Written/Recorded for RPM2017 (album in a month). The second song I wrote for RPM this year, as a picked acoustic guitar piece. It reminded me of an English Folk/children's song thing (a bit like the theme to Trumpton - the kid's telly series…

Written/Recorded for RPM2017 (album in a month). This one had a backing track written on Piano, and sounded somewhat 'Elton John', before the lyric and vocal melody joined the party. The stripping out of the piano at the start has made this…

Written/Recorded for RPM2017 (album in a month). An instrumental, and quite a bit different to much of more RPM output. This stylistically is an area I sometimes work in when making music for media. The reference points when listening should…

Written/Recorded for RPM2017 (album in a month). I won't pretend this isn't a weird one. The rhythms right with one another, the harmony is unsettling, and towards the end it points towards the next song on the album, in a quite electronic…

Written/Recorded for RPM2017 (album in a month). A bit of a weird song, written on guitar (and it shows). A slightly unsettling chord movement which fights the prettiness at points, I think. The backwards guitar and wailing at the end was…

Written/recorded for RPM2017 (album in a month). This one was written on Ukulele, (well that opening section was), and built upon that. The tongue in cheek lyric, is somewhat inspired by a friend who has recently become single, and isn't all…

Written for the RPM2017 (album in a month) challenge. The 70s vibe should be obvious, and this was written on electric piano, (unusually for me). The opening keys riff is one of the only moderately funky sounding things I can play. I am not…

Written/recorded for RPM2017 (album in a month). The last song I wrote for RPM2017 (being entirely written and recorded on 26th and 28th Feb). It should be obvious that this is a tribute to George Harrison - I'd listened to the album "Brainwashed…

The first song I wrote for RPM2017, and the first one on this 'album'. It was witten on Ukulele with two whole chords (Chord one is a barre at the second fret, and chord two is all of the strings open). Whilst not the most musically sophisticated…

The first track I had lyrics and vocal for and the track that set the tone and the direction for the rest of the album for me. The lyrics were directly inspired by the situation in Syria and in general my disgust for authoritarians on the march…