Song a Week 2023 – Week 25: I was really short of time this week but started a response to the Talent is Timeless challenge of writing a tribute song for Paul McCartney. I recorded this hurried demo version. I am going to work this up with improved vocals and the addition of some real guitar parts as provided by Peter O’Hare. So new version coming soon….
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The Roots Beneath the Tree
Song a Week 2023 – Week 24: I would describe this a s being moody and philosophical and close related to my song Life. It’s also about life, as well as ancient forests and ancestors. It’s about DNA.
Everything Changes 2023
Song a Week 2023 # 23: This song was originally written and recorded in 2019. As I had a difficult week, health wise, I revisited this song instead of writing something new. I recorded a stripped back version with just piano. Pretty much as I would have composed it. I then remastered the original to try and improve the sound. Here are both versions with a new lyric video.
Monday at Wembley
Song a Week 2023 – Week 22: Sheffield Wednesday finished third in EFL League One and now hold the record for the team with the most points not to get directly promoted. So to the play-offs:
Rooftop Drama
Song a Week 2023 – Week 21: A celebration of roof chase and high ledge scenes in the movies, starting with Vertigo.
Life
Song a Week 2023 – Week 20: Life is like a fairground: lots of ups and downs; twists and turns and new experiences but all the time we are traveling a straight line to the sound of a ticking clock.
Forgetting
Song a Week 2023 – Week 19: This week a collaboration with Evan McDoniels. Evan shared a bit of interesting guitar experimentation, which I have incorporated into a song for my wife – an apology for forgetting what she has told me.
This is It
Song a Week 2023 – Week 18: a rock pop song about the feeling of being in love.
Think of Something Beautiful
Song a Week 2023 – Week 17: Will yourself a better future by thinking beautiful thoughts.
Mythau a Chwedlau
Song a Week 2023 – Week 16: Myths and legends is a cinematic electronic instrumental consisting three parts: 1. Ring of Fire 2. A Sword in Water 3. At the Rainbow Bridge. You can listen to the full suite or each part separately
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