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Artist Bio

Influences: Laika and the Cosmonauts, Jake Thackray, Anais Mitchell, Kurt Vonnegut, Fiona Apple, the Kinks, Joni Mitchell, Dory Previn, Grinderman, Jonathon Strange, Mr. Norrell, Tom Waits, Deadwood, Jaques Brel, C.K. Chesterton, Sidney Lummet, Martin Carthy, The Residents, Dylan, Jeeves and Wooster

I studied Business and Witchcraft at University, got a job as a clown and was promptly fired.

Songs (20)

#1	Killing people on the down low @jorh slow dark latin bar-room-brawl	8 Feb 12
#2	Trick or treating heart folk-hop and roll	2 Feb 12
#3	Choose your sacrifice super-nova-bossa-bluesma	1 Feb 13
#4	Come together at the seams glock-core	2 Feb 14
#5	In between dirty-slow-dirge-ska	3 Feb 16
#6	Clean your room folk-rant	3 Feb 16
#7	Wouldn't that be nice? @jorh psycho-country-theatre	2 Feb 17
#8	Hold the line dry - shanty - baroque - ...	2 Feb 18
#9	Edge of the world folk - other	5 Feb 18
#10	The new wild west folk guitar floaty miserable hopeful	4 Feb 19
#11	Be mine, Frankenstein power ballad poptastica	2 Feb 20
#12	Scared of love folk - work guitar person	3 Feb 21
#13	Oh no, I made a decision decision - folk - guitar - ...	3 Feb 23
#14	Afraid too long @crutherford folk -with-a-guitar late-to-the-party	8 Feb 23
#15	The finger points both ways parody and spaghetti western	3 Feb 26
#16	I will miss you folk	3 Feb 26
#17	Something going on pop emotional propoganda	2 Feb 27
#18	Don't believe in anything music hall	1 Feb 28
#19	Where there's a shadow old school	2 Feb 28
#20	Be Mine Frankenstein @nuerdetjuligen	ZONG Feb 28

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@crutherford Feb 28

I sent them via wetransfer before I sent you the email mentioning it.
Did you get them?
@rshakesp Feb 27

Oh and if you have never come across the US HBO Comedy ‘baskets’ I think you might find it quite biographical based on your profile!!
@rshakesp Feb 27

I’ve watched you so we can do something next year - that tune is way out of the norm for me just a bit of fun after finishing my album and collabs - BUT I’m a huge fan of Strange and Norrell - perhaps we could do something around that.
@richardmasters Feb 27

No worries, makes me look popular 😀
@pippa Feb 27

thanks, Richard, sorry about storming your page like that! There's no delete button!
@pippa Feb 27

i've been trying to delete the repeats, and it just makes them happen again. sorry about that!
@pippa Feb 27

hi Richard Masters, I've been exploring and found your website and found Trevor and the Fates on there! Those folks are good folks. If you see them, please say hi from Pippa in Missouri! and thanks in advance!
@pippa Feb 27

hi Richard Masters, I've been exploring and found your website and found Trevor and the Fates on there! Those folks are good folks. If you see them, please say hi from Pippa in Missouri! and thanks in advance!
@pippa Feb 27

hi Richard Masters, I've been exploring and found your website and found Trevor and the Fates on there! Those folks are good folks. If you see them, please say hi from Pippa in Missouri! and thanks in advance!
@pippa Feb 27

hi Richard Masters, I've been exploring and found your website and found Trevor and the Fates on there! Those folks are good folks. If you see them, please say hi from Pippa in Missouri! and thanks in advance!
@crutherford Feb 23

you bet. have to finsh this latest ditty and i'm on it!
you're thinking minimalism - right?
wee haunted wurli bits post first chorus?
it's a gem the way it is.
woo-hoo!
@crutherford Feb 21

fab! i'll be first contact and shoot you an email! i see this is possible with your intel.
@crutherford Feb 21

you betchya! this could be loads of fun.
i've just begun to collaborate on here.
i've always been a little gollum-y with writing - but i am trying to rehabilitate myself 😀
what do you have in mind?
@declan Feb 21

you also need to email the last 10 seconds to @loveonamixtape
@declan Feb 21

Please email your EQ bit to me
@nuerdetjuligen Feb 20

absolutely! send me some lyrics when you have time or if you have lyrics that you want to post on fawm as lyrics only--that's great too.
@berni1954 Feb 20

Hi Richard, glad you liked my "Thatcher Years" song.

YOU SAID:
"...says a lot about Britain, and not in a good way....."

Indeed, Britain was the best place I ever left. Would never return to live there, that "Iron Lady" cast a long shadow.
@nuerdetjuligen Feb 20

Thanks Richard! Good to see you again! Work has been eating up my energy most of this month, so I'm pretty far behind. but a collab would be fun! what do you have in mind?
@mahtowin Feb 19

Thanjs, I try my best 😊
@mahtowin Feb 19

So we do a similar job - not easy sometimes but worth it.
I like your lyrics, the way you tell a story in a song. And I guess you love to recognize details.
Sorry for my english ...
@mahtowin Feb 19

Hey! I work as a social worker with people with mental desease. 😊
@daveyboy103 Feb 19

Thanks Richard
@dzdandcunfsd Feb 16

I sent you last 10s clip for the anything goes exquisite corpse, if you didn't get it in email I can upload it to dropbox or something.
@richardmasters Feb 12

Thanks for the encouragement Berni - I've got a bit of extra time coming up soon, so I'll do my best to earn that cup!
@berni1954 Feb 11

Look forward to hearing at least 14 of the 20 before Feb is out 😉 You'll get your "CUP" by your name if you do 😁
@jorh Feb 11

Haha don’t worry I’m not precious about a few changes, my lyrics here are always a first draft anyway. Dark Latin bar-room brawl sounds very intriguing, a whole new genre I tried to click on link to listen but it wasn’t working - you can send it to jorh1504@hotmail.com if that’s easier?
@richardmasters Feb 11

Hello Jorh, um, just to let you know, some of the lyrics changed in my mouth as I was recording it - not a massive amount but still noticeable. Sorry if I bent it in a direction you don't like. Here's a link to my (private) Soundcloud page it if you want to vet it first before I post it as a song. The music seems to have taken a swing towards dark latin bar-room-brawl

https://soundcloud.com/reject-monsters/killing-on-the-downlow-lyric.....
@jorh Feb 11

Dark blues in a shady alley sounds good to me - I’m a fan of a whole array of music. That was just an initial idea but I’m always interested to see where other people take it, some of my favourite collabs have been in a completely different style to what I initially envisioned 😀 more than happy for you to post or your welcome to send it to my email first if you’d prefer.
@berni1954 Feb 11

Glad you like my two recent sea songs.
Are you going to spectate this FAWM out or will you be joining the party?
Look forward to what you will bring. FAWM is a brilliant place for newbies to the trade, such great positive feedback (and occasional insightful positive criticism).
@jorh Feb 11

Hey,
Glad to hear you liked the lyrics - the tv show can take most of the credit for being dark and strange and inspiring it!
Wow that was super fast, you’re more productive than me! More than happy for you to post it on your page - I’m always thankful someone has taken the time to set my lyrics to music! Looking forward to hearing it 😀

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Artist Bio

Songs (20)

Soundboard

@crutherford Feb 28

@rshakesp Feb 27

@rshakesp Feb 27

@richardmasters Feb 27

@pippa Feb 27

@pippa Feb 27

@pippa Feb 27

@pippa Feb 27

@pippa Feb 27

@pippa Feb 27

@crutherford Feb 23

@crutherford Feb 21

@crutherford Feb 21

@declan Feb 21

@declan Feb 21

@nuerdetjuligen Feb 20

@berni1954 Feb 20

@nuerdetjuligen Feb 20

@mahtowin Feb 19

@mahtowin Feb 19

@mahtowin Feb 19

@daveyboy103 Feb 19

@dzdandcunfsd Feb 16

@richardmasters Feb 12

@berni1954 Feb 11

@jorh Feb 11

@richardmasters Feb 11

@jorh Feb 11

@berni1954 Feb 11

@jorh Feb 11