Live acoustic recordings from the Bristol Vintage Wedding Fair

Last Sunday I played some acoustic tunes at the Bristol Vintage Wedding Fair, hosted at the Pavilion, Bristol Zoo Gardens. I recorded some of my set and am just in the process of editing/uploading some live videos from the event. Here's the first one, a cover of George Ezra's "Blame It On Me".

   

 George is a local boy, from right 'ere in Brizzle town! I love his album "Wanted on Voyage" - his voice is amazing and the album's full of upbeat, Summery songs. I'm also looking forward to seeing him live in Bristol this Summer!

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...

Celebrity Spotting!

A quick snap of me and Radio 1's Matt Edmondson - he was a guest at a recent wedding. I'm pleased to report that he danced and sang along to every song I played and gave me some excellent feedback afterwards! He didn't, however, agree to play any of my songs on Radio 1!

The Bristol Balloon Fiesta

Always the best weekend of the year in Bristol (when it doesn't rain!) - it's the Bristol Balloon Fiesta. Tomorrow I have the honour of entertaining the Bristol Balloons crew, behind the scenes of the fiesta in a private gig at the Balloonists village - I'm sure that will be a calm, peaceful affair! As part of the deal, my friends at Bristol Balloons kindly arranged a flight for me - and last night we took off in beautiful weather for our journey across Bristol. It was an absolutely brilliant experience and I'd highly recommend hot air balloon travel to everyone! If you've ever fancied giving it a try, head over to Bristol Balloons...  

Here's a couple of snaps from the flight:  

Songwriting

Some positive updates from my other musical venture - as well as performing at weddings I write and produce songs for others and collaborate with all sorts of people. A couple of recent successes include: - Contract signed with Universal Music to release my co-written song "Ghost", a single for Taiwanese artist Amber Ann - A fun reggae tune called "Bassa Bassa" co-written at Elton John's Rocket Studios in London with emerging UK/Barbados artist Callum Wright. You can check out Callum's EP on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/lazy-days-ep/id893201815