Author: Steven Battelle

I had the absolute pleasure of playing this 1962 Fender strat yesterday, you could feel the history in every note. I put down a riff I’ve had for a while on a really cool country song and it sounded insane. Just heard it’s national album day back in the U.K. or is it worldwide? I […]

9.10.18 A whirlwind of a week so far, working with a different artist every day, embodying the spirit of the personality and hopefully elevating the vision, thats my mission on these writing sessions.  Name checking Hagrid (from Harry Potter for the uneducated) has been a highlight. Last night after some meetings in town we went […]

3.10.18, I know its the 4th but we have no internet at the house so I’m posting a day late from Starbucks. Nashville Waking up on my third day here in Nashville and its definitely been a case of love at first vibe. This place is ALL about the music and being all about the […]

6.16am 30/10/18 Spent the past few days in the studio with my friend Ray making and talking about music. Its been such a perfect experience and something I know for sure we’re going to do more of. Yesterday I shunned Uber and decided to walk the 5 mile round trip from my hotel to Griffith […]

27.9.18 – In the dead silence of the night……again.  Writing about the 26th.  Yesterday I went for a meeting at Universal music publishing in Santa Monica. The dude at reception was indeed a dude and when he signed me in the familiar vocal harmony layering of my song No Leopards  started playing throughout the lobby. […]

I cant sleep so I’ve decided to start documenting the strange existence I now inhabit. I’ll do this as often as and in often as I can. Traveling songwriter  5:09am  Hotel in Hollywood, Los Angeles – Alone.  I’ve been on the edge of preparing for this trip for three weeks and I’ve only been home […]

I’ve really enjoyed reading all your comments about Apple Tree, feels great to have it out in the world. I’ve just written out the lyrics on some very nice parchment and put them up on the shop here I’m preparing right now for another month long songwriting trip which will take me to Los Angeles, […]

The first song from my new record is streaming now! Click here! APPLE TREE   

Very excited to unleash the first song from my new record this Sunday evening. Take a good look around the website as everything “Exit Brain Left” will disappear and be replaced by all new era art 🙂 I’ll be going live on Facebook around 10pm Sunday for a communal play through of the new song! […]

Here’s Dan Weller holding a picture of myself with Brian May (taken at his guitars 50th Birthday) in my face to inspire a great guitar take during recording of my new record. This is from a song called Shipwrecked, one of two songs from the record recorded at Chapel studios in the U.K. The rest […]