Ok, Who HASN'T had the fantasy about the hot librarian? This was originally intended to be sung by a friend of mine with a much higher range, but a massive earthquake disrupted the schedule. I wound up singing it down an octave, trying to do…

Still looking for Miss Right...

I had a go at channeling Ray Charles for this one, I just forgot to channel his talent.

This was originally a much longer gospel style song about meeting the devil at the crossroads and selling him my car, I got discouraged when I put down the scratch vocals and realised that no ammount of overdubs could possibly make me sound like…

I had a go at channeling Ray Charles for this one, I just forgot to channel his talent.

Linda spins without a care Idle thoughts twirling in the air Never quite a mystery Never choosing what she wants to save She escapes substantial loss By adding interest to her cause A little death a shallow say Never paying for her shallow…

I’ve seen the trimmings you destroy The kindness that you avoid Our subtle ways our sad affairs Our vagrant airs dissolve to noise What do you contemplate you're standing still Your posture motivates the scene You still don’t understand…

A cover of Justin Currie's Sleep Instead of Teardrops. Recorded 2010. It has always been one of my favourite Del Amitri songs. I was strumming away at it one day and my missus said I should record it...

something (for ImprovFriday 2/24-26/11)

Recorded Oct 2010. It was meant to be a full band pop-rock song. But I started overdubbing on the original exploratory demo I'd done to work out the arrangement (with no click track). I kept coming back to it intending to start afresh... but…