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playful piano pop |
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| Location: | Brighton, South |
| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Last Login: | Jun 21, 2008 (109 days back) |
About Me |
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| yourgardenday is the words and music of wondering minstrel Robin Coward.
A legend is told that young Robin could pick out a tune before he could speak. His parents had named him well, and spotting his musical leanings sent him to classical piano lessons at the age of five. By the age of ten, he had been drawn away into the seedy world of rock’n’roll. And so followed many years of musical training; forming band after band, trying his hand at orchestras, choirs, jazz, tap and musicals, all the time sharpening his skills. An increasingly single minded fellow, Robin realised that happiness was not to be found playing other peoples music. A move to Brighton gave him the surroundings needed to create yourgardenday. Robin set about producing an EP at home. ‘Little Boy There’ comprised two acoustic numbers and two electronica experiments. The title track was included on ‘The Latest’ music magazine CD and described by Jonny Reggae of Catskills Records as ‘a truly mature piece of work that had me completely hooked’. The recently released second EP ‘Journeys In My House’ is a fuller affair recorded with Dajon Everett from Gomez. ‘I love sound and enjoyed landscaping those tracks for the first CD, but above all, I love songs. So I wanted to record something more band orientated where the tunes shone through. A natural, woody sound, like the listeners were sat next to me on the piano stool.’ Bandless, Robin performed everything on the CD except for the drums and additional bass which Dajon supplied. Finding it hard to do this in front of an audience, he set about developing yourgardenday for live exposure. The merry men joining him are Guy Dollery on drums, George Williams on guitar and Craig Beedham on bass. The boys have been peddling their wares regularly along the south coast; a highlight was headlining the Avalon Café stage at Glastonbury last year. The band had the crowd dancing in a river of mud and hope to do the same this year, but without so much mud. yourgardenday is about life’s little quirks - an optimistic outpouring from a head more full of questions than answers. Melodies and rhythms collide in a world where any chord goes, creating something akin to a sing-along at a classical concert in the surroundings of a dirty saloon bar. Supping up influences from the likes of Annie Lennox, Freddie Mercury, David Bowie. Rufus Wainwright, Elliott Smith, Radiohead and the Muppets makes for a volatile cocktail. 2 of the 4 tracks off the EP are loaded into the player, the solo track 'little boy there', and also a home demo of 'the feel', a track recorded with guy, mike, ian and adrian. buy 'Journeys In My House' via paypal by clicking on the secure link below - the cd also has a link to download the 'Little Boy There' ep Other nights run by Robin: EVERY TUESDAY, 9pm Open Mic @ The Black Horse Church Street (opposite Corn Exchange), BRIGHTON EVERY WEDNESDAY , 9pm Open Mic @ The Brighton Tavern 99-100, GLOUCESTER ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 4AP |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 3/25/2006Band Website: yourgardenday.co.uk Band Members: ON THE RECORD: Robin Coward - piano, vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, bass, glockenspiel Dajon Everett - drums and half the bass LIVE: Robin Coward - piano, vocals George Williams - guitar, vocals Craig Beedham - bass Guy Dollery - drums Joel Fonnesbeck - percussion Corrina Slow - vocals Alexandra Mckenzie Wilcox - vocals Jonathan Bose - trumpet PREVIOUS CONTRIBUTORS: Ian Mitchell - guitars Mike Baker - bass Mark Alder - guitars Madeleine Pudney - oboe Adrian Reeve - fake harmonica Influences: in no particular order - david bowie, beck, queen, rufus wainwright, hawksley workman, divine comedy, elliott smith, longpigs, gomez, beatles, radiohead, muse, danny elfman, tim burton, grandaddy, starsailor, roxy music, mercury rev, burt bacharach, the cardigans, abba, leaves, beach boys, super furry animals, primal scream, annie lennox, velvet underground, mono, gorillaz, boo radleys, tom mcrae, the zombies, the doors, ben folds, eurythmics, morcheeba, supergrass, u2, william blake, badly drawn boy, massive attack, walt disney, portishead, regular fries, death in vegas, queens of the stone age, the ronnettes, marcella detroit, pulp, nitin Sawhney, the kinks, sigur ros, bjork, the feeling, the flaming lips, air, mark lanegan, noel coward, ed harcourt, shirley bassey, unkle, suede, the aloof, mcalmont and butler, neil young, jim henson and the muppets, dusty springfield, ben and jason, shakespears sister, elbow, sparklehorse, eels, tasmin archer, elton john, doves, nina simone, britney spears and more to follow . . . Sounds Like: in no particular order - david bowie, beck, queen, rufus wainwright, hawksley workman, divine comedy, elliott smith, longpigs, gomez, beatles, radiohead, muse, danny elfman, tim burton, grandaddy, starsailor, roxy music, mercury rev, burt bacharach, the cardigans, abba, leaves, beach boys, super furry animals, primal scream, annie lennox, velvet underground, mono, gorillaz, boo radleys, tom mcrae, the zombies, the doors, ben folds, eurythmics, morcheeba, supergrass, u2, william blake, badly drawn boy, massive attack, walt disney, portishead, regular fries, death in vegas, queens of the stone age, the ronnettes, marcella detroit, pulp, nitin Sawhney, the kinks, sigur ros, bjork, the feeling, the flaming lips, air, mark lanegan, noel coward, ed harcourt, shirley bassey, unkle, suede, the aloof, mcalmont and butler, neil young, jim henson and the muppets, dusty springfield, ben and jason, shakespears sister, elbow, sparklehorse, eels, tasmin archer, elton john, doves, nina simone, britney spears and more to follow . . . Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Alternative / Indie / Experimental) |
My Pictures |
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My Blog |
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sun rise, rain down . . . |
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| A bit of news about our mini tour . . .Well, it's certainly a wet week - and wet and electrics don't go together, so unfortunately the stage we were due to play on at Sunrise Celebration has closed.As... Posted by yourgardenday on Wed, 28 May 2008 11:03:00 PST |
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a monday blog |
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| It's been a while? How's you?Been a bit quiet here - a time for hibernation - lots of other stuff on the go - but getting back up to speed with songs from the Garden . . .There's a little free acousti... Posted by yourgardenday on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:02:00 PST |
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Glastonbury ahoy! |
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| Wow, we're off to Glasters (as they call it)We're quite proud of ourselves . . .Also plans in the work for our new night -2nd and 4th thursday of the month . . .Starting 12th July . . .More news as it... Posted by yourgardenday on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:57:00 PST |
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Fringe Festival Fry Up this Fursday |
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| My Fringe is on fire - only you can save my hair by coming along on thursday. Sorry I haven't been very literate of late - been locked in a basement with only music and muffins for sustenance. M... Posted by yourgardenday on Tue, 15 May 2007 06:58:00 PST |
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| That's it then -1, the lonliest number rears its pointy head.And that excites me.Only one more sleep til launch day and I'm really pleased that so many of you will be joining us.I must get my music sl... Posted by yourgardenday on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:37:00 PST |
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3, 2 |
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| OK, I set myself a challenge and I wasn't up to it!I will tell you though, that every evening before I go to sleep I'm saying the countdown number really loud and clear . . . !Ooooooh - it's almost he... Posted by yourgardenday on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:27:00 PST |
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7, 6, 5, 4 |
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| Launch hasn't been aborted, just been having some system errors from the central mainframe.Nothing to worry about.A few days training left in our basement hideout.I wonder if George will be cooking pa... Posted by yourgardenday on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 02:56:00 PST |
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| So todays mini blog is brought to you by the number 8 and all of these surrounding letters.Had a great open mic tonight at the Unity, and had a great day running through the launch set.Gonna be gr8 to... Posted by yourgardenday on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 06:30:00 PST |
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| German for no, part of that great number 69 and logically follows 10 in a traditional countdown.Went to play at an open mic night tonight to rally some more troops for next week - been ages since I've... Posted by yourgardenday on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:22:00 PST |
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| No, not the film where Mary Poppins reveals all, but number of days to the EP launch. A countdown, so to speak . . .Rehearsals are going well for the first full band ygd gig since 2003 . . . wow, it'... Posted by yourgardenday on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:00:00 PST |
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