The Ballad of Major Weir (1670)

Mind Unwind

Release Me

Nylon string guitar, only Eq used the 4K setting on an SSL-2 interface, the mic an Audio Technica AT2020, their cheapest almost large diaphragm condenser. A ditty to test the set-up, 5.7.2022

Rikvee Ditty 5.7.22 AT2020

In 1977/78, pre internet, pre MTV , pre everything...young people were informed by their choices in films,  books, magazines and if they were lucky, their music.
Terry Hall said it all.

Terry Hall said it all - Instrumental

Hang on tight - DAVID McGLEAVE

The song is an endless whirl (Verses are and will be added as the writer matures), with each verse following a form where by an event of very tiny local significance is commented upon by a group of people united by their qualification (or notoriety), concluding with a reason given by the narrator (resolution of sorts...). 
Then the Chorus is a series of Pompous declarations of Global magnitude each one of them countered by a childish heckle...
Enjoy...

Megilat Hefker (No Man's Scroll)

Fluorescent

Another tune from the songwriting partnership between James Baker, Lou Mavrantonis and Rik van der Velde, worked up in the living room with a cardboard box for drums, named for something Sandie Kiely used to say a lot :)

Rockin' Hendy - U Said

A song about living in Perth in the seventies, written by James Baker, Lou Mavrantonis and Rik van der Velde, together they are Rockin' Hendy.

Rockin' Hendy - Isolated

David McGleave is a Musician, originally hailing from Scotland.
He came to Perth, Western Australia in 1998.
 
He began playing in his teens in the Scottish Punk/New Wave scene 
supporting such bands as The Skids.
 
David sings plays guitar, bass and keyboards.
 
From those beginnings he has always written songs, 
both on his own and in collaboration.
 
He has worked as Band Leader, Band member and as a Soloist in
various Original and Cover Bands across the UK, Ireland and here in Australia.
 
Although he generally writes in the Folk, Rock and Pop traditions, 
his eclectic musical tastes mean that he can find his muse 
anywhere including the Blues, Jazz, Soul, Reggae and Experimental genres.
 
David is a Music Facilitator with Catch Music in Subiaco.
 
He also volunteers at Balga TAFE, in Their  Adult Migrant English Program.
 
He is a Husband, Father and Grandfather.

The Ballad of Major Weir (1670)

David McGleave

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