Stephen Durrant. - [New song up!!]

About Me

Nice Things People Have Said About Me
You've got great voice and I hope you do really well.
Sarah Nixey, vocalist (Black Box Recorder)
The soft and light songs from Stephen Durrant reach right out and grab you by the collar ... extremely intimite and personal...
Corinne, Pluginmusic.com
...voice not far from that of Paul Heaton, embellished with a touch of Elliott Smith...
Lily, Gonzai.com
Biography (a short one...)
I am a singer/songwriter from Kingston. I write songs that could be classed as something along the lines of 'melodic indie-pop'. I'm inspired by a lot of things - some musical (i.e. The Beatles and Brian Wilson), some not so musical (i.e. David Lynch, the ocean, pug dogs).
I love collaborating with other singers and musicians, so please do get in touch if you would like to work together, somehow. I also have a deep passion for cinema, so would equally like to contribute music to short/feature films if the opportunity arises.
Anyway, thanks a lot for visiting my Myspace. I hope you like what you hear and keep checking back for more songs/upcoming gig dates.
Cheers
Stephen x

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/9/2006
Band Website: britband.com/bands/Stephen Durrant
Band Members: I am the only member.
Influences: The Beatles, Paul McCartney, The Beach Boys, Scott Walker, Neil Young, Caravan, The Zombies, Ben Folds, David Bowie, Heavenly, Frank Zappa, Tom Waits, Radiohead, Igor Stravinsky, Edith Piaf, Suede, Kate Nash, Lily Allen, Clint Howard and the Kempsters, Gordon Ramsay, David Lynch, Almodovar, The Dalai Lama
Sounds Like: The lovechild of Ron Sexsmith, Ed Harcourt, and a household vacuum cleaner.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Write-up in the Eastbourne Herald/Gazette!

http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/Guitarist39s-song-of- childhood.4519835.jpIt's a nice article, and for those of you who weren't sure what I was singing about in 'The Crumbles', you now know!I'm ...
Posted by Stephen Durrant. - [New song up!!] on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:54:00 PST

Missing songs?

Apparently two of my songs have disappeared from my MySpace Player ('The Crumbles' and 'Your Halo'.) It seems that MySpace has rejigged their site and these tracks have fallen into the Internet A...
Posted by Stephen Durrant. - [New song up!!] on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:50:00 PST

Article on me - Kingston Guardian 31/07/08!!

Check this out... it was in the Kingston Guardian (local newspaper) the week of my Fighting Cocks gig. ...
Posted by Stephen Durrant. - [New song up!!] on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:35:00 PST

Let me recommend you some music

There are a few artists here on MySpace that I want you to check out, because they are very, very, very good: Jim Pearson www.myspace.com/jimpearson... who was kind enough to send me his marvellous CD...
Posted by Stephen Durrant. - [New song up!!] on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:09:00 PST

Ok so who’s...

... seen The Orphanage? I caught it at a midnight screening in Kingston, a few months ago. And had to walk home in the dark afterwards! It was quite scary and I kept thinking that a little boy wi...
Posted by Stephen Durrant. - [New song up!!] on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:43:00 PST

Important!! STOP voting for me!

So sorry guys but can you stop voting for me (that's probably the first time I'll say that!) on the 6music site. It turns out that it's not based on the number of recommendations and I assumed it was ...
Posted by Stephen Durrant. - [New song up!!] on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:28:00 PST

A really nice review from Plug-in Music

Read it here:http://pluginmusic.com/features/reviewroundup.php?page= 52ThanksStephen x...
Posted by Stephen Durrant. - [New song up!!] on Wed, 14 May 2008 01:07:00 PST

Please vote for me!

I've signed up for a little competition and would really, seriously, appreciate your vote.Just click right here: Clickety click! And vote.And I will forever love you.And buy you chocolate, and maybe a...
Posted by Stephen Durrant. - [New song up!!] on Tue, 06 May 2008 02:09:00 PST

CROSSING THE STREET WITH A SMILE ON MY FACE

This is the proper title of the song - not 'Crossing the Street'. It was just too long to fit into the box :) Hope you like. More coming soon!S
Posted by Stephen Durrant. - [New song up!!] on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:38:00 PST

Traffic noise

I’m laying here just listening to the traffic noise. My flat is right next to a main road, so I get a lot of noise from cars, buses, sometimes motorbikes. It bothers a lot of people, but to me i...
Posted by Stephen Durrant. - [New song up!!] on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:25:00 PST