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Hello,i am Simon a singer/songwriter-musician.I started playing the guitar when i was 20..thats just over 23 years ago now!!! I started with a book by russ shipton called 'the compleate guitar player course' and painfuly started out.After 5 years of playing covers and instumentals very badly! i met Richard Corr a classical guitarist..over 2 years he inspired me how to play better and use my fingernails and play with more sensitivity.I then became a busker all around the u.k. ireland and parts of europe...i made some clasical guitar tapes that i used to sell on the streets!!...i also did play in pubs and resterants.Slowly i kept improving,then i discoverd the Cabala,Nick Drake..and things developed more deeply...and i started to write more.I do suffer with depression and have done most of my life...and in 2001 i had a major breakdown and spent some months in a mental hospital...yet i had music in my head i did not know what to do with it. In 2004 i discoverd Core Arts a mental health creative day centre(www.corearts.co.uk) and they helped me to get my music out of me...'The meadow of delight' is the title of my 22 track demo which took 16 months to make...i also made a e.p. called 'Rain' which has 4 songs on it...these were all created at core...and i made copys of them by hand. If you would like a copy of the cds..please get in touch and i will send you one!!!!..i have headlined open mic gigs around london and hope to continue doing this.I am currently working on new and old songs and music,and creating a home studio...ive still yet to do the soundprofing!! Myspace.com has given me the oppotunity to reach people with my music who otherwise would never had heard it....Thankyou Tom x All songs and music are copyright Simon Alexander Hook 2006,2007,2008.I do not have the internet at home (thank god!!)..and use internet cafes...if you want to find out a bit more about me then please get in touch and ask!!~~You can also contact me at [email protected] if you dont have a myspace account :-)...'My whole life is a frantic running from silence'---------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ www. 3wishesfaeryfest. co. uk ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------
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Member Since: 3/28/2006
Band Website: you can also contact me at... [email protected]
Band Members: Simon Alexander Hook--Accousic guitars,nylon and steel strings.Vocals,Jews Harps,Recorders,Jembes,Cartells..and a bit of piano!Craig Shaw--Mouth Organ on "The Rose 'n' Thorns'.Melanie Green--Cello on "You wont Allow"Angela Morris--Backing Vocals on "Venting" ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------You can see all of my films at Youtube.com/theboywhostayedover this is a song i wrote in 2007..'All of her wildest streak'... :) ...recorded in my kitchen 14th Jan 08!!!!! ------------- lyrics....A candle flickers gently,while he looks in her eyes, a clear perceptive mystery,that has him surprised! chor...All of her wildest streak,calms him down enough to hear, all of her at once apears...like this...like this. vs2..A symbol hangs above her head..impatiently, waiting for a boy to come,and set her free. chor.... middle...Sometimes we know,how to love,but not to let it go, a praise unknown,ive got a closed mind,you wanna open it up,mistakes and kind bound to cleave.... ...spaced out need...trace both Breath...like this....out-takes of my song 'To Believe'..in the pink room at Cora Arts. Lryics...'stop talking about that stuff again, ive been there one to many times my friend, its not what you say its what you do, dont you know i can see right staight through you? Hm? To Beleive again x3 to believe chor.... Sitting at the bus stop,waiting for the customer to leave, stareing at the big clock,wanting to find something to believe. vs2... if thinking right can save the day? i know you want it anyway... (i will post the rest of the lyrics when i put the studio recording on the Mp3 player...as i do not sing them here)the boy on hazy jane!!! :) yep!!...with the sounds of my boiler heating up!!...see if you can guess the intro at the end of the vid :-)....me talking...erm... ! me playing the jews harp with sam the deadman!!!April 08 at Core Arts. In Victoria Park..Hackney..London...April 22nd..Playing my song 'Bright Moon'...Lyrics...Fight soon be gone,bright moon shines on.(the rest of the words are improvised depending on mood...this is a short version of it :-) My song 'Phycopath'..recorded at home..may 08...Lyrics..Ah phycopath will you ever see the things you want to be?...ah phycopath will you ever laugh,oh o wont you laugh...and no one knows you on the inside...and no one takes the time to really care...Ah..phycopath will you ever see?..the things with you and me?...and the most important thing is..when dreams they turn to ashes..but i guess thats just the way the story gos...and the more i think about it...the seeds of doubt in credit...the more i find a way to...????????...mn....?......ah phycopath will you ever see the guilt inside of thee?..ah pyhcopath will you ever love??...will you??...find a way? to live?...will you fly?...fly....fly.....Fly :-)
Influences: Whatever created me,The sounds of nature,Vera Williams,Reggie Hook,Aileen Richmond,Richard Corr,Karen Woodward,Helen Russell,Ray Hodrien,Maria Davis,Russ Shipton,Clare Mee,Mel Green,Annie Moss,Craig Shaw,Ani de Franco,John Renbourn,Mark Johnson,Tatjana Valujeva,Joni Michell,Melanie safka,Rush,Iron Maiden,Accoustic Alchemy,Ravi Shankar,Pink Floyd,R.E.M,Muse,Radiohead,Ralph Mctell,The clays lane techno partys,Buskers,Stafan Rak,Simon and Garfunkel,Love,Kate Rusby,Cris Tanzi,Roy Harper,Nick Drake,John Martyn,Bert Janch,Tori Amos,Lowvee Cole,Angela Morris,Helen Panayiotou,Incubus,The Hare nam Sankirtan,Matt bradbury,Keith Norris,Digbeyemarkx,The Matrix,Krsna,Cabala,Mike Leigh,Bach,Beethoven...esp the 9th,Holst,Mahler.........I do very much enjoy sitting around a camp fire and burning dead wood from a forest and gazing into the realms 'not stoned!'',free movement trance dancing,I have walked the pennine way,the west highland way and some of the southern upland way...and day hikes on others that i cant remember!,Psudo surfing on the london undergroung'inside the carridge!',Stonhenge solstice and equinox celebrations,Core Arts recording,gigs,ceramics...the magic man Paul Monks,Sam Dead man Bierman..IT and design magus!!,Paul Lane...he help me to make my demo album cover,Xabi,Aya,The Elements,King Auther,Merlin,Ron Tree,Mitsi,Rose, Chips and curry,Tea and Coffee with milk and 2 sugars,Ciggarettes..(but ive stopped now!!),Cheese and onion pastys,Jasmine incense,Weird guitar tunings,Hanabach high tension SP classical guitar strings with carbon fibre trebles,Elixir Nano web .13 steel guitar strings,Going to open mic gigs and finding unexpected music,Paracetamol,Sabala,touroon,radha at Iskon,The DLR,Asdas,Dove Soap,Cillit Bang!!,good quality cleaning cloths,Charity shops for clothes, films etc..,A dustpan and brush instead of a hoover!,A clothes horse instead of a dryer!,A camp stove instead of a cooker!,A dvd and video tape player with moniter screen instead of Television and Cable.Tomatoes and mushrooms fried with black pepper on toast...Veggy Pitzas..Subway veggy salad..with oat bread..Organic Fruit Jucies..The Matrix,The Alchemist,Paulo Cohlo,Micheal Greer,Tuesday synergy,Chats Palace,Cyrstal Palace f.c. Kisses and cuddles,and the next creative project:)...The Boy is an only child...Go gently with him! x Hare Krsna....Jaya Radha x x x
Sounds Like: 6 silver moonbeams with sighs from the faerie folk...
Record Label: Core Arts and Home demos
Type of Label: None

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June 13th..friday...4-30pm...havnt been online for a week...i havnt done any gigs..but i have been rehursing with matt..and we will be doing a duo again in a couple of weeks time...have been teaching ...
Posted by The boy who stayed over on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:26:00 PST