a draughty.. draft... Barrie V

Hello!

Barrie V here.. an English born singer, songwriter.. lyricist and composer.. a musician.. visual artist.. writer.. an ideas person you might say.. among other things.. a multi-disciplinary creative initiator? in modern-speak perhaps. But above all else, a songwriter at heart.. a creative spirit!

(See hear: https://soundcloud.com/barrie-v ;> ) there's one of my songs here:

I'm told that my songs are quite.. umm.. packed.. that each song is like more of an album than a 'single'.. ;>

Right now I'm living in Guilin, Guangxi, China, still writing, playing, singing, producing.. songs.. music.. (that's my backyard below.. literally.. nice eh?)

it's a pretty cool place to be.. but it can rain.. a lot..

the mountains, streams, rivers, the natural environment here，the local farming community.. doesn't get much better !

Leng Shui Tang early morning mists..

my Lily and me..

Here's a little history:

1995: I collaborated, as writer/musician/producer, with the BBC on the World's first live 'Tri-Continental Multicast' in 1995, with Dave Stewart, (Eurythmics), Coldcut and Dreadzone, - Broadcast live simultaneously over three continents, via the Internet, Radio and Television.

2003: I arranged, produced and played on the World's first non-stop two-hour live acoustic radio session with the wonderful musical family known as 'the Jamplant', - one of the last live radio shows at what was the BBC's world famous Pebble Mill studios for BBC Radio as well as producing and playing on many other live radio sessions. (actually, Radio Afghanistan do non-stop acoustic sessions all the time.. I checked..)

1984 – 2017 Singer songwriter; extensive live, broadcast and recorded music production and promotion; live music venues and events: full festivals, including stage managing Europe's largest four-day festival (Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2013) plus successful live thrice! weekly shows (the jamplant) that ran constantly between 2002 -2006.

I developed and delivered Europe's first Electronic Commerce Applications course for Media Forge, (1998) I set up and ran the number one ranked web design and optimization (SEO company as they're now called) in the UK (Idigit / InterSchminter - Google ranking - 2001) I created, developed and delivered the University of Wolverhampton's first Digital Sound course. (2000/2)

playing a bar in Guilin with my dear friend MenMen accompanying me on drum..