A work in progress initial ideas of a Floydian flavour/ influence

Amazing Pudding Instrumental Demo

Middle 8 - experiment

This track my latest offering! produced on the Zoom MRS1266 digital multitrack recorder in 2011
The backing is a korg wavestation synth playing a series of 'trancewave' patches written by Paul Osborn, and some electric piano.
The sound clips overlayed on top of the backing are from a documentary about time narrated by professor Brian Cox, and a piece about older peoples views about their perception of the speed of time passing produced by the late Delia Derbyshire of BBC radiophonic workshop fame. plus some clock-ticking effects.

Perception of Time

This song was written about a flat mate of my girlfriend while she was living in Clifton, Bristol
I had the tune first and my girlfriend and I wrote the words together for a laugh. 
Her flat-mate Dawn, never ever seemed to leave the place. When she did eventually find a partner however, she left almost immediately and was never heard from again!
This is a four track recording using the tascam 144 portastudio
All vocals and instruments by me. double tracked acoustic rhythm guitar, bass guitar. korg drum machine and assorted percussion. the lead synth breaks are played on the amazing casio cz101

Dawn's Song

This was written in the eighties as a skit on Frank Boughs various television incarnations, actually before the scandal broke about his alleged drug binges and other nefarious activities. The tune stemmed in part from the Queen song about Flash Gordon.

All vocals and instruments are me on the Teac 144 four track portastudio, the beat being provided by a korg drum machine.

Nesta Bough

The Song here is about a mandolin loaned to me by my landlady, it had two strings missing, but was still capable of producing a few chords with a nice bright tone, which inspired me to write the tune.

This was made using the four track teac 144 portastudio in 1983
On this track I am singing, playing the mandolin (double tracked) playing bass guitar, using acoustic guitar for the lead break, and a casio MT30 keyboard to provide a string 'wash' over the lead guitar part onwards.
My friend Lee is playing the trumpet in the intro.

After hearing this song, my mum secretly attempted to purchase the mandolin from my landlady as a surprise birthday present for me - alas it was not for sale!

Six String Mandolin

Recorded on a portastudio (Teac 144) in 1983 
Me having fun on acoustic guitar, electric rhythm guitar, bass guitar, harmonica, tin whistle, tambourine. The bass drum beat was achieved by beating on my largest tambourine skin, having taped up those jingly bits, and using the varispeed on the portastudio to run 10% faster when I recorded it so it would sound deeper when played back at normal speed! The 'horn' part in the background is the legendary 'wish I'd never sold it'  Korg MS10 mono synth.

I did a spoof country style vocal and harmonised with myself on this one.

Wish I Hadn't Phoned Tonight

'Soundcloud' is amazing. This service provides me with a platform to share my sounds with others, and for me to delve into the things you do.

This provides so much stimulus for creativity

Music and songwriting is a wonderfully absorbing and rewarding hobby for me,
yet family and work commitments inevitably mean that time to indulge in writing/recording is extremely scarce.

Most of my tracks presented here were made whilst I was living alone in a large bed-sitting room near Almondsbury (Bristol) which essentially was my 'studio' in the early 1980s. 

As my children mature and eventually gain independence, I hope to begin to produce more material soon. I have managed to retain and develop my playing skills by playing live in a rock band and as part of a church music group.

For now these ancient artefacts will hold this page for me as I begin to make myself produce more (hopefully better) material.

Azoomboy

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