I love to frame things and Iβm crazy about cropping. Here are some of my recently harvested crops.
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Serene Scotland πͺ
Negative result. Freeeeedoooom! πͺ
Quarantine comforts. Thank you @laurel_sound @dani_ella_taylor π
In quarantine, unseen and unheard of. A fantastic day in every way as I hope and I pray for a negative result! π€π€π #ready #steady #go!
Getting my feet in the soil and picking a chilli for dinner. Itβs a winner! Letβs hear it for the soil. Letβs give the soil a hand π
Fungal book. Trust in me, itβs brilliant! π
Thanks for your lovely birthday wishes. Cheers! Hereβs to the next sixty years βοΈπ« x
βThings will be great when you're downtownβ Tony Hatch
Skipper Flipper Alan Whicker Bumper Sticker Candle Flicker Knicker Bocker Glory Never Ending Story Cory Wong Long Hot Summer Road Runner Road Runner. Cheers! π»
Cheers πΈ
Nailing the vocal. Itβs the focal point of the day. Like a ray of sunshine through an open window of opportunity. A moment of unity onboard the ship of tools (pro)
Boo! π§ββοΈ
Happy Easterπ₯
Stray dog jumped into the car this morning and this was her expression after we told her we were taking her home.
Happy Boxing Day β€οΈ #granddaughter #saffron
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A woodpeckerβs view. Around and around this tree. Donβt make me into something Iβm not. Like the tick tock of a cuckoo clock. Let there be rock! #headbanger
Saffron Rose. 8lbs 10oz. Born 24.9.20 Happy Grandpa. Itβs a fantastic Clay! π
βKiteβ is me giving up and saying βI canβt write a hit singleβ. Iβd done most of the album [From Monday to Sunday] and it was like βThis is your big comeback, Nick, youβve signed to Sony". I was trying too hard. Iβd never tried to write a hit single, they were just hit singles because you were being creative. So I said βIan [Shaw], give me a beatβ, and I just played along, A minor, C, G and D. Itβs my favourite collection of chords that I have used. - From a 2018 interview with God Is In The TV #NickHeyward #FromMondayToSunday #Kite #1993
The concept for The Stars video was something Nick talked about doing for long time and came to be after he found some vintage puppets while on holiday in Rye, UK. The Stars was the third single from Woodland Echoes and released as a limited edition clear vinyl 10" for Record Store Day 2018. #nickheyward #woodlandechoes #thestars #handpuppet #handpuppets #vintagepuppet #tampa #officialvideo #wholesome #wholesomeness #puppetry #puppets
Join the Song Club listening party and be among the first to hear this wonderful compilation in its entirety. @ChrisDifford is hosting the event on Zoom this Saturday at 8pm UK time and heβll be joined by Nick and other artists featured on the album to talk about their songs. All funds raised for the listening party will benefit the @RCNFoundation. To reserve your place make a donation to the RCN via JustGiving (link in bio - choose Zoom). The event login details will immediately be sent to your email. #songclub #nickheyward #listeningparty
There's a YouTube full discography playlist updated with all the official music videos as well as lyric videos we've done. Have we missed any? Link in bio and here: https://ffm.to/discography Links are also included for the Spotify and Pandora discog playlists as well. Sorry no videos on these ones, though!
On A Sunday. From #TimsTwitterListeningParty earlier this year: "Please excuse the name drop here, but Paul McCartney told me he really liked this song and the guitar on it. βWas that you?β I said yes and that moment I could have died and gone to heaven" And: ββI love the brass on this song. Always have done. It takes me back to Air Studios Sunday morning recording sessions. Geoff parking his old Mercedes actually on the corner in Oxford Circus. There were lots of things you could do on a Sunday in 1983 and one of them was parking anywhere. And it was empty and peaceful. You could hear birdsong in Oxford Street on a Sunday.β #timstwitterlisteningparty #nickheyward #northofamiracle #onasunday #sunday #sundayvibes
Here in my studio and on Patreon. Album going really well. Lots of love, Nick x Link in bio to: patreon.com/nickheyward #patreon #patreonartist #patreoncreator #newalbum #nickheyward
So glad to be involved in @chrisdifford's 'Song Club' compilation to benefit the @rcnfoundation COVID-19 Support Fund. Album out 23 October. All songs on the album were inspired by the photography of @hannahgracedeller_photography. Pre-save/pre-order: https://slinky.to/SongClub
Popped out. Been ages. Right, back to work. LOVE recording more than ever. Itβs a revelation π‘πΆβοΈ
Who? The second lyric video from Woodland Echoes we uploaded to YouTube today. I wrote the lyrics when I didn't know the answer to the question and the music when I did - it all happened through a process of doing and becoming. Ask and you shall receive... maybe not right away and sometimes it takes years. My fiancΓ©e and I used to live in a little cottage in the country near a pub called The Crooked Billet. Every Friday and Saturday night during the summer weβd hear gypsy jazz drifting over the fields. This is tipping my hat to that sound. I worked on it with my old friend and jazz fanatic, Phil Taylor, and he really pushed me as a musician and helped produce some of the best work on Woodland Echoes. I love his BVs here. We would usually spend most of the day with tea and cakes and talking about anything but music before we start work. This is how I create. Most of the recording time is setting up the atmosphere for the gushing to happen. #NickHeyward #WoodlandEchoes #NaturePop #LyricVideo #Who
Today's Woodland Echoes' 3rd anniversary and to celebrate we've re-opened the webshop at NickHeyward.com and uploaded two new lyric videos to YouTube. Here's a snippet of the first - Beautiful Morning. For me, this song is the gentle unfolding of the day and waking up in nature. #NickHeyward #WoodlandEchoes #NaturePop #LyricVideo #BeautifulMorning
Made it over the driveway. Negotiated the sprinkler system and fought off a wren, a lizard and a strimmer to get here. This is Elysian, also known as The Ten Wild Flowers. Iβm going to stay here tonight. Anyway, thought Iβd share this with you as I guess most of you enjoy observing adventure, I know I do ππ¨
Do you like my mask? Actually, lovely turmeric latte! God, it feels good to be out the house. Cheers! βοΈ
Mow your shed light. Tag a bunch of opening obstacles. Tape what happens. A rumble of earthiness. Years of being involved. Yes is a good idea. No is a big difference. Togetherness. Olaf Himalayas and the morning marinade. Tides of open hearted people. Power update. Atoned tree for you and me. Oily leaves and the fragrant caribou. Making up a new river of circumstances beyond our control. Whatever the pump said was right. A bright and happy feeling beneath the ridiculous size of your hope. In other words, three cushions on a chair in the lounge πͺ
In my home studio recording drums for my new album with two mics - a Shure Beta 52A in the bass drum and a Neumann TLM 107 overhead π
Bless her. Grandma is ready for yoga. Ear infections, kidney troubles and arthritis wonβt stop this gal!
Serene Scotland πͺ
Negative result. Freeeeedoooom! πͺ
Quarantine comforts. Thank you @laurel_sound @dani_ella_taylor π
In quarantine, unseen and unheard of. A fantastic day in every way as I hope and I pray for a negative result! π€π€π #ready #steady #go!
Getting my feet in the soil and picking a chilli for dinner. Itβs a winner! Letβs hear it for the soil. Letβs give the soil a hand π
Fungal book. Trust in me, itβs brilliant! π
Thanks for your lovely birthday wishes. Cheers! Hereβs to the next sixty years βοΈπ« x
βThings will be great when you're downtownβ Tony Hatch
Skipper Flipper Alan Whicker Bumper Sticker Candle Flicker Knicker Bocker Glory Never Ending Story Cory Wong Long Hot Summer Road Runner Road Runner. Cheers! π»
Cheers πΈ
Nailing the vocal. Itβs the focal point of the day. Like a ray of sunshine through an open window of opportunity. A moment of unity onboard the ship of tools (pro)
Boo! π§ββοΈ
Happy Easterπ₯
Stray dog jumped into the car this morning and this was her expression after we told her we were taking her home.
Happy Boxing Day β€οΈ #granddaughter #saffron
βοΈπ«πΏ
A woodpeckerβs view. Around and around this tree. Donβt make me into something Iβm not. Like the tick tock of a cuckoo clock. Let there be rock! #headbanger
Saffron Rose. 8lbs 10oz. Born 24.9.20 Happy Grandpa. Itβs a fantastic Clay! π
βKiteβ is me giving up and saying βI canβt write a hit singleβ. Iβd done most of the album [From Monday to Sunday] and it was like βThis is your big comeback, Nick, youβve signed to Sony". I was trying too hard. Iβd never tried to write a hit single, they were just hit singles because you were being creative. So I said βIan [Shaw], give me a beatβ, and I just played along, A minor, C, G and D. Itβs my favourite collection of chords that I have used. - From a 2018 interview with God Is In The TV #NickHeyward #FromMondayToSunday #Kite #1993
The concept for The Stars video was something Nick talked about doing for long time and came to be after he found some vintage puppets while on holiday in Rye, UK. The Stars was the third single from Woodland Echoes and released as a limited edition clear vinyl 10" for Record Store Day 2018. #nickheyward #woodlandechoes #thestars #handpuppet #handpuppets #vintagepuppet #tampa #officialvideo #wholesome #wholesomeness #puppetry #puppets
Join the Song Club listening party and be among the first to hear this wonderful compilation in its entirety. @ChrisDifford is hosting the event on Zoom this Saturday at 8pm UK time and heβll be joined by Nick and other artists featured on the album to talk about their songs. All funds raised for the listening party will benefit the @RCNFoundation. To reserve your place make a donation to the RCN via JustGiving (link in bio - choose Zoom). The event login details will immediately be sent to your email. #songclub #nickheyward #listeningparty
There's a YouTube full discography playlist updated with all the official music videos as well as lyric videos we've done. Have we missed any? Link in bio and here: https://ffm.to/discography Links are also included for the Spotify and Pandora discog playlists as well. Sorry no videos on these ones, though!
On A Sunday. From #TimsTwitterListeningParty earlier this year: "Please excuse the name drop here, but Paul McCartney told me he really liked this song and the guitar on it. βWas that you?β I said yes and that moment I could have died and gone to heaven" And: ββI love the brass on this song. Always have done. It takes me back to Air Studios Sunday morning recording sessions. Geoff parking his old Mercedes actually on the corner in Oxford Circus. There were lots of things you could do on a Sunday in 1983 and one of them was parking anywhere. And it was empty and peaceful. You could hear birdsong in Oxford Street on a Sunday.β #timstwitterlisteningparty #nickheyward #northofamiracle #onasunday #sunday #sundayvibes
Here in my studio and on Patreon. Album going really well. Lots of love, Nick x Link in bio to: patreon.com/nickheyward #patreon #patreonartist #patreoncreator #newalbum #nickheyward
So glad to be involved in @chrisdifford's 'Song Club' compilation to benefit the @rcnfoundation COVID-19 Support Fund. Album out 23 October. All songs on the album were inspired by the photography of @hannahgracedeller_photography. Pre-save/pre-order: https://slinky.to/SongClub
Popped out. Been ages. Right, back to work. LOVE recording more than ever. Itβs a revelation π‘πΆβοΈ
Who? The second lyric video from Woodland Echoes we uploaded to YouTube today. I wrote the lyrics when I didn't know the answer to the question and the music when I did - it all happened through a process of doing and becoming. Ask and you shall receive... maybe not right away and sometimes it takes years. My fiancΓ©e and I used to live in a little cottage in the country near a pub called The Crooked Billet. Every Friday and Saturday night during the summer weβd hear gypsy jazz drifting over the fields. This is tipping my hat to that sound. I worked on it with my old friend and jazz fanatic, Phil Taylor, and he really pushed me as a musician and helped produce some of the best work on Woodland Echoes. I love his BVs here. We would usually spend most of the day with tea and cakes and talking about anything but music before we start work. This is how I create. Most of the recording time is setting up the atmosphere for the gushing to happen. #NickHeyward #WoodlandEchoes #NaturePop #LyricVideo #Who
Today's Woodland Echoes' 3rd anniversary and to celebrate we've re-opened the webshop at NickHeyward.com and uploaded two new lyric videos to YouTube. Here's a snippet of the first - Beautiful Morning. For me, this song is the gentle unfolding of the day and waking up in nature. #NickHeyward #WoodlandEchoes #NaturePop #LyricVideo #BeautifulMorning
Made it over the driveway. Negotiated the sprinkler system and fought off a wren, a lizard and a strimmer to get here. This is Elysian, also known as The Ten Wild Flowers. Iβm going to stay here tonight. Anyway, thought Iβd share this with you as I guess most of you enjoy observing adventure, I know I do ππ¨
Do you like my mask? Actually, lovely turmeric latte! God, it feels good to be out the house. Cheers! βοΈ
Mow your shed light. Tag a bunch of opening obstacles. Tape what happens. A rumble of earthiness. Years of being involved. Yes is a good idea. No is a big difference. Togetherness. Olaf Himalayas and the morning marinade. Tides of open hearted people. Power update. Atoned tree for you and me. Oily leaves and the fragrant caribou. Making up a new river of circumstances beyond our control. Whatever the pump said was right. A bright and happy feeling beneath the ridiculous size of your hope. In other words, three cushions on a chair in the lounge πͺ
In my home studio recording drums for my new album with two mics - a Shure Beta 52A in the bass drum and a Neumann TLM 107 overhead π
Bless her. Grandma is ready for yoga. Ear infections, kidney troubles and arthritis wonβt stop this gal!