Author Archives: BJD

Song Week 2023 #50: Both people and forests are vulnerable. Let’s start mending.

Song Week 2023 #49: Charles Dicken’s morality tale ‘A Christmas Carol’ remains as relevant today as when it was first published in 1843. That probably suggests something about the eternal human condition and the current socio-political environment. I have borrowed Alastair Sim for my video. Merry Christmas.

Song Week 2023 #48: This is a song about an artist struggling with his work. Its also about changing seasons, help and rebuilding, not forgetting love.

Song Week 2023 #47 The title is the song prompt. The song started life with the piano chords. I then built the drum part from sample loops and played the piano chords, adding the bass, guitar and synth tracks. The dominance of the drums suggested the story. Rags to riches on drums – go Billy!

Song Week 2023 #47 This is a song which I wrote and quickly recorded in 2020. It was written about failed political leadership and the endless drift to conflict. Lessons unlearned from history. As we have still not learned the lesson, the song becomes very relevant again in 2023. I have remixed and mastered it, adding an improved string arrangement.

Song Week 2023 #46 This is the confession of a stalker, who used his obsession with a female celebrity to watch her life in intimate detail, selling on her secrets to the tabloid press and celebrity magazines. In his defence he says that his motivation was rooted in his desire to live her lifestyle. “I just wanted to be like you”.

Song Week 2023 #45 A warning for the age of the great divides.

Song Week 2023 #44 A simple short song, in which a parent talks to their child about the imminent death of their own parent (Grandma).

Song Week 2023 #42: Song a Week composition that is about this week. Replace ‘amplify’ with ‘escalate’ and it all makes sense. This is just a way of processing horror but I have not got beyond despair.

Song Week 2023 #42: Song a Week composition that is about this week. Replace ‘amplify’ with ‘escalate’ and it all makes sense. This is just a way of processing horror but I have not got beyond despair.