Searchthanks to bev,joe kentish,bill,venetia mills,georgie mcavenna,jon green,david tench,sally herbert and everton nelson,paul adam and anyone who knows me.
we've just recorded pix singing her own version of 'silent night' for a free christmas i-tunes download and also a cover version of 'when love takes over' that will be available on a deluxe album next year.
other stuff.
we had a 'the first steps' songwriting reunion last saturday.two new songs from chris and me.
mads,jon green and i submitted a song for kylie.hope she sings it.the song is on the new tunes page called 'come home'.
talking of 'home' eliza doolittle releases her EP with our song "go home" included.she's a new UK singer songwriter with a ton of personality.check out the sampler http://www.elizadoolittle.com/?src=mp3.
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( 3.1 / 188 )a remarkable time.a career high....
mads and i had songs on the top 4 compilation albums in the UK chart.
No 1 Clubland 16 Boys & Girls (Pixie Lott)
No2 Pop Party 7 Boys & Girls (Pixie Lott)
No3 Dreamboats and Petticoats Volume 3 Dream Baby Dream,You Won't Catch Me Crying
No4 Live Lounge Mama Do (Newton Falkner cover version not bad at all)
No 8 Now 73 Mama Do (Pixie Lott)
we worked with pixie on her radio one 'live lounge' performance with a coldplay style arrangement of "when love takes over".(originally kelly rowland and david guetto).pixie's band joined by the best string quartet in town.
as usual she sang with soul and made the song her own.
recent visitors to the swamp include lizzy pattinson to sing some of our kylie minogue song pitches.(all refused so far).
also we welcomed back darren hayes and wrote another song for his solo album.a brilliant lyric and plenty of laughs.
ttfn
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a suprise visit from swamp favourites casey shea and wes 'weschester' hutchinson resulted in the soon to be classic kylie cut 'stardust'.
with a little help from stardust band members scarlett skye,silent E and stylist biff.
yes,we are silver dancers.
other recent songwriting colabs with emeli sande,jade williams,lise karlsnes and wayne hector.
pixie lott still #1 UK airplay with 'boys and girls'.working harder than ever.
the musical 'dreamboats and petticoats' featuring my songs 'dream baby dream' and 'you won't catch me crying' now has two shows running.one in the west end and one on the road.it's quite silly but a lot of fun.the flimsiest of scripts introduces songs from pre-beatle england in the style of the queen show 'we will rock you'.but it all works.
http://www.dreamboatsandpetticoats.com/
if you fancy some fantastic alternative clothing then check out my brother's retail business 'the hemp store'.
based in cambridge market.go greener.look meaner.(in the 'cool' sense not the miserly way).
http://www.thehempstore.co.uk/
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( 3 / 216 )pixie's second single 'boys and girls' was added immediately to the kiss radio network and also capitol.
now this week it's been added to the A list BBC radio2 and the C list BBc radio1.pretty good.
recently mads and i have been writing with adam reily (australia's max martin) and also with golden voiced darren hayes. (who's making a new pop record..savage gardening?).
'dreamboats and petticoats' has transferred to the savoy theatre in london's west end.i went to the premiere with lord andrew lloyd webber.(well actually he was a few rows ahead of me).the show gets better and better.
other events...
saw the shepherd fairey exhibition at boston's brilliant ICA.just brilliant.
got dizzy at the guggenheim NYC.
ate oysters for the first time at 'neptunes'.(ben affleck had just left).
had a surfing lesson on the jersey shore.if only i was 10 kilos lighter...
had a day in province town.
mike nocito turned 50!
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( 3 / 94 )phew...!...so we finally made it....pixie lott scores a number one in the UK with "mama do (uh oh uh oh)"...big thanks to bill,alfie hollingsworth for the introduction,joe kentish for the radio ears,beverley and steve for the positive vibes,georgie at DAS,venetia and lisa at UMPG for cheering us on...anders kallmark and greg kurstin for the crazee synth noodling,phil tan for the mix and of course the brilliant miss pixie for her soulful singing and inspirational energy.
number one at last!
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