Roland Blackman is a 27 year old multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter from Poole, England. A regular around the live music scene in and around Bournemouth, he has also played further afield in such international locations as Singapore, Vancouver and Brisbane.
His first online release 'The Transient,' in 2008 is largely influenced by the travels Blackman made in the two years prior to its recording. In fact, Roland had yet to write any original material on guitar before a 6 month visit to Canada which began in April 2006.
From an early age, he has surrounded himself with music. A pianist first, Roland struggled in sight-reading, prefering to compose intead of practice. During school, he took violin and trumpet classes which led onto further self-teaching whilst also developing his vocals as the frontman of several bands in his late teens. Roland had long been writing music with bandmates although it was at this stage that he first experienced studio recordings with his firs