Ian C Bishop

Ian C Bishop

My name is Ian C Bishop from N London UK. Now residing in Jersey City. Singer, songwriter first and fore most. Guitarist, clarinetist. Arranger and mixer. First band (Ultra Vivid Scene) signed to '4AD'. From there I moved from the UK to NYC's Lower e side. And cut my teeth as a guitarist with locals 'Bobbo'. Four years later on returning to the UK my own newly formed band 'Rosa Mota' signed to Beggars Banquet. Their fist release "Drag for a Drag" was released to acclaim and bemusement by the UK press.The awesome 2nd LP 'Wishful Sinking' was released on MUTE RECORDS in 96. 3rd & final album 'Bionic' recorded by Steve Albini at London's Abbey Road. After 3 albums,much touring & gigging & variouse singles & videos the band of 3 boys and 2 girls split. The cinematic and beautiful 'Horsepower' released 3 well received LP's. Magestic & intense, 'NX' recorded an albums worth of unreleased tracks that peak and soar combining the many disperate sounds of the previous bands.

Sounds Like: Sonic Youth, Nirvana

Latest News

Curently residing in Jersey City, after several years back in London I moved back to the States in August 2010 & began working at the 'Git Cntr' on NYC's 14th St that November. Currently carrying out research for a written work of litteriture called 'All Day Hopelessly Distracted'. Currently working on new band project 'orphans' with local musicians in my area with a view to gigs & studio recording.

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Rodney Jensen
over 30 days ago to Ian C Bishop

Thanks for your review of "One Country Song"



Ian - I just reviewed lazy bone.... very cool track - see you were with ultra vivid scene - wow interesting I have a promo copy cassette (red) - with special one lightning - etc on it...1990 release - that you - very cool...
I am going to listent to the other track here on your profile - new fan - dB+1 aka douglas Branson just north of NYC

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Ian C Bishop
over 30 days ago

Awesome man. I just logged back in here for the first time in a long time. But I'm going to refresh everything and get things up to date.
Thanks for sticking with me! X ICB

Ian C Bishop
over 30 days ago

Hey thanks for your support. I hope you like the other tracks



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Ian C Bishop
over 30 days ago to Ian C Bishop

I posted some new songs. All quite mellow with peaks and troughs. Any feedback would be great.

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Nick Fuse
over 30 days ago

Great Job, son! All three are Beautiful, but Fairy Tales is the ultimate heartbreaker. Your voice is perfect for mournful soulful tunes.

Adam Maxfield
over 30 days ago

Will do when I'm next off work - which ones are they??

Ian C Bishop
over 30 days ago

Should be the first three. Everything goes. Fairy tales. Big horse ( it's yr birthday) and Diary of a lost girl. Hope you like some of them. When you record the vocals for yr track try setting a boomed mic in a position that means you can record them laying flat on yr back. It flattens out yr vocal coards

Ian C Bishop
over 30 days ago

Ok, first 4 songs. As I was saying.. It flattens out yr vocal chords and gives you a naturally raspy sound. So you can sing softer which means you can effect a scream differently than you would live. By just singing through a closed throat into a mic you can almost 'pretend' to scream. I'm not a fan of the baritone growl personally, but at least you can try a few things out and see what flies! Look forward to hearing more of yr stuff.

Ian C Bishop
over 30 days ago

Give 'white pony' or 'around the fur' by the DefTones a reference for a softly sung / but really effective shredding vocal sound. plus they use a ton of vocal compression. Also, you could try double tracking yr lead vocal with another identical, but sung separately lead vox. That nearly always sounds great. I don't double track my vocal personally but a lot of great bands do.

Adam Maxfield
over 30 days ago

I like the idea of lying down - they used to say at work that I was so laid back I was horizontal!! I did double track for a while at a studio I used (check out w.d.y.w.m.t.b and walk away, your love) but wasn't totally convinced - so now I copy the vocal and add different comp/eq/rev to add a bit of thickness. Got a few suggestions from different perspectives so gonna have fun trying it all out - just as long as my kids don't stand there screaming at me when I'm trying to sing!!!



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