Picture by Simon Fielder at Take A Pebble Productions
Dropped into the world on December 15th 1988 Sid Wright was raised with music all around him. From an early age he showed potential when both his Piano Accordion and Piano teachers highlighted what a natural gift he had. This was proved when at ten he was awarded the top mark in Britain in his age group for Preliminary Grade 1 for the Piano Accordion. For a while he gave up music until at 15 he took up Guitar lessons and began performing with friends.
Along with performing Sid began writing original material. Songs from way back then are still performed today including 1672 and Travel the world, two songs off Sid’s first professional album Greedy Sleeper (available to buy on iTunes for £7.99) recorded in March 2011 through his Publisher MAORI Music. In 2011 Travel The World was used for a short independent film in Stuttgart, Germany and can be heard on Youtube. It is a song that has travelled the world itself, being played in many countries outside it’s own but back at the age of 15, Sid still lacked confidence as a solo act and so he started a band called Ahead-By-One.
Ahead-By-One were a cover group that started around 2005/2006. The 5 piece achieved a good level of local success and the band gave strong performances at every event they played. With their loyal local following Ahead-By-One were missed when members went their separate ways.
Almost a year after the band split Sid was given his first solo opportunity performing at a neighbour’s wedding in July 2008. This helped hugely with confidence issues and shortly after Sid became a regular in Cockermouth this time as a solo act.
Over time Sid ventured into other artists to improve his overall performance and these were not always good experiences. Many times Sid has had to question his choice of career and although a lot has been learned performing with others ultimately it was decided that his path lay as a solo act. In 2010 Sid performed at Solfest and was listed as a highlight of the weekend by local paper The Times and Star. Since then things have only improved for Sid.
With 2012 in full swing Sid has a lot to be happy with. Heading back to the Piano in 2010 Sid gained a Distinction in Grade 3 that became the highest mark for that grade in the county for the whole of the year. His team have grown after he was approached by a Publisher and good friends became Sid’s Sound Engineer, Website Manager and General Manager. In March 2011 Sid recorded Greedy Sleeper which has gained him excellent reviews. 2011 also saw Sid performing again at Solfest and in October Sid was invited as a guest performer on BBC Radio Cumbria. As a professional song writer Sid has been hired to write the theme song to Yorkshire play Philadelphia along with writing A Traveller’s Song which is set to be published for a local author’s novel.
Sid’s follow up to Greedy Sleeper is Lackadaisical and was released on iTunes on March 26th of 2012. This album popped up on iTunes ‘Best of 2012 so far’ list in April.
With 2 albums released on iTunes, 2 EP’s written, over 50 songs published and a 4th album ready to record Sid is currently taking time off song writing to have his first book published titled The Contemplations of a Nobody, with all proceeds being donated to a charity that is yet to be decided. With offers from record labels coming in Sid Wright is a songwriter to keep an eye on….
Greedy Sleeper is available to download now on iTunes.
Lackadaisical is available to download now on iTunes.
Chris Nelson (Manager)
Tom Dunlop (Sound Engineer/Website Manager)
Nev Barker (Publisher)