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…

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…

(Remastered 22/10/2021) So I got me a new geetar the other week. Named her Lala, obviously. Seemed kind of appropriate - she wears a faded gold dress and is full of chunes and mischiefs. This is our first effort together. It was meant…

(Remastered 22/10/2021) I was asked (told?) to upload something happy. Hmmm, I thought. This will end well... So, a few days later, I was rehearsing a pleasant little thing I wrote several years ago that has a working title of "She Was…

(Remastered 22/10/2021) I wasn't even sure the recording machine was still going to work after nearly five years... Certainly, bits of me don't work anymore... But, surprisingly, I got this done in 24 hours, start to finish... Strange old world…

(Remastered 22/10/2021) I wrote this one last September. Allison Jane Sixsmith 1965-2016. **** **Forever - A A J Russe** I can see you on your rocking horse now The one that turned around and kicked you in the teeth He thought…

(Remastered 22/10/2021) Here's the very latest from the broom-cupboard. I wrote it one dark night over 23 years ago. **** **All I Have To Do - A A J Russe** There isn’t much time to get this out You won’t hear me if I have to…

**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 09 Written 14th Feb Demo recorded 15th Feb **** **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 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…