Sunday 27 June 2010

The old walled garden gate in Wales




Heres a few photos of the inspiration behind a new song I've written this week called.. "Through the old walled garden gate"....The lyrics are all about finding solace and peace in a magical, spiritual or physical place.... A place where you can be refreshed and renewed... These photos and video were taken on my partners Fathers farm in Wales... A magical place itself!

Friday 25 June 2010

We're Scooting down to Wales.......


We are off to Wales for the weekend....Going to spend some time relaxing, playing/writing songs and watching the mountains from the window of a caravan...
Heres the new afternoon dates for the Art House in Southampton....I play a mellow set for a couple of hours while you enjoy your tea and cake....
Sunday 18th July
Sunday 29th August
Sunday 12th September All from around 2pm until 4pm
Sunday 17th Oct
Sunday 14th Nov

Also I'm playing at the opening of The Art House Summer show on Wednesday 7th July
At around 6pm...

Anyway must scoot!...hope y'all enjoy your weekends whatever you do....

All the best........Jim

Monday 21 June 2010

The Art House and Bandcamp


Played at The Art House yesterday and had a great time...There were some American tourists there who were really appreciative of my music, Thanks for the "tip" guys!....Also thanks to Kathryn for buying the C.D and for asking for it to be signed....Made by day!
It was the first outing of "Daisies and Dandelions" and it was received warmly....It can take a while for a song to really become part of you but when it does it is such a rewarding experience...It's not just the learning of the words and melody..You need to connect fully with the song and engage with it spiritually....I've had people ask me why I don't know the song when I wrote it...Well it takes time to absorb the song and be able to recall it at any given time....even Bob Dylan or Bruce Springsteen forget words sometimes!

Also I will be putting up some dates soon so if your out there in Blogland and fancy coming along to hear me play then I would love to see you....I'll be the one with the Guitar!

You can now Download my music at Bandcamp..Here I have my album "All in good time"
So if your into your downloads come and see me at jimchorley.bandcamp.com or just click on the link up in the top left of this page....

Thanks for stopping by....Jim

Sunday 6 June 2010

Daisies and Dandelions

Went down to Wales to spend a weekend in the valleys....finished off this song in a caravan on my partners fathers farm...Its about a man wanting to go back to where he was born and raised at the end of his days...The title refers to him remembering the simple yet beautiful things of his youth...Heres a verse and Chorus...