I WROTE “ALIVE” WHEN I WAS 16, AT A POINT IN TIME WHERE I HAD BECOME SO CERTAIN OF THE DREAM I WANTED TO CHASE, BUT FELT HELD BACK BY THE GENERIC SYSTEM AND CYCLE ANYBODY STILL IN OR LEAVING SCHOOL IS NATURALLY THROWN INTO. IT BECAME A SONG THAT WAS VERY PERSONAL AND SPECIAL TO ME, YET THE MORE I PLAYED IT LIVE, THE MORE I REALISED THAT SO MANY COULD ALSO RELATE TO IT, IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. ALTHOUGH COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TO MY LATEST SINGLE, LIKE “TONIGHT”, I WROTE, RECORDED AND PLAYED ALL THE INSTRUMENTS ON “ALIVE “ MYSELF, YET THE CONTRAST IN THE TWO SONGS SHOW STYLISTICALLY AN EXAMPLE OF THE KIND MUSIC I WRITE, AND THAT YOU WILL BE HEARING MORE OF IN THE SONGS THAT WILL BE RELEASED OVER 2020. I COULDN’T BE MORE PLEASED TO SHARING THIS ONE WITH YOU ALL.
“TONIGHT” IS A SONG I WROTE JUST OVER A YEAR AGO, AND IT WAS ONE OF THE SONGS I AM MOST PROUD OF WRITING. TO CHOOSE A SONG FOR MY FIRST SINGLE WAS A HARD TASK, AS TONIGHT WAS IN A GROUP OF 8-10 SONGS THAT I HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN, BUT IN THE END I FELT IT WAS THE PERFECT CHOICE. IN THIS SONG YOU CAN CLEARLY HEAR MY INFLUENCES, AS WELL ORIGINALITY, AND AS A TYPICAL POP/ROCK BALLAD I FEEL IT IS THE BEST FIRST IMPRESSION OF MY MUSIC I CAN GIVE. I PLAYED EVERY INSTRUMENT ON THE TRACK MYSELF AND RECORDED THE SONG AT HOME, TO A GOOD QUALITY, BEFORE HAVING IT MASTERED PROFESSIONALLY.
MY NAME IS LUKE FLEAR, AND I AM 17 YEAR OLD SINGER SONGWRITER FROM LEEDS, UK. I GIG REGULARLY, LOCALLY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, HEADLINING MY OWN SHOWS, SUPPORTING TRIBUTE BANDS, PLAYING WEDDINGS AND BIRTHDAYS, AS WELL PLAYING PUBS, CLUBS, AND GIN EVENTS. AS I MULTI INSTRUMENTALIST, ONSTAGE YOU WILL FIND ME PLAYING AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR, AN ELECTRIC GUITAR AND PIANO. I RECORD MY OWN MUSIC FROM MY HOUSE, AND NOW HAVE ORIGINAL MUSIC RELEASED ONLINE, AND CONTINUE TO GIG EVERY WEEKEND, PLAYING ORIGINAL MATERIAL ALONG WITH COVERS.
FROM THE MOMENT I WAS SAT IN FRONT OF A TV, GLUED TO MY DADS OLD MTV TAPES OF BON JOVI, AEROSMITH, BRYAN ADAMS, EXT, I WAS HOOKED. I GOT MY FIRST MY DRUM KIT WHEN I WAS 3 YEARS OLD, AND GUITAR FOLLOWED AT 10, ALONG WITH PIANO YEARS LATER. AFTER BEING IN AND OUT OF BANDS AND PROJECTS, I HAVE NOW BEEN GIGGING AS A SOLO ARTIST FOR TWO YEARS. INFLUENCED BY THE LIKES OF BON JOVI, QUEEN, ELTON JOHN, EXT, I FEEL YOU CAN HEAR MY INFLUENCE IN MY MUSIC, THROUGH MY SONGS, MY PLAYING AND MY VOICE.
