So my lovely wife bought me a guitar this week... I started by learning some basic and easy chord shapes and this song came together. It's the first one I've done where everything is played by me. It also features my voice on lead and backing…

My latest composition - It was the first song I worked on in Dubai after curfew was imposed in April but it started life in January in the UK and was called 'Abundance Of Time' and has taken me until now to finish. It's a bit unusual as it has…

And now for something completely different... Right now it's hot.. and I mean 50 degree hot. So I had in my mind's eye a summery, trippy 'under a palm tree' kind of vibe. And I got that... but I got more... much more...

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…

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

A bit of a Deep Purple feel to some of this with some groovy SFX weaved in

I was in the kitchen listening to an 80s Playlist; Nik Kershaw, Cutting Crew, Level 42, Duran Duran, Howard Jones etc... Some stuff has aged better than others but some of the melodies, synth and bass lines are just great... So this is my homage…

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! 😆

This took a long time... it started with me acquiring VSTs for the Roland Juno 60 and Oberheim OBX and trying to create a retro 80s feel.. I think the light and shade is kind of cool and the synths sound great

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…

It all started with the guitar riff in the verse... The middle eight features a 'call and return' between the Moog and lead guitar which I really like

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…

Another one driven by several bass riffs I had in my head - The vibe in places reminds of 'Witchita Lineman'!

A quite 'straight ahead' rock feel to this at the beginning. The Rickenfaker bass has a lovely fat sound to it... Then it gets anthem-like from 2:45 onwards

All born from a bass riff that just fell from my fingers whilst practising one evening

A proper retro feel to this - big analogue Moog and Pad keyboards - Its kind of ELO meets a 70s TV theme!

This is bathed in reverb... probably too much! It's got a bit of a Southern Rock vibe at 1:00 to 1:45- then it has a big 'glow-stick Prog Rock' ending to it

I was starting to feel the effects of being housebound for 24 hours a day - The first part has a bit of a melancholy feel to it... a bit of a feeling of spiralling at 1:25. It gets more uplifting towards the end

The piano melody was in my head so I committed it to the voice recorder on my phone - the rest of the song was built around it