Acoustic Guitar at the Vintage Wedding Fayre - Clifton, Bristol

It was wild, wet and windy here in Bristol this morning. Combine that with the fact that I was out gigging until midnight, and that British Summer Time had the nerve to steal an hour of sleep from us, and I must be honest - I didn't fancy getting out of bed when my 8.30am alarm sounded this morning!

However, drag myself from my pit I did, and I had a great day playing acoustic songs for the Bristol Vintage Wedding Fayre at Freemason's Hall. It was lovely to meet lots of brides and grooms-to-be and chat all things wedding music. Lovely to see lots of friendly faces and mingle with fellow wedding suppliers too! That's my last wedding fair of the year (unless I book in any last-minute) - so if you want to catch me singing live, keep an eye on the gigs page :)

Thanks to The Little Wedding Helper for this photo!

Playing live acoustic music at the Wedding Tweet Ups - Goldbrick House, Bristol

Tonight I played some live acoustic music at Goldbrick House, Bristol for the Bristol Wedding Tweet Up. The Tweet Up is an informal get-together arranged by Kirsten aka The Little Wedding Helper for people in the wedding industry. It's a good excuse for us all to get together, have a glass of bubbly, some canapés and a good chinwag!

Goldbrick House is a lovely venue on Park Street in the centre of Bristol. I've played a couple of weddings there before, but never been up on the top level before (the Orangery). It's absolutely beautiful with some great views.

Here's my set lists from tonight:

Bob Marley - Three Little Birds
Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
George Ezra - Budapest
Zutons/Amy Winehouse - Valerie
Jack Johnson - Better Together
Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
Tom Odell - Grow Old With Me
Beatles - Here Comes The Sun
Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
Blackstreet - No Diggity
Ed Sheeran - Don't
Bastille - Pompeii
Avicii - Wake Me Up

Pharrell - Happy
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Killers - Mr Brightside
George Ezra - Blame It On Me
Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
Daft Punk - Get Lucky
Lumineers - Ho Hey
Bob Marley - Stir It Up
Jackson Five - I Want You Back
Oasis - Wonderwall
Tracey Chapman - Fast Car
Van Morrisson - Brown Eyed Girl
Ben E King - Stand By Me

Acoustic Halloween!

Had an amazing Halloween night playing at Illusions Magic Bar! My Halloween-themed set list included Soft Cell - Tainted Love, Jamie T - Zombie, Michael Jackson - Thriller, The Ghostbusters theme, Monster by the Automatic, Creep by Radiohead, Superstition by Stevie Wonder and Highway To Hell by AC/DC. Oh, and The Joker by the Steve Miller Band (see pic below!)

A photo posted by Pat McIntyre Wedding Guitarist (@thepatmcintyre) on Nov 11, 2014 at 3:32pm PDT

patmcintyre.co.uk launched

I've recently launched www.PatMcIntyre.co.uk as a personal website separate to my wedding music business. On this page, I'll be promoting my own music - once it's recorded! I've been writing and recording both for myself and for others for many years now, and it feels like the time is right to record my best songs and release them as an EP. At the moment I have the songs mostly ready as sketches, but I'm just so busy that I haven't had time to record yet! Hopefully I'll be getting some original material out there around about Spring 2015.

Single Release in China/Taiwan

A song I co-wrote has been recently released in China and Taiwan by Asian superstar Amber Ann (kinda like the Taiwanese Cheryl Cole!). A million hits on this video in the first week - nice! You can check out the video here...

Pat McIntyre playing at the Bristol Balloon Fiesta

Very pleased to announce that I'll be playing some live music at the Bristol Balloon Fiesta (7-10th August 2014) this year. I'll be performing for the balloonists and crews, hopefully camping over at the site too - should be a big old knees-up! And yes, I get to take a flight in a hot air balloon... can't wait!

New guitar: Gibson Songwriter Electro-acoustic

So finally, my well played and much beloved old Washburn electro-acoustic has been retired (well not completely – it’ll still be used in the studio and as a backup guitar). I splashed out and realised my lifelong dream of owning a Gibson acoustic guitar – and what a beauty she is.

Songwriting successes

As well as being a gigging musician, I also work as a songwriter/producer. At the moment I’m working with a publisher in London, writing tracks for the Asian markets such as Japan and Korea. I’m pleased to say that one of my co-written songs has just been placed with a big Asian artist, and it’s looking like being a Summer single to be released in July! I’d better brush up on my Japanese!!

You can check out some of my production/writing work on my Soundcloud page: