Being Myself
       First solo CD for 10 years 
       
        Produced by James Elliott Field

        Available - August 12th 2016
        
​                                      Small Town/Faithtown/Amelia/Tumbling Down/Love is/The River/Turn Back Time/Copenhagen Street/
                                           Life's too Short/Being Myself/Ring Out Wild Bells

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Being Myself is a FREE Download to all new and existing Bandcamp Subscribers (along with 7 other Back Catalogue Albums) More info below - To Subscribe go to paulfield.bandcamp.com/subscribe

 
​Most of my songwriting for the last ten years has been for specific projects or for other artists. 'Being myself' will be my first genuine solo album since 2006. It's a pretty personal collection of new songs and to me is a kind of self portrait of who I am today, 40 years and more than 800 songs on from where I started. I've been making new songs (and some of the past catalogue) available for download from www.paulfield.bandcamp.com for a few years now but, whilst this album will be downloadable I also wanted to make it available as a physical CD with lyrics, some of the self portrait paintings I've been doing alongside the songs and a cool (and as far as possible eco friendly, recyclable) cover. Musically It's a mix of acoustic with a country flavour here and there, a few ballads, some rock'n'roll and a little bit of blues thrown in. Lyrically it covers a lot of different ground but it all comes very much from the heart. No Record Company or Publisher involvement here so it's completely independent of any outside pressure on how it should sound, what the songs should be about, what market is it for and so on. My son Jamie Producing has a new and beautiful dynamic for me. Lots of guitars from Dan Wheeler, a 'cameo' Hammond part from Phil Madeira, some Backing vocals by Hannah Claire and Cello from Torsten Harder. This project is words and music that really matter to me, played and produced in the way that I think serves the songs best. In the end, it's all about communication.
It's been great to write and record these songs without any of the constraints that go with writing to a brief, on a theme or with another artists, publishers or record companies agenda in mind. There's nothing intrinsically wrong with any of that but this project comes from a different place. I've written these songs simply because I needed to write them. 
They're from the heart,  just me, being myself.

I'm looking to tour with these songs (and some old ones) in the Autumn & Spring. Living rooms/Halls/Church/Pubs -
whatever ! so if anyone would like to consider booking a concert please get in touch.

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Subscribers will be a fantastic help in supporting my work and enabling me to continue to write and record new songs and music. It's a bit like having 'patrons' as composers did in the past. Subscribers will automatically receive all my new songs through Bandcamp as well as exclusive recordings/demos/videos/messages throughout the year streamed directly to their Bandcamp free app or as free downloads. They'll also have access to a personal message page where they can comment on and enter into conversations about the music. Maybe even make suggestions for new songs or projects. Apart from all the new music I upload to Bandcamp in the future subscribers will also automatically receive free downloads of seven albums from my catalogue - 'All these years', 'All things new', 'Big dreams and little rebellions' and 'The Dartmoor Suite'. 3 Volumes of 'Never seen the light of day' Demos and the new Album 'Being Myself'
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Paul Field

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