As i’m starting a get a fair share of request for gigs and it’s kind of hard to keep track of everything, i’ve decided to join eventful, as many other indie musicians have used it before me to plan their tours.

What can you do? Simply click on the widget at the bottom of the side bar on the right side of the website, and fill in the short form, requesting me to play in your city. That’s fast and easy to do

I’m sad to hear that Hilly Kristal, the founder of legendary club CBGB, has died from lung cancer, as reported by BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6969939.stm

I never went to CBGB, as i didn’t make it to New York until April 2007. By then, the venue was already shut down, though you could see where it once was, as its memorably shaped canopy was still there.

I can’t help thinking that the last year of Hilly’s life must have been quite sad, and losing the club must have been terrible, especially knowing he was seriously ill. 

Thanks again to James and Michael for organising the gig at the bird’s nest in Deptford last night, it was great fun!

Here are some pix…

The time of the year to visit my best friend in Helsinki has come again

 But i will be back to London soon, for my gig on friday!

I will be playing my first gig as Nat JM on friday 24th August in south east london at The Bird’s Nest, 32 Deptford Church St, SE8 4RZ.

It’s a fleshdunce night (www.myspace.com/fleshdunce) and it’s FREE to get in!

Other bands will be Poltergroom (http://www.myspace.com/poltergroom), Prints (http://www.myspace.com/prints3000) and some special surprise international special very special guests.

Expect a shambolic and energetic performance as i will just be back from my summer holiday!

I’ve managed to snatch one hour away from family duties tonight and edited the 2nd verse, middle 8 and final chorus of the video for “manager”. I still need to clean out some transitions and film a 15 seconds long sequence for one of the choruses, and that’s done!

 My guess is i might be able to upload the video on YouTube on wednesday, or on saturday at the latest

Apologies for the delay but i’ve been away on holidays then i was ill with stomach inflammation (still going but feeling better now).

Anyway, here’s a new track, called “you wanna be a man”. The track is rather catchy if i may say so - it was written on guitar but i’ve also used a fair amount of keyboards during the recording, to empaphise the rhythm and the hook. 

As always, you can listen to it via the music player on the righ side of the page, and you can read all about it at http://www.natjm.co.uk/index.php?page_id=39