Barrie Gledden

MUSIC ON: Track ‘Thirst for Life’ featured on ‘Sweet Ride – Smart Energy GB’ Advert

My track ‘Thirst for Life‘ featured on ‘Sweet Ride – Smart Energy GB‘ Advert.

Advert: Smart Energy GB – Smart Meters Sweet Ride
Music: Barrie Gledden & Richard Kimmings – Thirst For Life

One of a pair of Smart Energy GB TV ads promoting smart meters, this one features Malcolm and his mobility scooter. The song is called Thirst For Life, by Barrie Gledden and Richard Kimmings, from the Audio Network 80’s Hair Rock collection.

Smart Energy GB switch up their approach with their latest campaign – now Gaz and Leccy free. In place of their animated mascots, the brand introduce a pair of live action companions – a grandfather and his grandson.

The film sees the pair take an amusingly low-octane road trip – and their relationship is nicely drawn as they sample fish and chips, museum trips, and ice cream. It’s a neat way to illustrate the amount of power that can be saved with a smart meter from the advertised company – enough to fuel plenty of future fun.

‘Thirst for Life‘ was part of the 80’s Hair Rock project I was involved in with Barrie Gledden, Kes Loy & Chris Bussey.

There’s a few blogs about the project if you would like to find out more…

Enjoy the music!
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MUSIC ON: ‘You Me Her’ Hit TV Series returns for Season 3 featuring my tracks ‘Switchblade’, ‘Blacked Out’, ‘Anabella’ & ‘Stuck On You’

With the brand new Season 3 of ‘You Me Her‘ hitting screens this month, I’m proud to say my tracks ‘Switchblade‘, ‘Blacked Out‘, ‘Anabella‘ & ‘Stuck On You‘ are featured on the sound track of a number of episodes.

It’s a comedy, drama, romance which revolves around married, vanilla thirty-somethings Jack and Emma Trakarsky, from Portland, Oregon, whose desires to conceive have been hampered by their lack of sex drive.

One day, Jack’s efforts to solve the problem leads both him and Emma to Izzy Silva, a 25-year-old college student and part-time escort. After initially intending to see her as clients, the two jointly start to fall in love with Izzy, who in turn starts to feel the same way. Consequently, they decide to terminate the arrangement and bring Izzy into the marriage as a lover.

This opens up a world of new challenges as they find themselves having to navigate their way through a minefield of prying, nosy neighbours with very narrow social norms and prejudices, whilst at the same time struggling to confront their own feelings and insecurities, and adjust to the unfamiliar dynamic of a polyamorous relationship.

Go check out the series & the tracks too…

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NEW MUSIC: ‘Post Punk’ Album Released for AudioNetwork

This week sees the release of my new album Post Punk.

The album, written by Kes Loy, Barrie Gledden & me, is a collection of 7 tracks reflecting the Post Punk era of the late 1970s & early 1980s.
AudioNetwork says ‘Dark post-punk with punchy band instrumentation, cynical vocals and up-tempo rock guitar combine with heavy bass and tight rhythmic kit’.

Shades of Black – Dark post punk song with tormented male vocal. Gothic
It’s All For You – Positive driving post punk love song with passionate male vocal
Who Knows? – Trashy driving punk pop with agitated & perplexed male vocal
Pinstripe Punk – Punchy post punk song with cynical male vocal
Power To The People – Revolutionary stomping post punk anthem with crusading male vocals
When It Feels Like This – Up-tempo driving post punk song with agitated male vocal
Vamp – Dark driving post punk with sinister male vocals

Hope you enjoy the music – you can listen, buy & download the album here.

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Old Man Stone: ‘Paisley Park’ Video Released

In 1997 I was lucky enough to be part of the band Old Man Stone (OMS), along with fellow composer Barrie Gledden, Rick Dowson & Johnny Rock.

Our debut album ‘Spork‘ charted well around the globe & we toured extensively in support of the release.

Here’s the official video to the single ‘Paisley Park’ from the ‘Spork‘ album.

There are a couple of blogs on here about OMS…
Old Man Stone: The Movie
OMS: A Blast From The Past

Hope you enjoy & thanks for stopping by…

MUSIC ON: ODEON Cinemas’ ‘Hello To Summer’ Ad Featuring My Track ‘That Happy Feeling’

 

This summer, ODEON Cinemas are offering adult tickets at kids prices.

Their ad ‘Say Hello to Summer’ features my track ‘That Happy Feeling‘.
Written by Frank Mizen, Barrie Gledden, Jason Pedder & me, it’s a feel-good power pop with vibrant brass, driving guitars & bouncing drums.

The track is from the album ‘Beats & Brass‘.

If you like it, you can listen, buy & download the track here.

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NEW ALBUM: ‘Sports Chants’ Album Released Today!

Released today… My latest album ‘Sports Chants‘; a collection of tracks for you to shout along to!

Written by myself & fellow collaborators Kes Loy & Barrie Gledden, the album features 6 new tracks & versions.

Here’s the track listing…

Heroes – Punk version of ‘When Johnny Comes Marching Home’ with football crowd vocal
Silver Boots – Glam rock stomp with crowd ”nahs” to the tune of ‘Glory Glory Hallelujah’
Kick It – Glam rock meets punk with crowd ”nahs” to the tune of ‘Ten Green Bottles’ (yes, you read that right!)
Stomp Clap – Folk rock stomp with ‘She’ll Be Coming Round The Mountain’ crowd ”nahs”
Race Day – Galloping punky folk rock with ‘Camptown Races’ crowd ”nahs” melody
Winning – Fast pop punk with crowd ”nahs” to the tune of ”We Shall Not Be Moved”

Hope you enjoy the album. If you like them, please buy them and enjoy!

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MUSIC ON: ‘Pizza Hut Delivery’ Ads Featuring my track ‘Ready to Rumble’

 

I’m pleased to announce that Pizza Hut have released yet more ‘Pizza Hut Home Delivery’ Ads featuring my track ‘Ready to Rumble’.

Above is one from Oscar Season called ’57th Golden Motion Picture Awards’. Below are a couple more… ‘#BoxEnvy’ & ‘Transfer Deadline Day’.

This series of adverts have been with us for a while now – see my post from 2015 & 2016 – and long may it continue!

‘Ready to Rumble‘ is written by Barrie Gledden, Kes Loy & me
If you like the track, you can listen & download here.

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MUSIC ON: ‘Going for a Song’ Short Animation Featuring My Track ‘Twists and Turns’

I’ve recently been involved with the creation of music (writing, recording, mixing & mastering) for a new short animation helping people understand how copyright works.

The animation, for CopyrightUser.org via AudioNetwork, follows the writing of a song from inception to getting it ‘out’ & heard by the public.

Produced by ‘Worth Knowing Productions Ltd.‘, they took my track ‘Twists and Turns‘ and reverse engineered it – going from humming the tune, to adding lyrics; recording it, to performing it and making it available to buy, download or use.

The original track is here. Written by myself, Barrie Gledden & Key Loy.
Additional vocals & music were added for the animation by Kes Loy & Lucy Kimmings.

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NEW ALBUM: ’80’s Hair Metal’ Album Released Today!

80's Hair Metal

That’s right folks – we’re back… and LOUDER THAN EVER!!
A brand new 80’s Hair Metal album, with all the spandex and long hair you could wish for, is released today.

In 2013, Barrie Gledden, Kes Loy, Chris Bussey & I set about writing an album for AudioNetwork in the true 80’s Hair Rock style… Big drums, big guitars & even bigger hair!

The result was a riotous album that folks seemed to love – 80’s Hair Rock
Now, we’re here again with 80’s Hair Metal…
The albums feature Nigel Bailey on vocals.

Coming Alive – Up-tempo rocker with hot guitar riffs, slamming drums & male vocals

Give Me Your Love – Positive power ballad with huge drums & emotional male vocal

Heart Break – Melodic 80s power ballad with shredding guitars, big drums & male vocals

Got To Rock – High energy big hair metal. Living life to the limit lyrics with male vocals

Night Warriors – Razor-edged guitar riffs & hard hitting drums with classic rock male vocals

Primetime Love – Fists in the air 80’s stadium rocker with loud guitars & male vocals

What You Do To Me – Strutting classic rock with massive drums, powerful guitars & male vocals

Hit The Top – High energy driving 80s rock with chugging guitars & positive male vocals

Hope you find the album as much fun to listen to as it was for us to make!
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NEW MUSIC: ‘Beats & Brass’ Album Released for AudioNetwork

Beats & Brass

Today saw the release of my brand new ‘Beats & Brass’ album for AudioNetwork.
All tracks were written by Barrie Gledden, Frank Mizen, Jason Pedder & me.

Get ready for summer with this uplifting collection of tunes featuring ‘The Haggis Horns’.

Track Listing…
Strut The Funk – Strutting pop funk with punchy brass, slap bass & slamming beats.
To The Beach – High-octane R&B pop with jazzy horns, funky bassline & driving beats.
High Heeled – Sexy, strutting funk rock with steamy soul brass & staccato guitar riffs.
Power People – Storming funk rock with staccato horns, warped guitar riff & stomping beats.
Horny – Sunshine blend of cheerful brass, bright guitar motifs & solid beats.
Our Street – Brash, cheerful Britpop with catchy brass riffs & stomping backbeat.
On The Money – Swaggering funk rock with sleazy riffs, sassy horns & solid backbeat.
That Happy Feeling – Feel-good power pop with vibrant brass, driving guitars & bouncing drums.

Hope you like the album. You can listen, buy & download all the tracks here.

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