words and music K. Gennery
Image of my 20 track recorder. This song has 32 tracks on it. 
More bouncing than Jane Russell on a trampoline......



Same shit different day time to hit the road,
head over to pastures new, on the way I'm gonna dump this heavy load.
Cause the grass is always greener, so they say,
Pack my bags a few goodbyes and I'm on my way.

Lets go, lets go, leave our troubles all behind
cause you have your share and I've got mine.
Lets go, lets go, leave our troubles all behind
cause you have your share and I've got mine.

I'm a man of the world.

Faint heart never won fair maiden and thats my stance,
Nothing here but disapointments, gonna go and take another chance.
I dream, I scream, can't breathe, got to get away,
You've done all your contemplating, so what do you say?

Lets go, lets go, leave our troubles all behind
cause you have your share and I've got mine.
Lets go, lets go, leave our troubles all behind
(This lifes for living, doesn't stop it giving me the bird)
cause you have your share and I've got mine.
I'm a man of the world.

lets go

Words and music K Gennery
Image not my own

Ive been left, in lost and found,
An out of date parcel that gets kicked around.
Gathering dust, cobwebs and stuff,
hidden out of view, never to get picked up.

Alone again, on my own again,
Theres bodies everywhere.

Ooh, feel the heat on my skin,
light the fire within.
Ooh, taste the salt on my tongue,
watch the sea swallow the sun.
Here I go again.

I am stuck, its awfully dark,
theres no flint at hand to ignite a spark.
Guess Im in, so very deep,
this is no part time gig,
this things for keeps.

Alone again, on my own again,
Theres bodies everywhere.

Ooh, feel the heat on my skin,
light the fire within.
Ooh, taste the salt on my tongue,
watch the sea swallow the sun.
Here I go again, I go again. Here I go again.

lost and found

mrcagey.bandcamp.com

words and music K Gennery

For my darling wife who, at the best of times, does a difficult job within our National Health Service. Throw in a pandemic and that very same job becomes almost impossible.

Lyrics:
I don't know how you do the job you do,
the responsibility of seeing it through.
Pressure from all sides,
looking out for the welfare of buildings and lives.

If I were to spend one day in your shoes,
(shoebie doobies, ooh shoebie doobies)
by mid afternoon Im sure I would have blown my fuse.
(Bang, Bang, Pop, Pop, BOOM!)
There'll be blood and guts everywhere,
as I explode and take them all out.

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,Take them all out.

There'll be blood and guts everywhere,
as I explode and take them all out.

This songs to say Im so very proud of you,
and to confirm the fact I never want to borrow your shoes.
Cause I don't wanna do any time,
reflecting on my crime, of taking them out.

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
Take them all out
(gotta get away, gotta get away)

Take them all out

take em all out

Words and music K Gennery
Image not my own

Dodge around the cracks and never underneath,
a black cat ladened ladder pointing vertically.
Salt thrown over shoulder, new shoes never laid upon,
the table that I write these lyrics on.

Every now and then I think maybe somethings changed,
but a kick between the legs tells me its the same old game.
I keep running at the gauntlet with me slippers on,
no traction to be had least I got this song.

Never ending, constant being.
Always with me, give me something to believe in.
Theres nothing....nothing at all.

The mirrors always cracked cause the horseshoes upside down,
the brollys opened indoors theres no rain around.
I keep skipping round those cracks and never underneath,
a black cat ladened ladder pointing vertically.

Never ending, constant being.
Always with me, give me something to believe in.
Theres nothing....nothing at all.

Nothing at all

nothing at all

Words and music K.Gennery
image not my own

Best not dare go near your mind
you won't be held responsible
for the darkness that we may find
guess that makes you unsavable

Sway and swagger don't really matter
cause I believed in you

Something's cooking in your kitchen
I can taste and feel the heat
noise erupting plates go crashing
flooded water under your slippery feet

Immerse yourself in pityfull play
I don't understand you at all
guess youve always been that way
set up the height then nudge us to fall

Prim and proper don't really matter
cause I believed in you

Something's cooking in your kitchen
I can taste and feel the heat
noise erupting plates go crashing
flooded water under your slippery feet

Everything I said and done made no difference at all
All the things I tried to do, could not get through to you
you shut out the voices you'd hear
except for the ones in your head I tried my best.

Something's cooking in your kitchen
I can taste and feel the heat
noise erupting plates go crashing
flooded water under your slippery feet

somethings cooking

words and music K. Gennery
image not my own

for Abigail Marjorie Lockhart

Well I dont know why you looked at me that way
Im just an old man with not much going on
Nothing left to give no real reason to live
Yet you fell into my arms

I whispered youre beautiful and you looked at me then smiled
said my worlds a better place with you in it
please stay here with me for a while
Dont go
Stay stay stay

Abby please dont go
Dont you go

The touch of your hand made me understand
that theres life in the old dog yet
Not much I admit but more than I thought
so I thank you so much for the gift

I whispered youre beautiful and you looked
at me in the way that you do
Said youll make a wonderful doctor
if you only just see it on through

Dont go
Stay stay stay stay stay

Abby please dont go
Dont you go
Abby dont go
Please dont go

I love to dream cause
when I close my eyes to dream
the impossible becomes the reallity

life in the old dog yet

For the defenders of Ukraine.

Written, recorded and produced by K Gennery.
All instruments played by K Gennery except the wonderful main piano's and beautiful BV's by Alise Kirtley. 
Image not my own.

Thank you Alise for being so generous with your time and talent and coming to work in my very basic home studio, with ancient gear and an ancient bloke. You helped to make the record exactly what I had imagined. It truely needed a gifted pianists touch and not my rough and heavy mitt's.
Twas a delight spending time with you. 

Heres the actual open mic performance.
https://youtu.be/CLDW8ZK1J-g

And Alise performing a cheeky little number at the very same open mic.
https://youtu.be/7PvJ6utVoC8

A few links to my fave songs from Alise and her band, The Bearing.
https://youtu.be/ixaPvRT08Is
https://youtu.be/ZE168NXoXJU
https://youtu.be/p3sm6Buu1ec


The story:
I wrote this song on my acoustic guitar and started to record it that way, but just wasn't getting the vibe as I did when played live. I tried various ways to get it down with the guitar including an electric...nope, nothing happening.
So I  then thought maybe it wants to be a piano song but my wooden, plonkey key skills were not up to the task. About this time I was thinking possibly the song was not that good. Maybe I was feeling the emotion from the lyrics and not the melody. So I decided to play it at the next open mic, along with two other new songs and I asked the audience to pick which to record next. They all said this one.  On the way to sit back down Alise, who I knew was an amazing piano player, said, "Thats a beautiful song". So, I tried my luck and replied, "I'm just not getting it down with the guitar, what the song needs is a classically trained pianist, anyone spring to mind?" Alise smiled and said, "I would love to be involved". I was tickled pink.






Lyrics:
So many of us fall, cause we all heard the call,
to bleed blue and yellow.

For this is our own home, dust will cover our bones, forever,
we'll never concede.

If I can't be found, lightening marks the ground,
 if I can't be found, lightening marks the ground,
where I once stood.

Keep or children safe, teach them of our bravery.
Death in defiance, we'll never be compliant to invasion,
cause this is our nation.

If I can't be found, lightening marks the ground,
 if I can't be found, lightening marks the ground,
where I once stood.

Where I Once Stood

Words and music K Gennery
Artwork by Mr C

thank you lovely Lizzie (@lizzieandrews) and special K (@monnodb) for the talking and whispering

Saw a sign on a closed shop door it read
shut happens sometimes
made me smile for quite a while what do they say
little things please little minds
guess thats me down to a T im just a simple man
finding my way

Oh life seems inscrutable when youre analogue in a digital world
so much i dont understand at all cant get a handle on it

I was bought up to treat all those i meet
how id like to be treated myself.....and dad would say
at the end of the week pay all your bills then stick half away
save for a rainy day
how i miss all the sweet loving bliss of our family home
still dream about it

Oh life seems inscrutable when youre analogue in a digital world
so much i dont understand at all cant get a handle on it
when respect is earnt with a gun or a knife and not when you
love and care for the kids and your wife
and the only thing that matters is the gathering of wealth
what the hell...is going on its all going wrong.

Shut Happens

Words and music K Gennery

For my Nan, Emily Adelaide Francis 1903-1972
Mother of 15 
Grandmother to 24
intro voice, my 93 year old Mum, talking about her Mum.....Emily.

While on my own i find myself lost in the past
maybe i should step back and leave well alone
For there you are ready to receive me
feel safe and warm wrapped in the arms of emily

long ago wished i could have told you so
such a long time ago ooh how i loved you so
ooh how i loved you so....emily

you were gone in a blink of an eye
i should have come and whispered goodbye
 i was young but it doesnt ease the hurting
age is not an excuse its all i have

long ago wished i could have told you so
such a long time ago ooh how i loved you so
ooh how i loved you so....emily

emily

Emily

words and music K Gennery
image not my own

knowing what i do, guess i wont put on those shoes
and go dancing
stepping out on the floor
dont think thats for me anymore

feeling as i do guess i wont slip on my boots
go play footie
never gonna score not that i did much
anyway

oh those were the good old days
oh those were the good old days

ooh ooh ooh

doing what i do only seems to get me through
one day at a time
tell me whats been my crime to be
treated in such a way

when i close my eyes to sleep
i dont see the sheep just me hooning around
oh when you are young they dont say hey son
it wont always be this way

oh those were the good old days
now the good has found a safe place to hide
yet i still have you here by my side
still have you here by my side

theres pleasure in the memories
when the days lasted longer
you could be out all the time
and never feel the hunger
when the bones dont ache
and the back dont break by 9am

feeling as i do guess i wont put on my boots
go play footie ever again.

the good old days

good old days

words and music K. Gennery
For Lauren.

one step at a time moves you a little closer
to the white winning line not so far for you to go now

were willing you on to break the tape
smash the record experience the roar of the crowd
enjoy the occasion embrace the adulation

whether a babies crawl or a giants stride
 doesnt matter which you take
when the destinations happiness
make sure you get there in the end

i could feel it as we talked see it in those beautiful blue eyes
you have so much to give all to live for
no more suffering raise your own family
go travel the world
this dedication is a celebration of life
this dedication is a celebration of life

One step at a time

one step at a time

words and music K Gennery


little bird, guess you have flown
over many an ocean exploring the globe

please be my eyes cause ill never see
the seven wonders of the world describe them to me
when you come back
ill be waiting for you

little bird tell me where have you been
have you circled the earth hey what have you seen

good or bad happy and sad
does it make you confused as the news does to me
when you come back
ill be waiting for you

tell me is it true what they say
that the lungs of our planet are being cut away

when you come back
ill be waiting for you
when you come back
ill be waiting for you

Little Bird

Word and music Kevin Gennery
image not my own
(recorded on a 8 track Adat machine through a Seck analogue desk around 2002............ more bouncing than Zebedee!!!)

So i flip me my fate, spin me my dreams,
better make a date cause bad luck hangs on me,
heads i will run tales i will stay,
fetch me my gun it's a good dying day.

I will not hide for i will not see,
the tears that you cry rain down on me,
heads i will run tails i must stay,
better fetch my gun it's a good dying day.

Tell me why does it have to be this way,
why can't we leave together in peace every day,
tell me why does it have to come to this,
promise me something i won't die without your kiss.

Good dying day

Words and music Kevin Gennery
image not my own
(recorded on a 8 track Adat machine through a Seck analogue desk............ more bouncing than Zebedee!!!)

Happy face smiling away,
but desperation lies beneath my blistered skin.
You'll never know cause i won't let it show,
carry on as if there's nothing wrong with me.

I hope the sun ain't gonna shine today,
love the rain to keep tipping down,
don't tell me how you're moving on,
feel i'm slipping into squishier ground,
every thing that comes my way,
brings a truck load of trouble again.

A cheeky grim hides what's in,
side of me internally i'm clinging on to,
a glimmer of hope let's just say i cope,
every now and then when i feel iv'e turned the corner. 

I hope the sun ain't gonna shine today,
love the rain to keep tipping down,
don't tell me how you're moving on,
feel i'm slipping into squishier ground,
every thing that comes my way,
brings a truck load of trouble again.

No promises were made to me, no promises were given to me, no promises.

happy face

Words and music Kevin Gennery
image not my own
Gorgeous female vocals courtesy of Lizzie Andrews.

There's a strange kind of emotion,
i have going on inside,
like a smash and a grab, twist and a turn,
of my tattered torn mind.

Can i burst out of this bubble, yes little old me,
if i huff and i puff can i blow these walls right down.

And step out from this madness well i don't know,
terra firma seems the right place to go oh oh.

Cause i'm free falling, free falling, free falling,
gotta get my feet back down on the ground,
free falling i hear you call my name,
free falling, gotta get my feet back down
on the ground once again.

Such a funny situation, cause i feel the same way too,
lost in a world of desperation, where all the colours turn to blue,
can i help you pop that bubble, yes little old me,
cause everyone is a critic in this cynicle world,
i think that you agree.


This was written especially for my dear friend Lizzie Andrews to accompany me. And when  lovely Lizzie started singing I got a tingle run down me old spine....still do when I hear that second verse....gets me every single time and always will.

mixes

Little Old Me

words and music Kevin Gennery
image not my own

Well Iv'e waited so long cause I know you are there,
waiting on me too.
It's just a matter of time, till we both walk along the same line.

I can see it now, well I nod you a wink then you flash me a smile.

With a little luck, with a little luck, with a little luck,
I'm gonna find you.
With a little luck, with a little luck, with a little luck,
I'm gonna find you.

Iv'e been searching so long cause I know you are near,
I can feel it in my bones.
Bet you feel it too, we both know what we have to do.

I can see it now, well I nod you a wink then you flash me a smile.

With a little luck, with a little luck, with a little luck,
I'm gonna find you.
With a little luck, with a little luck, with a little luck,
I'm gonna find you.

Unknown Album (04/06/2017 17:02:18)

with a little luck

Word and music K Gennery
image not my own
For Lizzie, a dear friend who makes me chuckle!

Chasing shadows going round in circles,
losing me direction same goes for my mind,
I was wondering if you could spare me a little of your time?

They say...
will you have a go at that for me possibly do this,
shall I dance the hokey cokey whilst they extract the piss,
I was wondering if you could spare me a little of your time?
It helps to see you every once in a while,
cause you brighten up my day,
and lighten my load with your.........smile.

smile

words and music by K. Gennery
image not my own

We got away from the city, hitched a ride on an old rusty bus.
Set up camp by the river side, dug a deep hole and
that's where we lit our fire, sat and watched embers in the night sky.

The summer breeze turned into a hurricane,
the shallow river began to rise.
With a point of a finger and a high pitched yell,
drew my attention to the wishing well of darkness,
think we've found something in the water, something in the water.

Don't don't you scream, don't you move too fast,
cause I know the answer to staying alive it's to slip away easy
and stay real quiet, stay real quiet.

We got away from the city, hitched a ride on an old rusty bus.
It was never mentioned we made our pledge,
to stay real stum about the thing at the rivers edge,
and what we found, something in the water, something in the water.

something in the water

words and music Kevin Gennery
image not my own

Guess iv'e been blessed with strong fortitude
resilience is something iv'e often used
now it's off to bed to take a snooze
tomorrows a brand new day

Valour in adversity
so glad that you're there beside of me
never clever enough for university
but iv'e learnt life's lessons well

Time shared with indifference
are days spent covered in dust
hopes crushed in one fail swoop
how now becomes the distant far to soon

Wish i had a photographic memory
instead iv'e a Betamax spilling free
from a black case of which there's little reprieve
erase with sporadic replay

Steady as the steadiest steady cam
in the arms of the steadiest camera man
not quite that way when the shit hits the fan
but that's another story

Time shared with indifference
 are days spent gathering  dust
hopes crushed in one fail swoop
how now becomes the distant far to soon

Guess iv'e been blessed with strong fortitude
resilience is something iv'e often used
now it's off to bed and the longest of snoozes
tomorrows a brand new day

mr cagey new album

betamax

words and music K. Gennery
image not my own

For Monkey.
life can often be upside down, inside out and back to front
but we should never give up.
Contemplation is okay, it can make us re-evaluate, help open our eyes to the beauty and the majesty in all that surrounds us.

Song:
I'll see you later my sweet alligator, far away from here.
I'll see you later on my sweet alligator, cause I'm moving on.
Far away from here.

This thing won't leave me alone, so I'm off there on my own,
have to find some kind of peace gotta be out there, somewhere.
This thing just won't let go, it's chewing up my bones,
creeping and a crawling inside me.

I'll see you later my sweet alligator, far away from here.

This thing won't leave me alone, so I'm off there on my own,
have to find some kind of peace gotta be out there, somewhere.
This thing just won't let go, it's chewing up my bones,
creeping and a crawling inside me.

sweet aligator

sweet alligator

words and music K. Gennery
image not my own

I was dancing on the sky, clouds beneath my feet,
lightening at me heels, I wished you could have seen.
All the beauty in my mind, Shinning through these visionary eyes,
this was no ordinary, ordinary dream.

Grey had hued to blue, black it bleed to red,
a kaleidoscope of colour, deep inside my head.
And the only thing that was missing, you were not there dancing by my side,
this was no ordinary, ordinary dream.

You ooh, I'll be waiting for you ooh, I'll keep waiting waiting for
You ooh, when are you coming, are you coming on.....through.

It was a wonderful concoction , something to behold,
not a touch of contradiction the stories that we are told.
All the beauty in my mind came shinning through these visionary eyes,
this was no ordinary, ordinary,ordinary, no ordinary, ordinary, no ordinary dream.

You ooh, I'll be waiting for you ooh,
I'll keep waiting waiting for, you ooh,
I'm still waiting for you ooh,
when are you coming, are you coming on.....through.

I was dancing on the sky, clouds beneath my feet,
Lightening at me heels, I wished you could have seen.

no ordinary dream

words and music K. Gennery
image not my own

Said the moon to the sky, should I fall down tonight.
With a bang and a bump, celestial slump.
Would you help me back up again.
I need to shine for the world, this hate filled world.

One day it all has to end, back to dust and begin once again.

Ooh, ooh.

Said the moon to the stars, how far you glow.
Though we all hang together, you I don't really know.
Shall we touch base, just incase it all implodes.
And we crash down on the world, this greed fed world.

One day it all has to end, back to dust and begin once again.

Ooh, ooh.

Rain down on me, rain down on me.

said the moon

words and music K. Gennery
image designed by mr cagey

If I were to paint a portrait of you,
layer upon layer oil mixed with dew.
Canvas part torn weathered and worn,
a wondrous reflection resplendent in colour.

If I were to sculpture in marble or stone.
Alabaster skin flawless in tone.
A peachy complexion a hint of rouge,
lines to be seen more than a laughter or two.

If I were a poet my sonnet to you,
would flow from my heart that’s been battered and bruised.
Words on page of passion and rage,
an inky endorsement of love and of hate.

Ohhh, let it go now, I need to have some peace of mind.
Ohhh, let it go now,
find myself a release, that finally sets me free.
From all the confusion, downright delusion,
turmoil swirling around, inside me brain.

of love & of hate

words and music K Gennery
sunset photo taken from my back garden, a view across the Romney Marshes.

Bring me a fully functioning brain,
a spine that can move freely from pain.
But I'll keep this old heart, if it's all the same,
It's the best part of me.

Though it's been wounded many a time,
I shall never exhange for a draconian kind.
Always open given totally free,
it's the best part of me.

Oh forebode won't you tell me so,
for the peace that I seek inside my soul.
Comfort me now in this hour of need,
tether my raw and benevolent seed.

Still beating strong after all it's been through,
I could tell you my woes unbelievably true.
But I'll leave it for now, maybe later you'll see,
It's the best part of me.

Oh forebode won't you tell me so,
for the peace that I seek inside my soul.
Comfort me now in this hour of need,
tether my raw and benevolent seed.

oh forebode

oh forebode (best part of me)

words and music K Gennery

A song inspired by one of my favourite tv programmes, BBC's detectorists.

Words:
Fly on a recce surveying for clues,
a reflection or a sparkle, means the world to you.
Then you swoop down and take it and hide it up high,
a treasure trove of goodies, sway in the sky. 
And we all know.

Sunlight is your accomplice in tandem you toil,
hour after hour, through bush, grass and soil.
Probing for that moment, discover like no other,
decades lay unfound, riches abound.

What you need is shimmering, all kinds of precious things,
like rubys and diamond rings they all catch your eye.
And when you see it glimmering, all kinds of pretty things,
you have to stop never pass on by....magpie.

When you find your rainbow,
with it's own crock of gold.
Keep it to yourself secrets never to be told.
And I'll pop on my top hat and tip it towards you,
a gesture for tradition somewhat long forgotten.

What you need is shimmering, all kinds of precious things,
like rubys and diamond rings they all catch your eye.
And when you see it glimmering, all kinds of pretty things,
you have to stop never pass on by....magpie.

Love Never Felt So Good [Single]

magpie

words and music K Gennery
image not my own

If I could not hold you, I'd be left grasping,
a bucket full of nothing,
with a hole in the side.
If I cannot kiss you, my mouth would be stuck open,
not tasting your sweet lips, just full up of flies.

Oh, I recall you once said that I was you anchor,
now you say that I miss heard you, the word didn't start with
an A.

If I cannot love you then there is no reason
for me to breathe in and breathe out again.

Da da da da da da da da da.

If I cannot touch you then I don't need fingers,
though my arms are always open for you to fall into.
If I could not hold you, I'd be left grasping,
a bucket full of nothing, with a hole in the side.
Said, a bucket full of nothing, with a hole in the side.

Oh, I recall you once said that I was you anchor,
now you say that I miss heard you, the word didn't start with
an A, an A , an A.

If I cannot love you then there is no reason
for me to breathe in and breathe out again.

Da da da da da da da da da.

bucket full of nothing

words and music K Gennery
Image designed by Mr C

Whispers from the corner, as I walk on by.
Whispers in the corner, seethe and sigh.

You know me so well yet you cannot feel my pain,
tis the solitude messing with my brain,
then the night comes and saves me once again.

Whispers from the corner, let me know.
Whispers in the corner, say you better not go.

It's days like these, I find it so hard to breathe,
the uncertainty of being how I am,
then the night calls and saves me once again.

Another long day to get through,
another long day to get through.

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Whispers

words and music K. Gennery
Image not my own

I went searching for silence on a noise riddled day,
walked to a wood, on a thicket I lay.
Speckles of blue through canopies of green,
when the tinkling of ivories come calling to me.

There were moments of magic, pulse soaring scores,
 the voice of an angel shook to me to my core.
She said "Don't you just rest there grab your guitar and play,
join me in a melody, forever and a day"

Oh let it flow, make it go, let it flow,
from inside your heart and out through your soul.
Oh let it flow, make it go, let it flow,
sing out, sing out with me.

I went looking for peace and I found it that day,
the rest is my history believe me when I say.
There's been moments of magic, pimple skin scores,
when the voice of the angel askes me back for more.

Oh let it flow, make it go, let it flow,
from inside your heart and out through your soul.
Oh let it flow, make it go, let it flow,
sing out, sing out with me.

Well you came to me, helped me breathe, 
gave me something to believe in,
I found my peace, a brand new lease of life.
X4

Unknown album (07/07/2020 08:18:18)

forever and a day

Words and music K Gennery
Image not my own

Come the dark and I'll be with you,
when the light has all but disappeared.
I will stand still, beside you,
whispering wake up...my love.

Wait till dark my sweetheart,
rest your eyes then open up your mind.
To the possibilities of illogicality,
calling now my love once more.

One day it may pass, who knows how long,
the hurting will last?
Maybe for all time, till then you'll find,
me waiting.

Bring on the dark and I'll be with you,
when the light has all but disappeared.
I will stand still beside you,
Whispering wake up, whispering wake up,
whispering wake up......my love.

Unknown album (09/09/2020 21:02:03)

illogicality

words and music K. Gennery
image not my own


I was stood standing there all alone,
in a room I assumed on my own,
except for the ghost of my past,
who asked if I cared for a dance.
Said that I'd give it a go, oh, oh.

We took two tiny steps forward and three long strides back,
said it feels like the tracks of my life,
I asked her if she would like to stay,
she just smiled and faded away,
oh my, how I wander.

Amongst the shadows, far from the spotlight,
in the quietness I exsist,
singing and playing, playing and singing,
my heart out.

I was strolling along on the beach,
she appeared again a stretch out of reach,
asked, how do you feel at this moment in time I said,
out of touch and incomplete.

Please tell me that you will stay,
she just smiled and faded away, oh my,
how I wander.

Amongst the shadows, far from the spotlight,
in the quietness I exsist,
singing and playing, playing and singing,
my heart out.

Ghost of my past

ghost of my past

Wallowing in the warmth of lower mids and melancholic melody.
Recorded, mixed and mastered on a Tascam DP 32 Portastudio. (Image of the cheeky little unit under my name)


Take a large bucket. Add a pint of Neil Young, a pinch of Glen Hansard. Wack in a tea spoon of Damien Rice, then an ickle bit of Tom Mcrae. Shove in a hand full of Mike Scott, a heaped table spoon of Neil Finn and a large dollop of Conor J. O'Brien. Mix with a big stick then strain through an old sock. Pour. What you have is a little bit of Mr C.

Hello good people of the cloud.
I play everything in real time and record and master on a Tascam DP 32 Portastudio. Although three of the older songs on here where recorded on a 8 track tape recorder through an old seck analogue desk.
No pc's are used or abused in the process of me music making. I love tactile recording. Switches, faders, pots and buttons. Mouses are for computers and eating cheese. No Mac, Daws or Windows, Midi or overused plugins. And no automated mixing, compromise being a large part of my final sound


Podcast:  interview and 3 song performance
www.secretsymphonies.com/2006650/11710158

Hope you enjoy some of the music that I make, please feel free to share and comment.

I now have another page, link below, of songs recorded from 1999 to 2012 on an 8 track tape machine.

Gear used:
Tascam DP32 (for all recording and mastering)
Custom Sound amp (owned since the 1980's/90's)
Tannoy DC 200 monitors (owned since the 1980's/90's)
Alesis Sr18 drum machine
Roland V drums HD1 Live Kit
Kord M1 keys (owned since the 1980's/90's)
Yamaha moX6 keys
Joe Meek VC3 pro channel (owned since the 1980's/90's)
Audio Technica AT4033a Cardioid Condenser Microphone
Shure SM58 Mic
Sessionmaster direct recording pre-amp (owned since the 1980's/90's)
Zoom GX1N guitar effects
Epiphone EJ 200 acoustic guitar
Martin performance acoustic guitar
JD Fender Telecaster Leccy guitar
DeArmond M75T Leccy guitar
Tanglewood bass 
Vintage banjo
Uke
Stagg mandolin
And a box of old rusty harps.

Mr Cagey

Pinned to spotlight

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