Thanks for looking in. I'm Paul Strummer and I like to strum. I've been teaching myself acoustic guitar since 2007 and I am a recent addition (since May 2011) to the local Wellingborough and Northampton (Northamptonshire, UK) open mic acoustic scene, dabbling with writing songs, and performing covers and my own original songs. My influences range from Johnny Cash to the Bee Gees, from Tom Waits to the Pointer Sisters, from Joan Armatrading to Noel Gallagher, from Queen and ELO to Emeli Sande, from Leo Sayer to Chumbawamba.
Not one to let a lack of tuition, experience or technical ability get in my way of open mic strumming, singing or songwriting, I released my debut album, Strummer Singer Songwriter (acoustic), an album of 12 original acoustic songs at the end of November 2011. All in the hope that the songs might touch a chord with someone out there, and perhaps one day some famous singer or band might discover a song, create a better cover of the song, and get it out to a wider audience! As much as I would like to, I am a realist, so I know I wont be giving up the day job!
In its own right, the album might also appeal to people who like listening to open mic acoustic, "unplugged", "live lounge" style songs, in this case songs just performed by one person simply singing and playing an acoustic guitar at the same time, albeit without the usual open mic live audience background sounds, since the songs are home recorded.
Wednesday 28 March 2012: Songwriting for my second album - that difficult second album! - is progressing nicely. I'm currently about a third of the way through the goal of creating another 12 songs for a second album to be released later in 2012, to follow up on my first album in 2011. This time I will release some songs from the second album early as singles, to get them out there! as soon as possible.
Thursday 05 January 2012: In addition to iTunes, my album Strummer Singer Songwriter (acoustic), is now available for preview or purchase on Amazon mp3 downloads (UK, US, Germany, France, Japan), Spotify, Play.com, Tesco Entertainment, Nokia Music Store, European stores like 121MusicStore.eu, and more coming soon!
Thursday 22 December 2011: My album Strummer Singer Songwriter (acoustic), is now available for preview or purchase on iTunes, just search within your iTunes application for Paul Strummer. The album artwork is the usual light green sketch artwork. The album, containing 12 tracks, is £7.99 (67p per track) or tracks purchased individually are 79p. Click on the iTunes button below to see the album on the iTunes website.
Album also available for preview and download purchase at: Amazon UK, Amazon US, Amazon Germany, Play.com, 121musicstore.eu, tunetribe.com, meteli.net, Tesco entertainment, Nokia Music store, Spotify and other download stores.
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