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MISSISSIPPI RECORDS

the new album 'sonnets and singers' is now being distributed in the UK through mississippi records to buy click here It's only £5.99 which ain't bad even if I do say so myself. Hey if someone else will blow your trumpet for you the least you can do is mic it up! you can also check out the great blues artist mississippi ol' macdonald while your at it!

it's still on CD baby as well at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/elliothall2 . It'll cost you $12.50 which is about £6.50. It is available on CD baby. They are the biggest independent record store in the world and so are very dependable. I'm really pleased with the record. We've tried to keep it as song orientated as possible. Most of the tracks were recorded live with me sat on a stool. This gives it a really natural feel and I believe it has brought it closer to the live sound. Suzie has played mandolin / djembe and done some backing vocals on some songs and Mark Tristan has played bass where appropriate. One of the hi lights from recent live gigs has been the song about Alzheimer's 'cold'. This song has been recorded by Jon Rees from 'the sky is blue'. He's got great ears and he's put together a really nice, simple arragement for it.

Compared to my previous album 'next to nothing' i think 'sonnets and singers' features better songs, better arrangements and is performed and recorded better. I'm still proud of 'next to nothing' I just didn't see the point in putting out another album for the sake of it, I only wanted to do this record if it was going to be better. If I didn't like it I would've chucked it in the bin, but it's here instead!

I've also been putting some poems up on my myspace

DEBuT ALBUM NOW AVAILABLE from www.cdbaby.com/cd/elliothall - don't be put off because the price is in dollars. Cd baby are one of the biggest online music stores in the world and the $12.50 price tag equates to roughly £6.50.

To buy the album go click on the link above

For those of you that don't know I also front an Indie Rock band called 'Groundless'. This is something completely different to my acoustic stuff, I'm still writing the songs but I jump and shriek a hell of a lot more. It's basically hi-energy, in your face music. Things with groundless are really pciking up at the moment, we have been making a bit of a splash at local gigs in bristol.. To visit groundless on myspace::

http://www.myspace.com/groundless

INTRODUCTION

I could write this introduction as if it were someone else. I could say about how I was an artist with a certain amount of industry 'buzz' around them or I am receiving alot of 'A&R' interest from record companies. None of this is true, I'm a struggling singer songwriter who has put alot of time and effort into developing the craft of songwriting. I love music and that is why I'm still doing it, it is the first thought that flashes through my brain when I wake up and the last one before I go to bed and most of the ones inbetween as well. Obsessed? Yeah, you're probably right. Sometimes I wish I could stop pursuing this crazy dream because it would make my life a lot simpler but the reality is I can't - I'll be doing this 'till the day I die. So far I've toured Ireland and played most of the decent venues around Bristol and Bath. Recently I've been gigging alot more in London and have been trying to work my way into other cities around the UK. People have written a few things about me:

a demon-eyed and thoroughly broken singer trying to separate shards of God and mutated angels from urban disease....a fascinating performance' venue magazine

'really soulful work' salt.net

'what Bob Dylan would have sounded like had he been on an acid downer his whole career....a slightly more morbid version if you will.........piecing together fragmented torment and destruction; love; loss; addiction and decadence ..the vicous soundtrack of a convential existence' hysteria mag

'larger than life and quite unique his poetry is unusual and clever' bristolrock.co.uk

Come catch me at a gig sometime, as I said I'll be doing this 'till the day I die so you should be able to fit me in!

 

 

I also front an inde punk band called 
'GROUNDLESS' 
have a listen and check for gigs at 
www.myspace.com/groundless 

http://www.addicted-to-songwriting.com  
great resource site for songwriters 

www.electroacousticclub.com brillant, 
quirky acoustic club in clerkenwell,
 london.