This song is best described from it's theme of social euphoria and escapology by inviting the listener to get up and go and have some fun! 'Get Up And Go!' has a melodic rhythm guitar riff that will be hard to forget, a British indie style verse, American grunge chorus, traditional hard rock electric guitar solo with retro 80's synthesizer keys to end. So come on....'get up and go, jump when your soul tells you hello!'

Get Up And Go!

'Hobo' was written in London whilst listening to 'OK Computer' with a bottle of Scottish whiskey swimming inside my body! This appears appropriate as it is inspired by the early 1920's blues artists and the writings of Amercian poet and novelist Jack Kerouac. I was reading his book 'On The Road' and was travelling around London from place to place like a modern day hobo.

Hobo

The lyrics to 'Kulture Wars' are based upon two mid 19th century explanations of the meaning of popular artistic culture within civilisation. Matthew Arnold, a poet of the Victorian era introduced the concept of structured art based culture by a class system. Johan Godfrey Herder saw 'culture' (with a 'k') as the life blood of the people. The song is about 'who decides' what an acceptable form of music is (e.g. the listener, the artist etc)?

Kulture Wars

This is probably one of the more memorable songs I've ever written! 'My Helping Hand' is about coming back to the place you know as 'home sweet home' and finding it difficult to recognise through change. It also tells the story of the hardship of family relationships. Maybe the most challenging track to produce due to never being happy with the various arrangements. By adopting a back to basics approach, the melody (originally written in the key of 'G') was re-recording in the key of 'A' and it all finally started to come alive! One of my favourite songs. Beautiful.

My Helping Hand

Song writers always strive for new and different directions and 'Unthinkable' is no exception. It was written around the time of 9/11 and is inspired by various types of events that threaten to destroy human civilisation. The theme is thought provoking views of both positive and negative, for and against the 'unkthinkable' events that may lead to our global destruction.

Unthinkable

This version is one of 3 demos produced for the UK Song Writing Competition. The theme of the song is an argument for and against some of the most unexplained mysteries in the universe. 'Invisible' supports the listeners belief systems of religion, science fiction and the supernatural. Possibly the first lyrics to include Jesus, ghosts, UFO's, Sir Conan Doyle, fairies, reincarnation, the Loch Ness monster, the Bermuda Triangle, aliens, crop circles, Ouija boards, the planets and the speed of light all in one song!

Invisible

'Song For A Rainy Day' was one of the very first studio recording sessions of my music. The meaning of the song is an ode to the frustration felt from a string of rejected demos around the time of the Britpop scene in the UK. Classic memorabilia! Shine, shine away.

Song For A Rainy Day

'Razorheads' is a melancholy alternative indie ballad written about a character who is at the depressive state of suicide. The song leaves it to the listener to decide their fate. This 
version was recorded in 1998 and is influenced by the British grunge indie style wave reminiscent of the time

Razorheads

This track was originally written in the early 2000's for the four-piece indie band, 'Spike' and is about living our lives behind masks, namely make-up and fancy dress costumes! 'Fancy Dress' is fast paced with trashy distortion guitar hooks and electric solos. So go on...."hire costumes from the fancy dress store, make yourself up so they don't notice you next door!"

Fancy Dress

Street Poet is a song influenced by my experience of homelessness on the streets of london. I would share my poetry, lyrics and songs to passers by in an attempt to get my music heard and listened to by as many people as I could. This earned me the title of 'street poet'.

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