**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 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…

**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025** Song number 04 Written 6th Feb Demo recorded 8th Feb **** This was quite a quick write. I was watching a film. Someone said "No matter what the odds". So I thought: what about a song called No…

**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025** Song number 03 Written 6th Feb Demo recorded 8th Feb **** I started this one first but got stuck in the surrealism of the opening line (it was "He" originally). I really didn't want to give the suntan…

**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…