SECOND HAND POET
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BIO: Second Hand Poet is the alias of Jamie Tipson a Surrey-based singer-songwriter, his lyrics are sparse yet captivating he has been described as "An original voice in a homogenised scene" http://musicmusingsandsuch.wordpress.com/2013/11/16/biography-second-hand-poet/ http://musicmusingsandsuch.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/second-hand-poet-little-sun-track-review/
Jamie first picked up a guitar age 16 & began learning "Muse" covers in his bedroom. Fuelled by stadium rock he formed a band which unfortunately fizzled out after Jamie was deserted by the other band members a few days before their first gig, an artist's nightmare! Not wanting to let his audience down he decided to improvise & rearranged the songs a bit, playing the whole set by himself which led him to forming 'Second Hand Poet'. Having spent his formative years writing & developing his lyrics & guitar, now aged 23 he is working on building his fan base more & can be found gigging around his local scene & other areas in the UK & beyond. Continuing to play Acoustic nights around Surrey and London Jamie gained more live experience before retreating back to the four walls of his bedroom to write another album. In September 2012 Jamie released "Heaven Knows" as a single (a sample of which you can hear on the player at the top right of this page) and there is a link to his Bandcamp page on the album below. Second Hand Poets ‘Bedroom Acoustics’ EP was released in May 2013, the five songs that appeared on this were early versions of a couple of later used album songs, all recorded in one take on Jamie’s Mac. A humbling review by music blogger Sam Liddicot http://musicmusingsandsuch.wordpress.com/ for the track ‘Little Sun’ followed describing the songs on the EP as "Painting the portrait of a talent who could supersede the local scene and make his way to festivals and larger venues". Shortly after the release of his latest self-released album in November 2013 also called "Second Hand Poet" he was invited to play the Boiler room, Guildford, during which he was asked back to feature on Boileroom Radio with a live session and interview. He went on to proudly provide support for the popular American Folk Band Widowspeak http://youtu.be/1-5BBADOBAc as well as Paper Aeroplanes at the same venue. All the songs from this album are also currently being played by a popular online radio show who have purchased his album & love it, they are The Lemon Circus http://www.mixcloud.com/thelemoncircus/ Christian Frank of Radio Stitch who regularly presents a podcast with his sidekick Jamie Morgan 'The Lemon Circus' on Mixcloud says this about the Second Hand Poet album "The FULL album is seriously top dreamy (is that even a genre???) haunting acoustic dreaminess (imagine it is spelt with an 'i' like happiness) - oh with a dollop of the odd soul shredding sorrow going on in between" 12/12. This is Second Hand Poet's follow up to his debut EP aptly entitled "Second Hand Poet". Jamie is now recording a new EP, DyNaMik Records have put him in touch with a maestro who is providing the mastering for this EP & it is shaping up really nicely. |
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