Vic Holdroyd
Genre: Genre: Country / Americana Songwriter
Location: Cleckheaton, UK
I'm now 69. Born in U.K. September 1946. I was lucky enough to have a brother who was 8 years older than me. So in the 50s, when he was working and buying records, I was the one who played them the most! Elvis, Bobby Darin, Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly - you name them, and I knew all the words to their songs!! Been writing songs as a hobby, on and off, most of my adult years. My early writing had no direction, but I enjoyed it.In 2009 I got lucky again! I was introduced to John Taylor, a U.K. producer whom Nathan Carter (young British Country singer) had worked with on 2 albums.What a fantastic musician! He made my songs come alive, and my early demos with him led to cuts by various Irish/Country Music singers.I also had demos produced in Nashville with Frank Michels, and Vaughn Lofstead, which involved some top-notch musicians and vocalists. Things took off for me, and I got quite a few covers as the months rolled by.I now have cuts by Independent singers in USA, England, Ireland, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, Austria, and Holland.The U.K.'s most popular Country singer, Darren Busby cut a 5-track CD of my songs, and that album, together with my "own album", were nominated in the BCMA Awards for 2011 in the "Album of the Year" section.My project album issued under the collective name of "The Company U.K." featuring John Taylor and Sarah Jory, is something of which I am very proud, with the track "California Here I Come" nominated for "Original song of the Year" at BritishMCA 2011. The album, "Country songs for today" got massive air-time, but the publisher to whom I assigned the copyrights was difficult to work with, and I had to buy my copyrights back from him - an expensive exercise! The album is no longer available, but most of the songs have since been cut by various singers!I have co-written with a few other songwriters, particularly John D Cole, and Lonnie Ratliff, with some success. I continue to pitch to as many Independent Country Music singers as possible, and offer free promo for any cut they make. Vic Holdroyd is a British Country Music Award Nominee for Album of the Year and Original Song of the Year 2011PRS/MCPS member
