This is the first thing I ever recorded using Garageband. The echoey effect in the background is the computer's processor fan - I'm playing the guitary sound back through the speakers! It's a slightly slow version of I Will by Radiohead and I…

Every male artist under the sun has a version of this classic Cohen track it seems. I am no exception! This one I only uncovered recently with a bad vocal track. I removed the vocals and stitched on some new ones, but it's a placeholder only…

Shockingly I first became aware of this track while watching the 2009 film Watchmen (I'm a bit rubbish like that!). It is of course a beautiful Simon and Garfunkel song and although I get the accompaniment slightly wrong I think I've done a pretty…

Radiohead have been my favourite band for a long time and this is the first song of theirs I really loved. I regularly sing this one at karaoke nights. The recording is me in my bedroom with my keyboard, and is based on the acoustic version from…

This is the first original piece I've recorded. In 2001 when I was living in Toronto I met a girl called Amy Jones. She was and remains just a friend, but I thought her name sounded great for being part of a song lyric! So the song isn't about…

Rough cut - need some vocal ideas

Need some vocal ideas...

This is my punk version of Phil Collin's Against All Odds

from the upcoming Dream Chemical tape. 11/11/11 on hauntedsoundsystem