Alreet people Flinty here! This is my tribute to the late great Eric Boswell. Eric left us a tremendous legacy of ingenious folk songs from Northeast England which seem to have been largely forgotten.

I hope they put a smile on your face, and help put Eric’s unique perspective of life and humour from North East England back into the collective conscious.

P.S. - there’s a few songs by another Geordie legend Wilf Mitford in there too - more to follow in future!!!!

Vocals and Bass for LIFE DONATION. On my SoudCloud you can find mostly solo stuff though.

WHO I AM - I started in music at the age of 13, becoming a drummer in a group in my neighborhood, doing different performances in bars and pubs. I studied percussion for 4 years at a private school in Barcelona. I collaborated and substituted as a drummer in different orchestras and dance groups. I was also part of theater orchestras. At the age of 19 I took three years of private modern piano lessons and started working as a composer of music for video games and theater. He made music for mobile games in the company "Microjocs", highlighting the prize obtained in "Art Futura 2003" together with the team of "Spin Up Studios". For a time I worked as a sound technician hired by the company "Moncho's Restaurants" and for this reason I studied courses on sound technician, midi and sound engineering. I have been part of concert and jazz groups, which have led me to travel around Spain , France and Italy. I have worked for radio commercials. The guitar is something that I have been playing since I was 13 years old and it has been the basis of many of my own songs that throughout my life I have left in a drawer. I'm sure I left things out, but the important thing is that now that I have my own recording studio, I've decided to dust off my own songs, record them and put them here for the whole world to hear. I hope you like them, or at least they awaken in you some already forgotten feeling. Thank you very much for listening to me.
Musico, que escribe sobre lo que siente, nunca pretendí hacerme famoso solo que si alguien siente algo escuchando uno de mis temas ya me doy por satisfecho. He intentado hacer cada tema distinto estilo musical, desde Rumba, Reggae, Doo-Woop, Bossa, Rock etc... espero os gusten. Llevo trabajando en este proyecto mas de un año. un saludo a tod@s

Since I first picked up a guitar at the age of 14, music has dominated my leisure time. As a teenager growing up in the 60s, I was influenced by the folk music revival in that decade as well as the renewed interest in blues music. Over the years, my love of varying musical genres has fluctuated with the various trends of each subsequent decade, but at heart, my love of the simplicity of acoustic arrangements tends to pervade. 

I am now retired and I am dedicating my remaining years to systematically recording as much of the music that I have played throughout my life as I can remember. My recorded works are put into collections to represent their relevance to me. They are presently:

“The Lincolnshire Poacher” - My earliest recordings in 2012/2013 with a collection of predominantly folk tunes that reminds me of where music playing began for me.

“Backlog” - a random collection of pieces that have become important to me over the last 50 years. Some of them are my own compositions. I anticipate that this collection will eventually be the largest as I gradually remember more and more pieces from my past playing.

“Synergy” - a range of music, both old and new, where I have collaborated with others in their creation

“Legacy” - predominantly pieces from the “classical” music world that have inspired me, and I have wanted to finally arrange in my own way.

“Taking Flight” - new pieces that are all personal compositions.

In all my recordings, the guitar tends to figure as the central instrument. In many pieces I have added other orchestral instrument sounds to enhance the arrangement. These have been created on my Roland digital piano.

My first album has been released! You can find it on all streaming platforms. Please listen, follow and add to your playlists. I am grateful for any and all support!

You can also follow my YouTube Channel, if you would like. I plan to keep adding regular content. https://www.youtube.com/@damiansmithandthejourneymen

About Me:
While I do record and release music independently, my true passion is in the songwriting. I would love to write with or for independent artists, so if you are interested in co-writing for your personal release or recording one of my songs, please reach out.

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