Off to Glastonbury 2015

Off to bed early now ready to wake up in the early hours to head off to Glastonbury festival!

So I'm going to be off the radar for a few days (my iPhone battery last about 4 hours... so I definitely won't be around until Monday afternoon next!)

See you soooooon!

My Mix for Backseat Mafia

Thanks to Backseat Mafia for uploading my latest mix and publishing an article too!

http://www.backseatmafia.com/2015/06/22/backseat-mafia-podcast-005-web-sheldon/

There's a Bio about my music and I talk a little about my inspiration for the mix.  Check out the link above!

Gig Booked - Tramlines Festival in Sheffield

I confirmed a gig this morning at Tramlines Festival in Sheffield!

SO EXCITED!

Sheffield is the city where I grew up and the city where I first got onto the music scene so I've got loads of memories there and it'll be my first gig in Sheffield in 10 years!

Tramlines Festival is running from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th July this year.

Click on the picture above to visit the website.

More details to come soon!

New Single is OUT NOW!

BOOOOOOM.

The new joint single between myself and Beatm4n HAS LANDED TODAY.

Spirit Like You (Beatm4n Remix) is now available on iTunes, emusic, Amazon in Spain, Italy, Germany, France and many more to come yet!

You can also listen to a preview of the song on Soundcloud or YouTube:

NEW SINGLE! Out on iTunes - Fri 12th June!

Oh yeahhhhhh!

The joint single between myself and BeatM4n is out on iTunes THIS FRIDAY! 12th June!

It's called Spirit Like You (BeatM4n Remix).

It's a stomping electronic/house summer anthem with dirty skrillex style synths, pop vocal hooks and the amazing production of BeatM4n himself.

Here is the cover in all it's glory...

TWO DAYS TO GO!!!

"Spirit Like You" Colloboration with BeatM4n - Release date TBA

Soooo... Beatm4n and I have finished our song "Spirit Like You" and I'm currently uploading it to CD Baby - which is a website that helps you distribute your music via iTunes, Amazon, and many other websites... And I'm registering with the PRS at the moment (a copywrite collection society for the UK).  This is all new to me as it's my first ever official release so it's all very exciting!

I was planning to release my debut solo single "Today Is All" in June, but I still have to finalise the remix b-sides yet, and we're totally ready to go ahead with this.  The remix that Stefano (BeatM4n) has done of this song is just like a proper stomping summer anthem.   When I listen to it, it makes me want to be on a beach in the sun with an ice cold pint! lol

It feels perfect posting this today as it must be the nicest day of the year so far in London! Having said that, there are a number of clouds looming in the distance!! (>.<)  That must to do with PRS registration lol

Throwback Thursday - Famous Blue Raincoat (Manchester, April 2012)

Ok I'm borrowing the term 'Throwback Thursday' for this post...

A special time for me was the Summer of 2012.

Leading up to that period, I'd made a couple of bad decisions in terms of career direction and had also got myself into quite a destructive long term relationship.  The change started when I'd got a new job and I'd moved to Manchester into this studio apartment bang in the city centre (near Piccadilly station if you know it).

I hadn't even realised at the time how much of a dark place I had gotten myself into until things started to change.  I hadn't been trying to 'clear any clouds', because I didn't know there were any clouds to clear.  But naturally, things suddenly started to change; I became healthier, more confident, my creativity was soaring.  I found the courage to end the destructive relationship I was in and my life changed massively from that point.

Whilst all this was happening, I remember sitting down one night and just feeling a huge sense of relief because for first time in 18 months, things just 'felt right'; I didn't have to fight, or rush or worry - I felt like I was responsible for my own destiny again and I had control back over my life.

I set up my mic and recorded a cover of Leonard Cohen's 'Famous Blue Raincoat' and I love to watch the video because it takes me back to all the feelings I was having back then.