Following an electrifying performance on a selected invite-only bill of the worldwide top podcast artists at the Podcast and New Media Expo, video and photographs of the performance will be online soon. In addition, video versions of three tracks will be made available to jimmygolding.com visitors. YouTube versions of the videos are available for immediate viewing here (or just click the video below for Simple Things (Get us By)), with high quality downloadable versions scheduled for release shortly. Stay tuned for updates and addtional expo videos!

Jimmy Golding Band - Simple Things (Get Us By)

When someone asked me ‘what is the difference between a musician and a pizza?’ we all laughed when he said ‘a pizza feeds a family of four!’

I don’t have a ‘family of four’ but  I do want to change the general tendency to accept that a musician has to settle for a life on the margins of society with material insufficiency,volatality and insecurity in order to pursue their art and creativity.  

Now I’m feeling on the cusp on a giant wave.Will it come crashing down on me or will I surf and navigate it well to take me beyond the precipice?

Been working so hard to push my life forward - others are too! Want to be myself,shape my destiny to create an authentically happy life, to share my heart and music with the world.Want to earn a proper living for all the hard work and the value we create.I and all the people supporting as part of the Jimmy Golding team absolutely deserve this!

Now the album is out and people are really enjoying and engaging with the music ,voice and lyrical messages -it all feels so right.There are many more peoples’ hearts and minds to touch and inspire..

This is the crystalisation of a great vow and a life-long commitment and it seems like a few personal sacrifices have been made on the way.Now the impossible is happening..there are obstacles and fears looming to stop me moving beyond self imposed limitations, the subtle undermining messages of others and society and deeply ingrained patterns of disrespectful thinking.

I want the strength and courage to see these troubles as no more than ’dust before the wind’. I refuse to be unhappy!Must keep moving forward and believe in the ‘abundance of life’.Cannot look behind me now - like driving a car on full throttle and looking in the rear view mirror -you crash!

Trust my vision and decisions.Look straight ahead.Don’t settle for second best.Make dreams a reality! Great joy and victory are waiting and now it’s time to leap……

I love these artists and bands -they have touched my heart, my soul and my brain, challenged me, made me shake my head, jump up and down, dance, cry and smile, make love, get out of myself and think about life and the world in a completely new way. 

Any of your favourites here? Share experiences and feelings of how these artists have moved you,shaped your life and taken you to higher ground!

Favourite albums and tracks suggestions welcome

Jimmy G 

David Bowie, Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, John Lennon,The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, The Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell, PJ Harvey, Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Depeche Mode, Morrissey, Prince, John Martyn, Beethoven , Elvis Presley,The Who, Crosby Stills and Nash, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix,Pink Floyd, Harry Nielsen, Tom Petty, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Cream, Deep Purple,Thin Lizzy, ZZ Top, Tommy Bolin, Stevie Wonder, Roxy Music, Marc Bolan and T-REX, Bryan Ferry,Brian Eno, U2, Razorlight,The Killers, The Foo Fighters, Nirvana,Freddie King, BB King, Talking Heads, George Michael, Garbage, Suede, Oasis, Blur, Star Sailor, Bob Marley, AC/DC, Motorhead, Black Sabbath, Robbie Williams, Suede, The Beach Boys, Madonna ,Steve Miller, The Fixx, Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, The Cure, Beck, James Taylor, Johnny Cash, Van Morrison, The Stray Cats, Sly and the Family Stone, The Crusaders, Tower of Power, Little Feat, Nat King Cole, Coldplay, David Gray, Edwyn Collins, Adam and the Ants, Ian Dury and The Blockheads, Jamaroquai, Placebo, Muse, Gorillaz, Django Rhinehart, Louis Armstrong, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Mozart, Spearhead, Maxwell, Ryan Adams, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jeff Beck, JJ Cale, Queen, Nitin Sawhney, Underworld, Leftfield, Massive Attack, Portishead, Fun Loving Criminals, Lewis Taylor, Eminem, Neil Diamond, Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Green Day, Manic Street Preachers, Damien Rice, Queens of the Stone Age, The Cardigans, The Verve, Pulp, Khaled ,Salif Keta, Carlos Jobim, Santana, The Police, Sting.