Only Moses

Just had a chat with Dev on Radio 1

Simon — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:57:27 +0000

A couple of hours ago, whilst in the car on the on the way to Tesco, we were listening to Dev standing in for Greg James on radio 1. He was asking the group of people that they have in the studio on a friday, if there is anything that they would like to hear more of on the radio and to my surprise one of them said “one man bands”.

Dev talked about this for a minute before asking for any one man bands who were listening to text in…. so i did.

Less than a minute later my phone rang. On the other end was a very pleasant sounding young woman. She said that she was calling from Radio 1 and proceeded to ask me an astonishing number of questions for such a small space of time. The last question being whether I would be willing to have a chat to Dev about my one man band live on air.

Of coarse i said that i would and after few seconds she passed me to Dev who quickly greeted me and prepped me for going on air a moment later.

You can listen to the brief on air conversation on radio 1 listen again. Its about 51 minutes into the show:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rd307

It was all rather sudden, so i cant really remember what i had to say for myself, but all in all it was a pretty cool experience….

Winter BBQ

Simon — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:35:40 +0000

Had a crakin BBQ with the family the other night. It may be cold outside, but it’d been lovely weather all day and i didnt want to let it go to waste, so we pulled the bbq up close, turned the patio heater up full and it was toasty! Jerk Chicken, a few beers (well 3 stubbies, cos im a proper light weight) and I even pulled out the pink ukulele for a few tunes.

The photo was taken at the end of the night when it started getting really cold, as you can see were getting as close to the patio heater as possible….. Man, winter BBQ’s rock!!!

Live In Illogan

Simon — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:59:15 +0000

I had a real nice night last night, playing at a small pub in Illogan. It wasnt very busy, but I had a real good response from the few who were there.

The best thing about the night was that its the local pub of one of my best friends Timmo, who came along with another one of our other best friends Rich. Both of the boys were really into it which made it all the more fun for me, feeling like I was just playing a private gig for my mates, especially since Timmo hadnt seen me play live before!

After the gig it was back to Timmos for some hot chocolate and a good natter. Now you cant get much better than that!!

The moral of the story: If anyone has a local pub where they would like to see me play, give me a shout and we’ll see what we can do…..

Free Demo Download

Simon — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:12:51 +0000

Ive just put up a new demo track that you can download for free. There’s also a retro style “Better Use Your Head!” Ep poster that you can download, print & stick up on your wall….

http://www.onlymoses.com/freestuff/

These are only gonna be up for a while, so get them whilst you can.
Hope you enjoy!

Tri-amp Setup

Simon — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:07:33 +0000

Just been having some fun in the garage, that i thought id share with you… Ive been trying out a tri-amp setup! By adding an additional, different sounding guitar amp to my usual guitar and bass amp setup, I can add a bit of extra depth to my sound! Im pretty sure the neighbours felt the extra deph and i had a damn good time trying it out!

My Pink Ukulele

Simon — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:03:09 +0000

Check out my pink Ukulele. I got it at the weekend from City Music in Truro… All the other colours were £18, but for some unknown reason the pink ones werent selling very well, so they were only £12.60, bargin! I used it on sunday afternoons gig to do a ukulele version of enter sandman….