**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 13 Written 20th Feb Demo recorded 22nd Feb **** I had the song half done - well, I had the title and chorus - and I was watching a FABULOUS film the other night called Enchanted April, with…

**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025** Song number 12 Written 19th Feb Demo recorded 22nd Feb **** I knew a girl called Julia, over 40 years ago, I still write songs about her. **** **I Can Hear Your Voice - A A J Russe** I didn…

**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025** Song number 11 Written 16th - 17th Feb Demo recorded 22nd Feb **** I'm thinking my name is Wentworth, hers is Elliot, her family are... well... But you can think whatever you want. **** **Catch…

**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025** Song number 10 Written 15th Feb Demo recorded 15th Feb **** It wasn't really like this, it was very romantic. This was a really quick write, though. We were getting up, she was doing her hair…

**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…

Track 4 of the EP is a bit of a departure - basically a bit of a Beatles-esque pop tune poking fun at cliched songwriting tropes and vapid music industry trends. WARNING: May contain a 'truckers gearshift' key change in the last chorus.

Track 3 of the Mulligan EP is, like the other tracks, a do-over of a song I'd written and recorded previously. Like 'Don't Belong', this dates back to my college days more than two decades ago. This was the first track I recorded in this project.