Soon after picking up the family hand-me-down, badly-strung classical guitar, BGM discovered that even within a terrible instrument lies hours of newfound challenges that excited the soul and provided a newfound outlet of expression - even if that expression was awfully out of tune. As a self-taught guitarist, watching old vhs recordings of Rory Gallagher and listening to Rage & Pumpkins. A venture with some friends into a classic rock cover band carried on into his mid twenties. A love for acoustic guitar followed soon after watching Preston Reed performing Ladies Night. 3 months later Brendan was in Reed living room attending a week long workshop, and so began a new path. The technical aspects of this new percussive fingerstyle demanded extensive dedication to practice. This would turn out to be the start of an inescapable obsession.

Rather than releasing original material, there was one weak point to be addressed - improvisation. At this point a musical education was pursued by Brendan for the first time which turned out to be quite a detour but finally resulted in earning an MA in Jazz Performance. Now feeling comfortable in his own skin as a musician, the year 2020 will be the debut release of BGM's original solo tunes, written almost a decade earlier but ultimately allowing this new style and new artist the time to mature organically. BGM has also self recorded these instrumental tracks back home in the isolation of the countryside where the all important good take can be prioritised in a comfortable surrounding. This has led to being in full control of the recording process which in and of itself is a very rewarding undertaking. Having waited so long for the right time, BGM is now ready to share his music with all ears.

While live performances are on hold, BGM will perform livestreams on his YouTube channel, see main homepage and social links for more updates on this. Fingers crossed we’ll be back out experiencing live music soon.