A love song for the good lady wife's birthday.

(Happy Birthday to) You

(Happy Birthday to) You by Neil Cake

The result of an experiment where i used random variables to make decisions and guide progress, before honing and adjusting to make something I like.

Neil Cake - The Fabric Of Reality

Hot In The Night by Snake Skin Trou (Neil Cake)

BTMTNE by Snake Skin Trou (Neil Cake)

Domestic Lust by Snake Skin Trou (Neil Cake and Javidx9)

Only Bad Things Happen After Midnight by Snake Skin Trou (Neil Cake and Javidx9)

A word collage about consumption of modern media. Vocally I've gone a bit Mark E Smith for this one.

Consume by Neil Cake and Zelestial Phyre

an experiment where random variables are used to suggest musical directions and ideas.

Mixed and mastered by Jules ay Grooveworks.

Random Experiment #2 - You Can Call Me Ian by Neil Cake

"Blitz" is a collaboration between Neil Cake and Zelestial Phyre. It uses noisy guitars and heavy drums to simulate the experience of a bad mushroom trip and what is known as "ego death".

Blitz (Neil Cake with Zelestial Phyre)

A recording of my interview with Peggy-Sue on Don't Stop the Music Radio Show at Swindon 105.5. Includes chat and the songs, "Flush", "The Fabric of Reality", "Blitz" (with Zelestial Phyre), "One on One" (as VIBE), "Everything Good and Nothing Bad" and "Paralysis" (as The Madonne and The Whore".

www.facebook.com/dontstopthemusicradioshow, www.dontstopthemusicradioshow.com and www.swindon1055.co.uk

Don't Stop the Music Radio Show

Interview with Neil Cake on Don't Stop the Music Radio Show, Swindon 105.5

The latest track from my Not Completely Useless project. I tend to think of it as a low-key one for me - still quite a bit going on; Sonic Youth-style triplet feel intro, bass grooves, organ, touches of syncopation and a change of pace for the outro... there's just not as much guitar heroics as usual.

This one is about missing my kids when I was away at a festival. And my eldest daughter - then 6 I think - wrote the lyrics for the chorus.

Empty

A bizarre prog-punk-psych-blues groove fest. Mad time signatures, a bit of dropped D, idiosyncratic vocals. 

Die in Hospital

sequel to the claustrophobic epic, "Blitz". Part 2 explores the period of calm after the bad trip has passed. Multiple key and tempo changes. Madness. Enlightenment. Peace.

Blitz Part 2

A bit of a progressive rock workout about the loss of innocence. Features some lyrics written by my then 5 or 6 year old daughter, and her reading out those lyrics at the end.

Everything Good and Nothing Bad

advice you might want to give your kids - some serious, some less so - over a progressive rocked up fingerstyle blues soundscape. Or something.

Flush

06 Our Happiest Days by Neil Cake

05 Sideways Hug by Neil Cake

04 Newest Sigh by Neil Cake

03 The Power Of Kissing It Better by Neil Cake

02 Unicorns And Cats by Neil Cake

01 8 Plastic Horses by Neil Cake

A "proper" master of the ever-popular The Power of Kissing it Better.

The Power Of Kissing It Better (Master) by Neil Cake

A rock song that I developed from a beat and bass line, instead of my usual practice of making a tune on acoustic guitar.

Struttin Dat Ass by Neil Cake

Part 2 of Neil Cake's Not Completely Useless project.

Dear Sylvie by Neil Cake

Leather Bear by Neil Cake

I'll Hug Yoo And Kiss Yoo Later by Neil Cake

Monsters by Neil Cake

Bus Stop Picnic by Neil Cake

Another collaboration with Space Metal Guru Zelestial Phyre, or Jim Gibson-Cranch. This time we switched things around; I did the music and he did the vocals, lyrics and a chilling guitar solo.

Check out Jim at soundcloud.com/james-gibson-cranch

Drive by Neil Cake and Space Metal Guru Zelestial Phyre

Binge Drinkin Generation by Neil Cake

alt rock grooves, melodic play and harmonic discordance

fighting out of Rotherham by way of... Man-chest-er...

Tha can find me in these places:

https://www.youtube.com/@half-arsedmusic
https://bsky.app/profile/neilcake.bsky.social
https://www.facebook.com/halfarsedmusic
https://open.spotify.com/artist/24KbUTmHqBe0IFeuMYMwec

...and probably others. Just search Neil Cake or Half-Arsed Music

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