I have recently been
doing open mic sessions at the Chemic Tavern in Leeds on Thursdays. I have been
getting together a number of old and new songs and practising them
with acoustic guitar and harmonica with vocal. Some of the songs
I've been doing are “Strangers Outside My Door”, “Jackdaw
Alien”, “Sunrise”, “Green Fields Of England”, “Behind
Every Face” and “You Take It All”. There are some new ones too
in the shape of “The Burning Tree” and “All That Matters”.
I have also been
working up some electric ones with backing drums – I have been
practising “The Case Of The Missing Brain”, “Monster Face”
and three more new ones, which are “Vampire Exposed”, “Mask”
and “I Must Be Out Of My Mind”.
This is all a bit
different for me. I have not been getting any gigs doing anything
else, so I thought I'll try my hand at open mic nights around Leeds.
Noise and experimental music does not really go down well with open
mic crowds, so it has to be the songs. Eventually I'll work out some
way of incorporating the two together, but for now I'm getting some
experience doing the songs straight.
I have been working at
writing a lot of new stuff as well as re-working older ideas.
There will be a new
Shemboid album out sometime soon – when I eventually get the art
work done and finally decide on the tracks. I'll let you know when
it's ready.
See you soon,
Shem
