ed tierney

What is a biography anyway? Can you the reader ever possibly know who Edward Tierney is by reading a few lines?Before I wrote this I read about a dozen biographies from singer/songwriters and the same things kept coming up like Live performances of startling intensity Distinctive voice, unique style Amazing haunting melody And loads of other overly descriptive words. I would agree that we must all sell ourselves to the best of our ability, but I recon artists have been using their biographies not to impress the people who will listen to them but to some majestic English professor somewhere on high who decides if youve used enough buzz words in your press releases and bios.Something else that bothers me about the whole thing is the term Singer/songwriter. To me its used too much and seems to denote someone whos a REAL Musician (They MUST be good Their SINGER/SONGWRITER). What a load of Pompous muck. I cant stand the term (thats not to say I dont like people who sing and write songs because I very much do).My skin crawls when Im referred to as a singer/ songwriter because I know like most musicians that being a singer /songwriter is not the only thing I can do. The finality of the term doesnt suit me at all.So lets get down to it! Have you ever tried to write about yourself and found that when it comes to selling the positive is seems far more difficult than reaming out the negative. We always find it so easy to pick holes in ourselves and others. Its hard to praise, especially to give oneself praise so; I throw back a question to the biography writing thing and ask,What do you want to know??Or would it be better for me to toe the media line and over feed my biography with OTT descriptive words? No, I wont do it; you get lied to everyday by advertising and newspapers.So how do I describe my music? I have no idea; others will do that for me. I have in the past been described in the past as a cross between Kurt Cobain and Johnny Cash but you will never get an unbiased opinion from your mother so I dont buy a word of it. All I know is I love what I do , I love how happy it makes me to know I can play and write the way I can, I also know that I havent heard what I sound like done by anyone else before but, thats my opinion and you will have yours.After that isnt the rest just hot air?Am I now supposed to tell you about my life? I wont. But I dont need to. So, I suppose Im coming to you now with a lack of bull and an open mind hoping you get what Im on about. So now the time for talk is over now its time to listenCheers Edward Tierney