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WORK ANXIETY SYNDROME

Jim Pearson

Traffic Jams

My new gtr... came packaged with this tune... first play...

Jim Dandy

From the album "Self assembly"
©Jim Pearson 2011

Listen to the album... http://jimpearson.bandcamp.com/album/self-assembly

What Happened To You?

©Jim Pearson 2015
More existential angst and a little hope.

Listen to the album on Spotify or listen/download from here... https://jimpearson.bandcamp.com/album/it-might-never-happen

Thank you to everyone who helped me complete the recording of this song, it has made it a bit special for me. 

Paul Marsden (trumpets), Russell Cottier (melodeon), and on vocals... Ian Heath, Jeff Roberts, Scott Cryer, Jo Bywater, Tom and Helene Lockett (The Kirk Owls, Caroline England, Henry Priestman, Phil Chisnall, Bob Glass and Elizabeth Fitzsimons (Coast), Fred Arnell and members of The Wallasey Folk and Acoustic Club. 

Right now is the moment that you are alive
So put down your burdens and give yourself a high five
You can’t run away ‘cos there’s nowhere to hide
Right now is the moment that you are alive

If you’re stuck in the past you will never be free
Thinking life was better the way it used to be
When you're lost in the mist of your own memory
Look under your nose and I hope you can see

If you look too far ahead you are going to miss out
Consumed by anxiety, riddled with doubt
But when you’re on your deathbed you’ll you figure it out
You came in with nothing and you’re leaving with nowt

The state of the world’s driven you to the brink
You get out of your mind so you don’t have to think
And it’s all flashing by faster than you can blink
So wake up before it all goes down the sink

Wake up, smell the coffee make the most of the day
Or wear a stiff upper lip in the civilized way
Or get down on your knees, beg for mercy and pray
But the voices inside you just won’t go away

Too many opinions, you can’t hear for the din
You long for the day when you’re silent within
But don’t let the bastards get under your skin
Just take a deep breath and get ready to sing

Right now is the moment that we are alive
So put down your burdens and give yourself a high five
You can’t run away ‘cos there’s nowhere to hide
Right now is the moment that we are alive

©Jim Pearson 2014

Right Now Is The Moment That We Are Alive

STEALING SHADOWS
Written and Performed by The Minerals
Produced by Colenso Jones with Daniel Tudor Edwards
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at Long Row Audio

Taken from the album THE MINERALS
Released 29.06.15 via Staylittle Music
https://theminerals.bandcamp.com/album/the-minerals

© & Ⓟ STAYLITTLE MUSIC 2015 • MADE IN WALES • SLM004

The Minerals

Stealing Shadows

Driving rockabilly number which calls to mind Jerry Lee Lewis and early Elvis Presley.

Pocket Venus

The second song from the forthcoming album "More? Why Not!" - An Anagrammatical Exorcism Of The 60s. The anagram here derived from Pink Floyd's "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" 

see the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I7KhYsCzDI 

https://thesoundofmoney.bandcamp.com

If you're on Spotify, here's a mixtape by TH€ $OUND OF MON€¥: smarturl.it/TSOM68

lyrics
:::Tiger T. – Death Happens To a Few ::: 

Here you go 
Your bed’s still warm 
You’re sneaking out the dorm 
In the rain 
Streets 
You should not roam 
But now that you’ve begun 
Never stop again 

Tiger T – 
Death happens to a few 
But not necessarily you 
So keep on fighting 

Here’s success 
You had it all 
Torn down is the wall 
In the wind 
Streams 
They carry you 
Faster than you ever knew 
And never find an end 

Tiger T … 
(Where do you want to go today…) 

written by Kaiser, Lickleder, Pöschl

credits
Sakra del Firenze: Drums, Percussion 
Silke Aura Acid: Guitar, Vocals 
Mr. Altkleider, Inc.: Strings 
B.R. Ölspachtel: Guitar, Bass, Keyboards 
Kiki Lorrig-Wossagk: Back Vocals 

(c)+(p) 2017, BB*ISLAND, 
exclusively licensed from The Sound Of Money/Echokammer

Single 1: Tiger T. - Death Happens To A Few 

The Sound Of Money : Tiger T. - Death Happens To A Few

BRAND NEW TRACK  -  ‘MOONLIGHT’  

iTunes link - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/moonlight-single/id1202978821

FORTHCOMING ALBUM 'SILENCE'  - Out 9th June

Teasing fans with the first taste of new music, indie-rock trio Auction For The Promise Club have revealed the brand new track ‘Moonlight’ taken from their forthcoming debut album 'Silence', due June 9th.

Opening with the hauntingly seductive voice of Zoe White Chambers, ‘Moonlight’ explodes into a frenetic rock anthem, showcasing the emotional and rugged dynamics that Auction For The Promise Club channel through their music.

Hailing from the picturesque village of St.Agnes, Cornwall, the band remained on home turf to record their upcoming debut 'Silence' alongside fellow Southwest local Paul Reeve (Muse, Beta Band, Supergrass) at the remote and atmospheric Airfield studios. Situated on the North Cornish coast it sits in an Second World War base.

Silence features a collection of 12 diverse and powerful tracks including 'This May Hurt' which was dubbed by BBC 6 Music’s Tom Robinson as “their best yet” and 'Cut So Close', both of which were released as a special limited edition 7" AA red vinyl on Record Store Day last year.

Being championed by BBC Cornwall Introducing the band has had national radio play on the Radio 1 Huw Stephens' show and BBC 6 Music’s Tom Robinson as well as support from Rolling Stone, Classic Rock, MTV Hive, XFM and NME Radio.

It saw the band share stages with the likes of Paolo Nutini, Martha Wainwright, Prides and Reverend and The Makers and appear at a number of festivals including Bestival, Boardmasters, The Great Escape, Y Not Festival, Radio 1's Big Weekend Showcase and the BBC introducing stage at Looe Festival. The trio also had a once in a lifetime opportunity to headline the Emerging Icons Stage in the Olympic Park for the opening day of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Produced by Paul Reeve and Auction for the Promise Club.  Out on Easy Action Records. 

Check out their music videos on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/AuctionForThePromise

Moonlight by Auction for the Promise Club

This track is from the album Work Anxiety Syndrome.
You can download it and/or buy the CD from 
http://jimpearson.bandcamp.com/album/work-anxiety-syndrome
Or iTunes.

Struck

Keeping Up Appearances

©Jim Pearson 2013
In the grip of a mid-life crises
Listen to the album on Spotify or listen/download from here... 
http://jimpearson.bandcamp.com/album/work-anxiety-syndrome

This Is How We Have Fun was written in pan-Atlantic collaboration with Jeff Roberts from Charlottesville.

This Is How We Have Fun

My Father's Chair

We're Not Coming Back

This track is from the album Work Anxiety Syndrome.
You can download it and/or buy the CD from 
http://jimpearson.bandcamp.com/album/work-anxiety-syndrome
Or iTunes.

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It’s too late to change your mind 
You’d better get used to the fact 
There’s no point in thinking there’s plenty of time 
And you know that there’s no turning back 

It’s too late to change your mind 
But you can’t live your life with regret 
There’s always somebody more handsome and funny 
Getting rich without breaking a sweat 

It’s too late to change your mind 
Because life is a one way street 
You feel like your walking in circles 
You’re worn out and you’re dead on your feet 

But it’s too late to change your mind 

If the way that you’re living ain’t making much sense 
I’m not going to insult your intelligence 
From your half empty glass drink a toast to your past 
And enjoy what you have while you can 


a holiday rep / a footballer / a fireman / a traffic warden / i had no thoughts about what i wanted to be when i was young / a pharmacist / someone who painted the flowers on cups / a vet / a fire-fighter / an archaeologist / an interior designer / a makeup artist / a pilot / a gymnast / a designer / to be an artist / i don’t know... yet 

friends and family and having a good time / other people’s misery / my kids... laughing / cheesecake / rabbits / watching man united / money / shoes / you tell me / drinking and socialising / what makes me happy? life / just to be happy within yourself 

good question... er what’s the meaning of life? having fun / friendships are very important / just being alive and being happy / inner peace / vodka / that’s too difficult for me i can’t answer that question

It's Too Late to Change Your Mind

Winner of 2024 Liverpool Songwriting Competition with "The Boy With the Red Hat", taken from "Death to Mortality".

People have said that Jim plays guitar like a drummer. He is. In the mid eighties, he toured the Far East, Europe and Tyneside with near-legendary Geordie club band Foxy, before putting down his sticks, opting for a life of obscurity as graphic designer, husband and dad.

In his late thirties with a mid-life-crises looming, he started writing and recording his songs, self-releasing “Some Songs by Jim Pearson” in his fortieth year.

Suddenly, nothing happened, so he continued, and gradually accumulated a niche following of several well-intentioned virtual people, each possessing an uncanny appreciation of music and lyrics, as well as managing to get a handful of plays on BBC 6 music.

Jim is also singer, guitarist, songwriter with niche NW-UK band Scaredycats, who's debut album "Dumb Animals" was pronounced album of the year by Liverpool Sound and Vision in 2017.

Last year, he was a key collaborator and producer with international lockdown supergroup "Nothing On TV".

According to Jim... "You might not agree, but I think I’m getting better at this. I’ve come to terms with the fact that I will never get the global recognition I so clearly deserve, and honestly, I am all the happier for it."

BBC 6 Music's Tom Robinson says... “This is the astonishingly prolific Merseyside songwriter Jim Pearson… you never can be sure what kind of project Jim will come up with next, but you can always be sure it’s gonna be pretty darn good...” (The Tom Robinson Show, January 25th 2020)

Songwriter from Northern England
https://jimpearson.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5R96vnb0ABdaZRMLG4XUNf

Scaredycats
https://scaredycatsuk.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/02W2iVwO5b3EIjzspgmS1N

Nothing On TV
https://nothingontv.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/07ADDEerdBir7xBgvdYyeo?si=k65U2tPkQuqbd1WFuPQOyA