Show #8 - Brighton, England - 27/05/12

Show #8 - Brighton, England - 27/05/12

Is this the real Stu Larsen? — Asked by Anonymous

i’m sure there are a couple Stu Larsen’s out there.. but i am one of them yes. i write songs. and sing them. sometimes.. 

hi there (: i realllyyyy love your music! just wanted to ask, what are your top 5 favourite songs?? xx — Asked by Anonymous

thank you :) here are some favourites, in no particular order… 

shadowlands - ryan adams
borrowed and vacant - tim hart
slow boat to china - luke thompson
heart’s on fire - passenger
rainy night in georgia - ray charles
hole in the sky - tim moore
holocene - bon iver
for the summer - ray lamontagne
old man - neil young

HEY STU!! i was just wondering who your favourite artist is?? p.s I love your music, you're very talented ((: — Asked by Anonymous

maybe ray lamontagne? or ray charles? or even ray brown perhaps? ps thank you. 

Stu just uploaded San Francisco on musicmilkbar. Youre voice sounds like the singer in Head and the Heart. Nice sound. — Asked by musicmilkbar

why thank you :) i don’t know head and the heard but i will check them out very soon! 

Australia feels a LOT less cool without you here, mister. Do you have any idea when you'll grace our shores again? — Asked by Anonymous

i shall return on the 19th of July for a period of 40 days and 40 nights before venturing onwards to the americas.. 

this is amazing. 

this is amazing. 

thedarkest-side

Soon Hao and the Shanghai Kid..

I had dinner with two new friends this evening. It’s quite a random story, but I love it..

Less than a week ago I received a comment on a photo on ‘instagram’ from someone saying that I should play a show in Singapore. Little did they know I had a show booked in Singapore only a few days later, so I informed them of this. Soon Hao is his name and his friend Shanghai had given him a CD with one of my songs on it, which he liked enough to track me down on ‘instagram’ and invite me to Singapore :) Shanghai had been given the CD by a friend from Albany in Western Australia who had put their favourite songs on disc for Shanghai. So Soon Hao and Shanghai came to the show on Sunday and we met and chatted and hung out for a bit then we ended up having dinner tonight and talking about music, photography, homelands and life in general. They are two lovely human beings who I absolutely loved spending time with and I am so amazed at how we connected.

This is why I love life so much. Here’s to Soon Hao and the Shanghai Kid :) 

Singapore.

Singapore.

Hello, my name is Gabby, I go to a performing arts school and I just wanted to let you know that your music is an inspiration to me. You have an amazing voice, I wish I could sing like you. I'm jealous that you have to power to write your own songs and say your own things for people to listen to. If I could do that and have people like what I said... It's awesome. I write music in my freetime. I just can't sing. I enjoy every word you sing. Your art is beautiful. — Asked by lickingthingsandexpressingvision

hello gabbbbbbby! thank you for your very kind words. who says you can’t sing? keep writing and playing and doing things and see where it takes you :) that’s pretty much all i have ever done. 

Thank you for creating such beautiful music - it keeps me sane! You are incredibly talented (and appreciated just as much), and I cannot wait for more. I also fully support any endeavours to grow your hair and beard back... your short hair is great, but hey.. long hair requires far less visits to the hairdressers :) — Asked by graveyardetiquette

i hope my music isn’t the only thing that keeps you sane… :) i’m considering growing the hair/beard combo again, but am unsure. we’ll see.. 

Wooo you're awesome. I've seen you a couple of times now with Mike. Your voice is lovely :) Have you been touring with him this whole time? — Asked by nosubstitute-for-time

youare. 

ps thanks. 

pps mike and i have travelled most of the last year together. 

ppps i like it. a lot. 

I just imagined you saying(yelling) KONNICHIWA, whilst waving profusely and with a giant creepy smile on your face. Oh my goodness I'm still laughing — Asked by Anonymous

I DO THIS EVERY DAY. PRETTY MUCH. 

What type of camera do you have? — Asked by Anonymous

a canon 550D with some old lenses off a film camera and a new little 50mm fixed lens too.. f1.8.. i really like it :) 

Do you have a Scandinavian background? — Asked by Anonymous

indeed i do :) the larsen clan came from denmark a few generations ago.. and i’m going to visit denmark for the first time next month! maybe i’ll feel like i’ve found my home?