Author Archives: BJD

Song a Week 2022 – Week 10: My second song after the invasion of Ukraine. It is a song about resistance. Putin thinks the constant debate, dissent and political change in the democratic world is our weakness. He is wrong, it makes us strong because we are free of oppression. That freedom will not be taken.

Song a Week 2022 – Week 12: Comment on disfunctional relationships, truth distortion and global politics.

Song a Week 2022 – Week 11: A short instrumental piece alluding to the arrival and passing of a summer storm.

Song a Week 2022 – Week 9: #NoWar – People of Ukraine my heart is with you.

Song a Week 2022 – Week 8: Dressed up to the nines, having the best of times. Trying out a bit of dance music.

Song a Week 2022 – Week 7: An instrumental with piano starring as the kaleidoscope and guitar/synths as the dreams.

Song a Week 2022 – Week 6: Work this one out – the secret is in the rhyme and there are clues everywhere. Easy unless you die dancing first!

Song a Week 2022 – Week 5: Afterthought is that voice in the head that sows self-doubt and drives bad decisions. Created by our past experience it lurks in the sub-conscious like and echo. All our thoughts are passed through this emotive filter, shaping our reaction to events in our present and creating our personal reality.

Song a Week 2022 – Week 4: Inspired by a news item reporting that the super rich just got richer during the crisis of the Covid pandemic and song of the week prompt ‘We Win’, I got to thinking about all the ways wealth gets concentrated.

Song a Week 2022 – Week 3: If you watch and listen enough you will dig up the dirt. Responding to a song prompt of ‘Standing in a Doorway’ and an observation on Boris Johnson, by a member of his own party , “Boris just says what he needs to say, to get him through the day.”