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…

This began (as many do) as a very light hearted, feel-good formulaic verse/chorus sort of thing... I played the first minute or so to my wife and she said it had an almost festive feel to it - all that was missing were sleigh bells... But I didn…

What is a rhythm ferret? What does it look like? What does it eat? And more importantly, what would it sound like? Some of the answers are here....

An example of 'less is more' - not something normally attributed to my musical sketches! It's very melancholy but benefited from me upping the tempo a bit from its original guise and adding the 'marching drums' bit at the end. Up until that point…

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…

An example of 'less is more' - not something normally attributed to my musical sketches! It's very melancholy but benefited from me upping the tempo a bit from its original guise and adding the 'marching drums' bit at the end. Up until that point…

I had to take a week off work having contracted Bell's Palsy - half of my face was (and still is currently) paralysed - hence having the time to do it & the working title! Lots of Ample Guitar Les Paul electric and Martin acoustic plug-ins…

This one started with the guitar riff. In hindsight, it sounds a bit like Whiskey in the Jar by Thin Lizzy but not close enough so I think I've got away with it! The guitar sounds are from the M guitar plug-ins: Les Paul and Martin acoustic…

I had no melodies or bass lines in my head when I started this one; I just chose a random loop from Apple, put it into a Roland Jupiter 8 and changed the key it was in. It reminds me in parts of a cross between 'Steel River' by Chris Rea and…

An example of 'less is more' - not something normally attributed to my musical sketches! It's very melancholy but benefited from me upping the tempo a bit from its original guise and adding the 'marching drums' bit at the end. Up until that point…