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Steve Brown

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TO GET A COPY OF MY NEW CD 'TEMPORARY ENTERTAINER' GO HERE........................................................ .......................................... Recorded by Gavin Monaghan (Nizlopi, Ryan Adams, Editors) at Magic Garden Studio, I have to say I'm really proud of it! I write catchy pop songs basically, with lots of nice little tunes. I try and write lyrics that actually have something to say. I've been doing solo gigs around Manchester for a little while and my band are starting to come up from Birmingham to do gigs (check out upcoming dates). I'm a shameless self promoter. I've had a few releases and plays on the radio and a few brushes with celebrities (but the restraining orders make that increasingly difficult these days). I once met Toby Anstis of CBBC fame. I also run a 15 piece samba drumming group called Samba Central in Birmingham and a new band in Lancashire called The Titus Stacks. I'm a multi instrumentalist, composer, music teacher and samba workshop leader (I get kids to hit drums instead of each other). That's about it...really...

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Member Since: 24/02/2006
Band Website: www.stevenbrown.net
Band Members: Steve Brown: Vocals, guitars...... Dan Nicholls: Keys...... Dan Wilkins: Kora (African harp), mbira, various weird and wonderful instruments...... Jim Bashford: Drums...... Ryan Trebilcock: Bass......
Influences: MUSIC: Bobby McFerrin, Martin Simpson, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Radiohead, Bjork, Olodum, John Martyn, Nick Drake, Fela Kuti, Aphex Twin, Matmos, Toumani Diabate, Jeff Buckley, Billy Bragg, Tom Waits, The Beatles, Joanna Newsom, Frank Zappa, Beck, Nick Cave, Johnny Cash, REM, Massive Attack, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Debussy, Michael Jackson, John Cage, Mr Scruff, DJ Shadow, The Streets, Eric Trufaz, Nizlopi, Kid Koala, Rufus Wainright, Unbelievable Truth, Bob Dylan, Steve Reich, Supergrass, Damien Rice, Bill Frisell, Djelemadi Tounkara, Jimi Hendrix, live samba drumming, African drumming (particularly Jahman Sillah), Taiko drumming. OTHER STUFF: Robert Frost, Ted Hughes, No Logo, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Curious Incident About the Dog in the Night-time, Lord of the Rings.
Sounds Like: "I've seen a lot of acoustic acts this year and Steve Brown's performance has to be the best I've seen." BLEEDING HANDS "A talented and interesting crop of ideas" MANCHESTER MUSIC
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

LOTS OF NEWS AND EVEN SOME PUPPY POO...

Well hello there! For those of you that are new to the hallowed halls of the 'Steve Brown Mailing List': Welcome! You are among esteemed company. For those of you that are old hats at this, sorry for ...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:37:00 GMT

EP IN THE PIPELINE / BBC WORLD CUP FINAL GIG

Well hello! My first blog...let's hope I've got something good to say... I am currently in talks with producer Gavin Monaghan (Nizlopi, Ryan Adams, Editors) at Magic Garden Studios to record my new ep...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:42:00 GMT