Category: music

vids

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Just a quickie.

I’ve added another youtube video to the HISTORY section of this site. Again, not very good quality but please understand that these vids were filmed on crappy cameras. It also doesn’t help that the cameraman on each occasion chooses to stand right in front of the PA speakers. However, on the lastest addition the cameraman was my brother so I’ll let him off 😉

A couple of new songs are coming on strong. I shall add them to the “album in progress” as soon as I can. I can’t wait until I get to a time when I can start deciding on a final track listing!

I shall also unveil the album title soon!

Oh, and my girl, if you read this… I miss you xxx

new song added

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I’ve added a new song to the album.  It is called The Legend, the Icon, the God.  It is a song with a couple of different themes.  The first is embracing new music – trying to fuse every kind of noise into a single entity.  The second theme is trying to set the feeling of being on top of the world to music.  Those moments when you feel like you can take on anyone.  When you know you’re right!

colour my grey sky

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Have been messing about with this song all day.  Just made some minor changes which no-one will ever notice… but I know they’re there!

It’s still not really what I would ever call a complete song.  But it has certainly got some worth.  And it kind of brings a tear to my eye – surely that’s all you can ever ask for.

time

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Finding the time.  The age-old dilemma.

Hoping to get a couple of things done tomorrow.  Gonna try to remix a couple of tunes and get a new one on the go.

I still have a real epic on the back-burner.  It is a monster tune but I haven’t yet finished the lyrics.  I do however finally have a title… PLAY.  You heard it here first.  It may take a while (read years) longer to complete but it is going to be huge.  Similar in style (at the moment) to the comedy is over, but with an even bigger hook, and with even less structure.  CONFESSION OF THE WHOLE SCHOOL is my outlet to inflict this kind of torment on you.  I’ve just gotta get on with it rather than watch Masterchef! 😉

doctor who

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So, that was the new doctor who tonight. Consensus on the interweb so far seems to be “whoopie, it’s great”.

Well, I wasn’t convinced. Hmmm, what have they done to the theme tune over the years? How did we get to this? The theme tune was one of the great electro tunes on tv. Seems those days have gone. And I hate to say it, but FAR TOO MUCH BLOODY BOMBAST OF MUSIC in EVERY, SINGLE scene! Sometimes silence is golden… and that comes from a die-hard wall of sound merchant!

Great assistant though!

Tinkering with some new songs. I should have them up and ready soon. The album is certainly taking shape.

synth pop

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Watching Synth Britannia on BBC at the moment. Some real classics from that era. I really love them.. pure melody. And such great, raw, huge keyboard sounds. One of my songs has been described as fitting in with this genre. Check it out. It’s called “DOUBLE CLICK DELETE”. Let me know what you think. It’s certainly a step away from the ‘indie-rock’ mainstream.  Oh, and that 80s Ministry of Sound compilation was great!  I just take it all in, absorb it and spit it back out.  Helps to keep my music interesting.  Music should be from the heart.  And the heart is full of any music you ever loved.