SoundClick artist: the bunkbeds - james higgins the bunkbeds from clydebank scotland bedroom band influenced by the flaming lips and p

the bunkbeds are jim higgins and the occasional guest players.
home made indy rock lofi musings that doesn't take itself to seriously best describes the music and the band.
everything recorded at home all on cheap n nasty equipment.
the ultimate bedroom band.
of late i have found myself collaborating with musicians the world over, predominantly with lyrics and vocals so if you have a tune banging around that you cant come up with lyrics for send it my way and i'll see if i can help.

Why this name?

originally all of my music was created in my bedroom hence the name of the band. "the bunkbeds"

Do you play live?

never played live , never will tooo feart. but if anyone out there wants to perform any of my songs they are welcome to.

How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?

you can hear great music you would never have heard of before.

Would you sign a record contract with a major label?

no major label would give me a contract .lol.

Band History:

Some strange things have emerged from bedrooms round the world the Bunkbeds are perhaps the saddest and strangest.

They are possibly the worst band in the known universe but they just don’t care ‘cause they don’t realise.

To describe their music as Lo-Fi would be a major overstatement, in the twenty years or so that they have been recording music (their description) they have never purchased a piece of equipment valued at more than £20.00 and it shows.
oops i got a boss micro br an it cost £149.99 pounds sterling so i'm cheating now.

Your influences?

pixies, flaming lips, divine comedy, danny wilson, lambchop, tom waits, the secret machines, peter hammill, van der graaf generator, U2, todd rundgren, the bathers, belle and sebastiane, josef k, the associates, captain beefheart and more.

Favorite spot?

messonghi corfu. though ive grown rather fond of elounda in crete.

Equipment used:

pc, casio sk5 sampler (really cheap n nasty), cheapo guitar, cheapo midi keyboards, digital delay, cubase sx. not necessarily in that order or at the same time. purchased a boss microbr on december 2007 best buy i ever made and on february 2010 i made my most expensive musical purchase to date when i got a roland juno di.

Anything else...?

you can hear and see the bunkbeds at the following sites

www.youtube.com/oldrottenhead
www.myspace.com/oldrottenhead

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/higgins.james/
and you can hear some of my collaborations here

jemima's kite

www.soundclick.com/jemimaskite

dead divan's jam

www.soundclick.com/deaddivansjam

and worldwide collaborations from www.songcrafters.org

www.soundclick.com/nevermet

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