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The Beard

Musical experimentation for interpretation

About Me

Been writing and playing since 2003/2004 - it was never ever my ambition to get into music, it just 'happened' After going to my first V Festival in 2004, I was greatly inspired and realised that music was a great outlet for all the feelings and opinionsexpression and . On 1st September 2004, after going to my first V Festival in Staffordhire, I was greatly inspired and purchased my first instrument - a £100 Casio keyboard!I taught myself the very basics of the piano and, with that, did a couple of gigs in my first ever band, Subcon, as well as a few open mic slots here and there. The natural progression was to pick up the guitar and after fronting my second band, New Projects, which is currently going through a period of transformation, I am now concentrating on assembling the necessary musicians to complete the line-up of THE BEARD GROWS and perform the tracks from the forthcoming "I've Started So You'll Finish" demo at venues UK wide. !

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/22/2006
Band Members: The Beard, A. Drummer, A. Guitarist, A. Keyboard Player
Influences: For different reasons and at different times in life, these are the four people who have offered the most:Chris Martin (Coldplay), Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Pete Doherty (Libertines/Babyshambles), and Bob Dylan
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Demo Update - 24th April - ALL DONE BABY YEAHHH!

It's the mellowest song on the "I've Started So You'll Finish" demo and "The Girl From Korova" completes the six track offering.The name for the demo is probably the most profound factor surrounding t...
Posted by The Beard on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:07:00 PST

Demo Update - 22nd April - One To Go!

'They' went online yesterday and I have just uploaded 'Over And Out Via The Inbox'. These two were big concerns at first but I have to say that I am really pleased with the way they have both tur...
Posted by The Beard on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:30:00 PST

Demo Update - 19th April - 3rd song online

"I Read The News Today, Poor Boy" is the other 'Colouring Book' song from the demo. It's about some true stories, some not so true. It's pretty dark compared to the rest of the demo. Although it's go...
Posted by The Beard on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:04:00 PST

Demo Update - 18th April - first ’Colouring Book’ song up

'The Mix' goes online today! Personally, this is my favourite track of the six to feature on "I've Started So You'll Finish" and its the first of two 'Colouring Book' songs on the demo. My 'Colouring ...
Posted by The Beard on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:49:00 PST

Demo Update - 16th April - first track online - HEY HO!

After a poor vocal recording session last week, only one of the tracks was just about worthy of putting online so I am going back in the studio tomorrow to redo the other five! In ...
Posted by The Beard on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:52:00 PST

Demo Update - 3rd April - Acoustic guitar done!!

It’s a bit rough like, but its gonna do for the demo. Vocals next! Gonna have a four hour practice session on Saturday and then maybe record on Wednesday if I feel everything is ready....
Posted by The Beard on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:08:00 PST

Album Update - 2nd April ’08 - ROUGH DEMO FIRST

It has probably taken over 400 takes for me to realise that this ’album’ will not be the finished product once it has been completed. So I am resigned to calling this 6 song ...
Posted by The Beard on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:22:00 PST

The day after the night before

I have been lying on this bed all day, only moving off it to throw up. Its the first time in a while that i've overdone the boozing but its a good thing that i feel like this - It forces you to think ...
Posted by The Beard on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:34:00 PST

Album Update - 22nd March - Drum Tracks DONE!

Cheers to Matty for the 6 hours he put in today doing the drum tracks for the six album songs - sounds BOSS!  This week I will be going over the rough acoustic tracks and getting them as&nbs...
Posted by The Beard on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:13:00 PST

Album Update - 11th March

Rough digital drum tracks have been put down (courtesy of our kid - grazie!) and rough acoustic guitar tracks have been thrown on top, as well as a bit of ORGAN on one of the tracks oh yes! ...
Posted by The Beard on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:57:00 PST