Despard

Another Radiohead cover. One of the first things I spent a lot of time working on. It's a five-piece a capella version, and my hard work really shows in the underlying harmony parts which are very tight. Sadly the melody part isn't quite up…

So this was my attempt at being nostalgic. I grew up in the UK in the era of Britpop where soulful working class bands sang about not very much in Northern accents. The words are pretty much meaningless, the drum beat is repetitive, the piano…

The piano on this track is from my late grandmother's house - it's the piano I had growing up but eventually my gran gave us her grand piano and took our old upright. I think my brother has it now. Anyway, it's a dull, serviceable old beast but…

This is the first thing I ever recorded using Garageband. The echoey effect in the background is the computer's processor fan - I'm playing the guitary sound back through the speakers! It's a slightly slow version of I Will by Radiohead and I…

Every male artist under the sun has a version of this classic Cohen track it seems. I am no exception! This one I only uncovered recently with a bad vocal track. I removed the vocals and stitched on some new ones, but it's a placeholder only…

Another Radiohead cover. One of the first things I spent a lot of time working on. It's a five-piece a capella version, and my hard work really shows in the underlying harmony parts which are very tight. Sadly the melody part isn't quite up…

Every male artist under the sun has a version of this classic Cohen track it seems. I am no exception! This one I only uncovered recently with a bad vocal track. I removed the vocals and stitched on some new ones, but it's a placeholder only…

The piano on this track is from my late grandmother's house - it's the piano I had growing up but eventually my gran gave us her grand piano and took our old upright. I think my brother has it now. Anyway, it's a dull, serviceable old beast but…

Shockingly I first became aware of this track while watching the 2009 film Watchmen (I'm a bit rubbish like that!). It is of course a beautiful Simon and Garfunkel song and although I get the accompaniment slightly wrong I think I've done a pretty…

This is the first original piece I've recorded. In 2001 when I was living in Toronto I met a girl called Amy Jones. She was and remains just a friend, but I thought her name sounded great for being part of a song lyric! So the song isn't about…

Another Radiohead cover. One of the first things I spent a lot of time working on. It's a five-piece a capella version, and my hard work really shows in the underlying harmony parts which are very tight. Sadly the melody part isn't quite up…

This is the first original piece I've recorded. In 2001 when I was living in Toronto I met a girl called Amy Jones. She was and remains just a friend, but I thought her name sounded great for being part of a song lyric! So the song isn't about…

So this was my attempt at being nostalgic. I grew up in the UK in the era of Britpop where soulful working class bands sang about not very much in Northern accents. The words are pretty much meaningless, the drum beat is repetitive, the piano…

Every male artist under the sun has a version of this classic Cohen track it seems. I am no exception! This one I only uncovered recently with a bad vocal track. I removed the vocals and stitched on some new ones, but it's a placeholder only…

The piano on this track is from my late grandmother's house - it's the piano I had growing up but eventually my gran gave us her grand piano and took our old upright. I think my brother has it now. Anyway, it's a dull, serviceable old beast but…

Shockingly I first became aware of this track while watching the 2009 film Watchmen (I'm a bit rubbish like that!). It is of course a beautiful Simon and Garfunkel song and although I get the accompaniment slightly wrong I think I've done a pretty…

Another Radiohead cover. One of the first things I spent a lot of time working on. It's a five-piece a capella version, and my hard work really shows in the underlying harmony parts which are very tight. Sadly the melody part isn't quite up…

Every male artist under the sun has a version of this classic Cohen track it seems. I am no exception! This one I only uncovered recently with a bad vocal track. I removed the vocals and stitched on some new ones, but it's a placeholder only…

So this was my attempt at being nostalgic. I grew up in the UK in the era of Britpop where soulful working class bands sang about not very much in Northern accents. The words are pretty much meaningless, the drum beat is repetitive, the piano…