Isaac Gracie - Terrified YTV

One big thank you to Burberry for creating this video. Their YouTube channel posts plenty of brilliant acoustic versions of tracks (too many to mention) but this one really caught my attention in a big way. The track is Terrified and is sung by Isaac Gracie (www.facebook.com/isaacgraciemusic) It is a track off of the EP honestly titled Songs From My Bedroom that was released late March just gone. What makes this version spectacular is the distinctive and mellow vocals that you can tell are singing his feelings that are straight out of the heart, true raw emotion at it's best. Enjoy!

Blur & Jimmy Fallon - Tender YTV

05/05/15 YouTube Video

It has been a while since I heard this song and upon hearing it today, it rekindled a flame in the back of my memory somewhere. Memories of good times and sing-a-longs with friends. It is nice to hear it done acoustically and I am not sure exactly if Jimmy Fallon adds much apart from the awkward high vocals but he is enough of a legend just getting this video recorded and posting it online for everyone to hear. Coxon soloing on the resonator guitar was my personal highlight. I hope you dig it as much as me. Enjoy!

C&TB - Kathleen Acoustic YTV

13/01/15 YouTube Video

Van McCann is hitting it solo with this track. Stripping down Catfish & The Bottlemen to just the bare bones with Vann singing Kathleen with help just from an acoustic guitar. And that proves to be all he needs. This version doesn't lose any of its impact by being performed acoustic, it actually gives the song a new element that I enjoy and you can hear the vocals in a different, less harsh light. Good job Oui FM for sorting this out. Enjoy!

Mighty Oaks - Seven Days YTV

26/08/14 YouTube Video

This is an acoustic track from German band Mighty Oaks. It is a special session with Rolling Stone featuring the 3 members and 3 beautiful instruments. Alongside the great instrumental technique shown by the band members, the other this that I rate highly from this song is the vocal harmonies that they pull off. Their voices seem to compliment each others extremely well and really add strength to the choruses and specific lines. I'm looking forward to a full LP from these boys. Enjoy!

Guitar Making/Luthier Skills

Yesterday I went to see Rik Middleton a local guitar maker from Coventry. I'm currently learning about the process of guitar making and yesterday was a great experience. I learnt about different processes, materials and their sources, equipment/machinery that is needed for the job and lots more. In the afternoon of the day he also showed me how to bend the wood for the sides of the guitar. This process was always something I was interested in learning about and I'm glad I now know how it works. 

Also, visiting Rik has really inspired me to create guitar models on CAD and start building up my workshop equipment so that when I have my own workshop space I will have all the equipment I need to start building and making.

He has also made a book about making a guitar that is available on Amazon and I for sure will be picking up a copy for myself. I look forward to visiting him again next week and learning even more things.

The Wild Boar Acoustic Night!

Last night I went to an acoustic event at The Wild Boar pub in Warwick. I haven't been to one of these before yesterday in what feels like years and I was pleased by the quality of the performers who played. The majority of singers seemed to be females but all the singers had different singing and playing styles which kept things interesting. The singer I liked the most was one of the featured artists of the night, a lady who went by Miss Ellie (https://www.facebook.com/MissEllieMusic). She played a range of her own material and covers. Over the night I can definitely say I preferred listening to songs the singers had written themselves. It just seemed that there was an extra something that was brought out in the playing of the song. Recently I can say I have had enough of listening to people doing covers of pop/top 40 songs on an acoustic guitar and thinking it is totally out there and different, I have heard enough of them and sometimes I just want to listen to a song that was made for acoustic guitar. Overall, it was a good night and next time I would like to stay later and see all of the acts. Great little venue, staff and location were brilliant.