Well, yes I think they can. Not normally the stuff I listen to, but this guy is good. Stumbled across this vid. which is a live performance from a nearby town, Brighton in the UK.
The second vid is a studio vid of the same song with him using his loop gear.
'Ed was originally told he needed to change his look to make it in the business, he was told to dye his ginger hair and ditch his unique loop-pedal, but Ed responded by writing the now cult hit 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You'.
He began writing aged 12 and, with an eight-track, sold his first 14-track demo at school.
Two self-financed and released albums followed before he moved to London in 2008.
'He got his break touring with Example after he saw Ed’s live version of You Need Me, I Don’t Need You on online youth broadcaster SB.TV.
Last year, Ed left his old management company and flew to LA where he was spotted by Jamie Foxx at an open mic night.
The Oscar winner invited him to stay at his house and record what would become the songs on +.'.
