lyrics:

i been waiting 
waiting it thru 
alone in my room 
so i can get up 
and get to uuuuuuUuuUu 

i been re learning close contact 
and someday i'll b studying u 

a foreign language is laying naked next 2 u 
uuUuuuuu
but i cant say it yet, so i'll have to paint it  b near u 

cuz im under weather still, barely holding together still
but give it a few more years, and i swear, i'll b outta here
and i'll sign up for rosetta stone 
just to make u feel at home
and just so u can talk to me 
and so ur comfortable 

i been thinking
bout when i was young 
and back tracking to where it all begun
going thru my words 
one by one 
and making room for ur mother tongue 

a foreign language 
is waking up next to u 
uuuuuuUuuuuu
but i cant say it yet
so i'll have to paint it to b near u , uuu

cuz im under weather still, barely holding together still
give it a few more years, i swear, ill b outta here 
and ill sign up for rosetta stone
just to make u feel at home 
and just so u can talk to me 
and so ur comfortable

foreign language (voice memo)

Wallowing in the warmth of lower mids and melancholic melody.
Recorded, mixed and mastered on a Tascam DP 32 Portastudio using vintage gear gathered over many years.


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.

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 Through Roland TD20 Sound Module
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
1972 Yamaha FG180 Red Label acoustic guitar
Martin performance acoustic guitar
Yamaha FGX5 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.

foreign language (voice memo)

runo plum