Sir John Reid Hatchporch
New Romantic, Synthpop, New Wave.
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Hi, I'm Sir John Reid Hatchporch, President, CEO and Head Honcho of Crapple Records, Inc. At the moment, I specialize in retro New Romantic synthpop and new wave, with mainly British influences.Band/artist history
I started out writing and recording my own songs around 1993 or so. I had been writing instrumentals but was loathe to write any lyrics, as I hated my own voice. A good friend of mine named John Prater (who was also a great songwriter in his own right) suggested that I start writing lyrics and I went from there. I recorded three albums at home in 1994 and 1995, using a myriad of instruments and a $400 Yamaha 4-track machine. I had a bit of a hiatus from writing my own music in the late '90s (with some exceptions), but in June I emerged from my musical coma. I record everything onto my computer now, using N-Track Studio.Have you performed in front of an audience?Not yet, but I plan to...if I can find any like-minded individuals, let alone ones who play keyboard. Everyone and their uncle seems to play guitar these days, but keyboardists are few and far between.
Your musical influences
This list could be endless, but these are the influences I see cropping up in my music the most these days, in rough order of inspiration: Elvis Costello, Brian Wilson, Thomas Dolby, Pulsars, The Cars, Future Bible Heroes, The Magnetic Fields, Pet Shop Boys, Human League, New Musik, Joe Jackson, Devo, Talking Heads, Vince Clarke, Frazier Chorus, Kraftwerk, Art Of Noise, Pete Shelley, Gary Numan, The Buggles, The Rentals, Wall Of Voodoo, XTC, Joy Division.What equipment do you use?
Three generations of vintage Casio keyboards (the most recent one is from about 1988), programmed MIDI drumbeats or sampled drumbeats, occasional electric or acoustic guitars. Only drumbeats are programmed. Everything else is played live by me.Anything else?
The revolution will be synthesized!
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Wow...I love the song 'Invisible Me'! I had to listen to it several times right in a row...I never get tired of music in this vein. Excellent work. Please check out the song I just posted called Carrie...not quite the same thing, but definitely poppy. Our musical influences are almost identical, too.
