Tom Wright

Hey. I'm Tom. Thanks for stumbling upon my page.

As long as I can remember, I've wanted to be a musician. I started this adventure when I was probably about 3 years old, sitting in the front seat of my dad's car, listening to Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry. I was singing along with every lyric, feeling the drums, the bass and the rock and roll guitars through me.

My dad also had a rock and roll band, and I'd go along to all of their soundchecks to help them set up their gear, and listen to the music, but I was too young to stay for the gig itself, most of the time.

When I was 7 years old, on New Years Eve 2001, we went to a local guitar shop for a look around. I found a half size acoustic guitar on the wall that I couldn't stop staring it. My dad told me that if he bought it for me, I'd better learn to play it, and so very quickly it became my prize possession. Most kids that age were into football or video games, but for me, I was obsessed with that guitar.

I'd play it for hours and hours every day, trying to copy the guitar solos I'd heard on all of those early rock and roll songs, and learning every chord from the 'learn to play the guitar' book that my mum had found for 40p at the charity shop.

I left school at 16 to tour with bands. I started to write my own music. I discovered new artists such as Billy Joel, Keane, Brad Paisley, and kinda formed my own thing out of those artists.

I feel like such a lot has happened over the last year, since releasing my first album, to now. So much has happened to me personally; crazy, scary, exciting and depressing things that has forced me to grow into a totally different person than I was when I was writing songs for that album.

Tom x