Got some new microphones, here’s my first attempt at recording with them!
Free download from here.
Posted in Video
Tagged acoustic, blue skies, cover, folk, for the driver, indie, retriever, ron sexsmith, singer, songwriter
Just to prove how down with the kids I am, here’s a cover of a smash hit single (from about 10 years ago)
You can download the mp3 here.
Also, people who live in or near Brighton – have a look here.
Posted in Gigs, Uncategorized, Video
Tagged blue skies, cover, mr. brightside, piaon, the killers
The RNLI are putting on a show at Audio in Brighton. I’m playing at it with several other acts including Charlie Simpson of Busted fame! You should totally come. Tickets can be found here.
There’s also a competition running to find one more act for the gig, so if you fancy playing on the same bill as yours truly (and that Charlie guy) head on over to the facebook page and enter the competition!
See you there. x
EDIT: There’s now a facebook event page so you can confirm your attendance and invite your friends.
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged blue skies, brighton, gig, live, music, rnli, sessions
If youre wondering what has become of Y Factor, I have changed it’s name and moved it to my new Scratch That Records blog. It’s now called Scratch That Recommends (see what I did there?) and won’t be limited to albums.
Check out the first post here. And let me know what you think either on tumblr by reblogging, or twitter using the hashtag #STRecs. I hope you’ll follow the new blog – if you have tumblr you can do that here, if not you can follow on twitter or facebook where I’ll link all the articles, or add http://www.blog.scratchthatrecords.com/rss to your RSS reader of choice.
ACE
Posted in Scratch That Records, Uncategorized, Y Factor
Tagged scratch that records, y factor
Just a quick update as I have updated some things.
1. You can now hear almost all of my music on Spotify, since I’ve just added two more albums on there (including Winter). So please, listen, share, make playlists, do whatever it is you do on Spotify!
2. My bandcamp page can now be used to buy single songs as well as full albums. It’s cheaper than itunes and you can download at higher quality. Bandcamp is ace.
3. scratchthatrecords.com is now more than just a shop. There’s even a tumblr you can go follow if you’re into that.
4. New video.
5. Oh shit! Almost forgot – I produced an E.P. for Ed Stockham and it’s just come out. Here it is on bandcamp – itunes – STR. I suggest the physical copy as it comes in a comic book!
6. You’re cool.
x
Posted in Band stuff, Scratch That Records, Video
Following on from the previous post, I’d just like to say thanks because you guys massively exceeded my expectations! Please keep sharing the album and if you’ve already sent it to someone, perhaps next time you talk to them you could see if they liked it… If so, send them in this general direction!
Some links promised in the video:
Covers album download: www.tinyurl.com/blueskiescovers
Jay : Youtube – Bandcamp – Musicy Youtube
xx
Posted in Band stuff, Video
Tagged blue skies, thank you, video, videos for pictures, videosforpictures
For reasons outlined in the video below, I’ve put together a collection of my covers. It’s free to download so if you don’t have the songs, please do! It would also be wonderful if you could think of one friend who would like my music and send them a message letting them know about it, including the link - http://tinyurl.com/blueskiescovers – so they can get started.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. You’re ace.
Here’s the video:
And here’s the track list for the album:
1. Hard to Explain (The Strokes)
2. The Gardner (The Tallest Man On Earth)
3. First Day of My Life (Bright Eyes)
4. The Wrote and The Writ (Johnny Flynn)
5. Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground (The White Stripes)
6. Landsend (Patrick Wolf)
7. If You See Her, Say Hello (Bob Dylan)
8. Lose Your Soul (Dead Man’s Bones)
9. Once More With Feeling (Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly)
10. Iris (Goo Goo Dolls)
11. These Days (Jackson Browne/Tallest Man)
12. Falling in Love With Your Best Friend (Paul Baribeau)
13. Wolf at the Door w/ Jay (Radiohead)
14. The Biggest Lie (Elliott Smith)
Posted in Band stuff, Releases
Tagged album, blue skies, cover songs, covers, scratch that records
