singin and playin on my acoustic, freestyle off the rip just jammin out about a something something.....

Green Eyes

“I Will Love You” (Daddy’s Lullaby)

DUMB AND DANGEROUS THING
Words and Music Stephen Randall

We are
Of dust and a billion days
We are
Of dust and a billion days
For all that we’ve created
There’s more that we’ll erase
We are
Of dust and a billion days

We are
Silent bruised and bled
We are
Silent bruised and bled
And ashes once were flames
And flames are all but dead
We are 
Silent bruised and bled

We are
A dumb and dangerous thing
We are
A dumb and dangerous thing
The hand that cast the stone
With beauty carved the sling
We are
A dumb and dangerous thing

Instrumental 

The hand that cast the stone
With beauty carved the sling
We are
A dumb and dangerous thing

We are
A dumb and dangerous thing

Dumb and Dangerous Thing

Dream

Vinyl, CD, Cassette

When Winter Returns

My Love Is For Sale is a retrospective thoughtful song about love and being ever hopeful and optimistic about the future. 

Buy from Bandcamp

My Love Is For Sale

Based on Hemingway's famous six-word story; a haunting tale about the devastation of losing a child.

For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Used

Death of a friend.  The lyrics have a deep emotional resonance, touching on themes of loss, regret, and the search for understanding after a friend takes his own life.

Gone

I pressed your name
Into the glass
Watched it melt
Watched it pass

Teeth in the mirror
Smiles that bite
I look for you
In the absence of light

I was louder with reverb
But I meant it more quiet
You never heard me
Until I went silent

If I scream soft enough
Will it still count?
If I stop loving you
Do I bleed it out?

I’m still here
But not enough

louder with reverb (bonus)

Uwais

Rasa Logika

This is a song I wrote about how, in love, and I think for humanity, things must be "more than us'

1. Glorious

I'm a Brit in America.

I've released eight albums - Naive in 2014, Above The Rain in 2015, Heartlands in 2016, The Freaks and the Brave in 2017, Nashville When I Rise in 2018, Retropolitan in 2020, Oxygen in 2021 and Rock Paper Scissors in 2023.

https://music.apple.com/us/album/oxygen/1567362004
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/retropolitan/1505508938
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/nashville-when-i-rise/1422418349
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-freaks-and-the-brave/id1278535762
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/heartlands/id1131404464
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/above-the-rain/id1023879301
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/naive/id882888725
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/na%C3%AFve/id1202021941
http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/StephenRandall

I also released a tribute song for the victims of the Boston Marathon, We Will Run Again, (100% of the proceeds go to the victims) which is also available on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/we-will-run-again/id858791917

I used to write songs for other artists and thought that getting covers was what it was all about. Whenever I heard the end results of what other artists, producers or A&R people would do with my songs, I mostly found it soul destroying, so I allowed myself to I get distracted for a while - inventing a digital guitar (The Stepp DG1 and DGX) and getting involved in mobile computing (Symbian).  Then about eight years ago I started writing again and this time I wrote for myself and rediscovered my passion. So here I am, a songwriter again. 

I record on a MacBook Pro using Logic Pro X, and play a Fender Jazzmaster (my current go-to), American Fender Tele, '59 Epiphone semi acoustic, Taylor 614ce acoustic, Paul Reed Smith PRS Custom 24, Epiphone Sheraton II Pro, Fender Jazz Bass, Line 6 Variax JTV, Stepp DG1 (of course!), Nord Piano 4/MIDI keyboard, Gretsch Lap Steel and am learning pedal steel on a Sho-Bud Pro pedal steel guitar. 

The Soundcloud community has fostered my motivation for songwriting and music discovery. Thanks for listening - every comment, constructive or otherwise inspires me.

Cheers,

Stephen