This is the first song I ever wrote, and literally means more to me than words can express. I originally wrote it in 2004 and recorded a demo in 2005; it's taken me this long to record a proper version, mainly because I only now feel able to do the song the justice it deserves :-D I thank the universe for gifting me such a beautiful song :-D I hope you like it :-D

Everything you hear is me, all the instruments, the vocals and the production, except for some guest harmonies by the gorgeous Asia Pracz :-D

Will We Ever Get To Mars

This is my first solo EP. I wrote all the songs, played all the instruments myself (except for the lead guitar in 'Keeping Them On The Ground' by Jon Tufnell of The Lost Souls Club and Saint Agnes) sang all the vocals, and produced the whole thing in my home studio :-)

Keeping Them On The Ground

Perihelion

Cover of the Oasis song 'The Importance of Being Idle' by the band R3D featuring super talented singer Lucy Smith.

The band are:
Lucy Smith - Vocals
Lewis Jones - Guitars and keyboards
Charlie Carter - drums
Colin Jones - Bass
Mike Vaughan - Acoustic guitar

For more info go to www.facebook.com/r3d321

Track produced by Mike Vaughan

The Importance Of Being Idle - R3D

Mike Vaughan - Songwriting, Production, Mixing, Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Piano, Programming 
Amy Ulla Bella - Cello 
Joey Brenig-Jones & Glen Jevon - Trumpets & Choir
Hythe Primary School Choir!
Ollie Knight/Southlab Studios - Mastering
Scott Chalmers - Photography
Ben Metcalfe - My Dad/God

Watching Me Burn

This is my cover of Surfin' USA by The Beach Boys :-) <3 I'm a massive fan of The Beach Boys and LOVE vocal harmonies, so had A LOT of fun with this one!! I played all the instruments and sang all the vocals; I also produced the recording :-) I made it into a YouTube video that can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3Kt9esVnVQ

I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed playing, singing and recording! x :-)

Surfin' USA

For 2020 I decided to release a new song every month. I was going to start with a different one, but inspiration struck on January 4th and I began to write this song. I then thought: wouldn't it be cool to write, record and release a song all in one month - easily being the quickest turnaround from inception to completion of any song I've ever written or recorded. 

The song is loosely based on a new found love I have for surfing, but how metaphorically surfing has a lot of lessons that relate to life; I am obsessed with the energy surfers have (particularly Jamie O'Brien!) and the energy I felt watching his videos spilled out into this song. 

That's why it's the perfect song to kick start of this new found wave of creativity...I just hope I can keep moving and don't wipe out...like a gnarly session at Pipe... ;-) 

I did everything you hear here; the amazing artwork is by local multi talented human being Catherine Eliza Tarrant. 

I loved making this song; hopefully you'll like it too!! :-D x

WAVES!

This is a song about still chasing your dreams no matter what age - feel that hunger and Rage Against The Dying Of The Light. 💕

I produced this, played most of the instruments and did most of the vocals but was helped by these AMAZING human beings!!!

Aidan Hampson - brilliant bass guitar
Aniya Savage - backing harmonies and Choir and effervescence 💕

Choir (alphabetically): 
Aniya Savage 
Grant Sharkey
Joey Brenig-Jones 💕
Lee Huxtable
Paddy Conner (The Sturmey Archers)
Ryan Moore

*Original Artwork by legendary and gorgeous Dan Bateman 💕

I'd also like to thank beautiful human being Ollie Knight for his continued support, encouragement and amazing advice and access to all his plugins, mics and equipment - couldn't have done it without ya bud 💕

The Hunger

This is a track I wrote a few years ago about the desire to just grab a guitar, pack a few things into a van and just disappear and travel round the world playing music...but never getting round to actually doing it!

Well last year I actually went on a Busking Trip from Hythe, all the way at the bottom of England, all the way up to Loch Lomond and back again with awesome human being Aniya Savage. I played this song a lot on that tour and it felt great to be finally doing the thing I dreamt about for years!!

This song, hopefully, captures that spirit of just 'energy!' and running off into the wilderness!! I really hope you like it!! 💕

Look out for a special someone who has a little cameo right at the end who makes me enjoy staying home now as much as galavanting around the place playing  music...and I never thought I'd say that or feel that 😀💕

CREDITS:
Along with myself on this are some other beautiful human beings:
Aniya Savage - effervescent kindred spirit and Backing Harmonies 🎙
Glen Jevon - brilliant compositional brain and Trumpets 🎺
Patricia Spodzieja - superlative string composition and playing (Viola)🎻
Emma Clark - vivacious Violin composition and playing 🎻
Ollie Knight - Preposterously perfect and perspicacious mixing advice and beautiful benevolent support 🎛💕
*ARTWORK* this time by the amazingly 'andsome and superlatively skilled Paddy Conner of The Sturmey Archers fame 💕

Open Road

Multi-Instrumentalist. Singer/Songwriter. Session musician - currently drumming for Temples Of Youth and occasional drummer for Josh Savage.

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