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Tim Pepper is featured on Outbound Radio |
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 For me, it’s always been about writing a song that would make a person stop what they were doing and listen. I’m what they call a singer/songwriter. I’m not a rock-star, pop-star or idol. I don’t know if I’m very cool. But people, guitars, the journey of life and beautiful things inspire me to write songs. So that’s what I do. I picked up a guitar during my first year at college. Ever so slowly I got better at playing and writing songs. I’d sit in my room and write songs instead of watching television. At some point I realised that I wanted to be a musician/songwriter/artist or whatever you want to call it. I didn’t pursue it right away because I didn’t believe in myself enough to go for it but it was a constant nagging presence in my existence. I continued my studies and completed a masters degree in biotechnology. It was after working for two years as a highschool teacher that I was forced to really look at my life and figure out what I wanted to do. I still had the music bug burning in me and I knew I wanted to give it a shot. I’m not sure if there was a particular day or hour but my mind was made up that I had to do everything I could to give myself a chance at being a career musician. Performance was always a scary thing for me. The earliest of my experiences on stage were in the church choir. When I started taking music more seriously I began with open mic nights at local bars. Through the network of musicians at the open mics I heard about more gigs and got invited to play as an opening act for some other local bands. Being a solo artist I still open for other bands but also do my own gigs. In 2006 I started the festival circuit and have been lucky enough to play Woodstock ‘07 and after well received performances at some smaller festivals was invited to play Splashy Fen ’08 on the mainstage. Financial constraints kept me out of studios for many years. So I did a lot of recording at home on a PC. Friends and friends of friends and complete strangers who’d seen me play kept asking me for a CD so I started selling my ‘demos’ with no artwork other than my hand written scrawl, “Tim Pepper – Demo” on the front. Later I started getting a little more sophisticated and put out some limited releases which I’d sell at gigs. After releasign the EP ‘Believe in 2007 I finally got an opportunity to record a full studio album in August of 2008. The album, “Beautiful Frustration” is available online via this link Where the road eventually leads I can’t say but I do believe that I’ll arrive there with a little notebook and a pen and a guitar and a couple of tunes rolling around in my head. |
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