The Songwriting Chronicle #14 

'Take a pinch o'salt with the television newscaster'

The lads that masterminded XYLO and brought you smash hits such as 'Da, D, Da, D, Da, Da' and 'Ode to Candyman' are back with a summer banger that will be sure to be heard by my parents. 

additional notes: I did about 30 different melodies before deciding to rap on this track. 

Music written with Roddy Bailey. 

Lyrics:

Wandering on 
Innocent one
Strolling along (the path) to nowhere
Happy to run
Matter as none
Now I can feel what is out there
I'm levelling up
Is it level enough?
Steady, We can make it happen
Where were you coming from?
Was I coming on strong?
I almost left it too long
Even though the language was bon
Speed kills but boredom does it faster
Take a pinch o' salt with the television newscaster

Treasures come from mad ideas
Courage is facing your fears

Symmetry flows
Mirroring rows
Life is following a pattern
Talk about boats and hoes 
Not about children that have no clothes
Symmetry flows
Mirroring rows
Life is following a pattern
Your sentiment is sediment, it's quicksand.
(We see) your slight of hand
Many people trying to stop what you've planned

2 videos and song 15 next week. Keep supporting and check out Roddy Bailey's work. 

Ta for now

Take A Pinch O' Salt With The Television Newscaster

The Songwriting Chronicle #15 

In what has been the busiest month of my life. I am here posting this weeks song 7 minutes before the 16th week. 

This song is about procrastination and the problems that come with it. 
I wanted to encapsulate the idea of procrastination with the sounds that I used. The lyrics point to the debilitating feeling that comes with the anxiety of procrastination. 

Lyrics: 

It doesn't get me high
On this drug all the time
Try understand procrastination, 

weighs on my mind 
cutting it fine
is a mountain to climb 

Song #16 out in the week. I wrote it with Darren Ellis

Pro crastinator

The Songwriting Chronicle #16

'Over the Moon'

We wrote a song in 2002 and we are still writing in 2018. Here's to writing in 2034.

The song was pitched as a line with an melody and by the end of the day we ended up with (more or less) what you hear on the record. A pleasure to have Darren's vocal on this week's track.

Lyrics coming soon...

Look out for an instrumental track next week because i am on tour and want to do a video of my travels.

Take care now, bye bye then.

Over the Moon

The Songwriting Chronicle #17

It is the 17th song in the 17th week. 

I had a conversation with someone about absolute music and the meaning or non-meaning behind the music. I realised that the track I was releasing this week was in some definitions absolute music. 

Based around a guitar motif it has an ambient feel for the majority of the song.

The song is instrumental (My first one in the Chronicle)There are some very interesting and intense textures in this piece of music, during the mixing process I passed out at one point. 

Anyhow I hope you enjoy Absolut Musik

Absolut Musik

Forever Waiting, Constantly Moving

The Songwriting Chronicle #19 

'Circus Electronica'

In the last of the mini instrumental series is 'circus electronica' the name gives itself to the mad sequencer at the end of the track. 

I hope you enjoyed the instrumental songs, back to a more recognisable  song structure next week for song #20.

Circus Electronica

The Songwriting Chronicle #20

This track is inspired by being driven into the river thames by a crazy person. 

See you for the next song.

Shaker On The Off Beat

The Songwriting Chronicle #21 

Been a long time since a release, here is the 21st single. Don't Slip Away.

This song is about how knackered I am. 

Also about how we compare and complain about things but really you're just talking about yourself most of the time. 

Lyrics: 

We see reflections all the time
Don't slip away
Ces't un rappel by design 
Don't slip away

Idle, set up to stand alone 
no more channel turning 
I don't know what you said at all 
Constantly burning 
Content with what was said before 
We're all learning

We see reflections all the time
Don't slip away
Ces't un rappel by design 
Don't slip away

Set up, pack down, move on, earning 
Close to terra firma 
Thats where I belong 
Victory Road is always under construction 
Baby, yeah (LOL) 

We see reflections all the time
Don't slip away
Ces't un rappel by design 
Don't slip away

I will be releasing 2 songs next week in a bid to catch up 

Love you

Dont Slip Away

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Ayahusca Meditation

This idea came about a month ago when I was cleaning out my computer because it was getting frustratingly slow. I am a musician and generate most of my income by playing guitar and writing music for other artists. I found that most of the junk on my computer was old songwriting projects and most of them were barely started. I thought that if I complete all these songs then I can delete the information on my laptop and therefore have a faster laptop. As this idea brewed in my head, there was no reason why I couldn't release all of this material. This idea grew and quickly became more than just a need for a faster laptop.
It became a project where I intend to write, record, mix, master and release a song every week (monday except this one). I will keep this project free and hope that it grows big enough to generate income though other avenues, This is a substantial amount of work especially as I have a job and gig on weekends but this is something that as of today, I am fully committed to. There will be more features and articles to accompany my songs to add more dynamic content than just releasing a song once a week.
Once I get into the rhythm of this workload I will get people to co-write songs with me and include videos, interviews and more.

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