The Secondhand Band is a fun second-line new about re-using things, and music! The song is performed by members of The HoOts, and special guests.

The Secondhand Band (Draft Mix)

A Mambo song about composting and mulching!

Mambo D'Mulcho (Draft Mix)

Close (Draft Mix)

Here's a mix in progress of Stolen Country Blues - a live studio recording from April 2021, featuring Sean Lillico on piano, Gary Larkin on drum-kit, and Kevin McDonald on double bass.

Stolen Country Blues_Mix_1.1

Balingup Blues is a swingin' blues song - a cautionary tale about magic mushrooms... This is a work-in-progress mix.

Balingup Blues_Mix_1.2

This is a work-in-progress recording of 'The World Where I Want To Live"! 

It's a song about manifesting our positive vision with our global community.

The musical styles drawn upon for the song are jazz, reggae and Latin.

Special guests are:
Antonio Fresi - Drum-kit
Sean Lillico - Keyboard
Rhian Thomas - Harmony Vocals 
(On this track I play trumpet, flugelhorn, valve trombone, electric guitars, fretless bass and sing.)

The World Where I Want To Live - Work-In-Progress 20.08.2023

This is a protest song written in 2021, calling for the passing of new Indigenous heritage protection laws in Western Australia (WA), following the blowing up of a the Juukun Gorge ~46,000 year-old site by Rio Tinto in 2020. While updated law has been passed in July 2023, the protection of sites is still not guaranteed as the Aboriginal Affairs Minister will to have "final say over the status and protection of all cultural sites, with traditional owners having no right of appeal."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-01/aboriginal-heritage-laws-consultation-problem-wa-government/102529226

Rachael Colmer-Rastrick sang harmony vocals.
David Rastrick sang melody vocals, and played guitar, mandolin, double bass, harmonica, tap sticks and shaker, and yidaki (didgeridoo), and wrote the song.

Rachael and David are a brother-sister duo called "BilyaBeats" (RiverBeats).

Blow It Up - Work-in-Progress Mix (2) - 20.08.2023

Wood (Cmi) - Midi Demo

COMPERSION
David Rastrick © 2019
INTRO
VERSE
Well I see you love someone I love, and it fills my heart with joy
To know the one I love, will get so much love, more than I could
employ
I watch your true love grow, I’m glad to see your glow
It’s obvious, no need to act so coy
CHORUS
Well it’s compersion of the first degree
The opposite of old fool jealousy
‘Coz the more you give, the more you got to give
Sharing makes abundance, so much love to live
VERSE
And I’m so happy to see them with you
And I hope you like to see them with me too
Come ‘round and share a drink – tell me what you feel and think
To make sharing caring better, as you do
CHORUS
Well it’s compersion of the first degree
Give a rest to old fool jealousy
‘Coz the more you give, the more you got to give
Sharing makes abundance, so much love to live
BRIDGE
INSTRUMENTAL VAMP (AD INFINITUM ‘TIL SIGNAL)
BRIDGE
CHORUS
Well it’s compersion of the first degree
Give a rest to old fool jealousy
‘Coz the more you give, the more you got to give
Sharing makes abundance, so much love to live
BRIDGE
OUTRO

Compersion (acoustic Demo)

David Rastrick is a professional musician and composer/arranger. This Soundcloud site contains demos and midi-demos of some original compositions he's created or collaborated in.

David Rastrick Demo Recordings