Track 1 for my Aural Advent. A new perky song about being wrapped up in a duvet and dumped in a field, metaphorically speaking...

Dec 1 Aural Advent. Hopeless Paradise (recorded live at Rancheros Watts)

Track 2 for my Aural Advent. A new tune about love that seems prophetically pertinent given our troubled times. #DontBombSyria #NotInMyName

Dec 2 Aural Advent. The Radiant Life (recorded live at Rancheros Watts)

Track 3 for my Aural Advent. An upbeat tune with a positive message for what has been, quite literally a dark day. Thanks HaMoron. #DontBombSyria #NotInMyName

Dec 3 Aural Advent. Something In You (recorded live at Rancheros Watts)

Track 4 for my Aural Advent. A lively version of a track about finding yourself in a museum. Oh the joy. 
A track off my Fragments of Bone EP available on Bandcamp or signed limited edition white vinyl.

Dec 4 Aural Advent. Museum Of Love (recorded live at Rancheros Watts)

Track 5 for my Aural Advent. A happy song about tracing the trails of snails and swimming in the English Channel. Oh it's all just a thinly veiled metaphor for abject misery.

Dec 5 Aural Advent. Living Colour (recorded live at Rancheros Watts)

Track 6 of my Aural Advent, Autumn Lanes. A gentle song recorded with Sunday morning in mind - my lungs aren't awake this time of day... It's in compound time and loosely based around the theme of longing. Seriously.

Dec 6 Aural Advent. Autumn Lanes (recorded live at Rancheros Watts)

A short instrumental track for your aural delectation on this fine Monday in December. Oh, quel slurprise, it's got a drinking context.

Dec 7 Aural Advent. Wine Street (recorded live at The White House, Wales)

Track 8 of my Aural Advent, Sapphire Stones. An old song about stealing little pebbles from graves in my old village in Yorkshire in the 1970's. Oh I was a rumun. 

Dec 8 Aural Advent. Sapphire Stones (recorded live at Partrishow church, Wales)

Track 9 of my Aural Advent, Dragonfly. An old tune about hissy fits, insects inheriting the earth and other trifling matters.

Dec 9 Aural Advent. Dragonfly (recorded live at Partrishow church, Wales)

Track 10 of my Aural Advent, A Butterfly with Dreams. A new song in compound time, inspired by Athenian graffiti, dogs bleeding on sofas and other such nefarious contexts.

Dec 10 Aural Advent. A Butterfly with Dreams (recorded live at Partrishow church, Wales)

Track 11 of my Aural Advent. Inspired by my friend Dennis Detheridge. His father once said "Life's a long lane without a turning." It should be noted that Dennis introduced Ozzy to Black Sabbath (seriously) and interviewed the Beatles. It should also be noted I recorded this in a rush as my computer was running out of juice in a remote Welsh church with no electricity, so apologies for the ahem, 'fruity' vocals folks...

Dec 11 Aural Advent. Lane (recorded live at Partrishow church, Wales)

A simple tune about the complexities of getting children in to their respective beds at the appropriate hour. And other such anomalies.

Dec 12 Aural Advent. The Red Room (recorded live at Partrishow church, Wales)

Track 13 of my Aural Advent. An alternate take of a tune that has many metaphors. Too many to bore you with here friends.
A track off my Fragments of Bone EP available on Bandcamp or signed limited edition white vinyl.

Dec 13 Aural Advent. Throw Me (recorded live at Patrishow church)

Track 14 of my Aural Advent. Inspired by one of my favourite poets, the wonderful Pablo Neruda. Lyrically it would appear I have a mild fixation with butterflies these days. Roll on the summer...

Dec 14 Aural Advent. Silence In Starlight (recorded live at Patrishow church)

Track 15 of my Aural Advent. One of many songs inspired by my time living in Athens, Greece. Jesus I love that city. Na se kala my friends. Recorded on my iPhone as my computer died. Shit happens.

Dec 15 Aural Advent. Burn On The Balcony (recorded on iPhone, live at Patrishow church)

Track 20 of my Aural Advent. An ode to days gone by about my childhood surroundings in the north. I met a man who was a carding engineer in the mills once. Rarer than hen's teeth these days.

Dec 20 Aural Advent. Stone Empire (recorded on iPhone, live at Patrishow church)

Track 21 of my Aural Advent. A little ditty about being there for old friends.

Dec 21 Aural Advent. The Sun And The Moon (recorded on iPhone, live at Patrishow church)

Track 22 of my Aural Advent. One of the most compendious and brief tunes in the history of popular culture that has nothing to do with bread, or tables. I'll drink to that.

Dec 22 Aural Advent. Bread On The Table (recorded live at Rancheros Watts)

Track 23 of my Aural Advent. An abrasive version of a grizzled tune co-written with old rogue Paul Dawson, also affectionately known as Porky. Recorded early today. I'm not a morning singer folks...

Dec 23 Aural Advent. Mr Goodnews (recorded live at The Globe)

Track 24 of my Aural Advent. A jingle of a jangle based on several months of spam email. I kid you not. Here's the original version with my saucy little homemade video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-IpxGaWt7U

Dec 24 Aural Advent. Gogofones (recorded live at The Globe)

A quickly recorded and not really rehearsed version of an 80's classic. 
But I quite like it.

Spin Me Round

A new and somewhat rough composition. Maybe needs to be a tad shorter, like the Tories stay in power.

Lost In a Tree

Recorded in 3 hours at home straight into mac with no external mics/compression etc.

Little Pieces Demo

Managed to lay down the lead vocal in one take - rare for me... Recorded in 3.5 hours at home straight into mac with no external mics/compression etc.

Radiant Life Demo

As a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, I’ve had a varied career playing drums and vocals for many bands including platinum selling group The Seahorses. I’m also a classically trained guitarist, having played sessions for artists including Stuart Staples of Tindersticks, written songs with Roger Goslyn (Jools Holland's RnB Orchestra), and played countless solo shows performing my own material.

I've been commissioned to write music for radio, including a piece that celebrated 30 years of Bohemian Rhapsody which you can listen to on the media page. 'Rhapsody in Bohemia' won best documentary at the Third Coast Audio Festival.

As a graphic designer, I've worked at most major ad agencies in London on blue chip accounts involving print, radio and television.

I've also been involved in education, having taught in a variety of contexts including colleges and prisons. I'm constantly writing and exploring new material.

Recently I've been creating more film based work and radio documentaries.

Ultimately, music underpins everything I create.

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