspective lyrics. He admits that most of his love stories are without happy endings. Whether exploring the loud or soft extremes of his dynamic vocal range, Richard Radford aspires to classic songwriting, tastefully incorporating retro sensibilities and sweet-sounding hooks.
"Songwriter Richard Radford manages that slick-yet-sincere sound that was so big in the mid '80s. Think Tears For Fears or Depeche Mode, but think of them as solo acts." --Dale Maley/Out & About Magazine
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Music:

Member Since: 11/7/2004
Band Website: Coming Soon.
Band Members: Richard Radford
Influences: In no specific order and always changing: U2, The Verve, Jeff Buckley, Louis Armstrong, Coldplay, Supergrass, Tears For Fears, The Beatles, The Pretenders, South, Blur, New Order, Radiohead, Television, The Doors, Camaro Hair, Men At Work, The Police, The Cranberries, The Righteous Brothers, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Depeche Mode, George Winston, Neil Diamond, Johnny Cash, John Denver, Bob Dylan, B.B. King, The Eagles & The Beach Boys.
Sounds Like: Originality with traces of the above. Multifarious. Real.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

My music featured on NewNoiseRadio's Indiefrecuencia...

Hi folks, What Is This (I Don't Want It To Stop) was featured on NewNoiseRadio's Indiefrecuencia. Thank you to Marie Debon for taking an interest in my music and playing me inbetween some of my favori...
Posted by Richard Radford on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 10:56:00 PST

College Ruled

I'm sitting here trying to make sense of some lyrics I've been writing over the past couple weeks. Sheets of paper ripped from a single subject spiral notebook. College Ruled. No it didn't...college s...
Posted by Richard Radford on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 02:10:00 PST

Time doesn't really exist.

We're just stuck inside a moment that is subdivided into smaller moments. These moments are really nothing more than existence itself. Our bodies change over these moments...and it's inconceivable fo...
Posted by Richard Radford on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:38:00 PST

Take a number...

Hello friends. Hello friends of friends of friends! Hello to those of you who will read this that are not yet my friend. Ad infinitum. Networking is awesome! Or is it? We're all strangers at best. In ...
Posted by Richard Radford on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 10:32:00 PST

Coming along. Getting closer. Almost finished.

Salutations. Just felt a need to update everyone on the status of my new material. It's going great, and hopefully will be finished and up on this space within a week. That's great news for you! Home...
Posted by Richard Radford on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 11:54:00 PST

Carpooling

I was just reading a science magazine and couldn't put it down. My brain was spinning from all the neat goodness that resided within the pages of that periodical. Apparently there have been 4 or 5 tim...
Posted by Richard Radford on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 10:18:00 PST

Too much coffee, not enough sleep...

I've never been much of a coffee drinker in the past, but now, I seem to be dependent upon it. Would this classify as an addiction? A real addiction, or a pseudo-not-really-a-drug addiction? Doe...
Posted by Richard Radford on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:34:00 PST

Studio Musings (Part 1)

(Cue theme song) I've been constantly tripping over guitar cables, mic cables, guitar effects pedals, screwdrivers (for use on my exhausted brain), an xylophone (for texture!), and other assorted stud...
Posted by Richard Radford on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 03:27:00 PST

Substance & Sincerity (The state of Myspace)...

To whom it may not concern, I'm surprised, on a consistent basis, by what I see and hear on myspace. I would estimate that 90 percent of the content is absolutely crap (in my opinion), but ...
Posted by Richard Radford on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:55:00 PST

Past The Point Of Knowing

Well, it's time to debut another track off of my self-produced EP. Past The Point Of Knowing. I love how the music player cuts off part of the title leaving you to draw your own conclusions on what yo...
Posted by Richard Radford on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:21:00 PST