Singing guitarist

Christian Larsmon

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Singing guitarist influenced by Paolo Nutini, Kings Of Leon and Frank Turner. Career highlights include a support slot with Eric Clapton.
Singing guitarist
London
Public liability insurance of £10 million

Christian is a singing guitarist hailing from South East London. His bread and butter is pop, rock and folk covers from across the decades. His career highlights include supporting the likes of Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and more. His soulful vocal and dynamic guitar skills give his repetoire a unique edge whilst ensuring the songs are still recognisable and enjoyable to listen to. Christian is very happy to take requests in advance of any event you are hosting.

Christian
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4.7 out of 5
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4.6

Christian's Reviews

From Encore customers:

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Ashley W
10 months ago
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2.3 out of 5

To be honest, we are really disappointed. It seemed the artist just wanted to get in and out. The music was not spread into the later evening as agreed. It was all done within 2 hours of starting and when he was done he just unplugged our playlist from his speaker and left without helping connect to the venue speakers. It was a shame because most people were outside in the sun so no one really heard the music. It seemed he didn’t want to be there because he was on his own. I wouldn’t book again. Really disappointed.

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Emily C
1 year ago
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4.5 out of 5

Excellent! Highly recommend. Great voice, choice of songs and flexibility to adapt to the event.

Reply from Christian
1 year ago

Thanks Emily! It was a pleasure playing for you and your guests. I especially enjoyed everyone singing a long at the end! Hope you had a great time!

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Michael L
2 years ago
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5 out of 5

Christian was absolutely phenomenal. It was a very late booking and he committed on the spot. Beyond his excellent repertoire I was keen for him to learn a few songs that my friend, whose party it was, had written. He couldn’t have been more supportive and helpful and set about learning the songs. On the night he did incredible renditions of my friend’s songs and my friend was utterly blown away. Christian is a fantastic guitarist with great vocals. Overall superb and I would thoroughly recommend him.

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Tony
2 years ago
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5 out of 5

Christian was very helpful, accepted the booking very last minute. Amazing voice, very fluid and adapts to different audiences and tries his best to accommodate any requests. 100% recommend - so much so he has two more bookings from his performance at my birthday. Book Christian you won’t be disappointed!

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Robin M
5 years ago, for a Bar / Club / Venue event in London
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5 out of 5

Christian has a love for music that really shines through. His zest is truly infectious, and within a couple of songs, he had the whole place singing along. Great voice, strong guitar playing - I highly recommend.

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Greg T
5 years ago, for a Bar / Club / Venue event in Wiltshire
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5 out of 5

Chris is amazing. Performs both covers and his own original songs. Great voice, great guy. Highly recommend.

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Christian's Song list

1973 - James Blunt
99 Problems - HUGO
A Hard Day’s Night - The Beatles
A Thousand Years by Christina Perri
About You Now - Sugababes
Africa - Toto
Ain’t No Sunshine by Bill Withers
Ain’t Nobody by Chaka Khan
Ally My Loving - The Beatles
All These Things That I’ve Done - The Killers
All The Small Things - Blink 182
All Of Me by John Legend
American Pie - Don McLean
Angels - Robbie Williams
Apologise - One Republic
Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet
Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
Basket Case - Green Day
Beggin' - Madcon
Believe - Cher
Better Together- Jack Johnson
Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
Black and Gold - Sam Sparrow
Black Horse and The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall
Brown Eyed Girl- Van Morrison
Buck Rodgers - Feeder
California Dreamin - Mamas and Papas
Can’t Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
Can’t Hold Us - Macklemore
Castle On The Hill - Ed Sheeran
Come Together - The Beatles
Cooler Than Me - Mike Posner
Counting Stars - One Republic
Creep - Radiohead
Crazy by Gnarls Barkley
Cry Me A River - Justin Timberlake
Counting Stars - One Republic
Dakota - Stereophonics
Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Dancing In The Moonlight - Toploader
Dancing On My Own - Robyn
Dancing with myself - Billy Joel
Demons - Imagine Dragon
Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey
Easy On Me - Adele
Every Breath You Take - The Police
Faith - George Michael
Falling Slowly -Glen Hansard, Marketa Iglova
Father and Son - Cat Stevens
Fast Car - Tracey Chapman
Feel Good Inc - Gorillaz
Fix You - Coldplay
Free Fallin’- Tom Petty
Friday I’m In Love - The Cure
Forget You by CeeLo Green
Get Lucky- Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams, Nile Rodgers
Get What You Give - New Radicals
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
Halo by Beyonce
Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley/ Leonard Cohen
Happy - Pharrell Williams
Hero - Enrique Iglesias
Hey Ya!- Outkast
Hey There Delilah - Plain White T’s
Hey Soul Sister - Train
High and Dry - Radio Head
Hold Back The River - James Bay
Hold My Girl - George Ezra
Hotel California - The Eagles
Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals
Human - Rag and Bone Man*
I Believe In A Thing Called Love - The Darkness
I Don’t Care - Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran
I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry
I Heard It Through The Grapevine by Marvin Gaye
I’m A Believer - The Monkees
I’m On Fire - Bruce Springsteen
I Need A Dollar - Aloe Bac
I Wanna Dance With Somebody by Whitney Houston
I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys
I’ll Be There For You - The Rembrandts*
I’m Yours- Jason Mraz
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
If I Ain’t Got You by Alicia Keys
If It Makes You Happy - Sheryl Crow
I’m A Believer - The Monkees
I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
Jolene - Dolly Parton
Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry
Kiss Me - Sixpence None The Richer
Knockin’ On Heavens Door - Bob Dylan
Last Nite - The Strokes
Last Request - Paolo Nutini
Layla - Eric Clapton
Learn To Fly - Foo Fighters
Let's Get it On - Marvin Gaye
Let Me Love You - Mario*
Little Respect - Erasure
Let It Be - The Beatles
Locked Out Of Heaven by Bruno Mars
Losing My Religion - REM
Lovely Day by Bill Withers
Love Story - Taylor Swift
Lucky Man - The Verve
Mambo No5 - Lou Vega
Maybe Tomorrow - Stereophonics
Mercy - Duffy
Mr Brightside by The Killers
My Girl - The Tempatations
Naive - The Kooks
New Rules - Dua Lipa
New Shoes - Paolo Nutini
No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley
Nothing Compares To You - Sinead O’Connor
Oops I Did It Again by Britney Spears
One Day Like This - Elbow
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
Proud Mary by Tina Turner
Purple Rain - Prince
Rather Be by Clean Bandit ft Jess Glynne
Read My Mind- The Killers
Riptide - Vance Joy
Rise - Katy Perry
Rolling In The Deep by Adele
Rude - Magic
Say My Name - Hozier
Save Tonight - Eagle Eyed Cherry
September - Earth, Wind and Fire
Set Fire To The Rain - Adele
Seven Nation Army - White Stripes
Sex On Fire by Kings of Leon
Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran
Shallow- Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper
She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5
Shut Up and Dance - Walk The Moon
Signed, Sealed, Delivered by Stevie Wonder
Simply The Best - Tina Turner
Since You Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay by Otis Reading
Skinny Love - Bon Iver
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye
Someone Like You by Adele
Something - The Beatles
Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
Songbird - Oasis
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Elton John
Stacey’s Mom - Fountains Of Wayne
Stand By Me by Ben E King
Stay With Me - Sam Smith
Stormy Monday - Various Artists
Superstition by Stevie Wonder
Sweet Child Of Mine - Guns and Roses
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)- Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart
Summertime - Nina Simone
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver
Take Me To The Church - Hozier
Take It Easy - The Eagles
Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
Tender - Blur
Time Of Your Life - Green-day
The Pretender - Foo Fighters
The Scientist - Coldplay
There She Goes - The La’s
Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran
This Is The Life - Amy Mcdonald
Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
Toxic - Britney Spears
Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden
Twist and Shout - The Beatles
Umbrella - Rhianna
Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars
Use Somebody- Kings of Leon
Valerie by Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse
Walking in Memphis -Marc Rohn
Wake Me Up - Avicci
We Found Love - Rhianna, Calvin Harris
Will We Talk - Sam Fender
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
When You’re Gone by Bryan Adams ft Mel C
When The Sun Goes Down - Arctic Monkeys
Wherever You Will Go - The Calling
With Or Without You - U2
Wonderwall - Oasis
Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus
Yellow - Coldplay
You’ve Got The Love - Florence Machine
You Do Something - Paul Weller
Zombie - The Cranberries
Valerie by Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse
We Are Family by Sister Sledge
When You’re Gone by Bryan Adams ft Mel C
Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus
You Give Me Something by James Morrison

Christian's Prices

Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.

Standard Prices
Performance durationPrice
Short performance (up to 15 min)£250
Up to 1 hour£500
Up to 2 hours£750
Up to 3 hours£1000
Packages
Drinks reception
Two performances of up to 45 mins each during your drinks reception
£400
Wedding ceremony
This includes music before the service begins, music during the signing of the register, and music as guests leave.
£550
Wedding ceremony + Drinks reception + Dinner
- Music before the service begins, music during the signing of the register, and music as guests leave. - 2 x 45 min performances at the drinks reception. - 2 x 45 min performances as dinner is being served.
£1000

Add-ons

DJ Set (Spotify Playlists)
+£100
Customer questions

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

No problem. I appreciate that sometimes I have to be flexible to help ensure your event runs as smoothly as possible. If timings change slightly in the run up to the event just let me know.

Can you provide an iPod/DJ service before and between your sets?

Yes. No charge if you would like music played between sets. If you would like a DJ service for after the performance, then I charge an additional £100 for this.

How much time do you need to set up?

I will drive at least 1 hour before I play, but set up takes no longer than 10-15 minutes as there is minimal equipment. If you have a PA system, I may come earlier, just to ensure I know that the equipment functions properly.

Can I pick the songs you play from the set list?

My set lists are designed after countless performances and learning what works best to ensure guests dance and have an amazing time. However, I'm definitely happy to chat through and make sure we find what works for your event on a Skype call.

Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?

Yes! I do not have a PA system, but I have a sophisticated amplifier which is is more than suitable for guitar and vocals.

Can you learn song requests before the event?

If a song isn't included in our song list there may still be a chance that I may already know it. If there is a special song you'd like me to learn I am happy to do this for you. There is a fee of £30 for this service to take into account rehearsal times etc.

What do your clients love most about your performances?

The passion and soul I put into every song. Natural ability to engage audiences. Ability to learn songs very quickly.

Which venues have you performed at in the past?

Various weddings, Fiddlers Elbow (London and Brighton), The Star (Guildford), The Boileroom (Guildford), Wintershall Festival, Reading Festival.

Which artists have you been most influenced by?

John Mayer, Paul Weller, Paulo Nutini, Gary Clarke Jr, The Beatles, Rolling Stones

What is the most high profile gig you've performed?

Supporting Eric Clapton at the Wintershall Festival Supporting The Pretty Things and Arthur Brown at the El Canuelo Music Festival, Spain
Musicianship
Genres:
Acoustic, Pop, Soul, Funk, Top 40, Hip Hop, Motown, Covers, Vintage, R&B, Rock, Alternative rock, Punk rock, Indie, Pop rock, Hard rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Karaoke, Folk rock, Folk
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Event types:
Bar / Club / Venue event, Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Burns night, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve
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Other skills:
Songwriter, Lyricist, Instrumental teaching
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