Synths: Colin Broom.
Lyrics & Vocals: Katherine Waumsley.



For anyone interested in the gear side of things, here's the modular system I was running:
https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/1582495
along with a Behringer Poly D, Absynth, Massive and Kontakt, recording in Cubase.

What The Tide Brings

A festive musical improvisation while reading one of my all time favourite poems. 

Featured on 'The 7 Days of Beware of Trains - Christmas 2022' youtube series.

THE LISTENERS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyKzsVYLj1g&list=PLvtO1ydz_0F4kxIUaLURMQWJj0HHs6-8F&index=5&t=26s

7 DAYS OF BEWARE OF TRAINS
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvtO1ydz_0F4kxIUaLURMQWJj0HHs6-8F

The Listeners (Walter de La Mare)

This is a demo track for the "Songs From The Last Page" Project.  I have been using the final lines of novels and stories as jumping off points to create new songs for myself to sing at piano, accompanied by violin and cello.
The lyrics of this song are taken from the last page of the novel Ulysses by James Joyce. No words added, none taken away...

The Song From The Last Page of Ulysses

OVERBOARD is the first track from Leighton Jones' debut EP 'All The Way Home'.

The EP is an immersive tale of being lost by the sea, found by the sea and brought home by the sea.

It was recorded with students of Sabhal Mor Ostaig college, and was supported by Creative Scotland and ATLAS Arts as part of the Skye and Lochalsh Talent Development Initiative.

A limited edition launch of the EP will took place on 23rd/ 24th October 2015 at Sabhal Mor Ostaig and AROS theatres on the Isle of Skye. 

All The Way Home will be launched on global digital release Spring 2015.

OVERBOARD

Breathe in 
And breathe out
Gold and silver
Lay me down

There's a light across the water
Shining bright on the sea
And it's bolder than the darkness
Of a thousand fathoms deep.

Even if black horses come for me
All my tears roll into the sea
Drawing my sweetheart closer
And closer to me.

So let them haul me Overboard...

Leighton Jones - Piano, synths and vocals
Marie Claire Breen - Backing vocals
Hector Macinnes - Guitar
Cat Robertson and Reece Mackay - Violins
Susan Appelbe - Cello
Eilidh MacFadyen and Amina Davidson - Accordions
Crisdean MacDonald - Whistle

TRACK CREDITS

Written and produced by Leighton Jones

Engineered and Recorded by Colin Mcgeoch at La Chunky studios
and Hector Macinnes at Sabhal Mor Ostaig studios

Mixed by Hector Macinnes

Original EP Artwork by Jane McKenna
Photography by Kirsty Yoxon and Susanna Robson

Copyright 2015 Great Northwestern Records

Overboard - EP preview

This is a lil live recording from the beginning of 2017. My voice is a bit tired - probably cause I'd been partying my lil heart out beforehand idk - but it's something!  I hope you like it. x

Followed Home (Live Recording)

This song is an exercise in vulnerability. Everything is stripped back and exposed, and the lyrics are four sentences:
I feel you’re near.
I feel you’re here.
I know you care.
I know you’re there.

Voice and Piano: Gareth Williams, Trumpet in Bb: Bede Williams, Violin 1: Stewart Webster, Violin 2: Gillian Risi, Viola: Emma Connell-Smith, Cello: John Davidson.

Tenderhooks

Performed by Sinfonietta Carioca
Conducted by Ubiratã Rodrigues

Romantic Games - by Armando Lôbo

The second single by Beware Of Trains, released 28.6.19.

Written and produced by Leighton Jones
Leighton Jones - Keyboards, programming, Lead and backing vocals
Marie Claire Breen - Lead and backing vocals

Mixed by Hector Macinnes
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering

In Your Pocket

I’m a composer and singer-songwriter living in Edinburgh. I make work that ranges from opera, music theatre and song, to chamber and orchestral music.  I lecture at Edinburgh College of Art, specialising in composition and song writing, whilst making bespoke work for my own voice, and for the voices of others- who range from international opera singers to people struggling with Long Covid. More here - https://www.scottishopera.org.uk/join-in/breath-cycle/the-covid-composers-songbook/

My stage works are often site-responsive, happening in lighthouses, distilleries, nuclear bunkers, and libraries. I create award winning commissions for companies such as Scottish Opera, Tapestry Opera, National Theatre of Scotland, Ulster Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and Chamber Music Scotland. 

My new album, Songs from the Last Page, written for myself on vocals and piano, with violin and cello, will be released on 11th August 2023.

Tenderhooks

Gareth Patrick Williams