Cover of the song made famous by "The Box Tops" and written by Wayne Carson Thompson.

The Letter (cover)

Live from my living room with Mark Stephens on guitar and backing vocals.  Drums and bass programmed by me, everything else live and untweaked.   

I don't hate  my singing on this, which is quite something.

Null & Void - Another Girl Another Planet (The Only Ones)

Another "live" cover from Mark Stephens and I some years ago.  Dodgy bass & drum programming by me. 

Null & Void - Dear Lover (Social Distortion)

Petal (First Blossom)

A song that "fell out" last night while I was actually trying to work on another track.  Very demo, may get some more work. (Hah!)

Nothing to Declare (demo)

Still not sure if this is it, or a demo/note of something more involved.  Drums improved and me old mate Ginge, the other half of Null & Void, popped in and laid a cooler bass line down.

Victims of Crime (4th dem)

A re-recording of an old song. I really like the instrumental parts and it has one of my favourite bass lines. As is often so, I'm dissatisfied with the vocals but it's about the best I can do with it.

A light, poppy little number I first did some years ago.  I wasn't happy with the mix but had lost the master files, so had another go at it.

I Put A Spell

Sapphire

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Blue Star

Strange one this, didn't quite like it while writing, but felt compelled all the same.  Liking it more now.

Prayer

Kept their heads down, been doing their time
Waiting for the trickle down since '79
But the drips have run dry, the carrot's got fly
They took you at your word but the word was a lie
Now they got their hands out and the systems are down
Breaking ladders won't help you when there's no-one arounnd
You can hear them on the streets, screaming your name
The world is on fire and it's you that they blame
Hoping you had a wonderful time
your capital idea is now a capital crime
I would have saved your ass I'm sure one time
but I remember you say you weren't no friend of mine.

June 2013

Capital Idea

Various styles: rock/metal, bluesy, ballady and even a little funky.

I'd call myself a player rather than a musician (too lazy!), I just do it for fun as and when I get time.  I've been playing guitar since I was a kid, which means I ought to be a damn site better by now, but hey.  I write songs,  play guitar and bass, and attempt vocals, the rest I program with midi. 

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