Sam Browse - ProfilesArchive

About Me

'Songs [...] from another time and place' - Sandman Magazine'Acoustic twiddles, lyrics with an edge and an emotive voice to carry them... Circus Town, Pictures of Paris and World Detached show that Sam is a really good songwriter who gets me anticipating the next song...' - Gareth Howells, www.myspace.com/negnec'We have a lot of performers through our doors and Sam definitely stands out as one of the "best amongst the best"' - The Redhouse, Sheffield'Portsmouth's answer to Tracy Chapman' - Nick Courtney
'A one man duet' - www.open-space.org.ukSam Browse would like to describe his music as philosophical but feels that would be a bit too pretentious. He writes songs because he wishes he were a poet, but doesn't really know what good poetry is (despite his undergraduate studies). Songs are also a way of being opinionated that people don't hate you for; anger is so much more palatable when it's put to a tune.

Sam gets annoyed easily, especially by people who don't think about anything. Despite this, going to see one of his shows is more fun than a trip to the zoo... with cake.

NB: Sam is also registered on www.reverbnation.com/sambrowse and www.purevolume.com/sambrowse. He plays frequently with the band, A Magic Bullet and Pocket Satellite vocalist, Maya Zosmer (see 'top friends').

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/29/2006
Band Website: purevolume.com/sambrowse
Band Members: Live, it's usually Sam and his guitar, which is a slightly battered 000 Blueridge historic model with Snake II pickup and new Schaller machines.

Sam also plays a Tanglewood acoustic bass on Morpheus and Not America, and a home made electric guitar on What to Say that's based (very) roughly on a Gibson Les Paul.

With 'A Magic Bullet' he plays an Epiphone mandolin with a transplanted Gibson back.

Not America is a song Sam plays with 'A Magic Bullet' and features:

Sam Browse - Lead vocal, guitars and acoustic bass

Rob Butler - Harmony vocal and guitars

Jen Tomkinson - Harmony vocal and congas

Occasionally Sam plays with Tim Hodkinson (cajon) and Maya Zosmer (vocals) of the band 'Pocket Satellite' (check them out; they're in Sam's 'top friends').

Influences: Bob Dylan, John Martyn (and also his work with Beverly Martyn), Roy Bailey, Jean-Paul Sartre, Steve Knightley, Phil Beer, Jacques Lacan, Show of Hands (perhaps obviously), Kate Rusby, Sufjan Stevens, Michel Foucault, Ani DiFranco, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, The Band, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Robbie Robertson, Eric Clapton, BB King, Karl Marx, John Scofield, Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson, Nick Drake, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, Lightning Hopkins, Al Stewart, Mark Knopfler, Roy Harper Tracy Chapman Jean Baudrillard ..... there's lots.
Sounds Like: Numerous people, but not exactly like any of them.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Recording

Hey,I've recently started recording my first album at some friends of mine, Carl (Pocket Satellite) and Adam's, studio in Chesterfield. I've had one session and things are going well. The CD will feat...
Posted by Sam Browse on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:42:00 PST

PORTSMOUTH GIGS CANCELLED

Hi,The title of the blog is pretty self-explanatory; unfortunately I've had to cancel all upcoming gigs in Portsmouth because of various financial difficulties. Due to a Myspace glitch, however, the g...
Posted by Sam Browse on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:32:00 PST

20th Decemeber

Hey,For some reason it won't let me enter the venue for the 20th December, 2007 gig. 'A Magic Bullet' will be playing at Under the Boardwalk on that date! Hope to see yoou there :-) Sam...
Posted by Sam Browse on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:48:00 PST

New Song!

I'm just writing to talk about my new song 'A World Detached' which is available for download at www.purevolume.com/sambrowse. It's about political apathy and how I feel the present government has sig...
Posted by Sam Browse on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:02:00 PST

Pure Volume Account

I recently remembered that a couple of years ago I created an account with the site purevolume.com (www.purevolume.com/sambrowse). I've rejigged the whole thing so it looks good now and uploaded an ex...
Posted by Sam Browse on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 02:05:00 PST

The Brief Reprieve

I've finally got round to recording new material (if it's not appeared on my page it's because i'm writing this blog moments after posting it). The new song is called 'The Brief Reprieve'. It's inspir...
Posted by Sam Browse on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 03:02:00 PST

Apologies!

In my last blog entry I wrote that I would shortly be putting new songs onto the site. Unfortunately I've moved back up to Sheffield and have only got the songs on iTunes format and not Mp3 which is w...
Posted by Sam Browse on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 04:10:00 PST

New songs

I've recently been to the recording studio and as a result will shortly be posting two new songs on the site (I'll probably dispense with 'The Leaving Blues', I like the song but I'd prefer to have th...
Posted by Sam Browse on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 08:31:00 PST

Explanation of Songs

Hey, a lot of the time when I play a gig or I play in public I'm usually laughed at by my friends for going off on a massive preambulation before I play in an attempt to explain the song. I figure tha...
Posted by Sam Browse on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 04:04:00 PST