5 Self-employed Glasgow musicians shooting the breeze on lockdown.

Episode 19: Tommy Mcguire is a Scottish music artist who has shared the bill with Kyle Falconer of the view, Gerry Cinnamon and Jake Bugg. Featuring as Glasgow's ‘First Bus Busker’ in 2018 his single ‘Smile’ reached number 7 in the iTunes Scottish singles chart this year. We talk to Tommy about songwriting, his technique, online music distribution, the lockdown, musical influences, gigging and how the lockdown is going for musicians & venues.

This week’s episode is sponsored by Franco’s Fish & Chip Shop of Newmains (01698 386965)

https://www.facebook.com/newmains.pizza

CARBON COPY WEDDING BAND

www.carboncopymusic.band

TOMMY MCGUIRE

https://www.tommymcguire.co.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/Tommymcguiremusic

@tommymcguiremusic

TOMMY’S SINGLE ‘SMILE’

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1ntSSHFOZJocsBwSkPgh56...

iTunes: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/smile-single/1536997526

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00 Coming up…

00:00:35 Intro

00:04:34 Questions for Tommy

00:47:56 Would You Rather?

01:06:13 Banger or Saint?

01:21:17 Smile by Tommy McGuire

01:24:31 Ad

01:25:29 Thanks!

01:26:42 Outro

TAGS:

Lockdown,

Venues in trouble,

Song Writing techniques,

Billy Joel,

Paolo Nutini,

Music Streaming,

Gerry Cinnamon,

Live Stream gigs,

Scottish Football Team,

Lyrics v Music,

Drunken punters,

Outdoor gigs,

Banger or Saint?,

Chris Martin,

Gary Barlow,

Joni Mitchel,