Hi and thank you to every one of you who has subscribed to my music here at N1M. ! At the moment I am playing a regular gig every Saturday in Amsterdam, where I live, at a traditional Dutch "brown" cafe, Cafe Hermes, at Centuurbaan 55, the like of which is sadly dying out in the city. Locals, tourists and travelers bump into each other there to drink the best beers, or grab a coffee, watch Ajax on the screen, play traditional billiards or other old-style pub games and, on Saturdays from 4.30pm til 8pm, they start their evening off with my music, a mixture of covers and my own songs. All of my own songs are free to download at www.soundcloud.com/gmej2406. I play whatever the mood requires, from The Beatles to The Cult, from The Rolling Stones to John Legend, songs from England, Scotland, Ireland and my homeland, Wales, not forgetting the USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. I have a great cajon player and harmonica player with me and it's an Open Mic, so join us if you're in town and I'll recommend other live venues for you to go to until the wee small hours! I am also the singer in a band called The Jones, playing at parties and festivals, getting people on the dance floor from the very first number and keeping them till the last. You can find us at www.thejones.nl - our motto is "music, no rules" . I am proud to say that I have raised a lot of money with my own songs in the past - from the breast cancer ward in Windsor, to The Air Ambulance Rescue Trust for Berkshire. At the moment I am planning a "big jam" in aid of Task Brasil Trust uk to raise money for the street kids of Rio de Janeiro, some of whom are looked after at the wonderful Casa Jimmy in Santa Teresa. The project was started with a donation from Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin in 1988 and I visited them this summer. I had previously sponsored a boy there for four years. He's now doing well at school. They need repairs and many more things to keep going. I am hoping to raise some money to help them, so watch this space! On November 23rd, all things being equal, I am going into the studio to start recording new songs. They always come in batches of three or four every few years. What you have here on N1M are three from 2013, my Amsterdam songs. The three new songs are called Hitman (blues), Never (funk/soul) and Ghostwriter (hard rock/alternative). I shall be working with Amsterdam's finest, Joep Berkenbosch and Lode de Roos. In the meantime, THANK YOU for reading this far and for listening - it means a lot! Happy Halloween! Gareth