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John Ruddy

sketching accidental images

About Me

These songs are recorded at home on a Boss BR864, with an SM58 mic, a Tanglewood SJ5X, and any assorted bits i find that make music/noise. They are usually recorded in the quiet hours between the children in the house sleeping, and me being told to shut up. ************************************************************ ******** I wrote most of them between 1992 and 1997, anywhere from Maynooth to Dublin to Galway to Ennis to Drogheda. They represent snapshots of emotion and accidental images of my life at very distinct times. I hope that when i have them all recorded and exorcised that i can turn that corner of my mind to new material. ************************************************************ ***** Some day i will record some of the songs properly. ************************************************************ ********* I would appreciate feedback. It won't stop me from pushing stuff out there, but it may hopefully improve what i'm attempting

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/31/2006
Band Website: johnruddy1.bebo.com for more demos
Band Members: O solo mio.....but i will be seeking assistance when i get around to recording properly
Influences: Radiohead, PJ Harvey, The Pixies, Tori Amos, Tom Waits, David Byrne, The The, The Cure, Ani DiFranco, Tom McRae, The Wedding Present, A House, The Frames, Arcade Fire, Julian Cope, The Cult, Ben Harper, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Duke Ellington, Leonard Cohen, Suzanne Vega, The White Stripes, Prince, Dead Can Dance, Massive Attack, Leftfield, Portishead, Propellerheads, The Violent Femmes, The Sisters of Mercy, Talking Heads, The Velvet Underground, Flatt and Scruggs, Eels, Gomez, Jane's Addiction, Grant Lee Buffalo, Katell Keineg, Jeff Buckley (for his cover versions), The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, (some) Van Morrison, any band whose songs i butchered while busking on Grafton Street between '89 and '93
Sounds Like: Alison put me on to this box.net widget... you can scroll down for more songs... Thanks Alison! ("The Way Young Lovers Do" is a Van Morrison cover)Apparently, if you have one of these Box.net widgets, you can upload a huge amount of songs to them from other widgets....
Record Label: ha ha ha ha ha! No, seriously, ha!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

sweet weird and wonderful...

  What a strange week it's been. And i seem to come back here at the same time, at that last lost half hour between a working day and going home. The sooner we get internet at home the bette...
Posted by John Ruddy on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:52:00 PST

told you so....

  i tried to keep away, but i couldn't..... just time for a quickie then.... I just had a listen to those first two songs again. I'm not mad impressed, so i'm gonna take them off 'downloadable' s...
Posted by John Ruddy on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 09:43:00 PST

beginnings:

  I come to Blinking in the autumn sun How did I get here? How much has the world moved on? My bones feel old And my heart feels tired And I'm scared to know If my sell-by date has expired.  ...
Posted by John Ruddy on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 09:31:00 PST