Self-taught musician and songwriter; I’ve probably picked up some bad habits but at least I can call them my own. I love performing and have always enjoyed playing my own compositions and songs rather than covers. I’m influenced by a vast array of artists, from the likes of Kendrick Lamar to Ben Howard. My music electric, but played with some delicate and clean sounds. I’m the third edge of the band Pyramids and weave into a few other projects as writer and frontman. I hope you come lend me your ears, thank you.
The Grey Lady Music Lounge, Wednesday 9th November 2016
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Headline Act: Storm Engine
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Storm Engine are a UK South-Eastern four piece who formed in 2008 after guitarist Wayne Brummer and bassist George Baldwin met on the set of an erotic Swedish film written by drummer Tim Pears and being directed by singer Ryan Barker. All of them had arrived that day by mistake (Tim was under the impression he’d written a cyber-thriller) and so Storm Engine was formed as a way of dealing with their collective shame and embarrassment.
Fast forward 7 years and Storm Engine are still going strong, bringing a melodic melange of funk and rock to the masses. All writers, their varied influences merge to create a unique and infectious sound formed from harmonious melodies, big riffs, funky bass and driving beats. At the heart of it all though, Storm Engine just want to have fun.
Kieran Draper
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Amber Anderton
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Amber was born and bred in Brighton and now lives in Crowborough (by way of Leamington Spa, London, Crawley, Burgess Hill, Fleet, Germany and Oxford!). By day she is a full time Drama teacher and by night a singer songwriter. She started writing songs at the age of eleven, in between singing along to Kylie Minogue songs. Her musical taste diversified over the years and now she cites her influences as Frank Turner, Beth Orton and The Indigo Girls, among others. Amber has performed in covers bands and musical theatre over the years, but has always come back to her first love, composing and performing her own music. She has been lucky enough to collaborate with some fantastic musicians over the years, most recently with professional composer Trystan Francis and producer Tom Cooper. Amber’s music is best described as Folky, Acoustic Pop and her dream is to play at Cropredy Festival! She has recently relaunched her own music and has already gathered a modest Twitter following, had her video broadcast on a Sussex TV station and been invited to perform at local venues. Amber’s songs are available on iTunes, Spotify and all other good online music retailers.
Jack Leon Mackey
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Jack Leon Mackey is a singer songwriter from Tunbridge wells Kent. He has been performing for 6 years with bands and performing solo. The style of music he has adopted is a fusion between Jamie T and Alex turner. You can find his music on sound cloud, and he hopes to release an E.P in late 2014.
He has previously been in a band from Tunbridge wells named “Stray Dogs” from which he still likes to incorporate some of the songs into his set.
Look him up on Soundcloud for free downloads and constant updates.
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