Writing "Then and There" started 7 months ago with three notes and a spark of promise. It was finished this week when the 3- note spark fanned into flame.

then and there

Singer/songwriter 


I finally got round to putting my first album out in 2021...In Spanish Harlem is made up of improved mixes of my first ten songs on Soundcloud...Well, they sound improved to me, but you never know...On the 14 February 2023, my second album A Boy Like Me became available on all streaming platforms.
Right what's next? Write some more songs!

The Mental Straights is my musical ramblings on a plate. From dirty fuzz pop to anarchic and wacky , to punk to funk. But all laced with the same DNA.
And it's all old school...no computer trickery, just play and record and go. 
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 All-about Being in the-zone...

Hey.. Thank you y'all!   :)  you know, I was looking through my album and just noticed that I have a killer starting lineup that is wild" an talented" and can't forget Brilliant‘;) You all have.. Just want to say, you all have kept me in the-zone. So I would like to thank you all...

you all  ( ((ROCK)) ) 

Story Telling is more than putting words together. It starts in your mind and drives you on the highway of life. There is no other solution as writing. Writing in feelings, typing down thoughts, putting sound together you heard on that highway, everywhere you were, are and will be.

This page is space for my musical ideas. I spent considerable time learning classical guitar but am influenced by different musical genres. Most recordings use a nylon classical guitar and the songs are arranged for multiple acoustic guitar players. The recordings I have included in this page are mostly rough ideas that I may further develop before entering the recording studio. So I welcome your comments and advice.

I would like to thank all of you who have listened, liked, reposted and commented on my music.  Knowing that my music brings some positive experience to you means a lot, and it encourages me to put more time in my music.

I could scream my secrets to the world.. 
The wind would soon tear them, scattered syllables.. The sea, in her roarings, would drown the phonemes, each wave an intonation.. 
You would wonder where this noise comes from, which evokes a voice, in an ever foreign language..
August 2011
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Je pourrais crier mes secrets, au monde.. 
Le vent aurait tôt fait de les déchirer, syllabes dispersées.. La mer, dans ses grondements, en noierait les phonèmes, chaque vague une intonation.. 
Tu te demanderais d'où vient ce bruit, qui évoque une voix, dans une langue toujours étrangère..
Août 2011



then and there

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