Bill Ryder-Jones has launched a new competition in which a fan could win their own theme song.
Bill Ryder-Jones has always been a thoughtful, questing artist. In The Coral the guitarist would craft superb indie vignettes one minute and then pop off to practise some Django Rheindhart licks the next.
Solo album ‘If…’ was an intriguing introduction, and Bill Ryder-Jones is set to follow this with an unusual new competition. Fans can upload details about themselves to a central hub, and the guitarist will then choose an entry which piques his interest.
Writing the fan their very own theme song, Bill Ryder-Jones will then upload the track to Spotify so the winner can listen to it wherever they are.
A message from the guitarist:
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Can people have ‘time signatures’ and their own ‘key’? I’d like to think so but probably not. Still, that’s at the centre of this for me.
We’re all so used to having music soundtrack our lives on some level that we develop to almost think in music. I certainly do and I have friends who would describe an event and relate it to a piece of music. It’s fun to think how I can match a person’s character to music. Sometimes just a feature on their face or the way they walk, something unusual or a little interesting
I hope this will be a bit of fun and if you are planning on entering then just give a bit of info about yourself, anything that defines you, the music and art you love, the things you hate or whatever, just ramble. Alternatively if you just want something that sounds like an old Sega game then say that too … it’ll make my life easier.
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Find the hub page HERE.
Meanwhile, Bill Ryder-Jones is preparing a new remix package. Switched off already? DON’T. This has an impeccably chosen cast with Belbury Poly, Moon Wiring Club and Leyland Kirby all contributing what is tagged in SoundCloud as ‘satanic psychdelia’.
Out now as a download, you can stream the remixes below…
Bill Ryder-Jones If… Remixes by Double Six
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