I have no reason to play my electric guitar at the moment, so to remedy that last weekend I recorded seven improvised songs.

Here is the first one. Enjoy:

Before Hollywood 1 - Part 1 by Festinger

Hello ( Read more... )

I have a new myspace, so please go and have a look, and become our friend, when you get chance:

http://www.myspace.com/cheapside

It's a bit of a basic mess at the moment but will (hopefully, slowly) get better/more attractive.

Although I never make new year's resolutions, and see birthdays as far more important markers in the depressing passing of time, any excuse to write about the past/wallow in self-indulgent nostalgia is good enough for me. Since everyone else is looking back over the last 10 years, so shall I. And I will begin writing this now, in the middle of the ( Read more... )

Like Radiohead (Yes, I am just like Radiohead, all five of them are me), I have 'released' a new song onto the WWW. It's called "For A Friend" and was written and recorded this afternoon - the perfect way to spend a bank holiday. Like everything else I've done recently, you can hear it here:

Another MySpace link, this time to the home page of a re-launched Graffiti:

http://www.myspace.com/graffitimusicuk

Go have a listen and let me know what you think. And be our friend too!

The other day I recorded 4 more songs, using a similar technique to my last attempt. This time, I had two mics; one near the (acoustic) guitar, the other near the mouth. I just wanted to try this out, so selected four simple covers I thought I could semi-improvise and knock off pretty simply and quickly ( Read more... )

Since Everyone hates/has shunned it, I think it's time to go back to MySpace ( Read more... )

I wanted a productive afternoon, so I dug out the 'British Ballads' book again and recorded three songs, using lyrics set to semi-improvised music. This also gave me chance to try out some new guitar and mic equipment I've got hold of recently ( Read more... )

Since you left some nice comments on my last entry, I've been encouraged to do something similar (but hopefully different): so here's four more songs, simply recorded on Cubase. I should say something about the first song, 'Fatal Curse'. Joe (and I hope he doesn't mind me putting it up here) send me a demo of him playing the chords and singing a ( Read more... )