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Ghetto Billy

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!

The Darkest Hour (2023 Version)

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.

Stalker

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”.

Precipice

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

Grandma’s Flowers

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).

The Lost Summer of Love

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.

Amplification

Fireflies with Afterburn

Song Week 2023 #41: Few words to describe this one. I had the idea of fireflies being fitted with afterburners. Hence their tails glowing like jet engines. Rock instrumental.

Announcing the Release of “Talk”

I am proud to announce the release of an album which includes some of the songs that I have written during 2023. All the songs are written and performed by myself but I must credit Peter O’Hare for his guitar contribution on ‘Macca’. If you like it please share. Listen here:

In the Afterglow

Song Week 2023 #40: A collaboration with Andy Harding, so guitar led, with a folk/singer-songwriter style. A song about time, space, journeys and sky. Pausing a while to take it all in.