another nocturne

a little prelude in C sharp

This is a tiny waltz for piano

This is a total remake of an earlier posting. Lead vocals courtesy of fellow Alonetoner, Dana. In the lyrics, I was trying to capture a sense in which there is something else beyond - something which draws me as it were homeward. A son…

Inspired by Ironik's chart success, Rob and Steve unleash their latest musical assault on the world of pop music (warning: contains rap). Rob accuses Pink of nicking from BBC quiz show theme tunes, and Steve Gardner's Question Time sees a man…

A song about Beethoven's Shoes. Full album available at http://www.btown.co.nr

Full album available at http://www.btown.co.nr

A song all about the gooch! Full album available at http://www.btown.co.nr

A nice Christmas song. Full album available at http://www.btown.co.nr

This is my stadium anthem, the one to close the show with. Everyone put your lighters (or cellphones) in the air and sing along... I was sick as **** when I recorded it, so my vocals on it are really pretty bad. Ah well, that's rock and roll…

So this one was a melody I had floating around for a couple of years. It originally came to me in driveway while getting the car. Who knew that walking around from the passenger side to the driver's side could be so inspirational. Anyway, I originally…

Also recorded when I was very, very sick...I needed to get RPM 2006 kicking into gear, regardless of the state of my voice. This song was written and recorded on the spot. What you are hearing is what I made up as I went with the record button…

This song has a tale similar to Left Me Wondering. This was made up on the mic, both gtr and vox. Unlike Left Me Wondering however, I went back and overdubbed some backing harmonies and I also did a little extra GTR on it too. What's fun about…

Nothing like a good gtr riff to inspire a song. This one is backwards in a way. The first verse has a lot of layers, the second one is much cleaner... I had fun doing the backing vox on this one, it was the first day I really had my voice back…

This was another fun one for me, especially doing the backing vocals. The song is a bit haphazard, structurally speaking, and my performance has some technical issues, but it was just fun to play. The riff came to me early one, but kept elluding…

With a title like this, you have to listen once, right? There's a lot to tell about this one, but instead I will just say I had a lot of fun doing all the gtr parts on this one. I also really like the bass part in the chorus, which sounds a bit…

What's rock and roll without a yee-haw or war-whoop before a solo? This ragged piece of something or other came from a riff I had laying around for a couple of years. I pieced it together kind of last minute for RPM 2006. It's not bad, a lot…

This one is a personal favorite of mine, though it got savaged on Garageband.com. Ah well... It has a lot of parts, lots of gtrs, and boatloads of harmonies. Actually, one guy on Garageband loved it. Maybe some day I will buy him a drink. Listen…

I used to record all voicemails I got on my landline for posterity, this is one of the less intelligible ones.

The beat started out as a short interlude, but a lot of people like the guitar sound so I stretched it a bit longer.

Two people calling each other at a party setting up a meeting in the kitchen to get a new beer out of the fridge.

MC's always nag you about two things, to make their voice more prominent in the mix and to add more bass.

This track also has a version with vocals, it's basically about someone travelling to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem to complain about everything that's wrong.

Space Trumpet was an excuse to try out my new plugin "Little Spacey" from Expert Sleepers and also to exercise the Kore sounds from Acoustic Refractions. MIDI was supplied via IAC from Reaktor using Lazyfish's Spiral sequencer. The project…

cheeky snippet

Cheeky chat a while back.

Interview on censorship at the University of York

After several weeks without playing, I sat down one night at the piano and this simple melody immediately came out of my fingers. Composing sometimes feels like rediscovering a cherished old memory. Copyright © 2009 Tiago Castro Henriques…

This is a tragic, dramatic, distressing piece for orchestra, strings make it sound like a great calamity.

This is the first part of a theme that my dad composed for piano and and I orchestrate it.

Sammy Davies on Ephesians 4:32

Saw an add on TV for something called "Drag Me To Hell". Dunno what it is with horror films, but apparently scary music is on my mind. Thanks for helping exorcise it. The guitar part, btw, is e-bow plus slide so any tonality is an accident.

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Another worship song...

Anticipation of a new life.

The split/single with Vivian Circle.

Live take