Are you …?

Bored of artists that aspire
to only one style of music?

Exhausted by songs that either
slope along at 1 mile per hour
or else try to defibrillate you?

Dismayed by the lack of any obvious effort
to craft engaging lyrics?

Bored of artists that aspire
to only one style of music?

Exhausted by songs that either
slope along at 1 mile per hour
or else try to defibrillate you?

Dismayed by the lack of any obvious effort
to craft engaging lyrics?

… so am I

About b.e_cooling

NAME: Brian Cooling
P.O.B.:  Toronto, Canada
LIVES IN:  Somerset, England
GENRE: Alternative Rock
SUB-GENRES: blues, folk, reggae, country, soul, rock

APPROACH:            
Brian likes to explore more than one musical style within and between songs. It may be hard to pin him down to one specific genre but the songs are held together by catchy melodies and thought-invoking lyrics about life, love, laughter and loss.
 
“To be honest, I enjoy the variety.”
 
 
NOT FOR SHOE-GAZING ….. and not for head banging.
 
INFLUENCES:
The Beatles, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Beck, Otis Redding, Bob Marley, The Who, Leonard Cohen, The Clash
 
HAPPY MEMORY:    
“I was invited to perform at Glastonbury Festival in 2008 ….. so I did.”
 
 

Featured

Sounds for the future

“Won’t You Say My Name?” is the opening track from “?” –  the newest (unreleased) album from b.e_cooling.

The album was mixed and mastered by Grammy-nominated sound engineer and producer Ben Findlay (benfindlay.com) who has worked for Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant, Jeff Beck and more.

You can explore more songs from the album (exclusive to this website) by visiting the music page.

?
? (to be released)

Previously released

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Initial Settings
Initial Settings (2012)
The Green Man Cometh
The Green Man Cometh (2010) ep

You can explore the albums by clicking on the image or go to the music page.

In addition, there are a number of music videos available to watch on the videos page.

Grounded
Grounded (2017)
Conway Tweety
Conway Tweety/Skunk (2017) single