Up and coming Alternative Rock/Indie band, based in Nottingham, just starting out.

The 4 Projects journey

4 Projects·Tuesday, 27 November 2018
In summer 1979 a song came on the radio that changed my life forever. Are Friends Electric? by Tubeway Army was number one, and although I had appreciated music since being about four years old, this song grabbed my imagination like no other. It appealed to my liking of sci fi, and being thirteen at the time, caught me at a crossroads of childhood and puberty. I’d been guided by adults and wanted something that was my own. I found it.
I became a Numanoid, bought the albums and singles, attended the gigs, both Gary Numan and other synth based bands and artists, and eventually, thanks to my Dad, got a synthesizer of my own. I was never good at playing guitars or drums, but now felt musicmaking was available to me. I bought a drum machine and started to make...erm…. music?
I carried on over the years, decades even, and kept attempting song writing with no formal training or much help, but enjoyed making noise. Without guidance I drifted away and back again, never really doing much with my new found thing. I was very unconfident, not just with music, but full stop.
At about age forty eight, I felt like I needed something to make noise on again, so I bought a bass guitar and amp. Soon this grew into a keyboard, guitar, 32 track portastudio, mics and various other bit and bobs. Until finally, after advice from my eldest son, I went digital and bought a music production programme called FL studio. 
In the bits of spare time between caring for my two disabled sons, I began to learn and piece together a few songs, some from the remnants of my teen years and some new. I didn’t realise how much work was involved, and having little time between caring and all the stuff people have to do in life, it became a long slow and at times exhausting process. But I made it this far.
I began to identify patterns in my songs, and these patterns seem to be leaning towards four main categories.  So I decided to put the songs into four separate projects. This isn’t a rigid process because a lot of them crossover to each other, but some are very specific in their content and so fit into the category I have chosen to put them in.
Eventually I intend to put all the songs on the 4 Projects page. This may take some time.

ONLY THE MOST EXCITING ARTISTS NEED NO MANAGEMENT. 
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You may need time and whipping to get your shit together. This is what we do. Submissions/links on here or to nomanagement@live.com

Singer-Songwriter from Nottingham. I hope you enjoy the music.

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