**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025**
Song number 12
Written 19th Feb
Demo recorded 22nd Feb
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I knew a girl called Julia, over 40 years ago, I still write songs about her.
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**I Can Hear Your Voice - A A J Russe**
I didn…
superb lyrics and vocal , very catchy tune and great guitar work ,.my kind of music andrew , love it ,......cheers tony cee, ps thanks for the comments on my page ,.
**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025**
Song number 07
Written 12th Feb
Demo recorded 15th Feb
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Not really sure where this came from - but I find it REALLY comforting. That might not be how others hear it, but that's ok, songs get finished…
Andy,
I really enjoyed this song... I like the progression alot and that does indeed comfort me.
The voice is nice as well and fits perfect.... I really like the way you make the guitar chug along in a nice rhythm... makes me think of a lovely train ride on a fall afternoon through the country.... very laid back but still full of life and energy!
**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025**
Song number 14
Written 21st-22nd Feb
Demo recorded 22nd Feb
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The thing of it is, er... whatever
I guess.
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**Now that we’re home - A A J Russe**
Now that we’re home
I’ll admit to you…
**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025**
Song number 10
Written 15th Feb
Demo recorded 15th Feb
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It wasn't really like this, it was very romantic.
This was a really quick write, though.
We were getting up, she was doing her hair…
Sounds like true love to me...every bittersweet second of it! And it's so lovely to hear you again! More please. And not just every Valentines.
(I can't log in. But Sister Savage says hi!)
**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025**
Song number 02
Written 3-5th Feb
Demo recorded 8th Feb
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I had most of it on the 3rd, but wanted a middle 8 (bridge).
Struggled a bit with energy and how busy I am at work...
I managed to write…
**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025**
Song number 14
Written 21st-22nd Feb
Demo recorded 22nd Feb
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The thing of it is, er... whatever
I guess.
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**Now that we’re home - A A J Russe**
Now that we’re home
I’ll admit to you…
(Remastered 22/10/2021)
I've been missing in action for ages - apologies to all, I'm about to start listening again too.
For ages, I'd been considering a move away from my trusty Boss BR1600 on which I've recorded and mixed nearly everything…
**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025**
Song number 01
Written Saturday-Sunday 1st-2nd February 2025
Written 1st-2nd Feb
Demo recorded 2nd Feb
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I wasn't gonna do this FAWM thing this year, but they sent me an email...
And then I wrote…
**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025**
Song number 14
Written 21st-22nd Feb
Demo recorded 22nd Feb
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The thing of it is, er... whatever
I guess.
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**Now that we’re home - A A J Russe**
Now that we’re home
I’ll admit to you…
**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025**
Song number 12
Written 19th Feb
Demo recorded 22nd Feb
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I knew a girl called Julia, over 40 years ago, I still write songs about her.
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**I Can Hear Your Voice - A A J Russe**
I didn…
**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025**
Song number 13
Written 20th Feb
Demo recorded 22nd Feb
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I had the song half done - well, I had the title and chorus - and I was watching a FABULOUS film the other night called Enchanted April, with…
**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025**
Song number 14
Written 21st-22nd Feb
Demo recorded 22nd Feb
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The thing of it is, er... whatever
I guess.
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**Now that we’re home - A A J Russe**
Now that we’re home
I’ll admit to you…
**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025**
Song number 10
Written 15th Feb
Demo recorded 15th Feb
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It wasn't really like this, it was very romantic.
This was a really quick write, though.
We were getting up, she was doing her hair…
**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025**
Song number 09
Written 14th Feb
Demo recorded 15th Feb
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**Lost - A A J Russe**
We watch
As the memories
Surely have to fade
The past
That we used to know
Is written in the shade
Without…
**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025**
Song number 08
Written 13th - 14th Feb
Demo recorded 15th Feb
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**The Best Of You - A A J Russe**
You’ve got a way with words
People seem to understand
People seem to want to know
Both what…
**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025**
Song number 07
Written 12th Feb
Demo recorded 15th Feb
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Not really sure where this came from - but I find it REALLY comforting. That might not be how others hear it, but that's ok, songs get finished…
**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025**
Song number 06
Written 9-11th Feb
Demo recorded 15th Feb
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You know how Jane-ites (Jane Austen fans) ask "What would Jane do?" for life guidance...?
Well, when it came to write this, I asked myself…
**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025**
Song number 10
Written 15th Feb
Demo recorded 15th Feb
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It wasn't really like this, it was very romantic.
This was a really quick write, though.
We were getting up, she was doing her hair…
**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025**
Song number 10
Written 15th Feb
Demo recorded 15th Feb
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It wasn't really like this, it was very romantic.
This was a really quick write, though.
We were getting up, she was doing her hair…
**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025**
Song number 05
Written 8th Feb
Demo recorded 8th Feb
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I was writing this from about 1am this morning before I went to bed, then on and off in between takes on the demos of the previous three today…
Yep :) like it.
I've just realised, listening to this, YOU'RE one of the main reasons that I've got a wall of guitars behind me with P90s in!!! And I STILL can't make them sound like this!! haha
Collaboration with Freight Drive Reprobates (music) and Darkarma (lyrics).
Don't think it's my best, but it's been hanging around for so long, I needed to get it out so I can move on to the next one :)
Enjoy!
This is a recording from my i phone off my back deck at home in Mill Valley tonight. Everyone howls at 8 pm for 1 minute in solidarity for the healthcare providers during this pandemic with COVID 19. its been going on for over 2 weeks now…
When I tell people I am a terrible singer, this is what I'm talking about. Listening to myself here is making my teeth ache.
This was the first idea I had for the April 2020 RPM Challenge - Social Distance Edition. I used a 1x12 combo amp…
I live in a house with a river running at the bottom of the garden so i wrote a song about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz0ygixKAno
When I get down by the river and I watch it flow
I Wonder where the hell it finally goes
Snaking…
Wow. That works. Really uplifting.
We've only got slugs down the bottom of our garden. And the top. And a lot of snails in the middle. No ants though - they all seem to have moved into the house in the last few days...
This one came to me as I was sleeping on a plane, delayed on a tarmac. I dreamt that McCartney was singing this, sort of. I came out of the dream abruptly when the pilot said we were finally cleared to take off. I racked my brain to figure out…
Reminds me of a song called Scrambled Eggs ;)
(That's the blurb, not the song itself)
And strangely, I can hear McCartney singing this too... lol
Love the little horn part on the end!
This one came solely as the chorus melody and the basic hook "So I'll sing my song for Carolina" It's all I had for months, but I thought it was a good chorus line so I kept humming it to see if it would sprout further ideas. The mid section is…
This one started as the verse chords and some rambling vox melody. My demo of just gtr and me mumbling resulted in something vaguely Lennon-esque in delivery, so I kept that aspect and took it further for the mid section. The harmonies in the…
The word agony and the basic melody for the first line came first. I sat on it for a while, then one evening tried to figure out the chords for it. The verse chords followed very quickly, effectively falling out of the gtr after I had discovered…
A total gtr inspired tune. The riff came first and I knew it needed thunderous drums. The rest fell into place. I envisioned this one being very Top of The Pops on a Saturday in 1971, or Granada TV in summer of' 70, depending on your point of…
I have never written a song about the RPM Challenge itself, until now. Have we really been here for 15 years? It needed to be fun, it needed to be a great dance number. I had the gtr riff, and realized it would be even better as a horn line. The…
Home from work for 9 days. How is everyone doing? Stay safe and have fun on this weird global time off! got a new FX peddle , super octave, that im using here instead of a bass guitar.
Enjoy! Reef
Comments on Andrew Russe's stuff
superb lyrics and vocal , very catchy tune and great guitar work ,.my kind of music andrew , love it ,......cheers tony cee, ps thanks for the comments on my page ,.
Andy, I really enjoyed this song... I like the progression alot and that does indeed comfort me. The voice is nice as well and fits perfect.... I really like the way you make the guitar chug along in a nice rhythm... makes me think of a lovely train ride on a fall afternoon through the country.... very laid back but still full of life and energy!
Mmm, mmm. you may not know, but keep doing it. I love how bare this arrangement is.
Sounds like true love to me...every bittersweet second of it! And it's so lovely to hear you again! More please. And not just every Valentines. (I can't log in. But Sister Savage says hi!)
Excellent track 👍
I seldom know what I’m doing too
Very nice song. Good quality too.
Hi Andrew, nice song! Stay healthy and safe. Keep on going. Paul
great tune andrew , love the lyrics , and vocal ,......cheers tony cee
So lovely and the lyrics are very moving. Beautifully done! I wonder where Julia is now...maybe she can hear your song.
Love it...and great imagery. Now I must see the movie too!
Another beauty! Gorgeous voice as always. (I get some Bowie vibes....and I'm a big fan). You're almost done your FAWM!!! Wow.
Love it …we like to make it special but I can’t remember how……. it’s an excellent album I throughly enjoyed the ride ..
Most of mine from the early years are gone I mean where the hell did I come from who what am I ….who am I evolving into …..oh yeah Reg
Nicely said… there’s always hope
I opened the box but I’m telling you now I can’t get the bloody lid back on ….a dark little beauty
Great lyrics …I just loved that fresh mint feeling
Well done! I enjoyed the line "empty Bottles and a pile of unwashed plates" I'm pretty sure she is your valentine.
Great Valentine's song! You have such a capacity for lyrical story telling - what a talent. Beautiful!! The finishing line is in sight!
another beauty Andrew its coming on to be a great FAWM 2025
Comments made by Andrew Russe
oh fabulous
"Rosie the riveter" - classic!
Yep :) like it. I've just realised, listening to this, YOU'RE one of the main reasons that I've got a wall of guitars behind me with P90s in!!! And I STILL can't make them sound like this!! haha
Still grooving to this one.
This is a cool one... don't remember hearing it before.
Wow. That's pretty darn cool.
Dug this. Loved the lead break. And the vocals are a lot better than you think they are. My teeth aren't aching at all!
Wow. That works. Really uplifting. We've only got slugs down the bottom of our garden. And the top. And a lot of snails in the middle. No ants though - they all seem to have moved into the house in the last few days...
Have I heard this before? Don't seem to have commented before... I do seem to have favourited it... But anyways... Omigosh :)
Another utterly fabulous set of songs Mr Fox. Well done, big time.
Rocking. Am I imagining it, or is there a backing vocal that sounds like someone other than you?
Reminds me of a song called Scrambled Eggs ;) (That's the blurb, not the song itself) And strangely, I can hear McCartney singing this too... lol Love the little horn part on the end!
Run out of words to type... Wow
Yep. LOVED this one.
Love it. The lyrics are fabulous. I don't often notice lyrics on a first listen, but wow... Fab song
Woof! Yes
Love how you converted the guitar riff to horns - masterful decision (says a guitarist)
That works. Nice one.
Yep. Stay safe :)
Nice and laid back.