Darren Claxton

in introduction •  6 years ago 

Good morning, Good afternoon and Good evening wherever you may be in the world!
I'm Darren Claxton, Father, Musician, Multi-Instrumentalist and Songwriter from Derbyshire in England.

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My family are the most important people in my life, and they inspire me daily, to write the music I create.
I have an 8 year old son and 4 year old daughter and partner of 10 years Karen, who's definitely the boss in our house (I like to let her think).

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I'm an eccentric kind of guy and have many interests and passions, including-

  • Music
  • Photography
  • Horticulture
  • Bonsai
  • Metal detecting
  • History
  • Philosophy (Bruce Lee)

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baggesen's gold honeysuckle that I trained

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Candytuft flower grown for seed

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One of my family's favourite Daddy meals is 'Toad In The Hole'

I joined Steemit in January after being invited by a YouTube acquaintance Huw Richards after I wrote some music for one of his permiculture videos. Huw posted a few times then disappeared. He is now presenting for various television networks here in the UK so I guess he's rather busy with that new found fame.

As you're all probably aware, my passion and skill set lies in creating music and songwriting. I had quite a large back catalogue of songs when I joined Steemit back in January, that had been put out to pasture through a sheer lack of faith in the music industry as a whole, and for us independent artists out there, it was an even bleaker picture. No one buys music anymore, I rarely buy a CD or download anything, so why would people buy or download my music? good question hey?


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I then discover the Open Mic contest and quickly enter a song. I wake up the next morning to a huge upvote from some person called Curie? Who is this generous person I asked myself. Ha ha! I'm sure we've all been there with curie and other huge up-voting curators right? if you've had the pleasure of entering the Open Mic contest you'll probably know exactly what I'm talking about.

'Here I Stand' was my first entry into the contest and went down pretty well wit the community.

I'd arrived into the Steemit world with a crash, bang, wallop! My love for song writing had been impassioned by the amazing feedback and love shown by a gathering of complete strangers and music fans! I was hooked and wanted to upload some of my old stufio recordings that I'd produced at home on my trusty old Zoom Porta-Studio

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So, that invite from Huw to the block-chain, has reignited my music career, and my songwriting hasn't showed any signs of easing as o yet! To this day, I still write a song a week minimum with a creative brain, just bursting at the cranium to be released into the wild!

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Much love & respect,

@d-vine, @onemedia & @darrenclaxton

**You can find my music over on -
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A big Dazzle Huggins to my Besty @d-vine for inspiring me to write this post!

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      ·  6 years ago 

    This is an Amazing introduction 😉👌
    Fun to get to know you a little more and how you got here. You have a beautiful family and an Amazing voice... Just magical. Love listening.
    Thank you for sharing this and have a wonderful Sunday. Cheers! 🤗

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      ·  6 years ago 

    Hey lady!
    Thanks for dropping by for a read!

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        ·  6 years ago 

      Well.. Than You for sharing it 😉
      I also must say that bonsai is amazing and so cool to have one.. Lol
      Makes me think of Mr Miyagi... Lol

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          ·  6 years ago 

        Wow, this is a selfintroduction after everyone already knows you!!! LOL

        Anyway it's nice to have a look at your personal life too!

        Great, congratulations for a nice family!

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            ·  6 years ago (edited)

          Awesome intro @darrenclaxton ! what a great looking family, love your wifes name Lol! and that Toad in the Hole Looks really yummy, I want the recipe! Loved your song too, looking forward to more. Best of luck on Steemit after 5 months, cheers to many more! upped and resteemed!👍👍👍😀💕

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              ·  6 years ago 

            That is awesome!!

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