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Robin Tymm

About Me

The only bit I really like is the writing.
Part of me wishes it could stop there, but I get curious as to what the songs might sound like if I recorded them.
My hermetic existence, and certain control-freak issues mean that I do everything myself; writing, playing, singing, recording etc. and I'm more than aware of my limitations, particularly with the singing, but I've never felt ready to share the creative process, so I have to live with the knowledge that the songs could, in the right hands, sound a whole lot better than they do at the moment.
Up until recently I've resisted the urge to perform, but I have dipped my toe into the water.....I think it's something I've got to learn to enjoy, because it's a great way to get people to hear my music.
I've produced 5 albums all of which are available to buy from CDBaby.com and iTunes (click on the album covers below). You can also buy them directly from me, thereby cutting out those pesky middle-men...so drop me a line.
I've finished writing a bunch of new songs and I'm now recording a new album that's going to be mainly acoustic....it'll take quite a while but maybe I'll have it finished by the end of 2009.
You can also check me out at GarageBand where there are more songs uploaded (and it sounds a whole lot better than MySpace) and loads of reviews.
And finally I have an alter-ego as a part of a duo recording children's songs...see the album cover for "Over The Moon" below...it'll be available from 10th December 2007...come and visit us on Beth Burrows' MySpace page.
And I've just loaded this cute little "BlastMyMusic" thing...allows you to buy my music straight from this page....just a thought, but why not give it a go, buy a song, make my day.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/07/2006
Band Website: http://www.garageband.com/artist/robintymm
Band Members: just me, but beth burrows sings harmony on some of the new songs
Influences: in no particular order : springsteen, jayhawks, counting crows, crowded house, billy joel, sheryl crow, elton john, tom petty, del amitri, paul simon, richard thompson, john mellencamp, david gray, ryan adams, bryan adams, if there's an artist out there called dianne adams i'd probably like her too.....oh, it goes on and on and on.......i should also put in beethoven & ike quebec to demonstrate a wide and eclectic taste
Sounds Like: i'd like to say that i don't sound like anyone, i'm so totally original, but, let's face it, i ain't pushing the outside of any envelopes - perhaps a little bit of david gray, maybe some damien rice, some people say there's some billy joel in there (but there isn't really), james blunt? well, only because it's singer-songwriter stuff.....errrr....errrr......this is hard! from now on, when anybody says who i sound like i'll come and change this profile.....ok, here's a couple of recent suggestions....bob dylan....peter gabriel....korn (shurely shome mishtake!)...been getting a few "james taylors" recently...and sometimes a "randy newman" which i'm very pleased about. ..
Record Label: moobutsongs

My Blog

stuff, neil dalton and josh woodward

  mmm...whats happened in the last few week? i went on holiday to the lake district (north west england, just below scotland, mountains (english style), glacial erosion, lakes (the name is ...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:47:00 GMT

so lazy!

i have been saying that my new album will be out at the end of the year (i didn't say which year) because i thought that would give me loads of time to do it...but i'm working so slowly and lazily tha...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:16:00 GMT

i feel like blogging again...

...but i will resist the urge....others can learn from this.
Posted by on Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:35:00 GMT

boredom

i play at the same open-mic once each week, nowhere else....we get to play 2 songs in a night....once in a while i'm honoured that they ask me to play at their bigger concerts at christmas or other fe...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:08:00 GMT

food poisoning and mountain biking

until a couple of years ago my only live performances were at bbqs, held either by my brother & family or by my best friend, paula, and her significant other (haha.. horrible phrase, huh?), nick.this ...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:37:00 GMT

breaking all the rules

my plan with this latest bunch of recordings that may, or may not, end up as an album was to record everything live...not "live" as in all at the same time, but to play each instrument as a single tak...
Posted by on Sat, 30 May 2009 12:42:00 GMT

don't trust your instincts

i've been doing a little more demo-ing this weekend.i've done the 12 songs i'd picked for the album, so i now i'm trying a couple more that i had decided weren't good enough....and i think my instinct...
Posted by on Sun, 17 May 2009 15:10:00 GMT

new youtube vids

I played a short-ish set at the Willington Arts Festival last week and my friend, Neil Dalton, was kind enough to video a couple of my songs (although he's the first admit that the camera work is a ...
Posted by on Sat, 09 May 2009 11:00:00 GMT

progress

i've had a couple of weeks of pretty decent recording.easter gave me some time off and i did the basics on 4 songs...everything i'm doing right now is just to give me some direction, trying to work on...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:55:00 GMT

Recording

I've been trying to switch from writing-mode to recording-mode but I'm not finding it easy.It's as though they use different muscles, and my recording muscles have wasted away through lack of use in t...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Apr 2009 03:28:00 GMT