Alex chats to Derrick from Make That A Take about organising DIY shows, fundraising for charities like Safe Tay, and local music communities.

13 - Broken Cocoon ================== Why do you strive to be everything i f--king hate why must you have to be this thing i f--king hate you why do you need to be my breaking point i f--king hate us why must i love you still…

this is an old tape that I recorded again then edited it some.. I will have the side a and b in full uploaded soon.

Taken from the album ‘The Weight Of Water’, from 2007. (This is a new mix, for 2014.) Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. I'm told this sounds like "a sinister phonecall". I was experimenting with a new octave pedal at the time, this…

Taken from the album ‘The Weight Of Water’, from 2007. (This is a new mix, for 2014.) Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. Adapting to the commercial world. Or trying to.

Taken from the album ‘The Weight Of Water’, from 2007. (This is a new mix, for 2014.) Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. Even though I write for my own voice, this was quite a tough one to sing.

Taken from the album ‘The Weight Of Water’, from 2007. (This is a new mix, for 2014.) Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. Driving home one day, I conceived a bassline in my head. This was built on top of it in a single weekend.

Taken from the album ‘The Weight Of Water’, from 2007. (This is a new mix, for 2014.) Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. I first played this live at See Things From Space in 2005. I thought it was pretty catchy.

Taken from the album ‘The Weight Of Water’, from 2007. (This is a new mix, for 2014.) Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. *Clang*

Taken from the album ‘The Weight Of Water’, from 2007. (This is a new mix, for 2014.) Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. Like every bad idea, it's moment comes.

Taken from the album ‘The Weight Of Water’, from 2007. (This is a new mix, for 2014.) Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. This song is about imagining yourself in a different life, and how you leave that life when you no longer need to.

Taken from the album ‘The Weight Of Water’, from 2007. (This is a new mix, for 2014.) Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. Sometimes I challenge myself to write and record a song from scratch in a single day. This is a story song which…

Taken from the album ‘The Weight Of Water’, from 2007. (This is a new mix, for 2014.) Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. Conceived whilst walking to a jobseekers appointment during a bleak but hopeful summer (I didn't have to do it for…

Taken from the album ‘The Weight Of Water’, from 2007. (This is a new mix, for 2014.) Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. I am often late for things and staring at trees makes me dizzy. I went for a walk across Fallowfield and Withington…

this is tape four of ten,, made@555am 8-10-06.. :)

the other side of the tape made @ 555am on 8-10-06

14 - Swing ========== run, my dirty little liar outrun the truth today swing, my dirty little lover into the night sky (swing away from me) // swing up for your soul // swing up past the pain // now look down at the ground…

We all have our journey through life and do not pass through it without being changed or affected in some critical way, which makes us who we are.

Before you act, think about how your actions may be perceived through the eyes of another. It is all a matter of perspective.