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Mick Ferris

About Me

Mick is the singer with the band Start The Car - also playing keyboards, acoustic guitar and harmonica. He is a veteran of studio sessions and UK & European tours with various name artists. His solo album, Life By Misadventure, is available now from [email protected] or on download from www.nimbit.com.Our actions present and future are governed by the scars of our past.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/18/2006
Band Website: www.startthecar.co.uk
Band Members: Just me this time - Ahhh the power, the power
Influences: Lennon, Pete Townsend, Elvis Costello, Ray Davies, Frank Zappa, Steely Dan, Little Feat, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, 70s prog, Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Sounds Like: Bits of all the above I suppose but mostly me.
Record Label: Broken Ear
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Another new one

Another new song on the profile called In Here.I wasn't going to put this up here because it's quite long and I realise most people on the interweb have the attention span of a goldfish. But it's a so...
Posted by on Sat, 02 May 2009 09:31:00 GMT

For a limited period only

There's a new song on my page called All You Ever Gave Me Was The Horn. It's only going to be there for a month so have a listen now or you'll have to wait until it appears on the next album.
Posted by on Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:53:00 GMT

New songs

Yeah ok, I know I don't do this blogging thing much (I have a life) but I've finished recording two new songs, one of which I'm hoping the band will eventually do and the other is a bit of an epic for...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Mar 2009 03:39:00 GMT

Back on the bike

New songs coming in 2009.
Posted by on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:46:00 GMT

DRUMMER

I am very pleased to report that my band's long search for a drummer with real chops to replace Not Colin, who left (again) to return to his own planet, is finally over and it's a warm welco...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:51:00 GMT

Festivals

Only two kinds of musician play for free - those who can't get a gig any other way and those too rich to care. I am neither yet tonight I will be standing in the middle of a field in a tiny Cambridges...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:52:00 GMT

Album available on download

My album Life By Misadventure is now available to download from www.nimbit.comHowever, for the secret bonus track, lyrics and the joy of actually holding something in your hand you need to go to broke...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:23:00 GMT

QVC

There are times when I think I must have signed onto some sort of shopping channel website by mistake because I keep getting emails telling me someone has left a comment only for it to be an advertise...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:41:00 GMT

Bulletin the head

Let's be under no false illusions about why I'm on here. It's to get my songs heard and if it wasn't for that fact I would most probably have never come within typing distance of Myspace and its "Frie...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 08:57:00 GMT

What a dope

George Bush is having what is described by the White House as a "routine colonoscopy" tomorrow. Routine. Does that mean he regularly has something up his arse? And there I was thinking there's no just...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:48:00 GMT