Deepstuff Magazine

This track was more about the song’s arrangement than its “powerful female” subject matter. I wanted to feature the drums as the main element of the song. There is of course also a nod to […]

I like my song writing to be inspired by actual people and real situations and this song is no exception to that ideal.  But the track is unique in my catalogue of songs in that […]

Over one winter a few years ago, I did some weekend work in a pop-up shop called “The Trading Post”.  The shop opened around 7am and being a pop-up, it was freezing until we got […]

There are not too many opportunities in life to really ‘dance like no-one is watching’ but as one of life’s great rites of passage, most would agree that it’s a great thing to do!  I […]

Having previously written songs for my daughter and my two granddaughters, this tribute to my son was somewhat overdue.  Better late than never though and I think that the end result reflects all that I […]

What comes first, a song’s title or its subject matter?  Well for me, it’s usually the subject matter that inspires the song, but once in a while the title comes first because I happen to […]

The waitress in question is actually a manager at a well known pub chain in the leafy town of East Grinstead in West Sussex.  One’s mind is rarely on one’s meal when she delivers it […]

This song came about when I bought a Euromillions lottery ticket at WHS, the well known stationery and bookshop. There is a healthy dose of poetic licence in the lyrics, but at the same time […]

 This song attempts to encapsulate the power that women possess in the mating and relationship game.  Guys can often be ambivalent about this female power but in truth they wouldn’t have it any other way.  Songwriting […]

I wrote this song at the end of a long relationship.  I have sometimes been asked if it is about someone who has passed away and although it wasn’t intended that way, the ending of […]