I have been making music as half of the Rec for a few years. We met at school and formed a band, split up, went our separate ways in London and LA, reformed after the internet was invented and the rest is history as they say. The music is here if you would like to hear some of it: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0UCn18XUsGJYNnmjF5pFsb?si=_1dE8f1jQ5-ZrcxvvVkmPg
It's my happy place and I try to visit it every day. A secret portal where I can escape from all of the bad stuff going on in the world.
Continue making music, become more proficient, and hope that the music I make moves people in the same way that I am moved when I listen to other people's music.
Where to start?? What we have now clearly doesn't work so I would like to see a new political and economic system which benefits everyone, where everyone is genuinely equal, which respects the planet we all live on and the people who live here. Not too much to ask!
Wild Mountain Thyme. I can remember my Scottish grandmother singing it when I was very young. A bit later on I was delighted to find that the Byrds have done a version of it.
Too many to name. All of the great artists/musicians from the mid 60s to mid 70s (e.g. the Beatles, the Byrds, the Who, Motown/Stax etc); singer-songwriters like Neil Young, Joni Mitchell etc; punk and post-punk was and still is a huge influence (the Jam, Specials, the Clash etc.); jangly literate 80s guitar music (e.g. REM, Go-Betweens etc.). Even some contemporary stuff (Big Thief, Weyes Blood etc).
I want to leave something tangible behind for my kids to enjoy so there is still a part of me left after I gone.
If I can make music anyone can. So go ahead and do it!
I don't perform in front of an audience due to anxiety and stage fright.
I think it's great that the internet has provided an outlet for independent musicians but it is very difficult to get your music heard unless you are willing to spend loads of time and money on promotion and marketing.
Great idea - its good to be able to connect with like minded people.
emails /messages from bogus people and scammers who promise fame and fortune but in reality are just after my money.
I don't think the bit of London I live in has a 'scene' as such but if it does probably not as much as I should.
Luck I think sadly. There are loads of talented people out there who don't get the exposure they deserve.
Well obviously my band the Rec: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0UCn18XUsGJYNnmjF5pFsb?si=OnE5nTBNQqS2S5O-S0LtJg. You will have heard of Carole King, but you may not have heard her band the City which made one really great record in the late 60s: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7sGn2EJElyIPoxp6aWVg5O?si=R2a1nKIYQhKq95zppZ4uww Grant Lee Buffalo - should have been huge but weren't grunge enough for the times they existed in: https://open.spotify.com/album/5Pmgla2yq5xYytLXMzfBs2?si=09QBEoagRzSmWtuqJPxizg Mick Head - one of the greatest living English songwriters: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2A4cbjEFrxEhWty486HXh4?si=a39171aa810b47f1 you're welcome!!