Doug Walker (musician)

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Doug Walker

Background information
Birth name	Doug Walker
Born	Chertsey, England
Genre(s)	Indie- Pop
Instrument(s)	Voice,Piano
Years active	2007-
Label(s)	Warner Bros. Records
Website	http://www.dougwalker.com, Doug Walker at MySpace

Doug Walker (born Chertsey, England) is a Manchester based singer-songwriter. After years of getting nowhere with his musical career, his planned self-released debut single The Mystery was played by BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles after Walker turned up outside the Radio 1 studio on August 28th 2007.^[1]

Walker turned up at BBC Radio 1 in London at 5.30am with copies of his single. He gave one to Moyles as he arrived for work — it was played at 7.20am and the station was inundated with emails and SMS texts resulting in Moyles playing the song 7 more times that week. As a result Walker met with 11 record labels and signed with Warner Bros. Records on October 12th 2007.

Walker's debut album was produced by Danton Supple who was responsible for X&Y by Coldplay and Silence Is Easy by Starsailor. After recording, Walker flew out to New York to mix his album with legendary mixer Michael Brauer (Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Coldplay, Paul McCartney) and had completed his album 9 weeks to the day from when he signed his deal with Warner Bros. Records.

The single was released on Warner Bros. Records on March 3rd 2008 as a download, and it entered the UK Top 40 at number 36 on March 9th 2008. The Album is to be released in the spring of 2008.

At the end of 2007 Walker was featured in Q magazine, The Guardian, The Sun, The Mirror, The Daily Star and The Red Pages - each publication tipping him for success in 2008.

Musical Influences:

ELO, Jeff Buckley,U2, Sting, Radiohead, Sergei Rachmaninov, The Divine Comedy, Coldplay, Aqualung, Regina Spektor.......