This didn't go as planned... I wrote this song for my wife Nicola while I was away in the UK working in March 2020... I excitedly played it to her from 3,500 miles away over the ether and.... I think she was expecting a ballad rather than a rather…

It’s like floating down a river When you’re not quite in control That river’s going to take you Only where it wants to go So you reach out with conviction At debris along the way That river’s going to take you If you give up and say…

SLEEPY HEAD Little Sleepy Head Why do you fight so hard Close your tired eyes now...

See the video I made for this song at: https://youtu.be/hbyLj_tSpnE

THE TIDE POOLS OF CALIFORNIA When you're born in California There are things you take for granted The sunshine and the desert and The forests, and the bears and the beaches In the tide pools of California In the memories of one little…

JUNK This week's prompt is "DIRTY LAUNDRY" Key C I got a call from Russell He had to move his Junk He'd filled his car He'd filled his trunk Big black bags of Something I said, "What's with these?" He said…

3 guitar tracks with a bit of attitude

2013 was a decent year, song wise. I came up with a few good ones during the RPM Challenge in February, and one good one during NaSoAlMo in November. This version is faster, shorter, has a bunch of new key changes, and has a little bit of…

Dancehall by oladreezy

(Remastered 22/10/2021) OK, let's delve once more into the magical shoebox of unused songs... I've already recorded several that were written in 1994 (Sleeping with the Ghost, Elizabeth's Room, With Mum Again, If You Knew, A Hundred and…

(Funny song about an embarrassing moment that turned out well.) I was making the rounds, gaining ground on this cute little brunette In a bar in Fort Worth, Texas, one night I'll never forget But then that bartender ruined my plans…

A song about two sides of Nashville. One, loving and perfect to nurture an upcoming songwriter. Two, a business of endless circles of deception and frustration. I mostly know the second..... The rejection letters keep piling up, saying your…

(Sadly, sometimes one friend thinks they are more than friends?) Friend, she calls me friend. and I'll never tell her the truth What I feel, how I wish that this friend could be so much more But she's too close to ever see, that this friend…

gimmick: melodica (if you haven't played one, it's like a mini-keyboard that sounds like a harmonica and also really hates you if you have wimpy lungs)

a *song about songwriting* I hate that sort of thing but i loved this one?

Another song from my 2013 RPM Challenge album. I always like this one, but I'm not sure I did it justice this time. There is a lot of really sloppy guitar playing, even if the Klon KTR overdrive pedal sounds EPIC. Sorry, gear nerd. This…

not a song i'm proudest of, but 12-string guitars are such magic i couldn't cut it either.

three chords and the exclamation point title

seriously i can only get CREATIVELY angry in the weirdest and pettiest ways.

several songs were recorded in my bathroom, to my phone. This one got an actual-microphones-and-counterpoint-on-melodica treatment later, but here's this version.

when political rant but no, pettier! The good news is that i pioneered my "hit mandolin strings with a pencil to sound dulcimer-ish" technique, and not everybody gets that kind of chance in life.

Going to start uploading (some of) the old RPM archive. because. I remember this one came out of being mildly irked how many waltz-rhythm pop and alternative songs had "waltz" in the title. Why never a gavotte? A sarabande?

Thumbjam app, a piece inspired by Gagaku, a type of Japanese classical music

Glockenspiel with effects part B

Glockenspiel with effects - part A

Once upon a time, in a land far away... Just a minute! xOx

did a mashup -- came out like a blanket of sound to sleep on-- :) Benjamin Smith Shane Cadman Kävin Allenson yep enjoy- for and from sound-in on facebook event phase 2

A song about regrets. Luckily I changed my hectic schedule and was able to spend time with family, especially my Dad before he passed. If I had time? I'd go visit with my Dad, and listen to those stories of when he was just a child.....If I…

A funny song about someone's poor luck in marriage. Not being judgmental, but sometimes we just need to laugh. My first Ex-wife, she bet me, I'd never marry again She said no woman with half a brain would have me for her man Well, I proved…

A song of a temptation to avoid, rude awakening of how vulnerable we may be at times. My love is on thin ice, dangerously close to the edge I can't believe a man like me could get in such a mess Oh, at home is my lovely wife unaware of…

Funny situation about a love they refuse to give up on. Need a break every now and then..... I was a happy boy with you as my girlfriend You talked me into marriage, we've been fighting ever since then came the time I didn't cry when you…

After the visit to Spain in no. 7, I found myself drifting over the continent of Asia for no. 8 !! Hopefully have captured some of the flavours of that area of the World..... As ever, 13111y supplied the final mastering.....cheers Billy.

violin, analog cassette loops and Pure Data process. Created for Sound-In, Phase 2.