I wrote this last year after an enforced absence from work. I discovered a really nice piano loop that I then chopped around by changing the key and adding some different melodies. This in turn sparked a chord sequence for the chorus and the…
I wrote this last year after an enforced absence from work. I discovered a really nice piano loop that I then chopped around by changing the key and adding some different melodies. This in turn sparked a chord sequence for the chorus and the…
I wrote this last year after an enforced absence from work. I discovered a really nice piano loop that I then chopped around by changing the key and adding some different melodies. This in turn sparked a chord sequence for the chorus and the…
An ironic title (and to a large extent the upbeat feel of the melody) as life was not aligned with joyful calm when I wrote it. However, I'm proud of this; it's not complicated and doesn't overstay its welcome. First of my songs to feature AI piano!
Back in 1985 I was in a band at school - at that time I didn't play an instrument; I was the singer (!) This track was entitled 'Dreaming In Colour' (the music written by band members Giles Hancock and Tim Finch) and I thought it would be fun…
Back in 1985 I was in a band at school - at that time I didn't play an instrument; I was the singer (!) This track was entitled 'Dreaming In Colour' (the music written by band members Giles Hancock and Tim Finch) and I thought it would be fun…
Well, my entry for RPM 2022 went from LP to (a very short) 4 song EP but this track I think has bags of potential. It was a discarded idea from a few years ago that was lurking in my 'half-baked' Logic folder but something in it ignited my creative…
So with renewed focus on RPM 2022 I set about at least creating an EP if an album wasn't possible... This track was written and recorded over a period when there seemed to be relentless storms following each other without respite. Power cuts aside…
The first new composition since being back in the UK; heavily chorused Precision fitted with flat wound strings gives it a nice retro feel along with a Roland Jupiter 8 synthesiser plug-in
I wanted to add vocals but am suffering with a heavy cold!
So... I entered RPM 2022 and experienced a double-whammy - A massive influx of work and a prolonged period of absolutely no inspiration or creativity! So this is only the second track of a project that's now likely to be an EP rather than an album…
Lyrically it's about the time I had a 'proper' job and how (despite the fact that I liked my immediate team and my role) I could not adapt to the nonsense involved in climbing the greasy pole in a corporate world.
Initially I wasn't sure about…
I wanted to go down a different path with this one and try a new vibe altogether; no guitars at all and the bass guitar (my new Fender Mustang) only appears at the end of the song
The original title was 'Mediocre Fajita' (long story)... It started out with the initial bass riff but I ran out of creativity and left it. Then over the course of Christmas 2020 I got COVID so most of the time I had neither the willingness or…
Love the exploratory feel in this - especially that dreamy mid section. Sorry you guys have been struck by the evil 19. Sending you all the gentle vibes - you have to do RPM again in a few weeks... ;)
A bit of a 'kitchen sink' one... It's another one I play beginner's guitar on tentatively (the lead break & rhythm)
The are no vocals (I'm amassing a large amount of songs needing vocals!) but it does feature some more epic 80s synths…
This is only the second song I've ever written on the guitar - I'm playing acoustic and rhythm... and you can tell I'm a beginner 😆 Happily the rest of the instrumentation is a little more polished.
No sugar coating this... It's a very melancholy…
This was all written on the bass - I wanted to get an earthy 70s Rickenbacker bass vibe on this so naturally there's liberal splashes of Moog and Hammond Organ to accompany it.
It's kind of 'prog-lite' and again needs vocals. It's a working…
Millions of years ago... Before the dawn of history... I was a in a school band. I couldn't play an instrument then so I was the vocalist. This tune was one of the band's originals.
Now, bear in mind this was the 'Ay-deees' so it was mullets…
It started off as a shimmery, summery canvas in my head but morphed into something very different from the middle 8 onwards. It was originally done at 100BPM but sounded a bit 'ploddy' and pedestrian so I beefed it up
This started life as a vey simple 'disco' bass riff over which I then brought in the chords. Its got a sort of 80s pop/prog thing going on - not surprising as I'd been listening to a lot of Nik Kershaw when I recorded it!
This started life as a vey simple 'disco' bass riff over which I then brought in the chords. Its got a sort of 80s pop/prog thing going on - not surprising as I'd been listening to a lot of Nik Kershaw when I recorded it!
It started off as a shimmery, summery canvas in my head but morphed into something very different from the middle 8 onwards. It was originally done at 100BPM but sounded a bit 'ploddy' and pedestrian so I beefed it up
Thanks @andrew! It took a long time (by my standards) to complete this and I think musically it tracks where my head was at various points in its development!
A straight-ahead rock song with a quirky arrangement change on the second verse. Includes a trippy Pink Floyd-esque middle 8 and a Boyzone rousing key change at the end... You're welcome! 😆
A straight-ahead rock song with a quirky arrangement change on the second verse. Includes a trippy Pink Floyd-esque middle 8 and a Boyzone rousing key change at the end... You're welcome! 😆
A straight-ahead rock song with a quirky arrangement change on the second verse. Includes a trippy Pink Floyd-esque middle 8 and a Boyzone rousing key change at the end... You're welcome! 😆
A straight-ahead rock song with a quirky arrangement change on the second verse. Includes a trippy Pink Floyd-esque middle 8 and a Boyzone rousing key change at the end... You're welcome! 😆
(Remastered 22/10/2021)
Here's the very latest from the broom-cupboard.
I wrote it one dark night over 23 years ago.
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**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…
The Last Resort would have been too long if this had been included so I did a fade-in to create Part 2... The chords in the verse have a passing resemblance to 'A Few Words For The Dead' by Marillion... I found that out afterwards!
There's…
I hadn't heard the Rainbow connection but on listening again, you're right! As a guitarist, you'd love modern-day Marillion (Steve Rothery is just a master of less is more). Try 'Neverland' from the album 'Marbles'.... sublime playing
The Last Resort would have been too long if this had been included so I did a fade-in to create Part 2... The chords in the verse have a passing resemblance to 'A Few Words For The Dead' by Marillion... I found that out afterwards!
There's…
This was a problem child.. The other tracks fell together quickly but this was a slow burn. The chorus is far more uplifting than the verse - which reminds me of a melancholy hybrid of 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' and the outro to the 70s British…
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love this tune very catchy .....cheers tony cee
Thank you for you kind comment @tonycee
like this nice catchy tune great listen ........cheers tony cee
AI piano..? That should be depressing but it's a pretty nice flavour - lovely breezy feel on this beautiful day.
Tim here. Yup very faithful to our original 1985 version! How on earth we passed any O levels at all is beyond me!
Hard not to sing along with the aaahs! A big, beautiful sound! Great confident vox!
Great bass work - and liking the open air, blue sky feel.
Great song - rich sounds!
This has a lovely night driving feel.
Ooh loving that synth solo!
Sparkly and catchy! Agree about the basslines - and good to hear your vox again too.
Loved the 80s feel - 👏 x
This one needs your vox! Great feel - love the percs and sparkles.
Brilliant RPM album, loved the retro vibe!
Well done Matt, some feat that! I'm going to use some as intro music. Thanks
Love the exploratory feel in this - especially that dreamy mid section. Sorry you guys have been struck by the evil 19. Sending you all the gentle vibes - you have to do RPM again in a few weeks... ;)
He's a cutey. :-D (I bet his dressing room is bigger than the puppet show's)
t r i p p y
Oh my, beautiful. Completely heartfelt and genuinely touching.
Looking forward to your dreamy vox on this!
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That's just made me laugh out loud @Andrew! 😂
Awww.. Fanks @Sister! 😊 I'm quite proud of it!
@sister - Thats now an image stuck in my head - dayglo leg warmers and everything!
Thanks @Andrew!
Thanks @andrew! It took a long time (by my standards) to complete this and I think musically it tracks where my head was at various points in its development!
Thanks @Andrew!
Thank you @slkrell!
@Colleen - thank you for your kind words 😊
Thanks @sister! Sadly the amps, mics and the good bass guitars are 3,500 miles away - so the vocals will have to be added when/if I get home!
That’s so kind @andrew! I’m not a keyboard player (Bass is the instrument I started to learn 9 years ago) but synths are so cool to experiment with!
@AMUC - thank you! a nod towards the 70s keyboard maestros like Tony Banks and Keith Emerson
I love the vibe on this - kinda Del Amitri meets 10cc!
I hadn't heard the Rainbow connection but on listening again, you're right! As a guitarist, you'd love modern-day Marillion (Steve Rothery is just a master of less is more). Try 'Neverland' from the album 'Marbles'.... sublime playing
Thank you @sister! 🤗
Thanks all for the cowbell comments.... its actually a ride cymbal!! I probably need to look at the EQ!!!
Thanks @AMUC! 🤗
Thanks @Eric! 😊
@Alex - Its Dubai Marina. Thanks for your feedback!
Thanks @markus4lonetone, @andyr, @MarxistNemo1 and @peppermintsky for your comments - I'm chuffed!
Lol! Thanks @Andrew 😊