Ladies & Gentlemen we are floating in space. A new decade is exciting news for all concerned. Here on Planet GTGT we wish your dreams the best of luck of may your wishes all be granted.
To see out this year there's a little treat for you today in your "A Song A Day" section. This is one of my favourite tunes; it's a folk song of Scottish origin originally published in the 1500s. That's a long time ago but the same rules still applied in magic and story telling. I first heard this song on His Royal Bobness's "Good As I Been To You" record and loved it's sincere childish charm and evoked loving memories of being a wee lad scrapping my knees and putting snails in marmalade jars. I hope you enjoy this, make sure you download it interwebly this instant. And speaking of downloading interwebly this instant, I can see how many people are downloading "A Song A Day" but not who they are. I'm happy that there's quite a few of you that are taking these little pockets home with you but let me know who you are. I'm enjoying giving out a song a day, we've only scrathed the surface in this first week, we're going on a journey of song through the ages this coming year; it's going to be fun & I can tell that we are gonna be friends.
Happy festivities this evening. Have a good one and see you all soon fx
And so. Onwards we go on this journey of song, sun, sea & chips. This one I wrote on my recent travels over the pond somewhere between Austin, Texas & Nashville Tennesse. It's called Diamonds In the Sky; download here
Sometimes the blank page that you set out to fill refuses to play along and remains terrifiyngly blank. No questions answered, nothings is fulfilledd. Tomorrow could be better.
Today's "Song A Day" is called Wasteland. Click here to download it or go to the" A Song A Day" link for all the daily additions.
I scoured the world wide web just now to find something to keep me amused; this is what i found:
"Jack Rosebud left Penetanguishine prison for the criminally insane and called his younger brother Creeping Charlie. Charlie was working as a guitar teacher at an all girls prep school in Dryden ON but needed to leave due to inappropriate behaviour. Charlie and Jack began robbing Gas stations and convienience stores throughout Northern Ontario. It was at one of these robberies that they met Foxtail Lily Lilyopolous, she was the attendant at a station in Ear Falls. Jack and Lily were married 2 days later in a ceremony officiated by the mayor of Beardmore(at gunpoint). They are currently holed up somewhere in Toronto, ejaculating songs from god knows where and working as gardeners for the city elite."
A Song A Day. For a year. That's the plan. I'm going to put on here a tune I've recorded for all yous to have for nowt and add to your collection. Hope you enjoy these songs; lemme know your thoughts if you're lucky enough to have any. This is music Iove and I just thought I'd like to share it with you. Yesterday we started with a Springsteen tune, this evening there's one of mine called "sparks". I wrote it a little while ago and it's been gathering dust in the gallows of my hard drive. Here you go.
Happy Festivities. Hope you're having a grand old time. In Tuscany there's been snow, wine and song. I learnt myself to play "spirit on the water" today; perhaps His Royal Bobness in his finest form. Lying low now until the new year brings more numbers for me to chase and trying to finalize the track listing for the record along with learning to play as many songs as i can fit into my day. Son House is currently on the turn table ; the perfect companion to a winter's tale and a broken heart. Here's a download for you; what happens is you click the link and as if by magic I get transported via DTA (digtalised transportation abilities) into your computer and into your house to sing for you whenever you should require me to. I hope you enjoy this new modern feature we have pioneered (beta) here at gtgt HQ; we think it has a good chance of catching on. This song is called Darkness on the Edge of Town; it's my terrible take on one of my favourite Boss songs... "Some folks are born into a good life, other folks get it anyway, anyhow,
I lost my money and I lost my wife, them things don't seem to matter much to me now."
right on. it's almost christmas. stick a tree in your front room, eat & drink enough in two days to keep the average family afloat for a week. nice. my havent we come a long way. hamumbug indeed. ah no, it's not all work work work ; crimbo does bring good things to everyone...if you live in England for example your reminded yearly of the absolute genius and second to none songwriting caliber that is Noddy Holder and his band of elves SLADE! Merry Christmas. (chooon!) I went to the duke of cambridge, my new favourite local in battersea and played some tunes on sunday after noon and seeing that we're so close to xmas i had to play it. if you play it just on acoustic it sounds like something George Harrison would write, seriously (chooon!) . Anyway I digress from the point of this blog entry, ummm... not sure there is one really but just wanted to say hello and let you know that the record is coming along; from 50+ songs that I've short listed we're meant to do 10. How this will happen, as yet, I'm not exactly sure. Choosing is tough. Losing is rough. I dont want to see any of them go. 5 disc box set anyone? No no, a 10 tune humdinger 0f a record is always the way forward. It'll be done soon enough..hold tight kids, hold tight. In the meantime, as a small way to say thank you to all you lovlies for dropping by from time to time and show your support; here's a free download for you to enjoy; it's a cover I play at gigs every so often; hope you dig. x
So far it's been a very eventful 12 months; making a new EP, playing Glastonbury, touring the states and now we're recording a new album which will see the light of day early/mid next year; it's full steam ahead here on planet gtgt. So as we're spending alot of the time in the studio making this record I thought we'd do just one final stand for this year and play our last show of 2009 here in London. It's going to happen next Friday , 4th December at the Underbelly in Hoxton Square; we're on at 8pm and apart from being our last show of the year it will also be our last, for the forseeable future, with our bass player extrodinaire Matt "Rooter" Webster who will be leaving our shores in January for a five month solo trip to India and beyond; it's been a pleasure having sailed the seas with you my friend & i hope you find what you're looking for on your travels.
Drop us a line if you want to come to the show next friday and we'll get you in on the cheap "I'm with the band" list. Hope to see you all then. Friday 4th December. 8pm Underbelly 11 Hoxton Sq. EC1
Back in London now; my first week back can be described as somewhat "bumpy" with a trip to the hospital that I could've done without but all is good and after some much needed r'n'r I'm match fit again so it wont be so long till the next post now. Good news to report on the new record; producer Danton Supple is at the helm and we're well on the way to making a great record. We took a trip down to our friends Lucky Soul's studio in Camberwell , South London last weekend to make a start on tracking some more songs.. we got through five in the end which I was pretty pleased with for the two days we were there. I've nothing to play you yet and I wont be sharing any demos or work in progress stuff so you'll just have to keep the faith and rest assured they're all sounding mega and you're gonna love them. Here's a clip from the studio; (if you cant see it go here)
Alright. time to go home. my body feels like it's been run over by a truck but rest assured, it was worth it. Sadly this tour/expedition is coming to an end today and i'm flying back to london this evening. it's been amazing travelling to all these places that i've only known about through my record collection. being there and playing shows which were all so well received was a very special experience and one that i'll not forget. We'll be making the new record soon as i get back; rehearsals this weekend and we're in the studio next week. looking forward to getting it done at long last and getting back out on the road soon as i can. Alright, will check back with you soon. need to pack and not miss my plane!
I think of all the places that I've been lucky enough to see thanks to my guitar this has to be one of the most special. Nashville is a haven for songwriters both successful and "budding" all competing for a shot at the title trying to capture life and all its pretenses in or under three and a half minutes. Guitar bands and troubadours alike start playing in bars and venues here in the early afternoon and they'll go on to the wee hours; we like this, we like this a lot. My shows went down really well - it can be a little daunting playing tunes in a new tune - especially this one - where not a lot of people have heard of you before. At the same time though, it's the best acid test for a song so the audience's response in usually an honest and instinctive reaction to that song they've just heard perform for the very first time. Luckily for me both my sets where very well received and two new tunes that i wrote this week on the road got the best response so the challenge was a fun one and , if i may, i've earned myself a little merit badge : ) Should be going to see the Gibson factory here in Nashville today; think Augustus getting into Willy Wonkas chocolate factory and you'll get an idea of where my head is at right now. Back to New York tomorrow for some more shows. More shows; always more shows.
Another week and the miles keep rolling here on planet gtgt. Made my way down to Texas for the first time, had a few shows in Houston and Austin which all went down a storm. It's a pretty special feeling playing my songs a million miles from home and having people in the audience singing the songs back to me. It's a trip being "on the road", I love it so much it's the whole point of writing tunes in the first place, well maybe not quite but i do like it :)
Highways. There's lots of highways in Texas. Big six lane intimidating creatures inhabited by monster trucks that I dont think would even fit in London streets. It's fun though and i'm soaking it all up and the tunes keep coming. Nashville this week. I'll keep you posted.
Always a huge pleasure to be here in new york city. I've been hear many many times trying my luck with one thing or another. It's always very good to me and I'm left with a feeling of overwhelming goodness. And this time round has been no different. The show at the Living Room, was, if I do say so myself, a huge success :) A good oppurtunity to play some brand new tunes that were very well received as well as a few of the better known tracks. good people. good times!! I thought that putting in some more miles while I'm here would be more productive than staying round for CMJ so I'm off to Texas today..Austin, Houston then New Orleans followed by some shows in Nashville and back to New York for a couple more shows. The songs keep coming and lists are constantly drawn up / scrapped / drawn up.. and so on.. but there's a recording session booked with my band in London soon as I get back there so I need to make my mind up about which songs are going on the record!! I've written two records this past year and scrapped them both. Third time lucky. Alright, I'll check back with you very soon. be good. franc xx
good week. definitely a good week. i'm somewhat spent from playing 7 shows in as many days; one more tonight and then beautiful SLEEP before New York next week. I played my biggest show this week to 1000 people at Koko in London supporting Joshua Radin. As far as "things to do to feel fucking great about yourself" goes; playing your songs to 1000 people that've never heard you before ranks , i'd stay definitely top 3. The other 2 are best not mentioned here I think. Although, me being me..and luck being what it is..what happened when I went on stage..the battery in my guitar dies!! NO! There and then , i felt not so good but luckily Joshua's guitar tech Sean was better at reading the + and - signs on guitar batteries than me :) Thank you Sean and thank you Mr Radin and your band for having me on your tour. The Water Rats show with the band on Wednesday was great too but they cut the sound off half way through the last sound. What the fuck, I ask you, is that all about!?!? Not good, apologies to the stage manager for my articulate phrasing when we spoke after the show but , well, scrap that, I take back my apologies. fair and square. Met some lovely folks after the show at Manchester Academy on Thursday; thank you all for forking out your hard earned cash to buy gtgt cds and tshirts; it all goes towards making the new record which will be out in february. your support is hugely appreciate. virtual drinks to you all through cyber space. Alright, I have another show tonight i need to get ready for ... cannot wait to get to texas the following week after NYC for a week of shows and then up to Nashville. Nashville! I cant wait. peace and love and all good things to you all franc xx
Hello music fans! Another week..another bunch of grand tunes which if all goes to plan will see the light of day very soon! Thought I'd give you a little taster of these new tracks that I seem to talk alot about but no one's heard yet, so here's a couple...click to download... Shoot Your Defences...This Dream of You
Going to America next month to play some shows in New York, Nashville, Houston, Austin with more dates to be added..will let you know about it all nearer the time. but before all of that we're doing one HUGE show in London on October 7th at the Water Rats Theater in Kings Cross at 9pm. this is set to be a really big night so PLEASE come down and have a great time with us. Tickets for this show can only be purchased in advance; they're only six quid each and all proceeds go to the Goodtimes Goodtimes Foundation of Rock 'n Roll Misbehavior. Tell your friends and come join us for a great night. This'll be our only London show until November. And if you haven't yet, download our free live ep from here.
Purchase tickets for our show at the London Water Rats, October 7th. 9pm. here on the right....
we're playing a show in london on tuesday..this'll be the first band show in a over a month. glad we took a little "performance break" to get this new record under way but it's been far too long now. looking forward to making some beautiful loud noise and getting out of here long enough to see daylight. cabin fever is setting in.
Writing & recording is going swimmingly. Logic-phobia is subsiding and we're all wearing our best Daniel Lanois hats. There'll be new tunes on the way to very soon, in the meantime go here and help yourself to a free EP. Our song "Kids" has been picked up for a TV show over the pond called Less Than Kind. This is good news. More to tell you but as you can gather from this staggered terribly written blog my head's not really with it at the moment as I'm wrestling with gating kick drums and making this new tune called Wasteland sound mega right now. back soon. love. x
I've relocated to a better place to get some perspective. Things currently on the perspective turntable are (but not limited to..)
1. infidels: be gone; the future does not need you. 2. dubstep: what's it all about then. 3. Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" drum sound: tell me how.
The band (Ivor, The Love, Rooter and me) have taken on making a new record intergalactically via the magic of fibre optic cable. We rented out Pluckley Village Hall in Kent the other week and recorded Ben's drum parts over my very unsteady guide tracks to a click and we've got tracks flying about now over everyone's laptops as we're adding parts and mixing (& re mixing & re..re..re mixing) that will make up the record. This in no way beats retreating to The Record Plant in Sausalito for 6months to make a record but I'm using what I've got; tunes (check!), greatest band in the land (check!), Mark Knopfler's red head band circa Alchemy Live period (check!!) Looking forward to getting some new tracks out to you soon as possible..in the meantime, help yourself to a Live EP we recorded not too long ago that I'm making..as of now..FREE! Do pass this on to all your friends & local djs; it's for the best.
Music is like fish. If it's aint fresh; it fucking stinks!
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The sunshine was looking over us for most of the long weekend. I soaked up as much of the beautiful festival spirit as i could over the six days spent at the festival. The shows i played were great fun; first one was at the Strummerville Bandstand very late on Friday night; it was pretty surreal to see Neil Young play and then go and play a gig myself...by the time i played; think it was about 2am, there was a big crowd of people dancing round a huge campfire just in front of the stage, my songs got everyone moving ...(those of them who could actually move anyway!) ....i resisted from playing any new tunes and just played the ones i was sure would go down well.. sunshine sunshine, love, let it begin, for all my kingdom , and a few others made way for a very memorable night. There was a huge dance/techno thing next door to Strummerville & evreyone was there..having fun; getting along and sharing the time together, different music and different people all getting down & having fun.
On Saturday I woke up to another one of Matt's fantabulous barbaques and learnt a very valuable festival lesson...come prepared!! My beloved boots..which i bought on Brick Lane a couple of years ago and have been with me on tours throughout the UK, America and all the way round Europe sadly gave way on Saturday morning...tear in my eye in tow, I left them on a field in Glasto in favour of some wellies. It had to be done and from them on I had dry feet and full mud protection that would stop me from falling over , face flat in the mud, like i'd be doing all the night before. I played a set at the Oxfam tent on Saturday; three days intoitl & i was bearing up pretty well all things considering! The oxfam gig was filmed and is meant to be out there on the magic net so i'll try and track it down and show you. It's a pretty hard task playing a set to people at a festival if they've never heard your tunes before but I think people really dug my tunes and got what my music is all about; a long drive down the coast on a sunday afternoon; top down & raring to go.
After that, the only thing left for Saturday evening was to make my way down to the Pyramid Stage to see The Boss. I'd never seen him play before. The excitment was immense. I think the first time i ever heard one of his songs was when my mum had a tape of one of his live albums playing in our kitchen in Rome when i was maybe 8 or 9 years old and i heard his song "The River" and learned that songwriting wasn't just about "i love you" or whatever, it's about telling a story and putting the listener in a time and place...Bruce Springsteen's specialty is writing songs about getting out of wherever you are and finding something else that's waiting for you..a better place; a new future. I can relate to that very much. Emotions were running wild at about 10 to 10 on Saturday just before he came on..and there he was...The Boss! Starting his set with Joe Strummer's "Coma Girl" was more than enough ...2 hours and 45 minutes of glorious rock n roll followed and I was a very happy man in a big field in the West Country. I played a bunch more times in peoples's tents and willing passers by..i hope to see them all again very soon as i do all the other amazing bands i saw over the week..far too many to list..Bon Iver takes the crown for my favourite and most memorable Glastonbury moment...getting every single person in the crowd of the Other Stage to sing "what might have been lost" on their closing track Wolves was quite simply...awesome. My journey home was rather epic...my ride had decided to leave on sunday and there i was on monday afternoon at 4pm without a clue as to how i'd get home..i was in good company though..Vari & Sam and I managed to get ourselves on the last bus out of Glastonbury to Castle Cary train station and get home. That's the thing about the festival..people are happy to be there together and happy to get to know each other and the barriers that The Big City throws between us seem to get lost...everyone's there to have a good time and be together.
I look forward very much to being back at Glasto next year. No tent next year though. A great big fuck off tour bus sounds like much more fun. You're all welcome; free balloons for everyone! see you soon
Dear Blog. How the devil are you? It's been a while I know. It's that I've been avoiding you or anything like that it's just I've had a lot on my plate of late. Life is good. Life is healthy.
I've written a dozen or so more songs since we last spoke. Part of me wants to play you the demos right now and see what you think but I know you should really hear the finished product .... What's in head, or as close enough ..... instead. It'll be worth the wait.
Running is the new rock n roll. I made that official by running my first race on Sunday. It was the !
Weald of Kent 10 mile race that I did in one hour thirty one. Needless to say i'm pretty pleased with this given what I've put my body through in the past. Hopefully a full marathon will follow soon enough. We'll see how that goes, maybe another 10 mile or a half marathon or two first.
Anyway, back to those sweet sounds of rock n roll music. I'm going to the glastonbury festival tomorrow and will be playing all weekend starting on Friday at midnight at the strummerville tent. It's gonna be a memorable weekend I've no doubt and I'll keep you posted as I go along.
Easy. Just back from a whirlwind expedition to play a couple of shows in Rome. Far too many planes trains buses and cabs and lack of sleep for three days. I dream net jets. I live easy jet.
Rehearsals tonight where we'll be putting the finishing touches on a couple of little beauties we'll be releasing into the wild this Saturday at the strummerville festival.
Stay occupied.
X
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On my way to play a show in Newbury. Set times seem to get longer soon as you leave the
M25 which is good news for your hero the story teller. It's kind of difficult to show people what you're about in a 25 minute set. I'm not a fan of just playing the hits and getting off stage. "These are the radio tunes and the rest doesn't really matter." That's just rude and a little shallow if you ask me. it takes a lot of hard work to impress an audience with your tunes and a couple of catchy hooks won't cut it. You can't just have icing; you need a big fat cake as well. Anyway.....
Apparently I was in music week magazine this week. No news agent in London sells this magazine. I have a pair of broken shoes to prove this.
Four shows this week which keeps me busy and busy me means happy me. London songwriter week gig tomorrow and Rome next week to play just the one show and strummerville festival next Saturday with the boys. That's going to be huge.
Someone now very close to gtgt inadvertently got it into my head yesterday that burning drum kits on stage is a good idea. In fact... it's fucking genius!! outdoor gigs now seem to be an open invitation for mentalism at it's up most. I'm a fan of this . It's a big look.
Staying on the topic of the drumming trade, my drummer Ben has somehow convinced me that running a 10 mile race in Kent four weeks from now is good idea. How did this happen? 'Sall good though. Don't worry kids. I bought myself a cracking pair of mizuno running shoes yesterday and i'm completely ready. 10 miles easy. Bring it on. Believe. Achieve. Simple.
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Busy busy living the dream up here in my own little world. It's been great to get out there and play after a few weeks of tedious normal life. Our show this Saturday at 333 in shoreditch was nothing short of outstanding if I do say so myself. New set opener "on the long road" is as immense a song as I've ever dreamed.
Fingers crossed tonight will be more of the same at the abbey in kentish town.... It's fast becoming our second home for the amount of times we play here. the people that run the venue are more than good to us and we love them for it. Always a pleasure to be back.
I've wanted to for ages but tonight will be my first show wearing my much loved red head band. I'll call this my very small and humble tribute to The Boss with whom i'm sharing the bill with next month. See that? Seamless. Yes. I'm playing glastonbury festival next month. i'm completely over the moon about it. Fiesta in my tent. Make your way over.
Speaking of gigs... This Friday should be mega as well so if you're in London make your way down to the fly on new Oxford street playing a show for the London songwriter festival with the very exceedingly talented Murray James and Iain Archer.
Last note before this tube gets to kentish town..... I fear I may have pissed off a few people with my incessant texts about goodtimes GOODTIMES shows this week. Not apologising. I love you.
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I'm back from my week long writing excursion. Good things to follow ladies & gentlemen; good things indeed. I've dusted off the TASCAM and will be bringing these new tunes to you very soon courtesy of some old school home recording.
We're also rehearsing this week; there's been a few weeks' (stinky south london reherasal room) break and i think we're all the better for it. Raring to go now. Sun's out; get the tunes on. happy days.
I'm thinking. Where does a good song come from? Elvis and his cohorts would pick tunes with a proven track record and add appropriately "slick" lyrics that would work for that time. That's pretty clever if you ask me. "Love Me Tender" was originally entitled "Aura Lee" & written in the 1860s by an English composer called George Poulton. That same melody with different words was a huge success back then and the words changed continuously up until Elvis recorded the version I'm most familiar with (but you might be more familiar with the original "Aura Lee"or even "Army Blue" as it was sung in the American Civil War) for his first ever film role. It was a SMASH!! No gambles taken whatsoever. When you know it works; you know it works. Many other of The King's most famous songs are different lyrics put to great melodies with that all important track record.."cant help falling love" was a re-write of a French song called "Plaisir d' Amour", "It's Now or Never" was originally the Italian "O Sole Mio".... and the list goes on. Anyway..I digress talking to you about my great love of Elvis Presley. My point was..what makes a great song .."great"? When we listen to songs our brains capture the melody first. The lyrics are almost an after thought. You've decided you like a piece of music by the way in which the melody makes you feel...that tune you can humm along to without knowing what the words really are or that favourite song you've been singing along to for years with the wrong words. Time for a litte sermon..if I may...What could we ever have to say to each other in words that we couldnt say better through music? There, I've answered my own question. Right, I'm off to pilfer the record collection. Be good. xx
i think i've picked up my guitar twice in the last three weeks. i played a show last week in shoreditch with no set list and no idea what i was going to play till i got to "good evening ladies & gentlemen" and i had a little tinker at home the other day. that's it. not to worry music fans. this has happened before and it usually signifies the calm before the storm. so i've gotten myself out of london for a week ( already this is a good thing; it's a beautiful place to be in most of the time but fuck me does it get you down some times ) in prep for the new tunes. i'm expecting them any day now. I'll introduce you to them soon as they arrive.
never played strongrooms before; lovely little thing they have going on there. played a couple of new tunes that no one's heard before which seemed to go down well; there's one called voices. i think you might like it.
hello music fans. how the devil are you? seems like ages since we last spoke. sun drunched afternoons lying in a field listening to your favorite band are just around the corner so hang in there wont you now. i'm pleased to let you know that my band and I have just finished making an ep which should be making it's way to your local torrent very soon. We went to the Dairy in Brixton two weeks ago with producer Danton Supple and spent a couple of days recording everything live. Apart from the odd tambourine hit it was all recorded live; no over dubs just a great band playing, if I may, some very great songs. you can hear two of the seven tracks we recorded on the myspace page . The rest will follow shortly. Drop me a line and lemme know what you think; there's a mountain of video footage i'm getting through so should be posting some clips this week. We're doing a show at the water rats this thursday at 8pm; hope to see you there, drop me a line and i'll get you in. other than that, today is day 9 on the patches and apart from the odd piece of broken furniture; i'm doing alright. franc x
hello music fans. so i've been a little slack lately in keeping up with these blogs. Wheels are turning here at gtgt hq and i'm spending days writing the best i can or whatever it is i think understand. It's there now so i'll be back on with getting some tours in the diary and hope to have a new record out to you soon. Just posted a new track up on the myspace page so please go have a listen and lemme know what you think. The snow here in London has sadly departed , it's gone from being Charles Dickens to Mad Max all in one week. we want more snow.
Mr Chris Lopez took this photo at a recent show at Bush Hall...
The music on Goodtimes Goodtimes (www.goodtimesgoodtimes.co.uk) debut, ‘Glue”, could easily have been brought to you by the waitress in a 1970’s Greenwich Village coffeehouse. The audio compliment to the espresso you ordered. Goodtimes Goodtimes is a solo project of Italian-born, London resident Franc Cinelli. The resulting album is a folk stew mixed with a healthy dollop of blues. The voice bends, breaks, rejoices and offers advice as needed. As Franc states in the bio, his songs draw on “the usual suspects; girls, that night when I couldn’t bite my lip and it got me into trouble, my mates, Johnny Cash, dance halls and love." These songs come alive. The vocals have the ability to bring in an honesty that delivers each track with its story fully intact and understood. Perky strums and shuffles open ‘Kids’ and the words immediately describe all those sitting at the feet of the storyteller, “All you kids that go rushing to the dance hall in your shiny shoes to hear your favorite records”. The kids moniker could apply to ages eight to eighty. The full story comes through as those same kids exit “sweaty and smiling like the sun”. where they land “forever changed”, “hit by a loaded gun”. The track is made for lovers of music and no one who has ever been glued to speakers, stayed in the car to let the song finish or kept the iPod on repeat cannot relate to this tale. The mood slows but the emotion stays intact on ‘Summer’. The haunting and hushed voice spreads the news of “summer starting early this year”. The track plays like an open letter to the left at home affection of the traveling troubadour. ‘Glue” is the work of a one man band upping the ante for the songs. Recorded on a Yamaha eight track that has left this world, the promise heard in the sunny texture of “Sunshine Sunshine”, the wandering of “Sea Shanty” and the rock solid punch of “For All My Kingdom” will be fleshed out into a formal outfit for future releases. The growing band/sound has been informed by years of traveling and playing the East US coast and the UK. Look to the future to provide more tales of life, love, losing and winning from Goodtimes Goodtimes.
Another week and the miles keep rolling here on planet gtgt. Made my way down to Texas for the first time, had a few shows in Houston and Austin which all went down a storm. It's a pretty special feeling playing my songs a million miles from home and having people in the audience singing the songs back to me. It's a trip being "on the road", I love it so much it's the whole point of writing tunes in the first place, well maybe not quite but i do like it :)
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