Musical and computery person (I can compose/record but also recover the files when it crashes).

My fretting hand is full of raw rock guitar riffs whilst my mousing hand clicks out quirky jingles.

Was surrounded by recording and musical equipment in the womb, picked up a guitar in 1983 - am now a jumble of the following:

*Music teacher based around guitars......acoustic, electric, bass.
*Work with song writers to write / record / gig - Abbo, Matt Carpanini, Paul Roberts (of Stranglers past), Amy Tinsley, Matt Culpepper (Creative Music Services).
*Gig guitar / bass and backing vocals in pubs / clubs / functions in various styles from mellow acoustic to chunky funk to widdly rock.
*Computer brain whispers to digital audio workstations.
*Author of Xtreme Guitar tuition book/CD series.

Sometimes I find the time to add to this random collection of tunes.......of course if someone pays me I drop everything and I'm straight on it.

Take on some tunes and help me to sleep at night (well, from 3am to midday-ish). Likings and Repositings etc. spur me on no end. Thanks.

Sasha McVeigh was born to be on the stage.

As early as Sasha can remember, she was singing and dancing to Country music in her Hereford, England home. “My dad used to put CMT on and we would dance and sing around the coffee table,” says McVeigh. Little did she know that 20 years later she would be living in Nashville, Tennessee designing her promising career.
 
If ever a female voice could convey heartache and empowerment in her songs, Sasha’s can and does. She writes from the heart and sings with genuinely soul-wrenching emotion. The singer-songwriter is the only British artist to ever perform on numerous prominent main stages at US Festivals.
 
Sasha’s drive, savvy and talent have landed her on stages across the globe. The Country newcomer composed her first song at the tender age of twelve which launched a trajectory that would eventually land her in Music City six years later. In November 2012, McVeigh recorded her first Acoustic EP, earning her a spot on the local BBC Radio Station that garnered more ground for the burgeoning artist. All of this transpired just as she was graduating from high school. 

She hasn’t looked back since. With over 1 million streams across platforms, placement on several prominent Spotify playlists, and a live show that will captivate any audience, Sasha's powerful voice is making an impact and building a foundation on which she is establishing herself as a country music star.

4 BBC Radio 2 Playlists, iTunes Single of the Week, International touring singer songwriter, 500 mil streams +, Multi Instrumentalist.

Songwriters Piers McEwan & Ed Hogston
Contact - piersmcewan@gmail.com

“I’m so aware what a buzz there is about them and I’m absolutely thrilled that they’re here with us on my stage today. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Dexeter…” ‘Whispering’ Bob Harris

This is a band on the rise. Described by legendary BBC presenter Bob Harris as a “country Fleetwood Mac”, Dexeter have quickly gone from the crowded back rooms of local Northamptonshire pubs to exploring the national stage - with a live session on BBC Radio 2, a single released under the iconic Decca label, music placed on Channel 4’s Hollyoaks and regular airplay from BBC Introducing. Most recently, Dexeter nudged Johnny Cash from the top spot on the UK iTunes Country charts to secure their first number 1 single.

Dexeter have appeared at the O2 as part of the Country 2 Country festival for three consecutive years and have since gone on to open tours for UK Country favourites The Shires, Ward Thomas, Angeleena Presley and more.

The Leicestershire act were a smash at C2C, where hundreds of enthusiastic fans poured into the atrium to sing along to crowd favourites including songs from their crowdfunded debut album “Four Thousand Miles To Nashville” as well as their “Waiting For A Lifetime” EP. That weekend, Dexeter played three shows, culminating in the only standing ovation of the weekend on Bob Harris’s Under The Apple Tree stage on Sunday afternoon.

Dexeter performed a number of shows in Nashville, including a bucketlist moment at the prestigious Bluebird Café, and cowrote two tracks from their EP with Payton Taylor and Michael Logen (Kelly Clarkson, Will Hoge, Nashville Soundtrack). Dexeter played their first London headline show to a sold out Camden Barfly on a hot summer’s night in July 2015 and have continued to sell out venues all over the UK. With three Bob Harris Apple Tree Sessions under their belt, five songs featured on BBC Introducing and an exciting new set of songs in their pockets, the future is already looking bright for the band, dubbed by Chris Country Radio to be “the hardest working band in UK country music”.

“It may be 4000 miles to Nashville, but Dexeter make you feel like you are already there...” Baylen Leonard, BBC Radio 2 Country.

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