Julie Tawse
I'm just me: I'm not a band.
Using guitar and vocal, songwriting is my main musical activity. It's great when others come alongside.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
2000 to 2004, sung in a capella group, Alchemy. Gradually working on demos. May 2004, Kevin Donnelly and Will Cook helped me record my first demo single (for Songs Inspired By Literature compilation but not selected). Invaluable experience.
Now I've mastered some new technology ;) - CD rippers, audio converters, Soundclick - I'm aiming to upload some songs written and co-written in the 50 Songs in 90 Day Challenge, 2001-2004.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
I have performed my songs for church groups, musicales and remembrance days. After the event is better than before!
Your musical influences
Varied! Early influences: folk, 60's pop and rock, blues, jazz, musicals.
Early songwriting idols: Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne,Bruce Springsteen, Eric Bogle, Van Morrison. Countless others - including grunge, heavy metal, indie, punk, rap, alternative etc.
What equipment do you use?
I play around with voice, guitar, crappy little keyboard, nice Akimba African drum, clapper sticks made from wood from our wild garden and assorted items including biscuit tins, jars of rice, pots...
Anything else?
My songwriter motto: Keep an ear to the ground and an open mind.
"May you stay forever young." Bob Dylan
