New Track - Last ones here - FREE DOWNLOAD on Facebook or Mail list.

This is last ones here which didn’t quite make it on the EP so we’re giving it away free when you ‘like’ our facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/davegerardmusic/app_178091127385

Or when you join the Mailing list

http://www.davegerard.fanbridge.com

An Interview! - Want to learn a little bit about us? Probably not, but if so we recently did an interview with awesome website blog ‘Choose my Music’. 

Read it here.

http://www.choosemymusic.org/audiophiles/audiophiles-gerard-the-watchmen

It’s also worth telling you to check out their state of music album, where they have found music from each and every state in the States! Now there’s commitment…..

Thanks to the excellent radio Station Folk Radio UK for being the first to give the new E.P a spin last week. All the tracks are currently on their playlist on rotation alongside the likes of Emily and the Woods, Benjamming Francis Leftwich and Seth Lakeman http://www.folkradio.co.uk/whats-playing-on-frukie/ 

We’re also going to be doing a live session with them soon, go ahead and check out the site, and give them a listen! x

Thanks to awesome Cambridge based music blog under the music tree for making us artist of the week and sharing our music! Don’t forget you can get a new EP delivered to your door whereever you are in the world or on download at

http://davegerardandthewatchmen.bandcamp.com/album/i-climbed-a-tree

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As part of our artist of the week feature, we have an exclusive stream of Dave Gerard’s new EP, I Climbed a Tree. It’s a fantastic listen, you can hear it here in full; a day ahead of its release tomorrow Friday 27th! Enjoy!

Hey guys, we recently were on Sue Marchant’s BBC radio show playing a few tunes live. We were amazingly lucky to have amazing photographers Alex Cameron and Callum Saunders, please check them out! 

Check out Alex here http://alexandracameron.carbonmade.com/             

Callum here http://www.flickr.com/photos/callumsaunders

EP OUT TODAY ON BANDCAMP!!!!! 

Lend your ears to it here, and buy a physical or download copy if you fancy! 

You can also listen here on Soundcloud.

 http://soundcloud.com/davegerard/sets/iclimbedatree

Big love, hope to see you tonight at the launch! 

x

Here’s another tune off the new E.P called Travel Alone! It features double bass from Dan Rogers, Lap Steel from James Frid and Drums from Stephen Maclaughlin.

We’ve still got a few tickets http://www.wegottickets.com/event/163122 left for our Launch night featuring 

Gerard & the Watchmen - http://facebook.com/davegerardmusic 

Laura Hocking - http://laurahocking.com

Josienne Clarke + Ben Walker - www.josienneclarke.co.uk/

O Chapman - https://www.facebook.com/pages/O-Chapman/103907059698?ref=ts

Cambridge Folk Festival

We’re going to be playing at the Cambridge Folk Festival. It’s a bit of a dream come true really, as I’ve always followed it as the UK’s biggest folk festival. We’re also playing on Saturday the best day at the Den!

http://www.cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk/news/festival-announces-line-up-for-the-den.html

We’ve also got a friend of ours Dan Wilde playing on the Thursday so don’t miss him, he’s awesome as well as top acts such as King Charles and the Moulettes.

Latest song off the EP Hesitate to lend your ears to! Don’t forget the Launch is this Friday

Not many tickets left now 

https://www.facebook.com/davegerardmusic/app_211526985586920?ref=ts

Thanks to ‘Under the Music Tree’ for posting about us x

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This is exciting isn’t it? Dave Gerard and The Watchmen is our artist of the week! We will be providing all sorts of exclusive content this week, keep your eyes peeled! To whet your appetites we start with what is already available, have a look at this video of Oh So Quiet which features on the coming EP, released this Friday 27th. 

Song 2 - Sophia. So here’s the second song we’re sharing with you off the new EP called Sophia. 

We’re proud to say it comes with a ringing endorsement from http://www.wewritelists.com who have written some very kind words about our music.

Please check them out they are one of the best blogs in town! 

So it’s probably about time we started sharing some of these with you! We’re going to release a new song for listening from the new E.P every day until the launch on the 27th of April. So here’s the first…..

This song features the amazing Josienne Clarke on harmony vocal. You can also pre-order the E.P here;

http://davegerardandthewatchmen.bandcamp.com/album/i-climbed-a-tree-pre-order

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Want a Free EP posted to your door where ever you are in the world? We’ve got  5 free E.P’s to anyone who persuades 3 friends to ‘like’ our page on facebook. All you have to do is email the names of your friends to contact @ davegerardmusic.com and your address. Thanks http://facebook.com/davegerardmusic x

Hello Folks, really excited to announce we’ll be launching the EP officially in London on Friday the 27th of April at the Gallery Cafe. 

The wonderful guys at http://folkroom.co.uk/ are helping us put it on (check out their label and free Anthology CD). They are a new Folk label (and fortnightly London gig) born out of a love for music, creativity and live music.

We’re also stoked to annouce that also playing on the evening will be two amazing talents, that we’ve become real fans of over the last year, and count ourselves honoured to have them playing!

Laura Hocking - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKSqo__-RH0

Laura is one of those unique talents, who can make everyone in the audience hang on to her every word, chord and melody. Dont take our word for it though;

Currently supporting the likes of Daughter and Michelle Stodart as well as playing gigs for Communion Music O Chapman is making big waves in the London music scene. 

Forfolksake - O. Chapman makes perfect music – there is nothing that needs to be put in or taken out

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Get your tickets in here 

https://www.facebook.com/davegerardmusic/app_211526985586920

x

Recording I Climbed a tree pt 1 of 3 - Ok this is probably for the sound nerds out there but in case you were interested wanted to let you know about the recording before it was released. It was all recorded by Dave in his studio, we really wanted to keep it as natural as possible, that meant no VST’s (virtual instruments, and where possible no click tracks. The first thing to do was to get a guide track to build the track around for the songs which meant playing the guitar or banjo and singing (For never understood we tracked it like with Dave Dan and James). 

Hey guys, we’re really happy to be playing the Bicycle shop in Norwich on Tuesday, will be an awesome night. It’s a highly respected atmospheric venue in the heart of Norwich run Dreams Management and Promotions who are working with some people we’re obsessed with such as Martin Harley and Paper Aeroplanes. We’ll be playing a set along side Josh Bunce.

Tickets available here

Here’s a video we did for the wireless guys before our set

Thanks to the guys at the wireless, the gig was great and it’s the second time we’ve played there now loved it both times. We’re lucky that we get to play some great nights, and these guys just put on the night once a month because they love music, and have a reputation for putting on great acts (last night we shared the stage with the excellent Thomas Speight).

The Cha Cha Cha Cafe is transformed into a beautiful candle lit atmospheric venue, with a great audience and great Chilli to boot. 

Check em out http://www.thewirelesswatford.com

 Hey guys here’s us playing Sophia live at the The Junction in Cambridge.

Thanks to the The Willows for inviting us to play and Alexandra Cameron Photography for taking the video.

You can now pre-order the New E.P here 

http://davegerardandthewatchmen.bandcamp.com/

BUY HERE £5

Hi Guys, we’re excited to announce our E.P launch at the Half moon in Bishops Stortford. Its going to be a fantastic night with support from:

The Willows

Dan Wilde

Keef Jackman

Click on the names to hear them.

Tickets are selling fast and we’ve only got a limited capacity so get them in quick! 

BUY HERE £5

p.s if you’re one facebook you can R.S.V.P here 

https://www.facebook.com/events/298333693530497/

You don’t remember my name,
You wont remember this face,
But I was once where you stood now,
I once stood so proud

You say, I’m told old for this now
Much too old for this crown,
You know I don’t, need it any more,
I’ve had that prize before

Wake me up when you’re growing up,
And the gold has lost its truth,
Know that once we were famous like you

So I’ll raise a blade to your skin,
And I’ll push till you let me in
I just need a drop of your truth,
But either way I’ll lose

And I’m love struck by your eyes,
And I don’t have a reason why,
I should love a heart of stone,
Love a hand so cold,

Wake me up when you’re growing up,
And the gold has lost its truth,
Know that once we were famous like you

There’s a girl across the sky,
And she likes to get high,
As she’s arranging all the flowers for her art.

And the rose is a staple,
For a girl who’s unstable,
She’ll just pick off all the petals in the dark.

Either way leave them at my door,
You know I’ll only ask for more.

She sent them one by one,
And by the time she was done,
I had a room full of roses and ideas.

And rose was pretty,
Though I never felt worthy,
So I gave her something to fear.

Either way leave them at my door,
You know I’ll only ask for more.

Next we danced in the orchard,
Until things got awkward,
And she picked me a orchid for the road.

It’s ok I suppose,
I’ve a room full of Rose,
She’s arranging all the flowers for her art.

A thousand different Islands,
Scattered from their ragged shore,
There’s a brand new mist,
At the ending of a civil war.

The last ship is sinking,
The captain’s escaping with his whore,
He is a coward of a man,
Just watching blankly his crew struggle aboard.

It’s a new day, it’s a new day,
I just can’t think of this no more.

Down among the wastelands,
The canons wont fire anymore,
They’re sick of all the drama,
at the end of the civil war.

The fighters look so graceful,
They’re our hero’s in uniform,
But why did no-one tell them,
Theres no hero’s in a civil war

It’s a new day, it’s a new day,
I just can’t think of this no more.

Nobody knew how to get to her truth,
Was a long line, that led to her door.

When it came to my turn we crashed and I burned,
in the evening, was a battle till dawn.

But its oh so quiet in the morning, When there’s nothing,
But its oh so quiet in the morning, When there’s nothing,
But its oh so quiet in the morning, When there’s nothing left to say.

In morning we’d dance, map travels to France,
And stay here, lost in bed all day.

But as the hours grew old, and the day took its toll,
We ‘re ready, for battle once more.

But its oh so quiet in the morning, When there’s nothing,
But its oh so quiet in the morning, When there’s nothing,
But its oh so quiet in the morning, When there’s nothing left to say.

Nobody knows, it the end where she goes,
Is a long time, waiting on her call.

Now love I’m low, I have nowhere to go,
And I’m longing, to do battle again.

Well I stole your picture,
Hibernated in your bed,
Took some souvenirs from your draw,
So I try to work out why,
This fascination grew,
Why I’m rolling in your clothes down on the floor.

I’ll give them to your brother,
To give back to you,
Goes to show my conscience always cares,
Now I’ve left you a note,
And pinned to to your ghost,
I hope you’re home the next time that I stay.

Now you’re in my Garden?
Sprawled out on the grass,
A drunk maid borrowing my stuff,
Well I didn’t see this coming,
When I was sleeping in your room,
Truth is that I’ll never get enough.

They say every man must own a shed,
If he is to contemplate his choice,
And that every man will be a preacher,
On the day he finds his voice,

But when I was screaming like an infant,
You ignored me the most,
When you were staring right through me,
I knew then I was a ghost.

So I set fire to my shed then,
On the roof there I was hoist,
But you didn’t even look twice,
And you never heard my voice.

I was screaming like a French girl,
Getting oh so close,
You were staring right through me,
I knew then I was a ghost.

And in my humbling reflection,
Next year I’ll be coy,
All my screaming oh so worthless,
Now please take back my voice.

Who knows what the wind intends from you,
I asked the Gods but they never knew.
The wind was never in their remit,
They left us to shape it as we saw fit.

And now the wind begins to die,
Its knots tangled up in the sky,
Still are the rivers and the trees,
It seems the wind will do at its please.

You know once I tried to control its force,
But sure enough it grew the harder I fought,
Now I know that life will always be ok,
When I just let the wind take me away.

(Thought I’d write this about a rather un-apprecaited creature)

Somewhere on the forest floor,
A crow’s rebuilding a nest,
You banished him from your bedroom wall,
Without food or rest,

And he’s sick with rejection,
But he’s building up his home,
From time to time you wonder,
Where that crow has flown.

Somewhere on the forest floor,
Nowhere to be seen,
So dry your guilty hands,
They aren’t washing clean

And now you’re remorseful,
I fear your not alone,
‘Cause no one in the forest,
Appreciates the crow

(this one is work in progress, it’s one of the few I have music for)

Don’t you question,
What It’ll do,
‘Cause It’ll set my soul on fire and give it to you,

And don’t step out
On these sands
It’s all we have left in this baron lands

Still we all fall down and worship the sun
Still we all fall down when night wont come

And the water,
It’s long gone,
Taken to the heavens by a fiery Sun,

(I told you) don’t question,
Why it’s here,
Now like wirey trees you’re all collapsing in fear.

Still we all fall down and worship the sun
Still we all fall down when night wont come

(sorry these are all delayed I had no internet in Adelaide am just uploading them all now!)

I my dreams
I saw a girl, dark hair,
She is a poet,
It’s romantic, I know,
But I can be.

She wears,
Glasses like John,
Lennon and
Maybe her poetry is
A little like his.

In my dreams,
She is anxious, doesn’t,
Do restraint,
Her skin is pale, her
eyes are brown

She of course
Is a dreamer and we’ll
Move abroad,
France, write and drink,
Red wine, Coffee.

Last night that,
same girl awoke with me,
Her name was,
Anne, She was everything,
I imagined.

So this one was fairly rushed as I was at the MCG in Melbourne and am now off to Adalaide, hope you like it! 

Sleep lightly old friend, I’ve noticed you trailing my scent
I’ve noticed you follow me closer than my shadow,
Selflessly helping me at times I never deserved,
And kissing my feet everywhere I go

I must admit to liking the attention,
But I know not what you crave
Or maybe I do know now
and will just humour your ways

Sleep lightly old friend, I found you smelling my clothes,
and my mind flickered, rolled, years back,
When were collided for a few days in the spring,
The dirty sheets and candle wax

I know you lust for more
though you say your my friend
But I still like the attention
And I’m happy to pretend

I found hope in these waters, in the simple life of sin,
And I swam east to west shore to shore
I found grace in the forest, she was resting in the leaves
And I climbed higher than I had before 

And said Oh can you see me
And said Oh can you hear me

So I jump from the pinetrees, from the rooftop from the sun,
And my bones crash down to the floor,
I found warmth in her footprints, that I followed to the sea,
Where her body lay glistening on the shore 

And said Oh can you see me
And said Oh can you hear me

I was hungry for your skin
I did not know where to begin
And I’d been to your heaven once,
But I didn’t try hard enough 

Oh but we were blessed
Under an auban sky
And you weren’t impressed
But I know next time I’ll try

I was waiting for your touch,
But I didn’t wait long enough
And from our lonely attic home
I worked out you were gone

Oh but we were blessed
Under an auban sky
And you weren’t impressed
But I know next time I’ll try

And I searched for something new
For a springtime vows renews
I found you in everyone
But it never was enough

Never understood why the world stood still,
Whilst all around me moved I couldn’t feel what they feel,

Never understood why I spoke and no-one heard,
and the messages I wrote got broken and blurred,

But I know now why,
But I know now why,
‘Cause I never even tried,

Never understood why these wings wouldn’t fly,
above your bedroom wall see the stories in your eyes,

Never understood why it had to be this way,
Your figure moves close but the ground beneath us breaks,

But I know now why,
But I know now why,
Cause I never even tried,

So I stood by the Road,
But no-one saw my ghost,
And I stood by the road,
But no-one saw my ghost,

Never understood why we had to grow old,
Couldn’t live like this forever, watch the story as it unfolds,

Never understood why I spoke and no-one heard,
and the messages I wrote got broken and blurred,

Morning wont you carry me away,
‘cause I’m older and I just cant face the day,

Again she emerges and dissapears
Shes been playing with colours for all these years

Last night our canvas has been torn,
though Id been sleeping like a soldier at war

That evening is weighing on my soul
How she sketched all my life in monochrome

Grey eyes her skin was made of stone,
She’s the artist with all her colours gone

Evening wont you hold me close tonight
Cause I’m older and I just can’t take the light

Sighs of night, and the quiet storms un-stirred
Where Souls wonder on, to a dawn that they once heard

Words, echoing, watch her sing in a haunted voice
She preys, trembling, as she clings to her last choice

And give me to this haunted night
Hide me under veiled light

The Small hours fade,  getting frayed among the mist
Her dark, figure roams, unknown but for a kiss

And give me to this haunted night
Hide me under veiled light
And give me to this haunted night
Hide me under veiled light

Oh Give me to the Night
Oh Give me to the Night
Oh Give me to the Night
Oh Give me to the Night

My soul’s been haunted by the sun 
It’s been trying hard not to hide 
But the world kept it inside 

And the shadows they deepened in my mind 
Shattered words that never were said 
Are the ones that imprint on my head 

But in the silent morning she knocked at my door 
And she promised me, I will suffer no more 

Light bends and it scatters on her face, 
Un-veiling a love to find 
Leaving the darkness behind 

To the widowed silence I must toast 
Its a long time spent in the dark 
When your never making you mark 

But Then In the silent evening she knocked at my door 
And she promised me, I will suffer no more 

She’s hearing my words, when I’ve nothing to say 
We’ve unveiled the light, and forgotten our mistakes
The Scars are lost, and this head no longer sore 
And its time, that I suffered no more 

My soul been haunted by the sun 
And there’s glass all over the floor 
But I will suffer no more

She talks with bluest eyes
And I beg her for her lies
She says I’m waiting, oh where have you been?

But I’m desperate not to touch
Her hand of quiet lust
She says I’m aching, oh where have you been?

 Oh carve me, out of stone
She’ll Sand me down
Oh Carve me, till im unknown
Cos I’ll never be this far

I fall in out the rain
To these same walls again
She said I’m waiting oh where have you been?

I’ll try heading for the door
But it’s a face I can’t ignore,
Says I’m shaking oh where have you been

Oh carve me, out of stone
She’ll Sand me down
Oh Carve me, till im unknown
Cos I’ll never be this far

Far far Away from myself
Far far and under your spell

Welcome to the Studio page. I run a music studio in near Stansted in Essex and I’m available to record/produce/arrange in any style. I also work with a network of session musicians to provide the highest quality session recording and musicianship (see Below). For Rates, Equipment list, Session work and more details sroll down or email for further enquiries studio@davegerardmusic.com            

Equipment

Mics - Neumann U-87, SE Electronics Gemini III, Stereo Matched Pair Rode NT55, AKG D112, Shure SM58 Beta, 3x Shure SM58 and 2x SM57. 

Outboard & Hardware -  2x Universal Audio 5076, 2x Universal Audio 710 Twinfinity, Presonus Firestudio Tube, Adam A7 Monitors. Universal Audio Quad and Custom Built Audio DAW Inc a large selection of UA Plugins. 

Instruments - There is also a great selection Of electric and Acoustic Guitars aswell as a Drum Kit, Banjo, Mandolin, Digital Piano and Percussion availazita too.

Rates 

- Introductory special offer - £20 Per Hour (usually £25) 

- Day rate 10am - 5pm -  £100 (includes free mixing)

- Online sessions are variable and depend on the individual musician’s rates & travel costs etc please email studio@davegerardmusic.com for a quote. Please note that generally the more songs you’d like the musician to play on the cheaper it will be per song. 

Dan Rogers - Player of all things low end, legend has it he can even play the cruise ship when given a bow.

www.danrogers.co.uk

Pro’s - Making a wawngy sound

Cons - Having to drive a lorry everywhere for transport

Dave Gerard - Writer of wordy things, player of Banjos, Guitars and producer. 

Pros - none

Cons - Awful stage chat

Rachel Lansky - Puppet master of the bow, playing anything short and violin shaped and adding 800 harmonies where necessary. 

Pros - Great Dancer

Cons - Tells distasteful jokes and gets us into trouble!

Bella Chipperfield -Wonderful harp playing cherub found residing in the deep caverns of heaven. She plays the meanest piano in town and sports a terrific Voice.

Pros - Great on stage chat

Cons - She thinks she is a Lotus flower

“Usurping the standard folk formula and carving a niche of their own, Gerard and Frid have a habit of grabbing what ever instrument comes to hand — be it guitar, banjo, mandolin… — retuning it and going from there. With rich harmonies meeting melody full on, Gerard and Frid could be the next alt folk heros.” The Wireless 

We’re going to make a prediction. By the end of 2012, Dave Gerard will be signed on a top notch folk label like Bella Union with an album out that was rated 4/5 by The Times and 8.2 on Pitchfork. WeWriteLists