Song and a Chat
277 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago -Be entertained with a song and an extended chat, ranging from off the cuff banter/ humour to life observations and song analysis.
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Living In The Movies
May 09, 2023 04:25 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBEpisode #163: Living In The Movies (Song starts at 3:28) Ever feel like you’re living in a movie? - you know, when things just seem to go weird and you think “You couldn’t write this stuff...”. That’s how I felt back in 1992, when I composed 'Living In The Movies'. At the time I was playing 5 nights a week in a piano bar, with Paul Dredge, my longtime friend and co composer. It’s funny, earlier tonight, my wife and I visited our neighbour, who had some friends over. Long story short, I end...
Ready
May 01, 2023 03:21 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBEpisode #162: Ready (Song starts at 4.55) On these episodes, I’ve often talked about the peace you can find in the outdoors, preferably near water for me. I’ve found by getting outdoors, I manage to still my mind and quickly get into the creative state, the zone required to write a song. This episode pretty much shatters that peace, in a good way (I think). Looking back, the song 'Ready' was probably the result of a build up of tension for me, in my mid to late 20s. It's a guitar/band driv...
Low Tide
April 26, 2023 12:40 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBEpisode #161: Low Tide (Song starts at 4:23) Welcome to another episode. Today we are looking at the song #556, 'Low Tide'. Last night I was out fishing. I did a quick recording while I was there, rod in hand at the beach at night. You can hear it on this episode. Being out in nature really blows the cobwebs away. It clears my mind, it seems brings in energy. When I return home, I’m rejuvenated. The world seems to be an even better place. So head out to my studio and get stuck into some seas...
Maybe Sunday
April 18, 2023 12:30 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBEpisode #160: Maybe Sunday (Song starts at 4:45) During the recording of an episode a few weeks back, the lyrics to 'Maybe Sunday' fell out of my song book. I said at the time “Hmmm maybe I should do an episode about writing that song.” Today I picked up an old cassette tape an I discovered an old demo of 'Maybe Sunday'. That clinched it. This episode has turned into a quite a light and breezy episode, which is probably a reflection of this song. While it’s a song of perhaps longing, wond...
Nowhere Now Here
April 11, 2023 03:46 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBEpisode #159: Nowhere Now here (Song starts at 5:21 & 25:51) There was a bit of rain on the roof tonight as I recorded this podcast. It was a nice morning, but it turned into a really ‘steel grey sky’ sort of day, which is the opening gambit for the lyrics of 'Nowhere Now Here'. This week’s blog post (which I wrote earlier today) took on a theme of rain, & I also painted a squally looking seascape. So it’s been a nice creative sort of a day. Before I started, I sat at my table in the backyar...
Halfway There
April 04, 2023 03:10 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBEpisode #158: Halfway There (Song starts at 4:06) The song 'Halfway There' was written in a place called Kuratau, New Zealand. It’s a beautiful peaceful place, situated by Lake Taupo. A river runs silently below the bluff which is covered in the dark green of New Zealand bush and it flows into the majestic Lake Taupo. The tuis and bellbirds calls float on the semi alpine air. We (we being myself and Paul Dredge, my great friend and co-composer) had decided we needed to hit the road, get ou...
Never Throw A Day Away
March 26, 2023 23:26 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBEpisode #157: Never Throw A Day Away (Song starts at 4:27) Featuring a song from the recent album The Untrodden Track by myself and Paul Dredge. I include the album track on this episode. I never throw a day away. I can’t afford to. I’m really committed to this artistic path. It’s my passion, it’s the way I make a living. So I’m busy. 'Never Throw A Day Away' began at a bus shelter. I was on my way home, after a long day. It was the end of a changeable day, weather wise. It was a bit chill...
Silent Stream
March 20, 2023 08:15 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBEpisode #156: The Silent Stream (Song starts at 27:16) I was sitting at the piano and found myself starting to compose a song. Then I had the idea to stop, head into my studio and write the song, while recording the process. I’m glad I did. Earlier in the week, I was sitting beside a stream, where I was camping. You’ll get to hear the sound of the stream bubbling along. For this episode, I read a piece of writing which I wrote when I was sitting in the sun. I Describe the process of walking ...
Share The Blues
March 16, 2023 11:49 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBEpisode #155: Share The Blues (Song starts at 3:25 & 26:46) I've had an interesting time recording this episode: I got into my studio early, thinking I’d be clever, get the job done and get an early night. …yeh, right! Not. I ended up recording a 'produced'/arranged demo, with some different sounds, which took me a while. Consequently, it was a very late bedtime. It was recorded pretty late at night. What inspired this song was the feeling of waking up at dawn. This is actually the song I wa...
Drift Away
March 06, 2023 23:49 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBEpisode #154: Drift Away (Song starts at 3:03) I took a drive this evening. I live on the outskirts of Melbourne, on the Mornington Peninsula, out in the country. I wasn’t sure where I was going... just following my nose. As it turns out, it lead to a nice quiet beach where gentle waves were lapping. I took a walk and when I got back to my car, I was thinking about a song… 'Drift Away'. Well, I was remembering the melody, not the words. I thought 'Drift Away' (which I later found in my song ...
Work Song
February 27, 2023 06:17 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBEpisode #153: Work Song (Song starts at 2:24) We are heading back in time on this episode, way back to 1986 when I wrote 'Work Song'. This was song #11. At the time. I was working in a music shop - a short stint, as it turned out. I really wasn’t cut out to do the 9 to 5 thing. 'Work Song' is a statement to that effect. I recorded a version live for this episode. It was nice to sing and play this one, after all these years. It brought back so many memories. I was young then. Determined to t...
Diamond Of A Moment
February 20, 2023 06:53 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBEpisode #152: Diamond Of A Moment (Song plays at 3:15) Before I recorded this episode, I had a fairly raucous, loud band practice for a couple of hours, In contrast, Diamond Of A Moment is a very gentle ballad. This turned out to be a very relaxed episode. It was pleasure to sing and play the song. I hadn’t sung it for years. I decided to add a vocal harmony, a cello/bass string sound and another string part. Song #466, Diamond Of A Moment was written back in 1998. I enjoyed rediscoverin...
Mystery
February 13, 2023 23:10 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBEpisode #151: Mystery (Song starts at 3:24 ) This song (#499) was originally titled 'The Medium' I wrote it about the time I went to visit a clairvoyant person for the 1st time. I decided to change it to 'Mystery' at a later date. I guess I thought the new title might get the song listened to more. Crash Test Dummies had a song about this subject, on a great album of theirs God Shuffled His Feet. I suppose that sort of gave me permission to write something similar. To be honest, I wasn’t qui...
Carry Me On
February 06, 2023 06:47 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBEpisode #150: Carry Me On (Song starts at 3:13) Hi, on this episode we are looking at Carry Me On, song #237, composed 1992 (you can find it online as part of the album 'Righto', on www.petepascoe.bandcamp.com. I will remix it one day and it put it on the other streaming platforms). I’ll also take you underwater with some snapper. I live on the Mornington peninsula, Melbourne, Australia and take a dip in the Port Phillip bay quite often. Most of all though, I’ve looked at where the song cam...
Hope and Forgiveness
January 28, 2023 09:56 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBEpisode #149: Hope and Forgiveness (song starts at 8:44 & 28:28) As I recorded this episode, I was feeling so energised. The creative flow was happening. I’ve just been away camping for 2 weeks. Being out in nature really does it for me. 2 weeks was a complete reset. I take you to my campsite, sitting outside my tent as I talk about the Australian animals that we were surrounded by, the peace, the sound of the ocean. Then, in contrast, I take you on the train in the city, where people's f...
Man in The Mountain
January 13, 2023 11:19 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBEpisode #148: Man In The Mountain (Song starts at 5:06 & 7:36) Welcome to a time travelling adventure. On this episode, we’re going back to 1988. That’s one of the great things about being a songwriter. You get to move about in time within a song. You get to act, imagine, be emotional and tell stories. It’s a blast. I enjoy composing a variety of music. I’ve sold 5000 CDs of mellow piano solo pieces, I enjoy singer songwriter, rock, folk rock genres and so on… 'Man In The Mountain' is a ...
Where Lovers Part
January 13, 2023 11:11 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBEpisode #147: Where Lovers Part (Song starts at 4:24) On the last episode (Sure Does Fly), I mentioned a riff reminded me of another song. As it turns out, that song, Where Lovers Part, Song #30, was written the same year (1987). It came about when I felt the need to get some feelings out. It's about the ending of a relationship, the emotional reactions needed an outlet. You feel stuff. By putting it into a diary, you get things off the your shoulders and it clears the slate. Then by p...
Sure Does Fly
January 02, 2023 23:29 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBEpisode #146: Sure Does Fly (Song starts at 5:22) Relationships are often the catalyst for spot of songwriting. Going way back to to 1987 now. I wrote this song for my brother. It’s quite a personal song, focussing on old memories - particularly an image of a summer evening in New Zealand from my childhood. The blackbirds were singing, the colours were starting to drift toward the purple spectrum as the sun set. I was outside, playing sport with my elder brother (as we did, right up til dar...
Natural Rhythms
December 28, 2022 11:52 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBEpisode #145: Natural Rhythms (Song starts at 4:44) I was fishing at the beach, chatting about things that came to mind - including the song featured on this episode - 'Natural Rhythms'. I recorded these bits and pieces of me talking and have included them on this episode. I mention the tides. I guess it was the peaceful feeling of being by the ocean. This brought the song to mind. The beach made think back to when I was sitting in the old van Hercules, in Mt Maunganui, New Zealand. Norf...
Pigs Flying
December 20, 2022 05:48 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBEpisode #144: Pigs Flying (Song starts at 5:00) On this episode, I take you down to the beach. It’s the place I go to relax, before I head home and do something creative - like composing a song. I also love being beside rivers, but since I’m lucky enough to live the near the ocean, that’s where I head. When I come home, I feel the creative mood come over me. Back in 1997, when I recorded the demo that you’ll hear on this episode, I was living not far from Melbourne’s CBD, a long way from t...
I Can See Your Eyes
December 16, 2022 11:15 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBEpisode #143: I Can See Your Eyes (Song starts at 3.39) A demo of 'I Can See Your Eyes' (Song #551) popped up unexpectedly on my iPad as I drove along to my teaching job the other morning (I may have got up a bit to watch some World Cup soccer). As I was driving, I thought wow, that’d be a great song to feature on an episode. So here it is. Back about a decade ago, I was recording 'The Man In Blue' album. (streaming now) …coincidentally, I just flicked open a random diary and saw that I wa...
Give It Back
December 05, 2022 23:29 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBEpisode #142: Give It Back (Song starts at 3:29) Welcome to a very relaxed episode. I was in a mellow mood, the evening I recorded it. I’d just finished a commissioned painting - predictably, it took me a bit longer than I thought it might. So it was after midnight when I started recording. As a creative person, something I really keep an eye on is: I like to get things done. Finished. Sooner than later. Then I can move on. That’s the creative way. It’s in the process, where the action happe...
Some Freedom
November 28, 2022 05:07 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBEpisode #140: Some Freedom (Song starts at 5:38) Welcome to a fairly zany sort of an episode. The song freedom came about when I showed my co songwriter Mr Paul Dredge with some lyrics, back in 1996. Paul had his guitar in hand. He looked at the words: I’ve stepped into a normal space I’m sniffing out the rat race It ain’t so bad, I know I’ve had Some freedom Paul jumped straight into a really up sort of interesting/unusual guitar strumming pattern over 3 chords. So I leapt in there and ...
Leaving Song
November 24, 2022 07:51 - 32 minutes - 22 MBEpisode #140: Leaving Song (Song starts at 3:36) “I’m amazed it’s 2022”! That’s what I said - and how I felt - for a moment, when I’d been chatting about this week’s featured song on this episode. I was lost in the song. It took me back to 1992, when I wrote 'Leaving Song' (Song #242). Bizarre. Those 30 years have passed by so quickly. Actually, I’m not sure whether quickly is the right word… they’ve snuck by, somehow. By writing songs continually all these years, I’m finding that I’ve ...
Burdens
November 15, 2022 02:12 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBEpisode #139: Burdens (Song starts at 7:16) Looking at another original song on this episode: Song #238. ‘Burdens’ came about when a friend passed away, back when I was 24 or so. Us songwriters are lucky. We can get a mountain off our shoulders from time to time, by putting our feelings down in words and music. It releases tension, allows for healing - and it becomes more than therapy in the process: it becomes art. Something about the feeling of the song touches us and we find meaning in...
Patchwork of Promises
November 08, 2022 04:16 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBEpisode #138: Patchwork Of Promises (Song starts at 3:40) Back in 1999, a black and white photo was sitting near my piano. There’s something about a black and white image - it seems to capture and convey emotion almost more than full colour. Emotion is what I need to begin writing a song. It provides the impetus, the inclination to bother to pick up a pen. You just need to make a start and the rest generally follows. I’m glad I did. The photo was of my girlfriend (now wife) and I, which wa...
Dawn Chorus
November 01, 2022 23:23 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBEpisode #137: Dawn Chorus (song starts at 3:45 & 27:57) I had a busy today. For a while there, though, I was sitting in my car. So listened to some music. One of the albums that came on was Tasman Bridge. Written and recorded by myself with Paul Dredge, it’s an album that’s close to our hearts - it was the first time we’d tried to write songs together internationally. Paul lives in New Zealand, where I’m originally from. I’ve been living in Melbourne, Australia for 20 odd years now. After ...
The Roughest Cut
October 24, 2022 00:05 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBEpisode #136: The Roughest Cut (song starts 5:30 & 27:57) It’s been a beautiful, pristine, blue sky, early spring day today. But as dusk happened, the night fell, the wind started to get up. I don’t mind that. In fact, listening to the wind when you’re safely indoors is pretty relaxing, Music has the power to lift your spirits. The same with lyrics. The combined force of music and lyrics really has the power to dramatically change our mood for the better. We always have the choice to focus ...
Everybody’s Sleeping
October 17, 2022 23:36 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBEpisode #135: Everybody’s Sleeping (Song starts at 5:02) Hi there & welcome. I’ll tell you what, I was really relaxed when I recorded this episode. I’ve been doing a bit of exercise... I mowed the lawns today. But apart from that, I went for a bit of a bush walk. I’ve included some audio which I recorded as I walked. So you can come for a walk with me on a peaceful track. It’s good to get out of the studio sometimes. We have a 2 for 1 deal on this episode. You’ll hear me improvising a me...
Alien Song
October 11, 2022 11:22 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBEpisode #134: Alien Song (Song starts at 5:00) The rain came down gently as I hit record for this episode. I have a corrugated iron roof on my studio. I don’t mind that, as it keeps me in touch with nature… I get to hear the odd parrot squark - or the wind …or the rain. It’s pretty relaxing, isn’t it. What’s that got to do with songwriting, I hear you ask? I find the quiet - and the occasional sound of nature - allows me to rediscover the sense of peace required to create. You tune in na...
I Wonder
October 04, 2022 12:40 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBEpisode# 133: I Wonder (Song starts at 4:34) I finished a nice gig outside this week with the song featured on this week's podcast episode. I Wonder, song #689, came up as I flicked the pages of my repertoire book. A very generous fellow, who I’d noticed was sitting listening and relaxing had just come up to the piano, gave me a nice tip and said “one more song please?“ I include some audio again on this episode. This time I made a quick recording when I got back into the car after his gi...
Sand In My Socks
September 27, 2022 03:49 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBEpisode #132: Sand In My Socks (Song starts at 8:22) For this episode, I have included some audio from the actual songwriting session of this song: Paul Dredge on his acoustic guitar, me ‘winging’ a melody, then us harmonising together. So you’ll get to really hear how this song came together. I wrote the lyrics first: ‘Got sand in my socks, reminds me of yesterdays walk by the ocean, my shocked soul is soothed by the water’s talk’ … sounds pretty cruisey, right? Yes. To get into that state...
The Flow
September 19, 2022 22:42 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBEpisode#131: The Flow (Song starts at 3:28 ) So where does a song come from? Well, it comes from…being in the flow. The morning I wrote the lyrics, I’d just woken up and I was still half asleep. Snippets of dreams were floating around. So it’s a creative sort of flow I’m alluding to here. But the dreams were not what I wrote about. I looked around the room and started with: ‘When you pull the curtains back and the gentle morning light is shining, true…’ and from that line, which was really...
The Long Haul
September 12, 2022 23:35 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBEpisode#129: The Long Haul (Song starts at 5:05) It’s been a long time since I wrote the song Secret Lullabies. I use the riff as my theme music for these episodes. That particular song was song number 3. The long haul is song number 614. I wrote it in 2014. Yes, there’s been a few years & a fair bit of water under the bridge. It’s been a long haul. What inspired this song?… yep, you guessed, it: a feeling. And the feeling was: I’d realised I was in for the long haul for the relationshi...
You’re Going To Be Ok
September 06, 2022 12:06 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBEpisode#129: You’re Going To Be OK (Song starts at 3:06) Welcome to another episode, I hope you’re having a great day wherever you are n the world. I am, living here on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne Australia - it’s a busy day, plenty on. I mention this because no matter how busy I get, I have a sort of a pact with myself that whenever a feeling that a song may be coming through, I’ll stop whatever I’m up to, go to the piano and see what’s on offer. I had the feeling a song was...
Goodbye To Say Hello
August 29, 2022 02:52 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBEpisode #128: Goodbye To Say Hello (Song starts at 4:46) Welcome to another episode. Where does a song come from? It’s something I’m fascinated by. This has lead me to producing 120-something episodes. That amazes me. I wasn’t sure I’d get past my first one. But all we need is a start. And away we go. Isn’t that like just being human… we make a start and…. we make it up. The great songwriter Jimmy Webb inspired the style of song that this is. I’d been to his concert here in Melbourne, ba...
Wide Open
August 23, 2022 06:06 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBEpisode #127: Wide Open (Wings Of Grace) (Song starts at 5:48 & 27:46) It's a rainy night here in Melbourne as I write these show notes. As usual, I enjoyed recording this episode. I had no idea what song I was going to pick until I saw the title on an old cassette tape cover and I thought... why not. It's a moody sort a song, suits the wintery evening - and suits the day I've had. Software problems.. Sigh. I was about to do some editing of some videos I'm working on (a seascape painting c...
Too Dark To See
August 16, 2022 05:40 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBEpisode#126: Too Dark To See (Song starts at 3:33) Hi, for this episode I recorded a conversation with Paul Dredge, the co-composer of 'Too Dark Too See'. Although the audio quality isn’t quite up to scratch, I think this was a well worth while exercise. The resulting candid conversation offers an insight into our songwriting style/relationship (and friendship) in an engaging and entertaining manner. 'Too Dark To See' is track number 3 off our new folk-rock album, The Untrodden Track. It’s...
The Test Of Man
August 09, 2022 02:11 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBEpisode #124: The Test Of Man (Song starts at 7:20 & 28:35) ‘A trail of mystery’ is one of the phrases in this week's song. That pretty much sums up what I’m up to each week, as I record the ideas that pop into my mind and roll off my tongue for these episodes. I endeavour to put you in the shoes of a songwriter - how it feels. I like to allow the song to lead the way...the lyrics bring up memories, ideas spring to mind as I chat. This is not a highbrow presentation. This a ‘singer /...
Innocent
August 02, 2022 01:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBEpisode #124: Innocent (Song starts at 4:17 & 28:14) Where did Innocent, song #465, come from? It came from a dream. The finished lyrics were pretty much what I wrote down as I recalled a dream which I had, just before I woke up. I recommend trying this...often what comes though is more than you bargained for. Sometimes you end up remembering more than you thought would about the dream. I've had fully formed songs come to me in dreams - music and lyrics. In this case though, after casti...
Someone To Lean On
July 25, 2022 23:21 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBEpisode #123: Someone To Lean On (Song starts at 3:02 ) Hi there. Welcome to the podcast where the plan is : you’ll get to understand how it feels to be in the shoes of a songwriter. So how does it feel? It feels completely free to let your hands wander on the keys (if you play piano, like me). It's like the ignition is there waiting for you. And... it's like the sense of excitement you had when you were a child and you have some presents to open. When you're have some lyrics ready, it's a...
We All Need (A Little Bit Of Peace)
July 18, 2022 23:46 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBEpisode #122: All We Need (A Little Bit Of Peace) (Song starts at 3:02) Hi there. All We Need, song #46, was one of those songs that's been sitting in my songbook, doing nothing. Why? The chorus wasn’t up to scratch. The lyrics were just not right. So I decided to rewrite the lyrics for the chorus. Then, just before I recorded this podcast episode, I thought I’d have some fun and record a demo of 'All We Need'. I think this sort of ‘ahh, what the heck!’ / free sort of feeling I have pr...
Miles and Messages
July 12, 2022 05:33 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBEpisode #121: Miles and Messages (Song starts at 2:33) Carrying on from the last episode, this song, #256, was written a short time after Fairy Tale. While Fairy Tale (as it's title suggests), is mostly an imagined scenario with a projected happy ending with a moral, Miles and Messages is where the songwriter (yours truly) came back to earth with a thump and faced up to the reality of what was really happening at the time. Yes, this one shoots straight from the hip - the reality of the si...
Fairy Tale
July 05, 2022 07:05 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBEpisode #120 Fairy Tale (song starts at 3:46) We are going back in time again - with some help from this week's song. Fairytale, song #252, was written in 1993. The demo was recorded then, too. On this episode, I touch on how much our surroundings affect us. Nature is my thing, particularly being next to a river or the ocean . I was living in Kuratau, NZ when this song came to me - and the song for the next episode popped up at the same time. They seem to belong together, somehow. Kuratau...
This Is How It Goes
June 28, 2022 12:01 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBEpisode#119: This Is How It Goes (Song starts at 4:28) The evening I recorded this episode, I went outside because I heard a strange song. A chorus of hundreds of frogs could be heard on the wind. Talk about nature’s tune. These frogs were really making a racket. As it turned out, this fitted in nicely with the song featured on this week's episode. ‘This Is How It Goes’ talks about getting in touch with nature’s tune. Also, following on from the essence of last week's podcast: as we are...
The Patient Hum
June 20, 2022 23:30 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBEpisode #118: The Patient Hum (Song starts at 4:58 & 24:38) Song #436, The Patient Hum was written in 1998. Back then, there was a sense of peace about what I was up to (and I'm happy to say there's a sense of peace about what I'm up to today). So the song came from a peaceful place. The lyrics talk about how everything is in a state of constant change - including us, as people. The arts offer a place of reflection where we can see ourselves for who we truly are. It's also a 'safe place...
No Crime To Stay
June 13, 2022 12:28 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBEpisode #117: No Crime To Stay (Song starts at 10:00) This week's song (#263) was written in 1993, when I was living in a very beautiful & peaceful spot in New Zealand: Kuratau, on the shores of lake Taupo. The meditative pastime of fly fishing for trout really relaxes me. I find that once I've been out in nature, all my worries have drifted away and I'm ready to create. As a songwriter, I really think it's important to get away from it and do some other activity that takes your mind compl...
Still Crazy Here
June 06, 2022 22:39 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBEpisode #116: Still Crazy Here (Song starts at 3:43) Hi there, For this episode, I dug up a box of old diaries and found the year/week where I wrote this song. I read through some passages. It turns out I'd left my stage piano at the gig. So I wasn’t able to write songs… and I wrote: 'If I'm not being creative, I feel terrible!’. I was flat. Didn't see the point in watching TV, I was disgruntled to to say the least. Then something happened. I tidied up my desk, found 15 lots of lyrics, we...
Winter’s Song
May 31, 2022 04:53 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBEpisode #115: Winter’s Song (Song starts at 4:57) It was a cold day, back in 1999. I looked around the flat, saw and heard the rain in the trees outside the window. We had a heater like a back handed compliment: it blew air out, not nearly as warm as what was required.. So I started by writing: ‘Raining in the trees, winters song….' Song #454 presented itself this week when I opened one of my song books. 'Winters Song'. I haven't thought of this one for years. But I like a bit of fun and ...
In your Mind
May 24, 2022 00:37 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBEpisode #114: In Your Mind (Song starts at 4:19) Hi there, In this episode, we are going back to 1987! We are looking at song #24 from my song books… As I walked into my studio to record this episode, a little voice suggested this song. I haven't thought of ‘In Your Mind’ for years. I wasn't sure about it. But when my fingers opened the song book straight to the correct page, I knew this was the one - and I thought: it’s all good fun, so why not? One of things that come through time and ...