**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025** Song number 02 Written 3-5th Feb Demo recorded 8th Feb **** 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 08 Written 13th - 14th Feb Demo recorded 15th Feb **** **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 **** 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…

Here we go. This one started out one morning several weeks ago when the sun was still shining... If it's as wet and dark as it is here, just close your eyes, I'm sure you can imagine it if you try hard enough... Lollies, chips, and beer…

So I was locked in the broom-cupboard, checking out some old songs that need recording. I'd just picked one and then suddenly this thing came out of nowehere. It started with one of those guitarist doodles that other musicians love so much…

This is a remix of this song. It was recorded in 2010, and I was in a hurry to post it elsewhere because I'm so fond of the song itself. But I've always hated the old mix - I lost the essence of the guitars and choirs during mastering because…

Found this little chappie while I was preparing my latest original for loading. It was a quick demo recorded on my Boss Micro BR sometime in October or so last year (2011) while I was working on Shine. It was a sort of "blow the cobwebs out…

New original from me, hot off the old wotsit. When it was half written yesterday, I was considering binning it as a throwaway exercise - I do that quite often. But I played the songwriting demo to someone else and, er, apparently I should finish…

New one from me. It's ended up as a bit of a "crying into yer beer at Bob's Country Bunker" sort of song lol... I've been sat on these lyrics in some form or another for absolutely years. I first wrote them one very dark night a few years after…

I've posted this "Naked" version because Mrs Russe wanted me to... :-) It wasn't "finished" in my mind - there was a certain amount of "orchestration" to come. But I ended up liking the starkness of this version. The original intention…