Si Hayden
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Si Hayden
| image = Si_Hayden_in_2010.jpg
| birth_name =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|12|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| origin = England
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| genre = Jazz, Jazz fusion, Instrumental rock, Progressive rock, Folk, Fingerstyle guitar, Drum & Bass, Flamenco,
| occupation = Musician, composer, producer
| instrument = Guitar, Piano, Double Bass, Bass
| years_active = 1998-present
| label = Silvery,{{cite web|title=Silvery Records|url=http://www.silvery.uk/releases|website=Silvery Records|publisher=Silvery Records|accessdate=7 January 2016}} Sid Norris,{{cite web|last1=Willow|first1=Pete|title=PCWillow|url=http://www.pcwillow.com/jodshkaylaopk.html|website=PCWillow|publisher=PCWillow|accessdate=8 January 2016}} Liquid Note,{{cite web|title=The Alchemists II iTunes|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-alchemists-ii/215242019|website=iTunes Preview|publisher=Apple|access-date=7 January 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Epstein|first1=Dmitry|title=Let It Rock on Liquid Note Records|url=http://dmme.net/reviews/reviews34.html#alch2|website=Let It Rock|publisher=Let It Rock|accessdate=7 January 2016}} I'm Not A Machine,{{cite web|title=I'm Not A Machine Music|url=http://imnotamachinemusic.com/artists/|website=I'm Not A Machine|publisher=I'm Not A Machine Music|accessdate=7 January 2016}} Tigre Fair Records,{{cite web|title=Amazon Tigre Fair Records|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01595RWBU|website=Amazon|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=7 January 2016}} RNA,{{cite web|title=Amazon RNA Records|url=https://www.amazon.es/Best-Reviews-New-Age-Guitar/dp/B00HKLTZYE|website=Amazon.es|publisher=Amazon.es}} Yibbit{{cite web|title=Amazon Lisa Cay: Yibbit Records|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00UGBRGTG|website=Amazon|publisher=Amazon.co.uk|accessdate=7 January 2016}}
| associated_acts = Joe O'Donnell
| website = {{URL|http://www.sihayden.com}}
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Si Hayden is an English musician and long time guitarist of 70's electric violin veteran Joe O'Donnell of East Of Eden, Headstone and Rory Gallagher fame.{{cite web|last1=O'Donnell|first1=Joe|title=About the band|url=http://joeodonnellsshkayla.com/about/|website=Joe O'Donnells Shkayla|publisher=White Locust|accessdate=7 January 2016}}{{cite web|title=Pub gig for fiddle star Joe O'Donnell|url=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/whats-on/music/pub-gig-fiddle-star-joe-3050748|website=Coventry Telegraph|publisher=Coventry Telegraph|accessdate=8 January 2016}} He has released over 60 albums of largely original material,{{cite web|title=Silvery Records|url=http://www.silvery.uk/releases|website=Silvery Records|publisher=Silvery Records|accessdate=7 January 2016}}{{cite web|title=Si Hayden Discography|url=http://www.sihayden.com/discography|website=sihayden.com|publisher=sihayden.com|accessdate=7 January 2016}}{{cite web|title=Google|url=https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=si+hayden+discopgraphy&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=UMyOVvKnFYHBUqXkqIAF#q=si+hayden+albums|website=Google|publisher=Google}}{{cite web|last1=Briggs|first1=Phil|title=HinckleyACT|url=http://hinckleyact.co.uk/tag/si-hayden/|website=The Hinckley Act|publisher=The Hinckley Act|accessdate=7 January 2016}}{{cite web|title=Wikimp3 albums|url=http://www.musiology.net/artist/si-hayden/653600/|website=Wikimp3|publisher=musiology.net}} featured on multiple guitar compilations with the likes of Alex De Grassi,{{cite web|title=Amazon RNA Records|url=https://www.amazon.es/Best-Reviews-New-Age-Guitar/dp/B00HKLTZYE|website=Amazon.es|publisher=Amazon.es}} Guns N' Roses guitarist Bumblefoot{{cite web|title=The Alchemists II iTunes|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-alchemists-ii/215242019|website=iTunes Preview|publisher=Apple|access-date=7 January 2016}} and Will Ackerman.{{cite web|title=Amazon RNA Records|url=https://www.amazon.es/Best-Reviews-New-Age-Guitar/dp/B00HKLTZYE|website=Amazon.es|publisher=Amazon.es}} He has recorded as a guest musician on over 100 releases. On the release of his 2011 solo guitar album Supercharger, Guitarist Magazine described him as 'an acoustic virtuoso'.{{cite journal|last1=Bailey|first1=Owen|title=Music|journal=Guitarist Magazine|date=March 2012|issue=352|page=48|url=http://www.musicradar.com/guitarist/guitarist-issue-352-on-sale-now-529060|accessdate=7 January 2016}}
Career
Hayden has performed and recorded with artists such as John Etheridge,{{cite web|last1=Wright|first1=Matthew|title=John Etheridge, Si Hayden & Interplay salute International Jazz Day|url=http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/pages/live-jazz-music-reviews/14186-john-etheridge-si-hayden-interplay-salute-international-jazz-day|website=Jazzwise Magazine|publisher=Jazzwise Magazine|accessdate=7 August 2016|ref=Jazzwise Magazine}} Gilad Atzmon as guitarist in the 'Atzmob', Clive Carroll and Soweto Kinch.{{cite web|title=Soweto Kinch Improv Trio|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiE7Wjz7f6A|website=Youtube|accessdate=7 January 2016}} Other groups have included The Morley Hayden Haines trio who performed at The Guinness Cork Jazz Festival in 2009{{cite web|title=Silvery Records|url=http://www.silvery.uk/releases|website=Silvery Records|publisher=Silvery Records|accessdate=7 January 2016}}{{cite web|title=iTunes Morley Hayden Haines|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/live-at-the-gresham-metropole-for-the-guinness-cork/372986159|website=iTunes|publisher=iTunes|access-date=8 January 2016}} and BBC1 television appearances with Rob Halligan.{{cite web|title=BBC One Songs of Praise|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zf6dl|website=BBC Programmes|publisher=BBC|accessdate=7 January 2016}}{{cite web|title=Rob Halligan BBC|url=https://vimeo.com/58453010|website=Vimeo|publisher=Blatant Media|accessdate=7 January 2016}}{{cite web|title=BBC1 Blatant Media|url=http://blatantmedia.co.uk/film/|website=Blatant Media|publisher=Blatant Media|accessdate=7 January 2016}} Si is also a founder member of 91db{{cite web|last1=Cottrell|first1=Ade|title=91db|url=http://adecottrell.wix.com/copy-of-adecottrelld#!band/c24ut|website=91db Band|publisher=91db|accessdate=8 January 2016}}{{cite web|title=City boy Si|url=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/whats-on/music/city-boy-si-taster-irish-legend-3063748|website=Coventry Telegraph|publisher=Coventry Telegraph|accessdate=8 January 2016}} who released their debut album 'Waiting' in 2010,{{cite web|title=Waiting 91db iTunes preview|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/waiting/395872564|website=iTunes Preview|publisher=iTunes|access-date=8 January 2016}} their next release was a remix that appeared on Rik Mayall's Noble England EP.{{cite web|last1=Arlott|first1=Georgia|title=Rik Mayal's World Cup|url=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/watch-rik-mayalls-world-cup-7259898|website=Coventry Telegraph|publisher=Coventry Telegraph|accessdate=8 January 2016}} The single from the EP reached number one in the Official UK Independent Charts in 2014.{{cite web|title=Official Independent Charts|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-singles-chart/20140615/130/|website=officialcharts.com|publisher=Official Charts|accessdate=8 January 2016}}
Discography
=Solo albums=
- 1998: Steel Happenings (Ray Craig Records)
- 1999: Chasing Light (Unknown)
- 2001: 2001: A Bass Odyssey (Unknown)
- 2005: Live in '05 at the Coventry Jazz Festival (Unknown)
- 2006: Nylon... for Now (Silvery Records)
- 2007: Steel Roots (Silvery Records)
- 2007: Live Like Us (Silvery Records)
- 2008: Scenes from the City (Silvery Records)
- 2009: The apparent rules of thumb (Silvery Records)
- 2009: Sabaca (Silvery Records)
- 2010: The Mysteries (Silvery Records)
- 2010: FdWN (Silvery Records)
- 2010: Counterfeit (Silvery Records)
- 2011: Spoilt For Choice (Silvery Records)
- 2011: Live at The Hinckley Act Folk Club (Silvery Records)
- 2011: Supercharger (Silvery Records)
- 2012: Don't Fret (Solo Fretless Guitar) (Silvery Records)
- 2012: A Fistful Of Grooves (Silvery Records)
- 2013: Arbitrary Notes Of Reason (Silvery Records)
- 2014: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (Solo Guitar) (Silvery Records)
- 2015: Piano Wears Black & Howls At The Moon (Silvery Records)
- 2015: The Immutable Acoustic (Silvery Records)
- 2015: Live at Coventry Cathedral (Silvery Records)
- 2015: Four Corners Of Acoustic (Four Disc Box Set) (Silvery Records)
- 2015: Tales From The Acoustic Vault (Silvery Records)
- 2016: Into The Abyss (Silvery Records)
- 2016: Tales of Midnight Bass (Silvery Records)
- 2017: Deeper Into The Abyss (Silvery Records)
- 2017: Wired (Leaked demo)
- 2017: All Is Flux (Silvery Records)
- 2017: Live at the Guildhall (Silvery Records)
- 2018: Sea of Dreams (Silvery Records)
- 2018: Re-Wired (Silvery Records)
- 2018: Return from the Abyss (Silvery Records)
- 2018: Outpost (Silvery Records)
- 2018: The Dancing Bird (Silvery Records)
- 2018: Jupiter (Silvery Records)
- 2018: Out of Place (Silvery Records)
- 2018: Existence (Silvery Records)
- 2019: Life Form (Silvery Records)
- 2019: The Water's Edge (Silvery Records)
- 2019: Waiting Room (Silvery Records)
- 2019: Swim on By (Silvery Records)
- 2019: Guitar Tree Hill (Silvery Records)
- 2019: Bass Wears Red & Laughs Like a Crow (SiHaydenMusic)
=Collaborations=
- 2008: BACKRA MeN (Silvery Records)
- 2010: Live at the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival (Silvery Records)
- 2010: Pianose (Silvery Records)
- 2010: Sunrise (Silvery Records)
- 2010: Mille Miglia (Silvery Records)
- 2011: The Backra Instrumentals (Silvery Records)
- 2012: H-Division (Silvery Records)
- 2015: Casino (Silvery Records)
- 2016: Live at the HinckleyACT with David MacGregor (Silvery Records)
- 2017: Process (Silvery Records)
- 2019: Production (Silvery Records){{cite web|title=Silvery Records|url=http://www.silvery.uk/releases|website=Silvery Records|publisher=Silvery Records|accessdate=7 January 2016}}
=Compilation albums=
- 2007: The Alchemist Vol II (Liquid Note Records){{cite web|title=The Alchemists II iTunes|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-alchemists-ii/215242019|website=iTunes Preview|publisher=Apple|access-date=7 January 2016}}
- 2007: FMN2 Concert for Pete (Charity CD Feat Kevin Rowland){{cite web|title=Album Preview FMN2|url=https://myspace.com/fmn2/music/song/album-preview-8299166-8100350|website=Myspace Music|publisher=Myspace|accessdate=7 January 2016}}
- 2014: The Best Of Reviews New Age: The Guitar (RNA-Records){{cite web|title=Amazon RNA Records|url=https://www.amazon.es/Best-Reviews-New-Age-Guitar/dp/B00HKLTZYE|website=Amazon.es|publisher=Amazon.es}}
- 2014: C-Fab Official Festival Album (Warren Records){{cite web|title=Warren Records C-Fab|url=http://warrenrecords.tumblr.com/image/86206252377|website=Warren Records|publisher=Warren Records}}
- 2015: Specialized-4 A Tribute to The Clash (Specialized Records){{cite web|title=The Clash by The Specialized Project|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz-eFx_WOIg|website=Youtube|publisher=Youtube: The Specialized Project|accessdate=7 January 2016}}
=As A Band Member=
- 2009: Trust Again (Silvery Records)
- 2009: Step Forwards (Silvery Records)
- 2010: Waiting (Silvery Records){{cite web|title=Silvery Records|url=http://www.silvery.uk/releases|website=Silvery Records|publisher=Silvery Records|accessdate=7 January 2016}}
- 2010: Noble England EP (Motivation Records)
- 2010: Noel Nouvelet (Sid Norris Records){{cite web|last1=Willow|first1=Pete|title=PCWillow|url=http://www.pcwillow.com/jodshkaylaopk.html|website=PCWillow|publisher=PCWillow|accessdate=8 January 2016}}{{cite web|title=Early Noel for Joe O'Donnell|url=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/whats-on/music/early-noel-for-joe-odonnell-3057466|website=Coventry Telegraph|publisher=Coventry Telegraph|accessdate=8 January 2016}}
- 2010: The Journey Live at Playwrights (Silvery Records)
- 2010: This Mess (Silvery Records){{cite web|title=Silvery Records|url=http://www.silvery.uk/releases|website=Silvery Records|publisher=Silvery Records|accessdate=7 January 2016}}
- 2012: Running Away (Ratty and Tango Remix) (dbeats records)
- 2013: Sonomama (LucyAnneSale){{cite web|last1=Holland|first1=Dan|title=Sonomama Folkwords review|url=http://www.folkwords.com/reviewarchive_89546.html|website=Folkwords|publisher=Folkwords.com|accessdate=8 January 2016}}
- 2013: Into The Becoming (Silvery Records){{cite web|title=Silvery Records|url=http://www.silvery.uk/releases|website=Silvery Records|publisher=Silvery Records|accessdate=7 January 2016}}{{cite web|title=Into The Becoming|url=http://joeodonnellsshkayla.com/shop/into-the-becoming-mp3/|website=Joe O'Donnell's Shkayla|publisher=White Locust Media|accessdate=8 January 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Epstein|first1=Dmitry|title=Shkayla Into The Becoming|url=http://dmme.net/joe-odonnells-shkayla-into-the-becoming/|website=Let It Rock|publisher=Let It Rock|accessdate=8 January 2016}}
- 2015: O'Neil's Lament (Silvery Records)
=With other artists=
- 2006: Dark Clouds Fighting (Blatant Records)
- 2007: If your standing, your fair game (Rhetoric Records)
- 2009: Welcome to Suburbia (Force 8Records)
- 2010: Mainly Blue (Silvery Records){{cite web|title=Silvery Records|url=http://www.silvery.uk/releases|website=Silvery Records|publisher=Silvery Records|accessdate=7 January 2016}}
- 2011: The Perils the Grace and the Way (Blatant Records){{cite web|last1=Halligan|first1=Rob|title=The Perils, The Grace & The Way|url=http://www.robhalligan.co.uk/wp/media/music/the-perils-the-grace-and-the-way/|website=RobHalligan.co.uk|publisher=RobHalligan|accessdate=8 January 2016}}
- 2012: The Tales Of Seven Guitars (Blatant Records)
- 2012: ''Evolve (feat. Miss Coco Brown)(PRECHA Records)
- 2012: A Song Yet Sung (Part One) (Silvery Records)
- 2013: A Song Yet Sung (Part Two) (Silvery Records){{cite web|title=Silvery Records|url=http://www.silvery.uk/releases|website=Silvery Records|publisher=Silvery Records|accessdate=7 January 2016}}
- 2013: The Bedouin
- 2013: Bedouin Sister
- 2013: Dark
- 2014: Heaven's Statues
- 2014: Hashtag (Fly Beat Music)
- 2014: Tatami High
- 2014: An Album
- 2014: Battle Cry
- 2014: Subway Scene
- 2014: Jamside Up
- 2015: Molly's Bones{{cite web|title=Section C Bandcamp|url=http://johnother.bandcamp.com/album/bedouin-sister-single|website=Bandcamp|publisher=Bandcamp|accessdate=8 January 2016}}
- 2015: Oblivious Fish (Yibbit Records){{cite web|title=Amazon Lisa Cay: Yibbit Records|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00UGBRGTG|website=Amazon|publisher=Amazon.co.uk|accessdate=7 January 2016}}
- 2015: Voodoo In Blue
- 2015: Reverie (Sheila-Waterfield-Music){{cite web|title=Discogs Reverie|url=http://www.discogs.com/Sheila-Waterfield-Reverie/release/7087711|website=Discogs|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=8 January 2016}}
- 2015: Almost Strong Enough (I'm Not A Machine Music){{cite web|title=Almost Strong Enough|url=http://imnotamachinemusic.com/almost-strong-enough-press-release/|website=I'm Not A Machine Music|publisher=I'm Not A Machine|accessdate=8 January 2016}}
- 2015: The Future Is Ours (Tigre Fair Records){{cite web|title=Amazon Tigre Fair Records|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01595RWBU|website=Amazon|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=7 January 2016}}
=Film/TV/Radio=
- 2003: Tonight I Write by Manjinder Virk "Barcelona" (BBC Radio 4){{cite web|title=BBC Coventry Simon Hayden|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/content/articles/2005/05/03/simon_hayden_botm_feature.shtml|website=BBC Home|publisher=BBC|accessdate=8 January 2016}}
- 2008: Live Like Us Soundtrack (Belgrade Theatre Production DVD){{cite web|last1=Breadmore|first1=Dom|title=Live Like Us|url=https://vimeo.com/3484036|website=Vimeo|publisher=DomBreadmore-Vimeo|accessdate=8 January 2016}}
- 2008: Dockers Soundtrack (Belgrade Theatre Production DVD)
- 2009: Chosen Soundtrack (Belgrade Theatre Production DVD)
- 2010: Big School Soundtrack (Belgrade Theatre Production DVD){{cite web|title=Sweet and Lau Down|url=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/whats-on/music/sweet-and-lau-down-3062037|website=Coventry Telegraph|publisher=Coventry Telegraph|accessdate=8 January 2016}}
- 2011: Where Sweeter Rains Fall With Rob Halligan (©BBC Television)
- 2011: Live at The Hinckley Act Folk Club Live Concert (DVD){{cite web|last1=Willow|first1=Pete|title=News From PCWillow|url=http://www.pcwillow.com/PCWillowpress.html|website=PCWillow|publisher=PCWillow|accessdate=8 January 2016}}
- 2011: Reel Dreams Soundtrack (Feature Film Documentary)
- 2014: Uncle Bob Soundtrack (Animated Film Short/OneNationStudios)
=Theatre Score=
- 2007: Live Like Us (Belgrade Theatre Production)
- 2007: Scenes from the City (Belgrade Theatre Production)
- 2008: The first time I saw snow (Belgrade Theatre Production)
- 2008: Now you see me, now you don't (Belgrade Theatre Production)
- 2009: The Mystery Plays (Belgrade Theatre Production)
- 2010: Immigration: In our own words (Belgrade Theatre Production)
- 2010: All the moves (Belgrade Theatre Production)
- 2011: Promise (Belgrade Theatre Production)
- 2011: Article 30 (Belgrade Theatre Production)
- 2011: Spring Awakening (Belgrade Theatre Production)
- 2012: Becoming Me (Belgrade Theatre Production)
- 2014: The Tempest (Belgrade Theatre Production)
- 2015: Inspiring Curiosity (Belgrade Theatre Production)
=Books (Featured In)=
- 2014: Fretless Guitar: The Definitive Guide {{ISBN|978-0-9931459-0-2}}.{{cite web|title=Fretless Guitar by Jeff Berg|url=https://www.waterstones.com/book/fretless-guitar/jeff-berg/9780993145902|website=Waterstones|publisher=Waterstones|accessdate=8 January 2016}}{{cite book|last1=Berg|first1=Jeff|title=Fretless Guitar: The Definitive Guide|publisher=Unfretted|location=UK|isbn=978-0-9931459-0-2|page=73}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.sihayden.com}}
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Category:Musicians from the West Midlands (county)
Category:English jazz guitarists