**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025** Song number 05 Written 8th Feb Demo recorded 8th Feb **** 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…

**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025** Song number 14 Written 21st-22nd Feb Demo recorded 22nd Feb **** The thing of it is, er... whatever I guess. **** **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 06 Written 9-11th Feb Demo recorded 15th Feb **** 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…

If you find this, please take a listen to the version posted on this site by Andrew Russe from 2012. Stunning. Goosebumps. His one-man-one-guitar interpretation is now the definitive version of this song for me. So this isn't just a Procol…

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…

Well, here we go then... **** **Cobwebs - A A J Russe** Yeah you know what it is that I want Oh you knew, didn't you, before I did? How many times did you wonder whether I would dare? Oh never mind... Take off your underwear Over…

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…

I can't quite believe that I'm posting this, or that I've even recorded it. But I've played it like this sat on the sofa in the living room for many years, and I needed something to check out how to record a live "one vocal and one guitar" song…

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 song's going on 32 years old... Some 12 years older than I was when I wrote it!! I borrowed the title from one of my favourite madrigals, The Silver Swan by Orlando Gibbons: "The silver swan who living hath no note, when death approached…