I made the charts :)

[Guyver1]

ok well the Tourdates.co.uk unsigned chart

charted at no. 31 this week

http://www.tourdates.co.uk/unsigned-chart/19-Oct-2008

have a listen and keep me in the chart

still chuffed tho as the song isnt even finished yet.

ACOUSTIC MUSIC NOT METAL!!

weird thing is I'm metal/rock influenced, I dont acutally listen to any acoustic/folk music at all really. James Blunt thats about it.
All my influences are old AOR like Journey, Toto, Firehouse, Danger Danger along with proper metal, Metallica, Megadeth etc etc.

i ahve no chuffing idea why i write like i do given the music i listen to, but its just me i guess.

[eddie_van_earache]

I thought it was fuggin cool

[Ben...]

Very nice song you have going there. Somehow it reminds me of the Judas Priest song "Turn On Your Light"(It was a bonus track on a remastered album).

[gotwtt]

good voice Leon very nice playing too. I'm starting to get into busking in Cardiff for a laugh writing some song's on my Yamaha i was outside the barfly Friday got £35 in two hour's

all the best mate in your career hope it's a long one

[Guyver1]

cheers guys

[horns666]

Cheers Guyver!!

[Guyver1]

I've climbed to No.3 in the unsigned charts this week! http://www.tourdates.co.uk/unsigned-chart I'm mega happy as its just a test mix!!

Please pass this on to anyone you know who digs acoustic music

Trying to get the No.1 spot, its a mission to prove that good songwriting is always superior to expensive studio time and expensive producers.

I'm recording my album in my flat(apartment)

[jacksoncsplayer]

Great job Leon, I love the vibe of your music.

[Guyver1]

hey thanks man,
without sounding too morose and melancholy about it all but each song is basically a diary entry in my life since april.

got married in January, ended up moving out in April, my wife started therapy just after we got married and as her therapy revealed things about her it also opened up my own box of childhood trauma and pain and forced me to realise that i wasnt the well rounded level headed 34 yr old i thought i was and that i was pretty screwed up when it came to relating to my partner (an all my previous partners) due to an abusive and severly neglected childhood.

Its pretty harsh having to realise that your not who you thought you were and that you;ve actually been a right asshole to your partners all your life, even though you didtn realise why or how you were behaving the way you did (childhood coping mechanisms brought through into adulthood where they no longer work)

Playing these songs live is a very cathartic experience for me, its the only time i ever feel like i actually know who I am and who I want to be.

I've always struggled in relationships, i dont know how to 'give' (in an emotional sense) deep down I guess i cant trust becasue the one woman i needed love and support from just totally screwed me over for the first 16 years of my life

ironically my mother is convinced she did an excellent job in raising me (we havent spoken in about 10 years)

I have a referal to my local psychology dept that I'm hoping will start in the new year.

So I've lost my wife and my new family and last week i got made redundant from a well paid job in an industry thats on its ass (im a senior civil engineering technician)

all i got, all that gives me a sense of who i am in this world is my music. its a dream I had since i was 11 after i first heard Live After Death, but i never had the confidence or support to do anything about it (i've been songwriting and recording since i was 17)

I'm not going to end up a sad 60 yr old in my local pub regretting his life thinking about what he could have done with it.