I think this is the most underrated Smiths song of all time. Brilliant lyrics. One part 'woh is me' the rest silliness. I was originally working it out the way Scissors For Erica played it but got to a point where I realized that I hated it. Decided to pick out a soft synth and started going through sounds; found one I liked that completed altered my idea of how this song should sound. It developed from there.

Half A Person (originally by The Smiths)

I don't know what to say about this one; it's a bit different. Working on this made me want to develop more compositional skills.

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Winston Churchill's take on Liberalism vs. Socialism as read by Jack Dennett with added commentary by Ronald Reagan and Noam Chomsky.

I thought it might be fitting given the current climate surrounding the Canadian Election; but I could be wrong.

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Country gone punk...ish...

My attempt at a Social Distortion style cover.

The solo's a bit lacking...and so are the drums...

As Will said, I need a drummer to work with...

PS. This is one of my favorite songs of all time...

Mama Tried (originally by Merle Haggard)

This was one of my favourite songs that I wrote back in the 90s. I kept very true to the original recording that we did back in the day.

Tell Me Stories

So...I started this a couple of weeks ago...on guitar...layered all these melodies...and then I thought of making it a 'dance' track...and then the guitar parts didn't line up right cause they were too laid back...so I mapped all the lines out on different synths and keyboards...and then I had a dream about this track turning into a Max Richter-style composition...so I remapped all the guitar/synth/keyboard lines for orchestra...

and then my head exploded...

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I started this 4 days ago...does it show?

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A song I originally wrote over 10 years ago. Even then, I played all the instruments, except for drums. This time, I programmed the old drum track and rerecorded everything else.

Vocals thru a 1073LB w/1073LBEQ

One Way Ticket to Destination

Tiny Piano Sweetner in F# Major

A bit longer than the last piece...and by 'a bit' I mean 3 times as long. Started as 4 chords and an improv wanky piano bit. Now it's 4 chords and an improv wanky bit with strings.

Wayward Piano

I bought a Minitaur. I love it.
I bought a Korg KPR77. I love it. Distorted.
I have 2 Kaoss Pads. V1 and V2. They are lovely on taped voices. Even voices taped from inside a cab 15 years ago.
The next one will have more melody. I promise.

The Trouble You Cause When You Clean Out Your Drawers

Ellson Graywell is Dwayne Slack. Dwayne has been creating music for most of his life. He likes things a bit on the weirder side. He used to participate in the sport of curling. This has no relevance to his music whatsoever. Enjoy.

Ellson Graywell

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