CONNELLY

UH HERE GOES, I'LL TRY TO REMEMBER... Well I was born in Cheltenham in 82 and I suppose this is where I grew up. My Dad was a DJ and still is, oh and he also played bass and a bit of guitar. I got bored of school quick, I started teaching myself guitar when I was about 13. I started writing my own songs, most of which sounded like bad Nirvana rip offs or The Kinks. My fist song was called "Poor Kurt" Ha Awful! Most people in bands will tell you that they can’t pigeon hole their music when asked what it sounds like and to be honest I can’t really either. Don't see the relevance in the question and couldn't if I tried. I really have no memory before 13 but I kinda remember the first song I heard was Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean, like most kids at the time I danced along whilst screaming. It wasn’t long before other stuff came creeping along. I started to discover Motown, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, The Doors and then later Blur, Supergrass and Jeff Buckley, then Ryan Adams. I spent all my teens playing gigs and putting together bands with my mates until I decided to stay on my own. After many painful years of playing as many shows as I could get, I signed a publishing deal with Chrysalis Music Publishing after a weird show in London, in which my guitar neck snapped in half during the most important song. I then spent a many years touring the country in dives and in living rooms everywhere, doing living room tours as well as working many awful jobs and sitting in my bedroom trying to write better songs. Hiding out at home, writing and improving these songs that I felt would make up the bulk of my first record. After doing this for about two more years I signed a record deal with RCA/Sony Records and started recording my debut album. I am now coming to the end of recording it and I just cannot wait for it to be heard as I am very proud of it and believe in the songs and the record. So until my record is released please feel free to listen to these scratchy demos on here. Most of which are songs I am writing daily and uploading strait up. Which is one of the great things about the land of Online. So Please Leave your comments, Subscribe to my Blogs and most of all, Try to make a show as that is where I really feel at home. CONNELLY XMyspace Layout Stealer