August 2008

Just discovered this on YouTube - a jingle I wrote with Arthur Dick in 1987 (or was it 1887?). How flattering that it's described as "a classic Heinz advert with porno music"...

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Currently teaching bass and other stuff at the Training Them Live summer Rock School near Chatham - watch out for pictures of the final day concert here...

I'm also transcribing material for 2 new Music Sales Play Guitar With projects...we'll be recording 7 Kooks titles on 7th August.

Click on the thumbnails to see (mostly) onstage and backstage snaps from the Rochester Castle "Under Siege" gig on July 20th, featuring talented young musicians from the Medway area (and a few of us oldies...).

Photographs: © Paul Townsend 2008

Some sites you may want to visit:

sibeliusmusic.com - My homepage here. You can hear mp3's of my stuff and (with Scorch) see the scores.

www.myspace.com/randomkofficial - Excellent dance stuff for those of you not yet entirely dependent on stairlifts and Apetito. Also, he's a student. And my son. So I'd appreciate it if you'd make him a particularly famous (and uncommonly wealthy) musician. Maybe then he'll tidy his room. Thank you.

Colin Reece - A great singer/songwriter and strummer extraordinaire. Has been known to make me giggle. Doesn't like chords with numbers in (Apart from 7, obviously).

Wol Webster - Man what hits drums. Heap good medicine. Me enjoy um gigs with him.

Sadowsky basses - Yum yum!

Jackie Rawe - Ex Shakatak singer; a super singer/songwriter.

Simon Eyre - Check out this great guitarist/writer's CV...

Boogie Management - I've collaborated with Simon Skinner on many successful writing and recording projects since 1999.

Madeline Bell - A legendary and fantasic singer - I love working with her.

Count Arthur Strong - Absolutely the funniest comedy act around. Believe me.

Delta Studios - Good pro, rural recording facility near Canterbury.

Doublefvoices - Rob Fardell's online vocalist agency; hugely comprehensive.

Voxtet - Clive Dunstall's unique vocal/iinstrumental outfit.

The Fundamentals - A bunch of lunatics. Including me. But worth seeing nevertheless!

Allparts - Brilliant place to get replacement bits for your bass, guitar or amp. Absolutely everything you might need. Recommended

This so-called website was designed by me on an Etch-A-Sketch, and built using various sticky-backed plastics, old Squeezy containers, sealing wax, a few bits of chewed Duplo and a John Bull printing set. And a Mac, so goodness knows what it looks like in Internet Explorer. I'd go with Firefox if I were you. Can't get my head around Opera at all.

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