Paul Oakley
Instrumental guitar rock
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Coming Home Coming Home
A song for Remembrance Day and for all those who didn't come home. Inspired by a poem by my father-in-law, Ted Carter. Music copyright Paul Oakley 2013
Moroccan Roll Moroccan Roll
My first song for 3 years! Just a working title until I can think of something better...
Cat Not Included Cat Not Included
Inspired by watching our 3 cats playing!!! PS For the 'Out Of The Ashes' CD this has been renamed 'Cattitude'
One More Ride One More Ride
Put on your leathers, start up the bike and enjoy the ride :)
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Thanks for stopping by! There's a real community of great people here. Hope you enjoy my music - please keep checking back to see what's new.
NEWS!!! Just finished my website and have a new song there called 'Call of the Wild'. Please listen, and if you like it buy it (it's only 99p!) - all profits are going to Wildlife charities to help protect endangered species, full details on my website!!!Band/artist history
I started in a metal band called Omen in the 80s up in Lancashire. Played a lot of gigs over 4 years before we went our separate ways. Moved to the Cambridge area and joined Beyond This Place but this only lasted a year. Formed Renegade, an originals rock band in the early 90s and gigged and recorded for around 5 years. Had a two year break then joined Hope & Glory, a Cambridge based originals and classic rock covers band. We played a lot of gigs around East Anglia until the band split 3 years later. Had another break to re-record and master the Renegade CD that was never finished, then started Bridge Too Far, a Suffolk based band. Played two gigs before good old musical differences hit the band. While the band's on hold I thought I'd do my own thing....Have you performed in front of an audience?I've played pubs and clubs around Lancashire in the 80s and Cambridgeshire/Suffolk in the 90s and 00s. Not gigging at present but trying to put another band together - there's no feeling like it!
Your musical influences
Ritchie Blackmore was my first and main reason for picking up the guitar.
Guitarists I listen to are:
Jan Cyrka
Dave Gilmour
Steve Vai
Gary Moore
Dave Meniketti
Joe Satriani
Bands:
Blue Oyster Cult
Pink Floyd
Deep Purple
Queensryche
ThunderWhat equipment do you use?
Guitars: Ibanez Jem
Jackson Professional
Charvel Custom Fusion
Yamaha APX4
Framus Texan 12-string
Steinberger Bass
Amps: Line 6 Flextone II
Line 6 POD 2.0
Keyboard: Roland U-20
Korg Wavestation
Korg M1
Recording: Akai DPS-16 HDD recorder
Samson reference amp + Tannoy Reveals
Behringer Composer Pro compressor
Alesis Midiverb 4
Aphex Aural Exciter C2
Behringer VoicePro
Behringer Ultramizer
Alesis DM5 + trigger drum kit
Alesis SR16 for the parts I can't drum myself!!
Cakewalk
Yamaha Finalizer software
A whole load of other bits and pieces!!Contact
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Comments (287)
Rock music with high energy and good virtuosity, and it seems that it was done in one breath!
Rousing and touching performance done right!
Sounds like good old Southern Rock on steroids :D
Great work Paul!
Phantastic piece of music - full of my taste.
Wow! Only just got my breath back after the last pharaoh ! Another work on an epic scale.The combination of choirs acoustic and electric guitars and strings is quite breath taking. it's a masterful production Paul with of course that trademark fluid playing I feel like I've been on a trip,excuse
me while I go for a lie down.
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