Our main priority is recording at present we are working with a new management company and producer working on some new material that is a deliberate shift from the album. We are working much more on a soul/motown angle, as we've been listening to a lot of Otis Reading, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye and so on at present and this has rubbed off on the type of material we have been writing and really suits Naomi's voice. So right now the country vibe is in the back pocket and the Soul is out.

We have a couple of London gigs coming up and then it's more recording.

We've known each other since we were seven and played together at 18 in a typical indie Britpop band then went our separate ways and then at about 23 rejoined together doing the Delta thing.

I've always been a fan of her voice and she loves music so it was a good mix.

They we're originally written by myself for myself to sing. Once Naomi teamed up with me it was a struggle to get them to suit her voice or range - but we made some changes and it worked out OK.

The new material we are writing is with her voice and range in mind so it's easier that way - but pretty funny when I try to sing to her what I've wrote (since it's about an octave to high for me)

It takes great imagination on her part to figure it out.

Music wise it was the fact that we were listening to a lot of Johnny Cash, Ryan Adams (who is both our favourite modern artist at present.) Flying Burrito Brothers and so on.

The title seemed to go well with the country theme - it tied into the boy girl thing - and sounds a lot better then 'the life and times of Andy and Naomi'

It tied into an egocentric thing of maybe we could be those people rather then ourselves - and it so happened we had two song on the album with those names. I also like long titles like that and it reminded me of the rise and fall of Reginald Perrin and so on.

I like The Witch and Travelling Glass House Home, they're simple songs with great vocals. Like a lot of musicians or actors I find it hard to listen to our own stuff 'cause you just hear everything that's wrong, but I like those two.

We have an acoustic gig at The Regal Rooms London Oct 19th which is an important one for us and then it's just small gigs (keep updated on our myspace - www.myspace.com/deltasounds ) promotion we grab when and where - but the priority is writing more material.

Well like I said before for me with my writing I'm a bit eccentric and am influenced by whatever mood I'm in at the time so with the album it was Ryan Adams, Johnny Cash, Flying Burrito's, Eagles etc but at present it's Motown acts - Marvin Gaye, Otis Reading, Ray Charles is a big influence.

Of present acts we both really like Amy Winehouse - well we love her music, the production is amazing and it zones in on that Motown vibe.

Well we had some great years made some great music but ultimately we were let down by a few people and it was legally impossible for us to carry on - it's a shame 'cause we were totally confident we were on the way to a successful career but it shows you can't take anything for granted in this business.

Hopefully finish these new recordings and find a good deal for us, which will lead us to record the second album and take it to a bigger audience.

Please check out the myspace - one of our new songs (Sweet Rosalyn- new version) is on there which shows where we are going musically - much more brass soul.

Leave your comments on the page - check out the video on there. If you like what you hear try our album which you can download at itunes etc and purchase from HMV or on the net at HMV, Virgin,Play or Amazon.

Thanks a million for your support and keep on supporting GET READY TO ROCK! who have helped us many times over and the same for a thousand bands.

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