Secret is a new studio track taken off my upcoming album ‘Escape this Town’ (which will be released on the 20th February 2012). You can download Secret for FREE now by heading here. If you like it please share that you like it via Facebook, Twitter, blogs etc. Here’s the lyric video for the song

Tonight the awful X-Factor will announce the winner of their 2011 karaoke competition and it’s more than likely that this time next week some depressingly unimaginative cover of a song that’s not really old enough to be covered properly will be released however the Christmas number 1 slot of no longer a given to the   Read More …

So after yesterday’s post about Orange and various calls to them I decided it was still worth complaining to Ofcom simply because ifenough people complain then this clause in a contract which allows them to put up prices based on inflation may be looked into. Here is the full e-mail response from Ofcom. Hopefully it’s   Read More …

So Orange sent me a text this morning stating that: Hi, from Orange. We’re increasing the price of your monthly plan by 4.34% from 8 January 2012. For more information please visit orange.co.uk/planupdate Other than the rather cheery greeting to pass on some bad news the text didn’t tell me why and so naturally annoyed   Read More …

8 Years ago yesterday a band I barely knew played their last show in Denver, Colorado. That band was Five Iron Frenzy and in the last 8 years they have become one of my favourite bands and had a huge impact on my life. Their mix of fun ska-punk music blended with a mix of   Read More …

If you’re reading this then you’ve probably noticed there’s been an update to my blog! Having had the last theme for a while I fancied a change to something a little more creative. This one takes slightly longer to load but I think it’s nice…Hope you like it! New Song! Over the last few months   Read More …

 Regular readers of my blog will know that a desire to see the church change and to see more young people through the doors are things that I’m passionate about. A few months ago myself and Lee Kirkby (Youth Minister at Beverley Minster) were having a bit of the grumble about church…if I’m honest even   Read More …

Like many people I remember where I was when I heard the news of big events…I remember where I was when Princess Diana died and when September 11th happened. I also remember where I was when I heard the news of Blink 182′s Indefinate Hiatus back in 2005 (not that this is anywhere near has   Read More …

Today the Fairtrade foundation and Mars chocolates have made the exciting announcement that next year Maltesers will go Fairtrade. This is especially exciting as the last thing I’d heard (over a year ago) was that Mars were signing up to Rainforest Alliance and certified Cocoa and not Fairtrade but the press release today suggests this   Read More …

If you’re interested following my post the other day (link to post) here are 2 videos of songs Rob and I performed on Saturday Not Trying To Say – Live – Written by Mark Tiddy Mark Tiddy – Not Trying To Say – Live/Acoustic from Mark Tiddy on Vimeo. Umbrella – Live – Originally by   Read More …

I’ve never been a big fan of new years resolutions however set myself just 1 this year and that was simply to do at least 1 gig. The thing is whilst I’ve led worship a variety of times I’ve never played my own stuff live nor really been the solo vocalist but really wanted to   Read More …

About 4 months ago after much debate as a church we started an open youth club on a Tuesday night. It started with 6 young people and over the past 4 months has grown to an average of about 20 a week…it’s nothing revolutionary…it’s a simple youth club: somewhere to hang out, tuck shop, pool   Read More …