When I first met you I was intrigued I was in Gangster’s Paradise Then I’d see you were down with a lot of guys But not in a bad way It was an art-making pathway You were lovable So I had to get to know you were discoverable I saw how you…

Here’s another one [Verse 1] I beat myself up ‘cause rap We cuss, I don’t care about that Coping mechanism, coping medicine So obsession will hook me since I was in high school I listened to rappers buzzing I moved myself too because…

Here is the latest song challenge offered by the Minnesota Asscociation of Songwriters: . . . . . . . . Your mission this month is twofold: 1. Try creating a boundary between the production of content versus the judging…

No-one To Blame - A A J Russe Written 1st January 1988 Recorded 6th March 2022 The Shoebox Demos Vol 1 **** Nearly forgot to post this one! (it's been a busy week at work) I was 24 when I wrote it. What more can I say…

An endlessly-revolving, ever-changing face you show to the world. Which facade will you wear today? Human, robot, or monster?

This is our January submission to the REM Challenge. The song came together very quickly. Dan Will on Piano David True on Bass

When I was young we lived opposite a big play area - lots of grass and trees and bushes to rampage around - and in the middle a tarmac playground with the "amusements" - a witches hat (aka umbrella), a long rocking horse with saddles along its…

I can't find the words for that which remains unspoken mantras lost on some page they will remain words and only words will remain

2009, having fun with Johnny Stone's awesome music.

Another one where the riff came first, on the last day of RPM 2020 actually. Before all the craziness struck. I thought to myself "Oh self! That's a good riff! I will need to revisit it next year for RPM 2021." So I did. It also has a call-back…

Written and recorded as part of our family RPM project this year. :-D 13 year old Jasmine on vocals and ukulele. We wrote and recorded 10 songs under the name Cattica. It was just the best month of lockdown imaginable.

John wrote this in 1972. 9 years earlier, as an 8th grader living in West Virginia, he knew the day would come when he would "set sail" to other parts of the country/world. That day came in 1975 with a journey that ultimately landed him in New…

This is my RPM 2021 piece. This is my exploration of orchestral instruments, blended with rock instrumentation.

Sit back and get comfortable....you are here to stay...

My wife used to have a Paint horse named Dandee. When I originally recorded the song, we both said it gave us a picture in our heads of Dandee running along a beach. Originally recorded in February, 2019 for the RPM Challenge album, "The Dark…

(Remastered 22/10/2021) Now here's a bit of an oldie - the second song I ever wrote. In... 1978! I think I played it once, or maybe twice, at school assemblies. My musical peers and colleagues back then dismissed it as corny/rancid pop music…