Why my music is on Bandcamp now
The last few years of trying to figure out the "new music business" have convinced me to release all my music on Bandcamp. Here's why.
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creating original music
creating original music
Beautiful Aliens
Here’s an acoustic version of my song “Beautiful Aliens”, with a little baritone sax on the side. I wrote these lyrics quite some years back, the chords and melody went through quite some versions before I came up with this…
Where The Dirty River Flows
How a nighttime walk in South London inspired the song “Where The Dirty River Flows” is released on all streaming platforms today. This is the short story of where that title came from. Listen to it now: Spotify Itunes /…
Lester Leaps In
This short promo film was filmed in St Davids, an idyllic town in Wales, in the area where I grew up. Along with Seppe (guitar) and Dajo (bass), we were happy to provide some background music, and we appear from…
Lockdown Music Video “Where The Dirty River Flows”
Corona lockdown has left me some time to finally finish a video I started work on last year. The song is an old one, a kind of poem about the tension between our busy lives, the need to be always…
“Without A Song” – clarinet
Mellow version of the beautiful old standard “Without A Song” by Victor Youmans – written in 1929! Just a pretty short vid of the theme, in duet with myself on guitar.
Wouldn’t That Be A Thing
This was written back in January 2019, when the whole thing of kids protesting about climate change was kicking off. It has a kind of protest song vibe to it. I wrote the song and did a pretty quick demo,…
Uncle Belly’s Leaning Shed
This is one of my oldest songs. It’s a kind of whimsical jazz-blues thing about an imaginary bar where everyone is welcome. Uncle Belly’s Leaning Shed (in my imagination) isn’t the smartest joint in the world, but it sure is…
“Summer Love” – classic jazz song
A pretty, romantic song about one of those special summer love affairs that burns brief and bright, and then burns itself right out.