I AM A SONGWRITER AND MULTI INSTRUMENTALIST MAINLY BUT I LIKE TO SING AT HOME.
I HAVE A NEW PURPOSE BUILT SMALL RECORDING STUDIO IN MY GARDEN CALLED 'PURPLEWOOD MUSIC' HERE AT HOME IN DEVON, ENGLAND. (check out www.purplewoodmusic.co.uk)
I TRY TO WRITE DEEP MEANINGFULL LYRICS. TAKE A LISTEN AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK.
I AM NOT THE BEST SINGER IN THE WORLD BUT I ENJOY IT.
BEEN PLAYING VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS FOR NEARLY 25 YEARS NOW (ONE DAY I'LL GET IT RIGHT)
MAINLY SELF TAUGHT. I PLAY GUITAR (6 & 12 STRING), MANDOLIN, BASS, BANJO, PEDALSTEEL AND LEARNING KEYBOARD
I HAVE A NEW PURPOSE BUILT SMALL RECORDING STUDIO IN MY GARDEN CALLED 'PURPLEWOOD MUSIC' HERE AT HOME IN DEVON, ENGLAND. (check out www.purplewoodmusic.co.uk)
I TRY TO WRITE DEEP MEANINGFULL LYRICS. TAKE A LISTEN AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK.
I AM NOT THE BEST SINGER IN THE WORLD BUT I ENJOY IT.
BEEN PLAYING VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS FOR NEARLY 25 YEARS NOW (ONE DAY I'LL GET IT RIGHT)
MAINLY SELF TAUGHT. I PLAY GUITAR (6 & 12 STRING), MANDOLIN, BASS, BANJO, PEDALSTEEL AND LEARNING KEYBOARD
Why this name?
IT IS THE NAME I WAS GIVEN BY MY PARENTS
Do you play live?
I WOULD CONSIDER PLAYING LIVE
LIFE IS ONE BIG SPECIAL MOMENT
MAKE THE MOST OF WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY BECAUSE ONE DAY IT WON'T BE THERE TOMORROW
LIFE IS ONE BIG SPECIAL MOMENT
MAKE THE MOST OF WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY BECAUSE ONE DAY IT WON'T BE THERE TOMORROW
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
IT OPENS UP A WHOLE NEW CHAPTER FOR THE INDUSTRY.
WHETHER YOU ARE A LISTENER, WRITER OR MUSICIAN THERE IS A LOT OF INSPIRATION, STORIES, FEELINGS AND HELP OUT THERE
IT IS ALSO AN EXCELLENT PLACE TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS
WHETHER YOU ARE A LISTENER, WRITER OR MUSICIAN THERE IS A LOT OF INSPIRATION, STORIES, FEELINGS AND HELP OUT THERE
IT IS ALSO AN EXCELLENT PLACE TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
I DON'T KNOW - DEPENDS ON THE CONTRACT
Band History:
HAVING COME TO WITHIN AN INCH OF DYING WITH THYROID CANCER AND TREATMENT, LOSING MY SWEETHEARTS IN A CAR CRASH , BANKRUPTCY, THEN SEVERE DEPRESSION, EPILEPSY AND DIABETES, I DECIDED TO TRY MY HAND AT WRITING SONGS. (I THINK I'VE LIVED THE TRUE COUNTRY SONG lol)
SOME ARE BASED ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCE SOME ARE JUST GENERAL TOPICS
SOME ARE BASED ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCE SOME ARE JUST GENERAL TOPICS
Your influences?
ANYTHING TRADITIONAL COUNTRY. I AM NOT TOO KEEN ON MODERN COUNTRY MUSIC. I LIKE RAYMOND FROGGATT AND HANK WANGFORD, HOWEVER, I ALSO LIKE NORAH JONES, KATIE MELUA, SEASICK STEVE, STATUS QUO, ELO, HUMAN LEAGUE, KRAFTWERK, DUFFY, AMY WINEHOUSE, DIDO, STATLER BROTHERS, GEORGE STRAIT, SOME 60's, 70's & 80's MUSIC.
I DO LISTEN TO MANY DIFFERENT GENRES OF MUSIC BUT COUNTRY IS MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE
I DO LISTEN TO MANY DIFFERENT GENRES OF MUSIC BUT COUNTRY IS MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE
Favorite spot?
THE COUNTRYSIDE
DARTMOOR
THE PEAK DISTRICT
LINCOLNSHIRE WOLDS
THE COTSWOLDS
CORNWALL
HOT BEACHES & BABBLING BROOKS
DARTMOOR
THE PEAK DISTRICT
LINCOLNSHIRE WOLDS
THE COTSWOLDS
CORNWALL
HOT BEACHES & BABBLING BROOKS
Equipment used:
FENDER & OVATION ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC GUITARS, YAMAHA ACOUSTIC GUITAR, FENDER ELECTRIC AND ACOUSTIC BASS; VINTAGE STRATOCASTER GUITARS; FENDER TELECASTER GUITAR; VINTAGE LES PAUL; YAMAHA PSR550 KEYBOARD; EVOLUTION MIDI CONTROLLER; COUNTRYMAN MANDOLIN; OZARK BANJO; CARTER PEDAL STEEL; SHURE SM58 + 57 DYNAMIC MIC; AKG CONDENSER MIC; STUDIO PROJECTS MIC'S; M-AUDIO 4/10 INTERFACE; 1000's PLUG INS; VST INSTRUMENTS; BOSS BR1600 RECORDING STUDIO; TC HELICON HARMONY EFFECTS UNIT; TASCAM MONITORS; LINE 6 GUITAR EFFECTS UNITS; LANEY BASS AMP; LINE 6 AMP; VARIOUS OTHER AMPS AND PA; MACKIE MIXER AND RECORDING DESK; BAND IN A BOX; CUBASE 5; ABLETON LIVE 8; MAGIX 14 & CAKEWALK
Anything else...?
LIFE IS WHAT YOU CHOOSE IT TO BE.
DON'T LET OTHERS STAND IN YOUR WAY
HAVE LOTS OF FUN
LIVE EACH DAY TO THE FULL THERE IS NO SECOND CHANCE
DON'T LET OTHERS STAND IN YOUR WAY
HAVE LOTS OF FUN
LIVE EACH DAY TO THE FULL THERE IS NO SECOND CHANCE
Music
a fast upbeat instrumental with lead guitar and fiddle
A beautiful haunting original instrumental melody from my own mind with just pedal steel and acoustic guitars
Another song from Merle Haggard
Another beautiful song by Gene Watson
A beautiful song covered by the great Merle Haggard
An original Christmas song. Lyrics by Shaun Burns and music and performance by Andrew Wood
a lovely song with lyrics written by Richard Baldwin and music and performance by myself
a lovely song by Alison Moorer which I covered earlier and to which Danna asked if she could sing it (she does a much better job than me), so I arranged and produced the music and Danna did the vocals - Thankyou Danna
A COLLABORATION BETWEEN RICHARD ELLISON BALDWIN ON LYRICS AN MYSELF ON MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE
A BOY'S CRUSH ON SIOBHAN DONAGHY
GAREAU / WOOD
about a woman running away from an abusive home
GAREAU / WOOD
Song about a man losing his woman's love after selling their house
LYRICS BY CLEMENT J GAREAU
MUSIC & PERFORMED BY ANDREW WOOD
Simple song about the good old school days
Simple acoustic guitar with lyrics written and performed by Lexie Green
Steel guitar instrumental
True story about my friend in Wales
INSTRUMENTAL SONG ABOUT FEELING HAPPY
Catchy bluegrass tune
Comments
posted on Mon March 7, 2011
And again great job, Andtrw
Jackie Gordon
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posted on Fri December 3, 2010
I homed in on this one mainly because I remembered the old Frank Ifield version. And you've done a very good version of the song, very easy listening, the sort of number you could play over and over. The backing was very nicely arranged too, well done!
Peter Chapman
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posted on Wed November 10, 2010
Hi, Thanks for the invite and sorry it took me so long.
Lovely song, great lyrics and story
Keep us posted
Julie
Lovely song, great lyrics and story
Keep us posted
Julie
Julienne Music Publishing
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posted on Wed November 3, 2010
andy really great song my friend and its nearly january too lol
posted on Wed November 3, 2010
hello andy thx for letting me know that u had new songs up . very beautiful song my friend . great job u have done with this one hugs xxx
posted on Mon October 25, 2010
A very beautiful song!
God Bless..."Murphy"
God Bless..."Murphy"
murphy l henderson jr
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http://soundclick.com/murphylhendersonjr
posted on Sun October 24, 2010
Hey Andrew, great job on a great classic.
The Woodman
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posted on Thu October 21, 2010
Good song to get one in the Xmas mood
Clem
Clem
Clem Gareau
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http://soundclick.com/clemgareau
posted on Thu October 21, 2010
Amazing, no wonder it's doing so well on the charts
Clem
Clem
Clem Gareau
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http://soundclick.com/clemgareau
posted on Thu October 21, 2010
Merle, would be all smiles listening to this track, you need to do more uptempo songs
Clem
Clem
Clem Gareau
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http://soundclick.com/clemgareau
posted on Thu October 21, 2010
a very nice song, well written and performed, great work Andy and Shaun.
soon be that time of year again!
soon be that time of year again!
Hayley Oliver
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http://soundclick.com/hayleyoliver
posted on Thu October 21, 2010
hadn't heard this song before, it's lovely
Hayley Oliver
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http://soundclick.com/hayleyoliver
posted on Thu October 21, 2010
lovely gentle acoustic and dreamy steel, magic sound!
Love
Hayley
Love
Hayley
Hayley Oliver
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http://soundclick.com/hayleyoliver
posted on Wed October 20, 2010
A beautiful instrumental tune love the guitar picking and the pedal steel just sits in there nice pure gold
Harry Edgar
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posted on Wed October 20, 2010
loved this one just a good as the original
Harry Edgar
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posted on Wed October 20, 2010
Another great country song well sung
Harry Edgar
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http://soundclick.com/HarryEdgar
posted on Wed October 20, 2010
great vocs and lyrics great country song loved the guitar and great production as usual
Harry Edgar
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http://soundclick.com/HarryEdgar
posted on Wed October 20, 2010
A great Christmas song loved the lyrics good foot taping tune and excellent production
Harry Edgar
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http://soundclick.com/HarryEdgar
posted on Wed October 20, 2010
hey andy youve nailed the country scene
billy
billy
billy flack
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http://soundclick.com/billyflack
posted on Wed October 20, 2010
pure classic country
billy
billy
billy flack
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http://soundclick.com/billyflack
posted on Wed October 20, 2010
love everything about this
billy
billy
billy flack
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http://soundclick.com/billyflack
posted on Tue October 19, 2010
Amazing work Andrew...very haunting, played with a lot of feeling. Stationed it!
peace, Brett
Brett Service
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posted on Tue October 19, 2010
WILD , LYRICS , GREAT VOCAL, LONG HAIR COOL IT IS, COOL HARMONIES, GUITAR IS GREAT AN ADD IT IS . AND THANKS FOR THAT GREAT D-LOAD A GIANT 70UTA'7 TO YA!
posted on Tue October 19, 2010
Beautiful sound Great picking the steal is fine , great flow and direction , headphones on!AN ADD IT IS . GIANT 70UTA'7
posted on Mon August 23, 2010
Danna,
Absolutely beautiful. This just may be your best one yet.
You've still got it girl. Almost goes without saying,the harmonies are perfect.
Your friend & FAN,
gene
Absolutely beautiful. This just may be your best one yet.
You've still got it girl. Almost goes without saying,the harmonies are perfect.
Your friend & FAN,
gene
Gene Thomas
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posted on Fri April 30, 2010
Beautiful song here Andrew! Your production is always so, so well done!!!
Brett Service
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http://soundclick.com/brettservice
posted on Fri January 29, 2010
Another lovely song and great harmony. Enjoyed it very much.Well done Andy.
Chris...
Chris...
andrew wood
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posted on Fri January 29, 2010
Hey Andrew, this is great! The vocals are amazing on this, and the backing track is very tasteful and well produced.
Brett Service
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http://soundclick.com/brettservice
posted on Fri January 15, 2010
hello andrew another great song my friend .and ur voice is very easy to listen to my friend. hugs x
posted on Sun January 3, 2010
What a song and what a story! Straight from the heart
and a real heartbreaker! 5's across the board.
and a real heartbreaker! 5's across the board.
posted on Sun January 3, 2010
Well done!
posted on Wed December 23, 2009
Great sounding music. Soothing and relaxing.
Excellent work with harmonizing!
HALLELUJAH!!
Excellent work with harmonizing!
HALLELUJAH!!
Rick Gross
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posted on Mon December 21, 2009
I love the sentament in the lyric, and the vocal harmonies are terific, another excellent colab Andy and Richard.
Love
Hayley
Love
Hayley
Hayley Oliver
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http://soundclick.com/hayleyoliver
posted on Mon December 21, 2009
a good choice and very well done, one of my favourite songs!
Hayley
Hayley
Hayley Oliver
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http://soundclick.com/hayleyoliver
posted on Mon December 21, 2009
the instrumentation on this is great, a beautiful brilliantly written lyric, very well sung, a special song! fab work Andy and Richard.
Love
Hayley
Love
Hayley
Hayley Oliver
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http://soundclick.com/hayleyoliver
posted on Mon December 21, 2009
a great arangement on this lovely song, beautiful vocals by Danna.
Love
Hayley
Love
Hayley
Hayley Oliver
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http://soundclick.com/hayleyoliver
posted on Mon December 21, 2009
andy great song my friend and well done by you xx
posted on Mon December 21, 2009
hello andy thx for sharing ur christmas song with us its great my friend tc hugs xxx
posted on Mon December 14, 2009
This is a great song and this is a superb performance and production.
My question is: did you do harmony?
If you haven't already done this, a duet would be awesome!!
Terrific stuff, get it out there (not just here)!!!
My question is: did you do harmony?
If you haven't already done this, a duet would be awesome!!
Terrific stuff, get it out there (not just here)!!!
Peter Chapman
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posted on Mon December 14, 2009
This is generally regarded as a really great song but what struck me was that your Christmas song is a better song!
The performance of it was sound but I think the other one enabled you to better display your full range and it came over as a stronger performance due to that.
I'm starting to get like Simon Cowell!!
The performance of it was sound but I think the other one enabled you to better display your full range and it came over as a stronger performance due to that.
I'm starting to get like Simon Cowell!!
Peter Chapman
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posted on Mon December 14, 2009
Well this put me in mind of Jim Reeves and Elvis!
(More on that later).
I think it's a great song, it had a very warm feel to it and I really enjoyed listening to it.
You displayed a terrific vocal range in this song and, although I see you prefer writing and I know you do collab work, because that's how we first became friends, can I ask if you have access to an open-mic, buskers kind of evening? If not, I suggest you do get along if you have one in Devon!
Let me repeat, TERRIFIC SONG and VERY WELL SUNG AND PLAYED!
(More on that later).
I think it's a great song, it had a very warm feel to it and I really enjoyed listening to it.
You displayed a terrific vocal range in this song and, although I see you prefer writing and I know you do collab work, because that's how we first became friends, can I ask if you have access to an open-mic, buskers kind of evening? If not, I suggest you do get along if you have one in Devon!
Let me repeat, TERRIFIC SONG and VERY WELL SUNG AND PLAYED!
Peter Chapman
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http://soundclick.com/peterchapman
posted on Sun December 13, 2009
Hi Andrew,
This is a very nice Christmas song!! We really like the lyrics and it has a very sentimental melody! Awesome job!
Greg n Deb
This is a very nice Christmas song!! We really like the lyrics and it has a very sentimental melody! Awesome job!
Greg n Deb
Greg n Deb
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posted on Sun December 13, 2009
Great track, very well performed
Rodrica Rudge
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posted on Sun December 13, 2009
Excellent production and arrangement, great music and wonderful vocals
Rodrica Rudge
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posted on Sat December 12, 2009
5 stars all the way andrew a very nice song it is a hit here in kent mind you i like the marty robbins cover devil woman to think i will belt that one out at next karaoke i go to had not heard it in ages hope you dont mind but i joined in i love all the oldies (must be my age ) thanks for sharing nigel
posted on Sat December 12, 2009
Great Christmas song love the lyrics and the harmonies great production
Harry Edgar
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