cursethetide asked: You really have some talent man! love your songs where i can find a download or more songs?

hey there, thanks for your message :) ….yep, i have stuff on iTunes under Ali Whitton… the newest one being an EP called “Ruapehu”….. but the even newer LOST BiRD stuff you can get for free from the LOST BiRD last.fm page…. http://www.last.fm/music/lost+bird ….oh, and to keep up-to-date with future news… the facebook page is www.facebook.com/lostbirdsings 

goodbye [ for now ]

so, when this TUMBLR first started it was called a mid-twenties crisis approximately
and then recently it has changed to be called LOST BiRD
[ which if you’ve been following is the pseudonym that i play music as these days ] 
i used to live in London working an office job whilst trying to be a musician
UNTIL things fell flat…
a bad second album, a breakup, anxiety and the odd panic attack
sooooo…. i moved to New Zealand and settled in Wellington
NOW [ two years down the line from that move ]
i’m an apprentice gardener, writing songs again,
i surf waves and i play regular football,
i’ve run a half-marathon, completed a ski season, i’ve climbed a mountain
and, when all is said and done, i guess that i’m happy.

so here’s declaring that the approximate-crisis is over
[ as are my mid-twenties ]
geez… i turn 29 next month!
[ it’s scary ]

i no longer have a phone that i can take pictures with
and i can’t write lyrics/poetry/observations on-the-go
so this blog would end up just as contrived writing
[ which would probably bore your socks off ]
soooo… it seemed like a good trigger to phase myself out from here

i’ll keep singing and i hope to release another record some day
so follow me at www.facebook.com/lostbirdsings to keep track of my songs

but i’m gone from here, though i’ll leave my blog online
as a sort of diary of what i did for a few very exciting years

thanks for being great and supportive of my music and my whims
i have a lot of love in my heart for this big old world and the good souls all around me

bye for now
from

ali
x

 

Anonymous asked: Hey! I showed your new video to a friend today and I will translate you what he answered to me "the guy has a look, he can sing, he can play the guitar: I hate him. But I like it and the direction of the video is great." Yeah my friend wants to be a cinematographer, hence the last comment. Anyways your song is lovely! Good luck for everything! Your friendly neighborhood from Paris!

thank-you :) …geez, i really hope to play some shows in Paris again some day. i don’t know how unless air fares get cheaper :(