MUSIC

“Wonder Why”   A reflective, autobiographical song that was once again written as a kind of evaluation of a broken marriage, some 10 years after the event .  The track concludes with the words, “A broken […]

An autobiographical song that veers from resentment….”you betrayed me how do you live?”  to amicability…. “so I wish for you love and light…”  reflecting the many and mixed feelings and emotions that came to the […]

Written in 3/4 or Waltz time which I think gives it a nice momentum, this song follows from inception to fruition the plan that a lovely lady and I made together soon after we met, […]

“(And Then) We Sang Our Songs”   I’d had the tune and the lyrics of the first verse in my head for a few years before I actually finished writing  the song.  The original idea of […]

A muse, traditionally a female, often becomes an intrinsic component of an artist’s ability to create his best work.  The artist and his muse can become lovers, or they may never actually meet.  In the […]

This song takes a cynical view of politicians, maybe a bit unfairly.  This is not one of my recent songs but the track seems to have retained its relevance as political leaders around the world […]

This was one of my very early songs.  Pam was a colleague at my first job and we went out together for what I now seem to recall was for a year or more, but […]

The ongoing popularity of this song on Deepstuff Radio, evidenced by its many twitter ‘likes’ and ‘retweets’, pretty much surprised me because I never felt it was one of my strongest compositions.  So I eventually […]

I wrote this unashamedly as a Christmas song complete with bells and whistles  (well not whistles exactly – I just made that up).  I’ve been to a fancy dress Christmas party or two before – […]

I wrote and recorded this song for 2 young French women who stayed with my family a few years ago when they visited the UK along with a group from their college.  I don’t know […]