Shyguy (8)

Who is Shyguy? “The guy who hides behind the music,” says the man himself, enigmatically. While the notion of ‘letting the music doing the talking’ has long been thrown about in rock’n’roll circles, the personality-based focus of popular music and the need for visual imagery and soundbytes often stonewalls that intent completely. Shyguy stands for making music for its own sake. With a mask, perhaps, but without pretention. Not adhering to structures, rules or limitations and writing in (and for) many voices with tantalisingly blank canvasses. It is what it is… but what is it? Of course, there’s history to be considered here as well. He may be shy, but this guy’s been around. Shyguy has seen the movie and bought the book and it is all these things that have brought him to where and who? he is today, musically, fundamentally, philosophically… The Panda Band, Eye Spy, Limbo, Sons Of Rico, The Witches… and more bands that became those aforementioned bands. There’s a lot of different ...