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Carly Rockett

singer-songwriter

About Me

Well im Carly Rockett and i love music,everything about it i love really ,writing songs ,playing my songs ,listening to other peoples music,going to gigs.I completed a 2 year Music National Diploma course at Brooklands College in Weybridge last year and its been invaluable to me.Ive been playing guitar for about 8 years now and ive found my own little way of playing,although my guitar playing is changing all the time as i find new inspiration.I have a tanglewood acoustic guitar which is my favourite to perform with and write songs with,i also have a fender mustang which i used alot more at college.I also have a quite nice set of vocal chords,i have been compared to alanis morrisette although i think over the past year i have found more of my own voice and how to use it better. Ive been featured on Southern Counties radio station this year as part of their demo panel,also have played live on Surrey Uni's radio station GU2 which was great fun and hopefully alot more doors will open up for me this year. At the moment im just concentrating on my music while on a gap year.I am writing new material,recording and will be gigging lots more too The songs i have up are ones i recorded at home myself with just a mic really and a very unreliable pc. I'd appreicate any comments you have about my music and if you want any more info just message me. Im also looking to gig more so if you know any good venues then message me or comment me
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Member Since: 4/22/2006
Band Members: Just little ol' me and my guitars really
Influences: I have alot of influences from the 60's i was brought up on bands like the doors,led zeppelin,the rolling stones,hendrix and janis joplin,which meant i had a pretty good musical start to life. I enjoy the work of female musicians like alanis morrissette, pj harvey,dolores o'riordan and eliza carthy for their unique styles of playing and voices. There are alot of other bands that i love who maybe dont directly influence my music but make me the musician i am,i absoutely love Nirvana lyrically Cobain was very clever.I listen to alot of different bands and varying styles so my list could go on and on,and tends to change now and then as i find other bands or songs i like
Sounds Like: Well the Southern Counties judges found it hard to describe me i have a very unique voice,but i think this is what sets me apart from other singer/songwriters.Apparently i sound like Alanis Morissette a few people have said i do but im sure you can all make your own minds up.I write songs about things that influence me,affect me or just generally something that just evolves into a song.
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Weyfest 2008

I've got the great opportunity to be performing at this year Weyfest which is taking place at The Rural Life Centre ,Tilford in Farnham. Ive played alot of gigs this year ,and alot of venues around Gu...
Posted by Carly Rockett on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:43:00 PST

I Performed Live on Radio!!!

Hey all just to let you know i performed on the Surrey Uni's radio station GU2 on the 11th April.The show was 'Andy Vale's Perfumed Garden Gnome Show' and i performed 5 and half songs....the...
Posted by Carly Rockett on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:38:00 PST

The Boileroom,rebelious monkeys and a yellow tambourine

I love playing at The Boileroom ,its such a great venue and both times ive played there its been full .....last night was again no exception ,thanks to Yellow Tambourine promoter Sian for organising t...
Posted by Carly Rockett on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:02:00 PST

wouldn't you just love?

I love performing ,i love performing my own tracks,and covers of other peoples tracks that i love.Most of all i like making other people happy with my music so  i thought why not share this. i am...
Posted by Carly Rockett on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:10:00 PST

Recordings

As you can all probably hear the recordings i have up on my myspace are not of the best quality,but they give people who are interested in my music a good idea of what im like. However i am currently ...
Posted by Carly Rockett on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 02:53:00 PST

what im all about really

Carly RockettThis undoubtedly solo acoustic work as it should be performed. Carly's presence hits you from the outset with a build up that is truly heartfelt. The use of double Vocals is a fantastic t...
Posted by Carly Rockett on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:55:00 PST

woking gig

Well thanks to all who came to the woking gig (that'd be just kris then lol) the turn out was a little lacking ,but still i had a fabulous time.It was my first gig by myself outside of college so was ...
Posted by Carly Rockett on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 04:13:00 PST