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…

Mike (Dragonsong) asked me to sing this poem, from a well loved C17th Somerset folk song, over his music - was a lovely pleasure.

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…

I adopted the 'kitchen sink' philosophy with this one - the 'duelling keyboards' featured are the Yamaha CS-80 and the Mini Moog; I decided to add acoustic and electric guitar chords/picking to add some texture and the basses used are the Rickenfaker…

I began having guitar tuition with the rather amazing Nathan King of Level 42 a few weeks ago and this is really the first song in which guitar is the main focus - It needs vocals but I'll add it to warbling list when I'm back in the UK

So… two of the things I missed from my den in the UK were my basses and my Rode microphone. So, with this one I wanted loads of fretless bass and lead and backing vocals all warbled by yours truly. And I got that… But I got more. Much more. It…

So… two of the things I missed from my den in the UK were my basses and my Rode microphone. So, with this one I wanted loads of fretless bass and lead and backing vocals all warbled by yours truly. And I got that… But I got more. Much more. It…

So… two of the things I missed from my den in the UK were my basses and my Rode microphone. So, with this one I wanted loads of fretless bass and lead and backing vocals all warbled by yours truly. And I got that… But I got more. Much more. It…

I began having guitar tuition with the rather amazing Nathan King of Level 42 a few weeks ago and this is really the first song in which guitar is the main focus - It needs vocals but I'll add it to warbling list when I'm back in the UK

So… two of the things I missed from my den in the UK were my basses and my Rode microphone. So, with this one I wanted loads of fretless bass and lead and backing vocals all warbled by yours truly. And I got that… But I got more. Much more. It…