Hello everyone!
Apologies for the lack of activity on here lately. My degree at Leeds College of Music has *just* come to a close, so now I can focus on such things as updating this website! So here I am. I plan to complete the website very soon because...
... wait for it...
I'm going to be on the radio! In fact, in all technicality I already have. Twice.
The lovely Alan Raw, who I met through the college of music at a workshop/demo doctor, has played 'Ride it Out' on his radio show Raw Talent. Here is the link if you want to listen to last Thursday's broadcast (although be quick as it runs out soon):
The band will be accompanying me on the 29th (July) for an acoustic session on the show. It's BBC Leeds not the Humberside one so it will be on a Thursday evening (rather than a Sunday). I will more likely be updating facebook for more information closer to the time so keep an eye out here:
Also, we could do with getting some gigs pretty urgently so if anybody can help don't hesitate to contact me: tessbmusic@gmail.com
- Tess
------------------[6th July 2010] ------------------
Just did a new video for my youtube account in which I'm playing my song Ride it Out on my 12-string acoustic guitar. If you want you can listen to the recorded version on this page. It's second in the playlist at the moment so if you skip past Sapphire you should be able to listen.
Here's the video:
I forgot to mention in my last entry that a song I recorded back in 2005 (I think) when I was 15 called Search Party has been chosen to appear on a compilation CD called "The Amp Vol 1" which will be on amazon in the next week or so - I will post a link here when it goes live. The Amp is a collection of the best songs that have been showcased on the website Bandamp (not to be confused with bandcamp) on which I used to frequent in my early years of songwriting. For more information on the CD go here: http://forum.bandamp.com/Announcements/27053.html
Hi everyone,
So I guess it's time I put some news up here huh?
Well firstly, a friend of mine - Chris Mounter (who you can find... here: http://www.myspace.com/chrismounter) - did a remix of a song of mine called 'earthquake' which has recently been signed to a small London based label. The track is about 7 minutes long and quite entrancing thanks to Chris
Secondly, the band and I have been in the studio a little bit over the past few weeks recording one of our songs 'Happy New Year' - this is the first recording we have done together (all recordings until now have been either just myself or had random other musicians helping me. For instance on my album Odyssey I had help from people like Alastair Thynne and Tim Louden). If we can get a few more songs recorded then we may make a short demo to hand out. I shall most likely post the recording to stream once it's been mixed properly so you can all keep your eyes peeled.
A few more things:
My song 'Ride it out' (which incidentally you can listen to on this very page!) has recieved some airplay recently in Lincolnshire (I think lincs.fm) thanks to my friend Jen who has fallen in love with the song ever since I gave her a copy of my album 'Odyssey'
I've done an acoustic version of my song 'Someone in Mind' recently at the studios in college. I did my own little mix and it is now on my myspace page (which you can visit by clicking the myspace logo at the bottom of the page). There is also a home recording of 'Turning Key' on there which you may also enjoy ^_^
The band and I did a little photo shoot about a week ago with our bass player Patrick's lovely other-half Livia. They've all come out really nicely and shall be up here shortly on the "photos" page. For now though, there are a couple from the shoot on our myspace (again, click at the bottom). Thanks again Livia for those lovely photographs.
I have been doing a few youtube videos fairly recently - including my cover version / arrangement of Lady Gaga's 'Paparazzi' which you should most definitely take a look at. I played it at a gig recently and it went down really well so I'm sure you'll all appreciate it.
I'm afraid that's all for now. I'll be back soon with more updates (and hopefully more than just the front page) soon.
- Tess B 02:15 28/02/2010
