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About Me

Hello. My name is Stephen Long. I prefer foil to cling film, like the sound ice makes when you put it in a drink, and find it very difficult to throw away shoe boxes. One of the things I do is write songs. I hope you like them. Come along to a gig and say hello.
If you would like a copy of my CD, "Seven Songs," you can order one for five squids by clicking here . I won't be dispatching these; the website will be dispatching them on my behalf. They're quite efficient and in my experience you can expect your CD within about three days, which is very good when you consider that they print one up especially for you once you've ordered it.
If you want to be kept in the loop with regards to gigs and stuff, you can either check back here regularly or join my facebook group (if you're into that sort of thing). It's called "Stephen Long's music is alright" and you can find it by clicking here .
The lovely people at Running Frog Studios in Windsor recently filmed and recorded me playing my song, "May Stars Shine On You" for their podcast (Frogcast the Podcast). Here it is:

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/12/2006
Band Members: Me.
Influences: Here are a few that spring to mind in no particular order: Frank Sinatra, The Genghis Brothers, Rufus Wainwright, Nick Drake, The Beautiful South, Sophie Henderson, Ben Folds Five, The Slugz, Dave Matthews, Jack Johnson, Rod Stewart, The Divine Comedy, Seal, Stu Murphy, Gomez, Radiohead, Polly Paulusma, Finley Quaye, Damian Delahunty, Badly Drawn Boy, The Zutons, The Seahorses, The Beach Boys, Pat Molesworth, The Beatles, The Bluetones, Oasis, Blur, James Brown, Ross Branagh, Yann Tiersen, Odette Michell, Crowded House, Ed Bell, Damien Rice, Elbow, Elvis Costello, Stephen Fretwell, G. Love & Special Sauce, Graeme High, Jason Mraz, John Mayer, Nizlopi, Ginni Hogarth, Manic Street Preachers, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Pete Yorn, Queen. Very often musical soundtracks. My mate Rob. And all the others wot I forgot.
Sounds Like: "Lovely and very quirky... Like a cross between Madness and The Streets."
- BBC Radio Berkshire

"He uses words that would make Shakespeare blush. Stephen Long sounds like Stephen Long. He doesn't sound like anyone else."
- Velocity Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Shiny New Microphone

Dear reader of this blog,I got a shiny new microphone recently. It is a USB mic that allows me to record straight into my shiny red Macbook on my recently purchased copy of Logic Express. This is the ...
Posted by Stephen Long on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:34:00 PST

The Backburner

Seemed about time for a new one of these. I've not been around of late. Those of you whom this affects may have noticed. I was on tour until late June, then I went out to The America for a ...
Posted by Stephen Long on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:47:00 PST

Rotterdam, or anywhere...

Goodness. I'm on tour. Not with my music, I hasten to add, but as assistant stage manager on a magic / mind-reading show. So I'm very busy and never at home. I rarely sleep these days, and when I do, ...
Posted by Stephen Long on Mon, 14 May 2007 04:45:00 PST

Casting Pods

Dear readers of this blog, I recently cast a pod with people who are called Dave and Steve. They do a very good podcast that they like to call, "Frogcast The Podcast." It is recorded at Running Frog S...
Posted by Stephen Long on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:29:00 PST

Me on TV

Hello. Some of you may know that I worked with Derren Brown on his last live show, "Something Wicked This Way Comes". That show is going to be televised tomorrow night (the 29th of December, 2006) at ...
Posted by Stephen Long on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 04:04:00 PST

Interesting Question

Which of these two objects would you say is the heavier?
Posted by Stephen Long on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 06:18:00 PST

Fingernails

Those of you who know me well will know of my almost feminine preoccupation with the condition of the fingernails on my right hand. This is not because of any desire to have particularl...
Posted by Stephen Long on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 09:24:00 PST

Lunch

I had soup for lunch today.
Posted by Stephen Long on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 06:03:00 PST

NEWS!

Dear readers of this blog, I will be appearing as the special, magic, featured guest on BBC Radio Berkshire's, "The Session" this Sunday (the 12th November) at 7:00pm. Be sure to tune in - it promises...
Posted by Stephen Long on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 11:02:00 PST

O Scary Little People

Last night I forgot it was Halloween. So when the doorbell rang, I answered it. And it came as quite a shock to see so many tiny, costumed people standing in front of me, screaming in their small, ch...
Posted by Stephen Long on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 06:45:00 PST