Inspired by the book Featherhood by Charlie Gilmour, about a man who raises a magpie chick he calls Benzene. My favourite book of last year.

Benzene - Guitar Only

A selection of portraits and vignettes of suburban family life, some real and some imagined. Containing dedications and love songs to family members and friends, sung short-stories and songs from the musical (in development) 'Perfect Lives'. The full album is available on Spotify, Apple, Amazon etc. from 13th March 2023.

Revelation

Out Of This

Get You Home

Hotel By The Sea

Last Night

Two OClock

Perfect Lives

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waiting for the word

From my MO album (also known as my difficult third album) which is available on amazon. It's not all like this. Some of it is even harder to listen to. One for musicians mainly I think.
Copyright MF. Logo by Craig Yamey (www.craigyamey.com)

think of you

This whole song came to me pretty much fully formed as I walked down a cliff-path on the Isle of White about sixteen years ago. Since then it’s really just been a process of trying to record it right! Of course it could be a full Motowneque ballad with backing singers and an orchestra, that’s kind of how I heard it in my head all those years ago but this is my version - recorded by me in bits over years and years. And, I think, finally finished (for now)! 🙂

So Tired

Feeling very 80’s at the moment. Keep remembering listening to my favourite Now cassette on my Walkman at night. Making lots of these covers right now, some coming out better than others. I used a guitar bow on this one (on an acoustic bass) and obviously the old casiotone makes a brief appearance. Best, mofantastic

Personal Jesus

My musical life was changed forever about twelve years ago by an exhibition at the Barbican Centre in London which was all about the evolution of video games. Most specifically, by a section in the exhibition about the pioneering music devised as an accompaniment to early video games. Where every note had to be carefully coded and was in effect a completely new thing, a sound that had never been heard. Often composed by the game designers themselves just as an afterthought to the game some of this music is truly beautiful. 

I’ve since found out that there is infact an established movement called chiptune which encourages composition using these sounds. I suspect officianados of Chiptune wouldn't completely approve of how I've arrived at these sounds myself (through an app on my phone rather than through the original hardware). 

But anyway, I hope you enjoy it...

video games

Video Games

Yet another song of mine that's done the rounds over the years while I tried to create, sometimes with the help of others, the definitive version. Anyway this is the latest version, not to say the final one because no doubt in a few years I'll decide on another way to go with it but nonetheless I think this is my favourite so far. I hope you like it. M

Never Loved You

Just a quick meditation on my long term gang of schoolfriends. Really proud of us, even if we haven't quite changed the world the way we thought we would.

Friends

I wrote this in character, sort of. Not saying it's not, you know, a bit autobiographical. Anyway, it's about work stress and work paranoia. And a guy very out of place in the countryside trying to work out how to relax. And failing.

Amateur Dramatics

This is essentially a remix of a song I wrote a long time ago for guitar and used to perform, back in the days when I used to perform.

When I Was Young

OK, a bit throwback, but I think you'll find it's ridiculously catchy. I've certainly been singing it to myself for the last six months pretty much continually. Very unlike my other stuff but an artistic response to a lot of the toxic stuff I've encountered and even occasionally doled out in the workplace I've evolved from the temp into the 'old guard'. Anyway, sing along. If sing is the right word.

Pretty Useless

Hi, I’ve been singing, writing and performing for over thirty years. Lots of stuff on Spotify, YouTube etc. under mofantastic. I tend to put my latest stuff and covers on here though 🙂

mofantastic

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