Such an awesome song ... had to be covered

Mork n Mindy (Sleaford Mods Cover)

It's nice to be playing actual instruments again!
A year of Midi music has been awesome fun but stuff needs to be hit & plucked again!

Ian Brown...  First World Problems (cover) by David Collins

3 chords & lots of layering.
Thanks to Al Ashford for the string ditching & new mellotron sounds:)

Bitter Sweet Symphony by The Verve/Rolling Stones (cover by David Collins)

Would you rather be stuck in a lift with your heroes or your villains?
I wrote this as an end of album track with topics from the earlier songs to sum up the story about the characters behind those numbered doors in a tower block I don't live in or share a lift with. Love a good story.

In a lift (Demo)

Bloody love this song.
Thanks to the brilliant Glen Robinson for his fantastic piano.

Run (Gavin & Stacey theme tune) Stephen Fretwell cover

I mostly wrote & recorded "To the beach" in Suffolk then uprooted to Devon.
Lyrics written at Fremington quay on a lovely sunny afternoon.
Tweaked it and added a brass section, lead guitar and a few harmonies.

To the beach

Lucky Man (The Verve) Cover

A beautiful song by a great songwriter ... I felt it needed to be worked out and covered for learning purposes. Obviously had to put my own spin on it.

Sugar man  (Sixto Rodriguez)

An Afro Reggaeton vibe about washing up recorded with saucepans and kitchen utensils 

Washing up

Love this song so had to work it out and cover it.

These Streets (Paolo Nutini cover)

A beautifully written song I had an urge to learn and record.

Lullaby Matt Costa (cover)

"I just can't get enough"  Depeche Mode (cover)

Written in Cornwall after a dark enlightening dream ... I rushed for the acoustic & it poured out onto the paper.

Sew up your seams

Written & recorded in Suffolk 2024 ... Mixed in Devon 2025

Blue Tuesday

I heard this song by Gillian Welch & was bowled over with her writing and the simplicity of this song. Four continuous chords with repeating melodies & no real chorus.
She wrote it about how musicians are being ripped off by the corporate pirate & streaming companies & having to quit their careers as artists.
I felt it needed to be recorded my way, really enjoyed this project!

Everything is free (Gillian Welch)

Older bones

The drugs don't work (Verve cover)

Had to give Sonnet a go. The fantastic Verve and Richard Ashcroft.

Sonnet (Verve cover)

Lyrics and melodies written over 2 weeks working in an ice cream van looking out to the beautiful views of Appledore in North Devon. 
Two weeks mixing it.

Chasing dreams

Groundhog day

A song about making choices in life... we all have to make them

Choices

Just be you

I sent Al Ashford a very rough phone recording… we linked up live on Cubase (Hereford to Devon ) Al recorded some guitars. Drums recorded from another session fitted the song with some twiddling. Lyrics written in the ice cream van 🚐 A proper cool collaboration! The Final mix was transmitted live from Devon U.K to N.Z between us to get it sounding sweet.

Home sweet home

Unmingle

Been serving ice cream for the season so thought it best to write a song about it.
Lyrics written in the van 🚐 🍦

Ice cream

Made entirely from two WhatsApp audio messages with two different farts, laughter and minute noises boosted with various fx 👌💨 🤣

Windy Miller

Love this song so I thought I'd give it a go

How Bizarre by OMC (cheeky cover)

The Lord can take everything away except the rhythm from your heart

Rhythm from my heart

This song has been an awesome musical bike ride of discovery. 
Al Ashford sent me a picture from NZ on tour of him riding a bike through time. A song had to be written from it. A great bit of unexpected inspiration is always welcome.

David Collins

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