Author Archives: BJD

Song Week 2024 – Week 45 A ‘prog-rock’ response to the song prompt ‘Cardinal Direction’. The acoustic guitar and drum tracks were created using sample loops. I play the bass, synth and electric guitar parts on keyboards.

Song Week 2024 Week 44 Song a Week founder James Tristan Redding has just completed the challenge of writing (and singing to camera) a song a day for a leap year. That’s 366 songs between November 2023 and October 2024. Respect to you James. This is my tribute, with oblique reference to the group prompt for this week’s song writing round, ‘Falling Asleep in Church’.

Song Week 2024 – Week 43 From idealist revolutionary to hereditary dictator in four easy steps. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Song Week 2024 – Week 42 I was moved by an article on BBC News about the arrest, detention and death of 27 year old journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna. It said so much about personal bravery and commitment, set against the despairing backdrop of oppression in occupied Ukraine and Russia, where life seems to count for so little. This is my small tribute.

Song Week 2024 – Week 41 The story of a loner, obsessed by the purchase of gadgets, who turns his addiction as a profitable enterprise, reviewing them on-line as ‘Unboxing Man’.

Song Week 2024 – Week 41: Originally an instrumental but now ‘the wordy version’ is created. If only our world was a better place because humans were better keepers of the planet.

Song Week 2024 – Week 40: Speculation on what might be if we made the right choices – an instrumental

Song Week 2024 – Week 39 A short rock ‘n roll song about false accusation being undermined by video footage. Vocal effect courtesy of flu.

Song Week 2024 – Week 35 From an idea inspired by my grandson, Euan, who spent two years working in the escape room under his student flat. Somewhat trapped by circumstance, which is the main theme of the song. Just smash your way out if it gets that way – wait for the big bang at the end of the song.

Song Week 2024 – Week 34 Inspired by first meeting Alison in Adelboden, Switzerland (as teenagers), with echoes of Rivendell. A tribute to the magic of moonlight and the majesty of mountains. Recorded in a valley somewhere between The Moody Blues and a James Bond theme, with a light covering of Marillion. This song has been in my head since I was fifteen!