Featured Songbay Artist: Alastair Creyke (No false Promise)
Featured Songbay Artist: Alastair Creyke (No false Promise)
“I have been a frustrated performer most of my life, but with no real musical ability apart from singing whenever I could and writing lyrics on any available scrap of paper, post it or beer mat I could find. I can’t read music, but taught myself to play guitar in the 90’s and started writing music to go with my lyrics. The words arrive and I just feel they need to go somewhere, a word, a phrase or a fully formed structure. It’s a great release
My main influences range from Motown, to Black Crowes, GnR, Radiohead, Damien Rice, The Frames, Foo Fighters. Eclectic to say the least. My favourite artist is probably Dave Grohl, the love of music and energy flows from everything he does. A comparison with him made me realise that the main things we share were having three daughters, love of lumberjack shirts and being in our forties. Ouch!Time to do something constructive so here I am, looking to create, do something with what I write and work with others. It’s challenging to find time and energy with life’s treadmill rolling at Farrah pace, but if you don’t step off no one will come to you. So here I am, writing with a bit more focus and who knows. Never too old to dream and certainly not to create. Songbay seems a great forum and a professional set up to place work, meet and discuss. Am writing at the moment with a school friend so hoping to have some fully formed songs soon to compliment the lyrics. I don’t rule anything out, until you step off the jetty you’ll never know how warm the water is.”
