Smudge Baily
aka Guy Avern
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I was born on the 7th of July 1976 around 7.30pm in what used to be workhouse in Ashford in Kent. I grew up a bit in Maidstone in Kent and then I grew up some more in Stilton in Cambridgeshire. I am 5ft 10in tall, weigh 11st. have blue eyes and long blonde hair and am of medium build. My interest in music began at an early age when, still a baby, I used to vibrate on the floor to my fathers record collection – there is cine film evidence of this. My father had a piano and he plonked me in front of it at the age of 6/7 and since then I have been playing and writing songs. When I was 15 I was attracted to the bass guitar and have been playing in various rock/blues and jazz outfits since then. I have been composing on and off now for 5 years and have been shortlisted by the S.P.N.M. for a piece I wrote for Tuba and Piano. I am interested in the experimental and avant-garde forms of composition and performance. I once played the bass with a plastic fish and on a separate occasion sat on a swivel chair with a yellow paper cone to my mouth shouting whilst spinning round very quickly.
I don't know how wide I am but I still vibrate to music which makes me feel quite good.