Heather Enid Wells
Yet another songwriter-guitarist-singer. In that order. Though I earn my living mostly playing bass.
Fingerpicking guitar instrumental. This is all one guitar with no double-tracking.
"Home and Dry" by Heather Enid Wells is an Acoustic Guitar production available on SoundClick. The sound is shaped by fingerstyle, giving the song its signature feel. There is a quiet confidence to this track — the mark of an artist who understands the acoustic guitar sound. It has reached #24 on the main SoundClick Acoustic chart. The track is available royalty-free with a Creative Commons license, the standardized, legally-sound way to grant permissions.
A very clean song. Though maybe a bit steamy.
"In the Shower" by Heather Enid Wells is an Acoustic production available on SoundClick. There is an authenticity to the performance that draws the listener in. The track creates a listening experience that feels funny and humour. It has reached the top 10 on the SoundClick Acoustic General chart, peaking at #9. Get this acoustic track with a royalty-free Creative Commons license — only available on SoundClick.
An authentically styled ragtime piece, this is all one guitar with no overdubs or multi-tracking. This is the final version and is shorter and a little brisker than the previous ones from 2009 and 2012.
Independent artist Heather Enid Wells drops "1001 Rag", an Acoustic Guitar track on SoundClick. Featuring fingerstyle, the production has a distinctive and cohesive sound. The kind of acoustic guitar cut that earns its place in a playlist and stays there. Need a beat for your next project? "1001 Rag" is available with a royalty-free Creative Commons license on SoundClick.
From The Simplicity Suite, an expressive and sophisticated-sounding guitar instrumental but, as the name (almost) implies, quite easy to play!
"A Piece of Peace" is an Acoustic Guitar track by Heather Enid Wells on SoundClick. The sound is shaped by fingerstyle and arpeggios, giving the song its signature feel. The track creates a listening experience that feels easy, string quartet and chamber music. It has charted at #16 on the SoundClick Acoustic Guitar chart. Get this acoustic guitar track with a royalty-free Creative Commons license — only available on SoundClick.
An expressive classical guitar piece from my Simplicity Suite, dedicated to my dear friend Sandy Allen who died 15th April 2009
Independent artist Heather Enid Wells drops "Rising Tide", a Classical track on SoundClick. Featuring acoustic, vocal and guitarist, the production has a distinctive and cohesive sound. The track creates a listening experience that feels melodic, lyrical, witty and funny. "Rising Tide" has peaked at #19 in the Classical General category on SoundClick. That sound inspired by Bach is now available to license for free — "Rising Tide" is available with a royalty-free Creative Commons license on SoundClick.
I play bass with various bands in many genres, and also perform at mainly acoustic-style venues as a solo songwriter-guitarist-singer (in that order)
Hmm. I was born and there's a gap, musically, of about four years. My song "News, Weather and Archers" covers from then to when I began learning to play guitar in my teens. It's a long song... I just carried on from there, really. I switched to playing mainly bass fairly soon, and also had a gap of several years with a spinal problem when I couldn't play at all.
I very much enjoy playing bass on gigs with many different bands, as I have done for my living most of my adult life, but now, following the release of my album entitled Sleeping Dogs Never Lie (which also incorporates The Simplicity Suite), and the end of my main band Bright Spark on the tragic death of our main man, John Bartram, I hope once again to expand my work as a solo songwriter-performer and guitarist.
Everyone I've ever played with has influenced me, and I go to hear a lot of music live, but really since my teens I've never listened to much mainstream recorded music. A little bit of the following has probably rubbed off, though: The Beatles, Bach, Joyce Grenfell, Bob Dylan, Carol Kaye, Jobim, Dave Brubeck, early Yes, Jackie Flavelle and Led Zeppelin. Hymn-tunes from my schooldays and the music-hall songs beloved of my parents have also probably had more influence than I would previously admit.
2001 Parker Fly guitar, 1937 no-name acoustic guitar, 2004 Iceni fretless single-bass, and, for live work, 600w Trace-Elliot bass rig, Peavey/Electrovoice PA.
All my old solo tracks are simple minidisc recordings using my PA amp as a mixer. All my more recent ones, plus the Bright Spark and UnSparkPlugged tracks, are recorded on one of my 16-track desks (Yamaha AW16G and AW1600). The guitar and bass are always DIed, and the vocals recorded using a CAD condenser mic.
I never use any automated effects, such as rhythm machines, harmonizers or midi, nor do I use guide-tracks or click-tracks, though I do of course multi-track both vocally and instrumentally. I can't sing more than one voice at a time and I can't play guitar and bass simultaneously, either...