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Neil Yates

About Me

Growing up on the moors I developed into a solitary windswept dreamer. Now I live amongst the bright city lights from where I stare up at the moon and the clouds while Kate Bush wails in the background from my stereo.

I write slowly and steadily, waiting for the inspiration to erupt and when it comes it does so all at once, out of my control.

I'm looking for a publisher who might sell my songs to tv shows. I always imagine "How it Hurt to be Lonely" playing over a Hollyoaks montage for some reason. You can buy my songs, if you want to from here...

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Member Since: 05/02/2006
Band Website: www.neilyates.com
Band Members: Neil Yates
Influences: Kate Bush, Alice Cooper, Andersson/Ulvaeus, John Williams, Howard Shore, Harry Sukman
Sounds Like: Keane, Jason Falkner, Pet Shop Boys, Queen, Peter Gabriel, Genesis and the Monkeys...
Record Label: a href="http://indiestore.7digital.com/neilyates"

My Blog

New review and (nearly) new recording

Shit, is it that long since I last blogged - you can see how much I enjoy it?! Anyway, this one is just to memorialize my latest review from Zeitgeist...it's in there if you scroll down a bitMaybe I s...
Posted by on Thu, 22 May 2008 13:40:00 GMT

First Playlist

Honestly, all these these post events didn't really happen on the same day (that would have been a good day) I'm just being lazy and saving up my posts to do all at once. Suffice to say they are recen...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:28:00 GMT

3rd Radio Airplay

This Friday (29th Feb) I'll be played on OPF Radio which comes from Salford - just down the road. Don't know what they're gonna play but I'm plumpin' on Fly or Goodbye!
Posted by on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:22:00 GMT

New online review

The nice guys at CD review site Whisperinandhollerin.co.uk have done me a pretty cool review. I'll put a link to it here
Posted by on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:10:00 GMT

I have a download store

I've set up an online store to sell my songs. Made 4 of them available at £0.79. Click on the banner if you want to buy any.
Posted by on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:34:00 GMT

New song on Xfm radio

My newest song "Gonna Teach myself to Fly" was played on Xfm Manchester on 6th December 2007 by Clint Boon of the Inspiral Carpets on his "uploaded"show. Click here to check out my profile and rate th...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:27:00 GMT

Gonna Teach Myself To Fly!

I've almost finished mixing my newest song "Gonna Teach Myself To Fly". It's a bit of an epic at 7 mins, though I never intended to write a particularly long song it just turned out that way - well it...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:34:00 GMT

Moved to Manchester

I have now moved to Manchester, where things are working out better than London, and I'm finally starting my promotional campaign, small beginnings as they say. After my debut at M19 bar this week I h...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:36:00 GMT

Gotta get a band together

So I moved to London 4 months ago, having given up my job and rented out my flat up north, with a cd of backing tracks in one hand and a toothbrush in the other (plus a change of underwear in my pock...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:53:00 GMT