Name: D Day dodgers by windbreck
Duration: 3 min 36 s
Description: As it is the 75th anniversary of VE day on Friday, I thought this was appropriate. My father was in the 8th Army in Italy. One of the D Day Dodgers.

Are you sitting comfortably?  Then I'll begin, etc.
This song is a series of musical vignettes which tell the story of my mate Ross and me.
it starts with Ross starting to gig, moves into our meeting and beginning a lot of songwriting before eventually drifting apart.
But there's good news, kids, as we renew our partnership over 30 years later, picking up where we left off, written rock classics the like of which the world has never heard, and is now unlikely to. The 'Dream On' mid section is a salute to the fact that I get all my best ideas when falling asleep.
The song ends with an old man, slumped over a piano, threatening the world that he isn't done yet.
And hopefully we aren't.

Our Rock & Roll Thing

The title track of the incoming album from The Drammed, following my idea for an album title and a discussion with Dougie around the cosmos and how it affects mundane life. He dashed off the first verse and I grabbed the idea and ran with it.
The Universe is a mysterious place, simultaneously running along the lines of physics, balanced and ethereal, whilst also being a catastrophic bringer of destruction and entropy to everything. Just like being in a band onstage when you're doing your best to get noticed. We blend the common imagery of both situations into a stuttering electronic and rock guitar mess, a magnificent clash of styles and all with a complete lack of common sense. If it doesn't work we'll have another shot, and another shot.......
Bass guitar provided by Ross Mc Clelland from Studio Creatures, doing fine work as always.

A Beginner's Guide To Chaos

Hohner Echo Harp 2x32 C/G, für das Folkharmonica-Forum.

Whistling Rufus

Studio Creatures become political with a movie in a song.
There comes a point where, after 13 years of being lied to, and seeing the potential replacement doing much the same, that you realise you've had enough.
The song was inspired by the downward spiral of politics to become a shabby way to get power and enrich you and your mates quickly without interference, particularly if you're supported by the media, owned by a few billionaires you spend your time courting.The fact the same billionaires are opposed to any actions to deal with climate change adds to the song's rant.
The French have the right idea, they know how and when to protest, and haven't been infected by the supine malaise that infects the UK.
In this song I tried to recreate an unfolding of events, aided by my memories of what I'd hear at night whilst growing up in Belfast in the 1970s. 
In my head this is John Lennon meets Heaven 17 meets 1970's Blaxploitation soundtracks.
Thanks to Auntie Vicky for reading the news to come.
Let's testify, brothers and sisters.

Start The Revolution Now

Apachicola Waltz

A carol I wrote inspired by the lovely St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall. Hopefully it will have lyrics soon!

Orkney Christmas

Written in the middle of the night two years ago when I couldn't sleep - this is a short piece that's meant to be a plane taking off. I layered fiddle parts with piano and mandolin and it is made from ten different tracks.

On A Cloud

From the hugely inventive but short-lived beezwaX project with Mark Rossi, one of the most creative musicians I have ever worked with, back in 1997-8.
This track was recorded for a CD cover disc for a Northern Ireland music magazine, with the stipulation that it had to be a cover.
We did this, a Patti Smith song, and gave it our usual strange twist.
We also change the final chorus line, which is
'Makes me come on like some heroine' to what we though was more appropriate 'Makes me come on on heroin'

Markus Lane (Mark Rossi) -Guitar and vocals
Eamonn P Keyes- Bass guitar, keyboards, guitar, samples, vocals.

Dancing Barefoot

Originally a set of lyrics from Ross that gained a different meaning for me. Originally, it was about the Studio Creatures ethos of not procrastinating, wasting time and instead making the most of life.
When I got the lyrics I started subconsciously trying to achieve something quickly with them, but soon ran out of steam. 
My health wasn't great again, I was exhausted and constantly in a lot of pain, struggling to get up each day. And that was where the mid-section came from, turning the song into something about keeping going, no matter how slowly, against all the odds. It described my daily life, and turned the song around for me.
Eventually we got there, but like my health, it was a struggle.
And now I hear the song as advice and an attempt to help rather than a demand or order.
Onwards and upwards.

Get It Done (Right Now)

As it is the 75th anniversary of VE day on Friday, I thought this was appropriate. My father was in the 8th Army in Italy. One of the D Day Dodgers.

D Day dodgers

windbreck

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