Bio

Multi instrumentalist and composer
Locally and nationally since 1984.
Songwriting, production, vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, drums.
Current member of Saturations, The L.E.D.S, Range, Bridle Path.

Discography [by project]

All Fall Down
My Brand new Wallpaper Coat, 12 “ ep, flying nun 1987

Blair Parkes solo
Black light, cassette album, blacklight,1988
The end, cd album. wrong records 2000
East coast, cd ep, wrong records 2001

Bridle path
The monteiths sessions, cd ep / download, seaside / public address 2009

Creeley
Grunty falcon, cassette ep, ahM 1994
Step ahead, cassette ep, ahM 1995
The sea, cassette ep, ahM 1995

The L..E.D.s
We are the l.e.d.s, cd album, seaside 2006
Still the l.e.d.s, cd album, seaside 2008
Glass comforts / goodbye to the light, double cd album / ep, seaside 2010
Dunes, downloadable album, seaside 2012 [www.theleds.bandcamp.com]

The Letter 5
Now you are here, 12” ep, flying nun 1992

Little dead things
Cassette ep, failsafe records 1990

Range
Cold and slow cassette ep, ahM 1994
Colder, Slower cassette album, ahM 1994
ahM, cassette album, ahM 1995
Nightshift album, cassette album ahM 1996
All the way to lunch, cd album, wrong records 1999

Saturations
Saturations ep, seaside 2011,
Runaway ten song album, seaside 2012

saturations.bandcamp.com
View saturations videos at www.youtube.com/user/nzindiescene

Swim everything
Orange cassette ep, swim 1988
Green album, cassette album, swim 1990
Last hexit, Geraldine 7 inch, ahM 1993


thomas : parkes
big machine, cd album, South Recordings 2005

103
coaster, cd album, seaside 2003



Composition for advertising etc.

The Tui documentary 2009
Natcol TV ad. 2009
Topliss Tours website 2010
CPIT cinema ad. 2010

TV usage

Music by The L..E..D.s appears in
Outrageous Fortune, series four and five, 2008-2009
Go Girls, series 1, 2, 3 and 4 2009-2012
The Gravy, TV series 2007-2008


Composition for theatre and events collaborations:

Heironymous Goes Straight multimedia performance, Christchurch, 1991
Sunlight [Musical] Whakarite Theatre company, Christchurch,1992
Stations of the cross- Cathedral Square, Christchurch, 1994
Music for Gatherings – the Great Blend, Wellington, 2011

Film

Chimney Book, 15 minute audio visual work 2011
View at www.nzonscreen.com/title/chimney-book-2011

View saturations videos at www.youtube.com/user/nzindiescene
View vidoes for The L.E.D.s at : http://www.youtube.com/user/theledsband?feature=results_main

Publications:
50 things [you might use when songwriting and recording] seaside 2009
100 things [you might use when songwriting and recording] seaside 2009