Song a Week 2022 – Week 18: Feeling my age this week. The song starts with an early memory of staying up late as a child, swinging in the garden on a summers evening. Then a bit of a life journey ensues. Some experimentation with brass on this song.
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Earthbound
Song a Week 2022 – Week 17: A song about scientific vision, determination and resilience. Unable to fly but convinced that one day the problem would be solved and human flight would become possible.
Fold Your Map
Song a Week 2022 – Week 16: A touch of lo-fi alternative rock. Might simply be about getting lost in the mountains but more likely it’s cautioning against impetuous and unguided leadership.
Dust in a Moonbeam
Song a Week 2022 – Week 15: Experimented with a jazz ballad this week. Just a floaty piece inspired by the prompt ‘Dust in a Beam of Light’.
ZA
Song a Week 2022 – Week 14: .za is the Internet country code, top-level domain for South Africa. Just back from 3 weeks touring South Africa. This is very much a tourists view but there is another side to this country.
Defences
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.
Unwound
Song a Week 2022 – Week 12: Comment on disfunctional relationships, truth distortion and global politics.
A Summer Storm
Song a Week 2022 – Week 11: A short instrumental piece alluding to the arrival and passing of a summer storm.
Yellow and Blue
Song a Week 2022 – Week 9: #NoWar – People of Ukraine my heart is with you.
To the Nines
Song a Week 2022 – Week 8: Dressed up to the nines, having the best of times. Trying out a bit of dance music.